Mulholland Dr.

I coulda hated it but ended up loving it

If I hadn't been at the theater with friends I would have walked out half way through the movie. It made no sense. I was exasperated with it. But then, about half way through something turned a corner, and it went from being potentially my most hated film to being my favorite. A few pieces started falling into place and I went from hating the non-linear, non-sensical narrative to absorbed in trying to make sense of it.

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This film made no sense!

Ok... this movie made no sense... it was stupid. Naomi Watts is such a good actress but when i saw this is thought she should not have been in a film this bad.... her acting wasnt what made this film bad... the film was just confusing!

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Don't waste your time

This is one of the worst movies ever made. None of the plot lines make any sense and nothing is tied up at the end. Everything is a big jumble and jumping around.

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DUMB

it doesn't even deserve one star! no stars...waste of money filming it. waste of eveything all around. pointless. not worth the time to even sleep through it. absolutely stupid

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A Pointless Ride

No plot. No story. No ending. No sense. Absolutely pointless! Although David Lynch directed the film wonderfully, it lacked a complete plot. The nightmarish dark streets and the confusing lost feeling were well done by Lynch. The story would have been good if it actually had an end. Some say that the end is really an explanation to every thing before it, the end being the beginning, that she¿s really dead and having an afterlife experience. But there¿s no real proof of that. The movie is probably not in chronological order, and that¿s the only way it¿ll make some sense. The love story behind it was senseless as well; the two lesbians were just there to attract audiences, I actually thought that the lesbian thing had purpose to the story¿but I soon found out it didn¿t. At first I thought the movie was supposed to make you think, or you¿re left several possibilities at the end but not complete answers like in Memento. But it didn¿t. Either the movie was symbolic, out of chronological order, or David Lynch was just on drugs during the whole time it took to make this movie.

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what for?

After reading all the reviews, I would never buy this movie, it sounds like a senseless lesbian porno that has a mystery within it.

A Must-See for true movie buffs

This is one of those rare movies that you can see over and over again and not get tired of it. Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring are fantastic and quite good actressess. The guys are OK. But, it's the plot that's the real true star here. If you like to see how dreams and reality can be easily confounded, intertwined, blended or else, try this. Highly recommended. Say no more. Also, try "Wild at Heart"

Brilliant!

This film is excellent! It can be interpreted during your first viewing about connections between people. After the second or more viewings, the richness and complexity of the connections become more clear. Lynch is brilliant!

Why so confused?

Actually, this movie isn't really that confusing, and it makes a lot more sense than you think. You have to know that Lynch is sort of a neo-Surrealist filmmaker, although he has a flare for Hitchcockian mystery. You just can't try to make sense of every image and every scene, because the narrative is too often ruled by dream logic. However, the film can easily be interpreted as an exploration of the human mind during extremes of pain and obsession, taking place in both reality and fantasy. If you think this is supposed to be conventional storytelling, you will certainly be confused. Having gotten that out of the way, I think Mulholland Dr. is a rich and haunting movie that deserves to be watched over and over.

A strange and confusing masterwork

This is the second Lynch film I have viewed and I must say that my level of respect for him has just shot through the cieling. The more confusing this film gets, the more beautiful it becomes. And the lesbian scenes between Watts and Herring where great too!

True David Lynch -- Weird and Freaky

This is an excellent work of art. In true David Lynch style, the plot tosses your mind around like a toy ball...The amazing thing about this movie is the different interpretations of it that everyone will have...I interpertered something that I don't want to share because it might spoil it all for you, but other people had totally different views of it. Either way, this movie will intrigue you and TOTALLY FREAK THE CRUD OUT OF YOU. Enjoy it and marvel in it's complexity.

What will YOU think?

Watch this movie. The visual and aural spectacles alone are worth your investment in the film, especially after the plot seems to descend into lunacy. Formally, this is probably Lynch¿s most beautiful film to date. Watts undeniably gives a smoldering, intense performance that carries the entire cast. I was floored by the way she lulls us into almost writing her off before she blows up. And trust yourself to develop insights about the film without the aid of online research. In promoting the movie, the filmmaker and actors were deliberately vague in offering any definitive reading for a couple of reasons. Most important of these is that the viewer should be free to ponder the movie. We are certainly not left without some sort of narrative guidance. Most useful are visual cues, highlighted by Lynch¿s stylized lighting and framing; by stringing together repetitive images--even just hues and shades--I went pretty far in my thinking about the movie. I am dead-certain that my own interpretation is most logical, but I¿ve heard others that are creative, justifiable and a lot of fun. Remember that Mulholland Dr. was the b@stard child of Lynch¿s failed attempt at a dramatic series for ABC Television. The first two-thirds of the picture were filmed prior to cancellation of the project, and the rest was filmed much later, after Lynch was struck with an epiphany for concluding the storyline. It was almost by serendipity that he completed what may have been the best film of 2001. Ultimately, my suggestion for enjoying this film is to let it wash over you, and in so doing, you will absorb all the information to cobble together a sensible narrative that may just reveal Lynch¿s intentions. Don¿t leave your thinking to others and let them have all the fun.

An excellent film

Psychosis mind reveal, in an ''schizophrenic way''.

a film open to interpretations...

to those who complain about this movie not having a plot --- go and watch linear-plot action flicks instead, there is certainly an abundant selection of those to suit its targeted brainless audience. i was like ''what the !@#$ is going on here'' through the whole movie, but that was the fun of it... if i can guess what's going to happen next (unfortunately as with most movies these days), why should i bother wasting my time watching the movie in the first place? the ''llorando'' scene was beautiful! really nicely done. mr. lynch was able to carry that eerie feeling through the movie without making it cheap like those stupid shock-techniques.

Marcus Graham

He was the only reason why I watched the movie. It was boring,sensless movie. Sexy Hansome Marcus Graham.

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absolutely amazing

this movie made little sense to me at first, but then i researched it on the net. i was able to find out all the answers to my questions and found that after figuring it out, i fell that much more in love with it. some say it has no plot or story line, but it certainly does! even without understanding what the movie was about at first, the beaty and intensity of it is worth watching time and time again. very powerful and moving. pay very close attention, watch it 5 times if you need to and find the answers to your questions on the internet -- i promise it is totally worth seeing!

Another Lynch Classic

The 10 ''clues'' to solving this thriller? I don't think there is a definitive solution for this one. Aunt Ruth throwing the light switch and checking the empty room left this one open to one of those read into it what you want to films. However the ride to the last 30 min. was hypnotic and true Lynch brilliance.

David L. always has his own style

Malholan Dr. was really cool!!! i was excited!!it was too hard to understand what the film is really about, so i was watching it for four times, but........:( Lynch always has his style to do so, that people were excited and shocked,fascinated and confused!!( a short example: TwinPeeks!) and i also was very excited of love plays between women!!!it was cool!!!marvelous!!fantastic!!with Rita/Kamila i would also agree have something they both did. so i really think, that this woman-Laura E.Harring with such beautiful,atractive brown eyes could have not only all men, but also women!!! she atracts your look,and during the film you just sit under control of that woman!! i think i'll watch this film once more again.but i'm not sure why? to get the meaning clear(although it's impossible!), or to see her....

Absolutely Scrambled Plot!

But this movie knocked me over, like the first time I saw ''Blue Velvet''. Though not very graphic, it has the hottest lesbian sex scenes ever filmed!

One of the greatest films ever...

This film is one of the best films I have ever seen. Anyone who would write Mulholland Drive off as a horrible film obviously are not getting the whole essence of a David Lynch film and should probably stick to something more predictable. Mulholland Drive is an emotional ride, a film noir mystery with a tone of twisted loose ends. Set in LA, a woman is in a limo accident on Mulholland Drive. Bruised and amnesiac, she wonders into the home of an actress who is away shooting a film, only to encounter her bright-eyed and bushytailed niece Betty. Betty has come to Hollywood to follow her dream of becoming an actress herself, only to become involved in the mystery of who ''Rita'' really is. Filled with symbolic and peculiar Lynchian characters, Mulholland Drive is more like a journey through Hollywood Babylon rather than a film. In the usual David Lynch fashion, the film turns a complete 180 in the last half and manages to intrigue, amuse, and disturb you at one point or another.