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Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I gave this movie one star rest of them are yours...
Review: Have you ever seen movies like Monento, Jacob's ladder, Ghost in the shell(Japan SF animation) ?
Can you find any common in those movies betweeen Mulholland Dr.
Yes, I found some One - these movies are mind boggling and confusing yet not boring.
Two - Need Couple of JOINT require to understand fully these movies.
Three - these movies are self-judgeable, hard to classify
So... why don't you find out yourself?

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Great Movie BUT.. No Scene Selection for this DVD!!!
Review: I'm a big fan of David Lynch and I was really looking forward to getting this film on DVD. Upon release, I picked up the disc and only after throwing it in my player did I realize there is no scene selection menu! What's up with that? No jumping to a scene for this disc! Maybe its in the works for the "limited collector's special hard to find" version. Great movie, but being spoiled by just about every other DVD that have more features than they deserve, the very least Universal should have done was provide scene selection. It is one of the best features of DVD. Oddly enough, letterbox, sub-titles & languages (Spanish and French) are in tact.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Extremely Confusing, but once you get it, everything clicks!
Review: *CONTAINS NO SPOILERS*

I can not begin to explain how confused I was when I saw this movie, but after reading the reviews on amazon it is like suddenly everything came back flooding my memory and I cannot believe I didn't get it before. We meet Betty, an aspiring actress from Ontario on her way to Hollywood to make it big, Rita comes into play after a car accident from which she results in slight amnesia. Rita takes shelter with Betty and they soon become lovers/friends and set out to find why Rita was going to Mulholland Dr. Well this movie has more twists than the Mississippi River I will tell you that- I am now aware it was all a dream and Betty's truly happy existence is not what we make it out to be. While in a diner Rita see's that the waitress's name tag reads DIANE which all of the sudden make her mind click and say DIANE SYLVIN, what we learn later is truly shocking to the identity of Diane. I am still unclear of what the blue box represented, and also what the two older people had anything to do with the movie (by older people I am referring to the woman and man on the flight from Ontario)...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: If you appreciate great acting.
Review: I did not find this film confusing. Ok, maybe I can't explain everything in it, but do you understand everything that happens in your dreams? The performance of Naomi Watts alone is reason enough to see this film.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Movie -- Bad DVD -- Plot Simplified
Review: I would have given this DVD five stars because the movie itself is so original, funny, thought-provoking, engrossing and moving...but there were hardly any bonus materials and, even worse, NO CHAPTERS - whose stupid idea was that?

As for the people who are thrown because they can't make sense of the plot, here's what I think: the best way to think of Mulholland Drive is as an anthology of three different short movies, each with their own "easy-to-understand" plot. If you try to connect the three different stories into one overarching, logical story, you will get frustrated (although, for some, making the attempt is part of the experience).

In fact, certain scenes could not co-exist in the same story (e.g. Diane's neighbor gets her stuff/doesn't get her stuff; the Sylvia North Story is being directed by Adam/was directed by Bob). I read one review that said the Betty/Rita story is simply a dream of Dianne's (from the Diane/Camilla story). OK, that works, but this is like saying that in a Washington Irving anthology, Rip Van Winkle dreamed of the Headless Horesman while he was asleep.

What is so original about this "anthology" is that the three separate stories share many common elements: actors, different versions of the same characters, symbolism, minor details, plot devices...even a couple of scenes. This makes them blur into one another and reflect off of one another a little. However, to avoid unnecessary confusion and enjoy the movie on its own terms, you really should think of them as three separate stories (like Twilight Zone The Movie).

But after you have seen the movie, what good is the DVD without chapters? At this point I would love to revisit certain scenes, but that is not possible. WAIT until a proper DVD is released.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great entertainment - but it's not "light"- semi-spoiler
Review: This movie challenges you to pay attention to detail and to do a little detective work. I saw it in the theater and was left with questions, but the movie definitely is not as confusing as a lot of people are making it out to be. I bought the DVD, and there are clues to fuguring out the story listed on the inside. If you only like Hollywood formula movies, don't waste your time. I can't figure out what ABC wanted from Lynch if they didn't like this premise. I'm sure the story could have been made clearer over a television season. The girls are FANTASTIC - looking and performing.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I honestly enjoyed this movie, here's why.
Review: I've read and heard some bad reviews about this movie. I dissagree with every one of those people. I think people now a days don't like to think about what they are watching. They enjoy less thought provoking movies like lets just say, oooh, like summer catch. (which I have seen, why God, why!) I think people like to have their movies wrapped up in a cute little bow at the end of a film. Which is fine, wonderful, but accept a bold move when a film maker decides to be creative. Many have opened minds before lynch, yes he's not the first but he created an extraordinary film! Worth buying and watching 10 times, and then watching it again. It truly is hypnotic. If you are in the mood for some of the best scenes (many scenes have beautiful lesbians, hilarious comedy, and good old what just happened here in this...type of scenes.) I've never seen a million times before, then this is it. Check it out.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: RHIZOMATIC!
Review: The term, Post-Modern, is often misused or overused. In this case it is right on the mark. Lynch has created a post-modern masterpiece.

This film relates to Gilles Deleuze's post-modern concept of the Rhizome. "A rhizome has no beginning or end; it is always in the middle, between things, interbeing. Where are you coming from? What are you heading for? These are totally useless questions. Making a clean slate, starting or beginning again from ground zero, seeking a beginning or a foundation - all imply a false conception of voyage and movement (a conception that is methodical, pedagogical, initiatory, symbolic...)." ('A Thousand Plateaus,' written by: Deleuze + Guattari)

Lynch fabricated characters that were coming and going, rather than starting and finishing.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Is it me, or was this film really confusing?
Review: Okay, first of all I never saw a David Lynch film until now. I didn't realize his films were so complex and when I watched this 2 1/2 hour film, I thought to myself "What was that"?

So I went to a site that had movie spoilers and it explains why everything happened and that was the moment where I was blown away.

Lynch did a great job directing this film and Naomi Watts did a great job playing her "characters".

I'm giving this film 4 stars because when I go to a movie or sit at home with my surround sound, I expect to understand the movie rather than get mad at myself for paying 3-8 dollars for seeing a movie I didn't get. It was a good movie overall though.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A David Lynch mind game
Review: Mulholland Dr. is one film you must see if you're a fan of the works of David Lynch. Through the first 3/4 of the film, you think you're watching a regular movie with a few odd scenes. Then, in the last quarter, you actually reallly have to use your brain to get into the film. If you're watching on auto-pilot, you'll just scratch your head and go "Huh?" by the time the credits roll.

Interestingly, this DVD has no chapter stops. I suppose it's to make sure you watch the movie in one sitting. This works to a disadvantage, since this is one film where you'd want to go back to particular scenes to look for clues as to what's happening.

I think the DVD packaging, which features two different cover designs featuring star Naomi Watts, can actually be taken as a clue as well.

Very intense. Very mind boggling. Very David Lynch.


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