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"Remind me to never watch a David Lynch film ever again..."

Mullholland Drive.

WTF?

I should have learned my lesson after watching Eraser Head.

*mumbles*

Never again. Never again.

I didn't like it. I thought it was weird for the sake of weird. Sure, I got the bit about the dream and the way the character's roles reversed, but a lot of it was just added to confuse rather than for any particular reason.

Someone mentioned that it started out life as a pilot for a TV series, then was commissioned for a movie - well, that's exactly why a lot of stuff seems out of place, because it was meant for the series, where it might have made sense. The scary homeless troll guy for example. He just left it in on purpose, even though it's got nothing to do with anything.

Like I said, weird for the sake of weird. But hey, that's just my opinion. You might love it.

By the way, anyone want to explain what the mental old people were about at the end?

Heheh, that's very true!

Ms NY wrote:
> The DVD sucks too, you can't skip scenes!

:-)

If you could skip scenes, guys would only watch it for the lesbian bits, and the rest of the film would never be seen.

Darwock wrote:
> And hey, Ms NY has figured it out. It's a dream up until she opens the
> box.

Seriously? Wow! That just ruined it.. Still a little confusing though. Everything about it is confusing, like the whole 'opera' thing, the ugly looking homeless thing, the ending, etcetc.

The DVD sucks too, you can't skip scenes!

Darwock wrote:
> Pandaemonium, if I read your post right and that means you've never
> seen Twin Peaks, I would wait until you're sure you can see series 2
> onwards. Otherwise you're left with an almighty cliffhanger that will
> really p*ss you off.

I've seen the series in its entirety when it was first shown on BBC2, but really fancy going back over them with an older and (hopefully) more mature appreciation.

Thanks for the warning though, I remember the cliffhanger first time around and it really, really bugged me.

Jesus, that must be over13 years ago.

Pandaemonium, if I read your post right and that means you've never seen Twin Peaks, I would wait until you're sure you can see series 2 onwards. Otherwise you're left with an almighty cliffhanger that will really p*ss you off.

Well if Eraserhead is what you're basing that on, what do you expect?

Ever seen Blue Velvet? Wild at Heart? Twin Peaks? The guy's a genius (and you probably won't appreciate a lot of the comedy in Eraserhead/Mulholland Drive without being familiar with his sense of humour, and that comes across best in Twin Peaks).

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Riiiiiiiight...
>
> I guess Lynch just isn't for me. Only way I could describe Eraser
> Head and Mullholland Drive without swearing is by calling them a big
> pile of schlong.

If I were Cubist, I'd say that you weren’t intelligent enough to “get” his movies.

But I’m not, so I’ll say that Lynch is the epitome of “You either love his work, or hate it” There is very little middle ground with him.

I personally love all his movies, even though some of the time I don’t have a *clue* what is going on on the screen, but I love the sense of unease he manages to project.

Hmmm, I’ve got the “Twin Peaks” season 1 DVD off a friend. I think I’ll start watching it tomorrow.

Riiiiiiiight...

I guess Lynch just isn't for me. Only way I could describe Eraser Head and Mullholland Drive without swearing is by calling them a big pile of schlong.

And hey, Ms NY has figured it out. It's a dream up until she opens the box.