I’m new here. I love a really great psychological thriller most of all. I love it when the twist reveal arrives and I realize I didn’t see it coming. It happened with Secret Window, The Sixth Sense, and Signs —— just to name a few.*
Memento also has a wonderful twist. I just saw it for the first time about 3 weeks ago. I had to watch it again about five more times after that and still have a hard time following it completely. But it’s still a fun thrill ride nonetheless.
Here I’m going to be talking about Mulholland Drive. I saw it for the first time ever, last night (yes, I am evidently late to the party).
I’ve decided to give this a 1 on a 5 point scale. The 1 is for the very pretty ladies who were cast for this. Otherwise this movie is nothing more than an unfortunate trainwreck in the making.
I’m not really sure exactly where to begin. But I’ll start with this: I’ve never watched a film or movie that had such a convoluted storyline as MD. Throughout this whole entire timeframe of viewing this thing we are constantly seeing all of these completely unknown people/characters who seem to have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the 2 main characters.
A few examples: There’s some unknown dude having a conversation with another unknown dude in some kind of office room of some kind (one of the guys is sitting at his desk) ——- making it seem like they are best buddies. Well that is, until he pulls out a gun from out of nowhere and shoots him in the head (maybe not the head, but you get the point). While performing this “hit”, a woman in an adjacent office room starts yelling and screaming——-as if one of the bullets went through the wall and hit her. So this unknown dude goes and finds her, wrestles with her, and eventually shoots her also. But he isn’t finished yet. He still has to kill the janitor or office cleaning guy also before the end of the scene. And all the while I’m asking myself ‘Is this even the same movie I started out watching a little while ago?’ No idea who any of these people are.
And let’s not forget about the unknown cowboy dude, who threatens the director. Or how about the two goons in the car across the street from the Directors convertible. The director then walks over and smashes their front windshield with a golf club, and then drives away.
And who is the guy the directors wife is sleeping with? And who is the mafia dude who comes looking for the director, despite his wife (or ex wife) telling him he doesn’t live there anymore.
The storyline is so convoluted that I never had any sense of what was actually happening. And when they finally supposedly re-played out the scene of the car going down Mulholland Drive again, this time the wreck doesn’t happen. But the brunette comes and walks the blonde down the ravine. Then they end up at some party with a whole bunch more people that nobody has ever seen before (although I believe I do recall seeing Coco at the party ——— but this time she doesn’t seem to know the blonde or the brunette.
I really didn’t like this movie. I wish I could get those 2 and a half hours back that sat struggling through it. 1 star for the pretty ladies. That’s all folks.
Also, I’m already anticipating a lot of derogatory comments. But please do us all a favor and at least do that with an ere of kindness. Thanks.
Memento also has a wonderful twist. I just saw it for the first time about 3 weeks ago. I had to watch it again about five more times after that and still have a hard time following it completely. But it’s still a fun thrill ride nonetheless.
Here I’m going to be talking about Mulholland Drive. I saw it for the first time ever, last night (yes, I am evidently late to the party).
I’ve decided to give this a 1 on a 5 point scale. The 1 is for the very pretty ladies who were cast for this. Otherwise this movie is nothing more than an unfortunate trainwreck in the making.
I’m not really sure exactly where to begin. But I’ll start with this: I’ve never watched a film or movie that had such a convoluted storyline as MD. Throughout this whole entire timeframe of viewing this thing we are constantly seeing all of these completely unknown people/characters who seem to have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the 2 main characters.
A few examples: There’s some unknown dude having a conversation with another unknown dude in some kind of office room of some kind (one of the guys is sitting at his desk) ——- making it seem like they are best buddies. Well that is, until he pulls out a gun from out of nowhere and shoots him in the head (maybe not the head, but you get the point). While performing this “hit”, a woman in an adjacent office room starts yelling and screaming——-as if one of the bullets went through the wall and hit her. So this unknown dude goes and finds her, wrestles with her, and eventually shoots her also. But he isn’t finished yet. He still has to kill the janitor or office cleaning guy also before the end of the scene. And all the while I’m asking myself ‘Is this even the same movie I started out watching a little while ago?’ No idea who any of these people are.
And let’s not forget about the unknown cowboy dude, who threatens the director. Or how about the two goons in the car across the street from the Directors convertible. The director then walks over and smashes their front windshield with a golf club, and then drives away.
And who is the guy the directors wife is sleeping with? And who is the mafia dude who comes looking for the director, despite his wife (or ex wife) telling him he doesn’t live there anymore.
The storyline is so convoluted that I never had any sense of what was actually happening. And when they finally supposedly re-played out the scene of the car going down Mulholland Drive again, this time the wreck doesn’t happen. But the brunette comes and walks the blonde down the ravine. Then they end up at some party with a whole bunch more people that nobody has ever seen before (although I believe I do recall seeing Coco at the party ——— but this time she doesn’t seem to know the blonde or the brunette.
I really didn’t like this movie. I wish I could get those 2 and a half hours back that sat struggling through it. 1 star for the pretty ladies. That’s all folks.
Also, I’m already anticipating a lot of derogatory comments. But please do us all a favor and at least do that with an ere of kindness. Thanks.
Last edited by Louis126; 06-11-24 at 07:52 PM.