An average movie

This movie had a huge impact concerning my relationship with this director. Indeed, before, David Lynch used to be one of my favorite directors and I basically worshiped the guy. However, this movie changed everything. Indeed, I saw this movie in the theater when it was released and I had some huge expectations but, unfortunately, it turned out to be one of the most disappointing movies I have ever seen. I mean, it was not bad, in the contrary, the first half was just amazing, I was completely wrapped up in this spellbinding world and this 1st half was possibly the best thriller I had ever seen. But suddenly, the thunder struck and I landed into a completely different movie. My first reaction was 'WTF!?!'. I was honestly never able to enjoy the 2nd half of this movie and I have seen this movie at least 3 times already. Seriously, I always have a blast when I read or hear the wild 'theories' the fans built up about this flick... I don't want to be mean but I think it is rather pathetic. In my opinion, there is absolutely no meaning in this succession of weird nonsensical scenes. It is just being weird for the sake of being weird and let's pretend it is actually Art. This flick made me so pissed off because it actually had so much potential. Indeed, the directing was amazing, it looked really gorgeous and the cast gave some really solid performances (Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Robert Blake, Balthazar Getty, Gary Busey, Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Pryor, Jack Nance, Marilyn Manson). Like I said before, it could have been the best thriller ever made but, at the end, it is just a decent weird mind-f*ck, not much more, I'm afraid. To conclude, even though it is full of garbage, there is still too much greatness in this movie so it is still worth a look, especially if you are interested in David Lynch's work.


6/10