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Summary: Gut - wrenching and Horrifying
Review: This and Blue Velvet are Lynch's best. For me Fire Walk answered all of the gut-wrenching questions and showed all of the horrible images that had to presented to the audience but couldn't have been shown on television (even an image that is reminiscent of Eraserhead right after the murder of Laura Palmer at the end of the film and myteriously hidden in another scene behind the mask of the young boy - wonderful). I absolutely loved this movie and for those who believe that this movie didn't do anything for the series, I say watch it again and then watch it again after that. Many of the images that are projected throughout the movie require the final scene's backdrop. After-all this is a prequel to the series. Sheryl Lee is great, however the actor who played Leland Palmer is superb and totally believable. I recommend that this movie be viewed after the series is viewed, in the same order of their production. Fire Walk brings you back to the haunting series to the part of the show that really ended with the imprisonment of Leland Palmer and resurfaced again at around episode 25.Fire Walk has a superb cast, magnificent effects and of course the surrealism that only Lynch can direct.
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Summary: Lynch's best film?
Review: Those who have never seen the TV series should steer clear. (Although if you haven't seen it, what are you waiting for? All the episodes are available on tape.) Even those who saw and enjoyed the series may feel disappointed with 'Fire Walk With Me' on first viewing. (After all, many favorite characters are nowhere to be seen, and most of the quirky humor of the show is notably absent.) But for those who can surrender to FWWM's spell and continue to discover new levels to the film on subsequent viewings, this is probably David Lynch's best work. The opening of this movie is perhaps my favorite 30 minutes in film history, and it doesn't even take place in Twin Peaks. Here is where you'll find the only real humor in the film, as FBI agent Chris Isaak investigates a related murder a year earlier in a different town. The eccentrics he meets and works with, and his clash with a very nasty sherrif's department are all memorable and fun; and the clues he uncovers lead to questions and mysteries that you will probably never understand, but will hopefully enjoy trying to. Lynch's stories can be like giant puzzles that may not have all the answers, but you suspect they might if you can just dig deep enough. Once the action moves to Twin Peaks, FWWM follows the last week of Laura Palmer's final fall. Dark and depressing? Sure. But with wonderful music, great peformances (especially from Sheryl Lee) and mesmerizing set pieces, this is a journey absolutely worth taking. (And for those still upset that this is a prequel instead of continuing the final episode's cliffhanger, pay strict attention to brief details like Heather Graham's "time-traveling" cameo to gain an understanding that the storyline has come full-circle a little better than you might think.)
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Summary: What...the...hell???
Review: I must admit...I saw the original series... I am REALLY baffled by this movie. The show was kind of fun and goofy, but not very good and here, Lynch just goes out and makes some movie because he feels his fans "deserve it". Ok. This movie basically is going to have you scratching your head. Or banging it on the wall, which ever comes first. Even fans of the show say you learn nothing new. And all David Lynch seems to do is confuse you even MORE. Damn, I mean what the heck is that squiggely-floored room with the red drapes? Huh? And the horribly unintentionally funny scenes with that dude who's name was Arm who sounded like an Indian who walked around for no reason, talking to other freaks that was something out of Eraserhead? And the really BADLY edited scenes with Chris Isaak and David Bowie...? And where did THEY go? They disappeared after the first reel!!! Probably didn't want to be in this movie anymore after seeing their scenes in the editing room. And who can blame them? Poor Sheryl Lee cries in almost every scene she's in. Probably was under contract for this movie and couldn't get out. At times, there were scenes that didn't even belong here! The horse...? Ok! Whatever! And where was Heather Graham? Madchen Amick? I looked backwards and forwards for them, finding Amick getting hit by her boyfriend! What? Was Graham in the background waving at the camera? With really bad dialogue such as "I am as blank as a fart" and the usual Lynch confusion such as the phantom white horse that was borrowed from the set of Blade Runner and the really stupid red room with Laura's father levitating for no reason other than to look real kewl for the kiddies... Don't wait for video, folks. Wait for T.V.!!! --Matt
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Summary: An excellent end
Review: As nearly everyone else who reviewed this picture said, you have actually been exposed to much of the material that makes up the story of the film, but it is a necessary part of the entire Laura Palmer story. This film is very far apart from the Twin Peaks series, because Lynch did not have to follow the guidelines that are necessary in creating something watchable for television. Instead, he followed his own rules and completed the story and filled the holes that would exist otherwise if this film had not been made. Essential viewing for anyone who saw any part of the series or the movie.
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Summary: All the Gooey Details
Review: Lynch has done it again. As stated above, a non-Peaker will not enjoy the film as much, but the true Peakers will love trying to grasp at the new glimpses we have into Laura's life. More telling than puzzling this time, it closes at least one of the million doors Lynch opened in the series.
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Summary: Disappointment.
Review: I am a big fan of Twin Peaks: the TV series. However, I did not like this movie much at all. All of the humor and humanity of the show is gone, replaced by the usual weird crap and leering sexism that rule the movies of David Lynch. People who haven't seen the show will be wondering what the hell's going on; die-hard fans will be disappointed that the movie contains no new material. We've quite literally seen all this before.
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Summary: Brilliant and hypnotic
Review: A mezmerizing mosaic into the slef-destruction of American teen aged innocence
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Summary: A must for Peakers!
Review: Beautiful, often disconcerting film adaptation of David Lynch and Mark Frost's landmark TV series, Twin Peaks. A "prequel" showcasing the last 7 days of Laura Palmer. Not quite the same as the TV show, but a wealth of information can be learned for those who have watched the entire series first. Excellent cinematography and haunting music. Not Lynch's best, but excellent nonetheless. END
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Summary: The Product of Drugs, Without the Drugs
Review: It occurs to me that David Lynch is the only director that can truly scare me, and he does so without cheap, jumpy camera shots. Or drugs. I can say that I have NOT seen but two episodes of his TV series, Twin Peaks, although, I am aware of his other works. My point being: One does not have to see the series to appreciate the movie. If you have not seen the TV series, don't expect to GET anything, as little as you would otherwise, I'm told. As stated closely by another: Don't walk into a Dali exhibit and expect English countryside. Treat this movie, and any other David Lynch movie the same. His characters are among the most real that unreal can get, and Fire Walk With Me is no exception. Expect "weird" and every synonym of this; It's amazing what Lynch's imagination can muster up. This movie nags at the leach of sanity.
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Summary: garmonbozia, all right.
Review: See, this movie is yet another intentional turkey in the David Lynch stinkography. When will you people believe me when I tell you the man simply likes to make bad movies?!? The picture comes off as a demented episode of Northern Exposure with the plot-wiring torn out and the character development up on blocks. Throw in the obligatory sinister midget and sundry unemployed freaks and... Weee're in business! Oh, wait... we need something for the characters to do... well, they can all just take turns going insane, can't they? Problem solved! David Lynch is a modern freak show operator. The freak show has never gone away. It has just been billed as something else.
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