| 6ixStringJack: I love movies like that. And usually I don't watch other people's opinions on them because that's like giving up. I still haven't watched any on Donnie Darko, but I do believe I finally figured that one out from start to finish and I'm about ready to see what others think and/or what the director/writer has said about what really happened all the way through. |
| 6ixStringJack: I love the movies that you can get so lost in that you realize when you woke up at the end of the movie you came out on a different side. Most of the time in these movies it's because you got lost in the general concepts, but eXistenZ actually puts a more tangible feel on it. Since they're playing "Virtual Reality" that is indistinguishable from real reality (outside of your occasional very poorly programmed characters), it was easy to get lost once they went into another game while they were already inside of the first one, though on your first watch you probably don't even consider that because it's not something the movie forces you to think about until the very end. |
| 6ixStringJack: If you were interested in seeing the type of movie that I'm talking about though, I'd probably recommend something non-Lynch anyhow. Donnie Darko is great if you haven't seen it. eXistenZ was excellent as well. |
| 6ixStringJack: Mulholland Drive was creepy too. That monster behind the Denny's was one of the few examples of a great jump scare and that's stuck with me for 25 years after seeing it. |
6ixStringJack: If you're not going to watch that one, you at least have to see the Tailgating scene from it on YouTube. It's one of my favorite scenes in any movie ever, and that's because Tailgating is my number one pet peeve when I'm out driving.  Here's the scene: [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Yeah. Lost Highway IS creepy. Only half of it though. It's been a long time, but that movie is like two in one, with one of the movies being ultra creepy while the other is a comedy. |
| Brenda: Like I said if I have seen Mulholland Drive, I don't remember it. I would have to watch it to see if it kicks up anything. |
| Brenda: Mulholland Drive I might consider but not Lost Highway. I did like Robert Blake but I think Lost Highway is a little too creepy for me. |
| Brenda: I heard about Lynch complaining about the studio meddling in the film and the editing. You can get the extended version which includes a piece that wasn't in the theatre release. I've seen both and with added piece that section of the movie makes much more sense. It's the scene were Paul's little sister kills their maternal grandfather the Baron. That is in the book but left out of the theatrical release. Probably considered too graphic but that was the point of the scene. |
| Brenda: Don't know about The Witch. That can happen if you don't have an ear for accents. I do so that could be something I might consider. |
| 6ixStringJack: You're not going to figure out either of them on first watch, and chances are you wouldn't figure them out after a dozen watches too. If done well, which Lynch himself only did about half the time, these are the types of movies that make up most of my best movie toplists. |
| 6ixStringJack: Even though I didn't like Blue Velvet either, my guess is that you wouldn't like MD or TLH. |
| 6ixStringJack: Mulholland Drive and The Lost Highway were great, IMO. But I rarely ever recommend them to anybody. They fall in a certain class of movies that I happen to love, but I've found that most people I know don't share that opinion of them. |
| 6ixStringJack: That's funny. I didn't like Blue Velvet, but I hated Dune. Lynch was so disgusted with the studio meddling and editing that he demanded they take his name off of the flick, so it was directed by good 'ole Alan Smithee. |
| 6ixStringJack: I was going to say I only did that because I liked the movie, but then I thought about how much I hated The Witch when I watched that with my brother and I watched a lot of retrospectives on that and without even watching it again I have a new appreciation for it. Half of my problems with that movie turned out to be how much dialog I missed with those thick accents and the fact I couldn't get subtitles working. |
| Brenda: No worries. I've watched a good number of things that I've managed to figure out and that just bores the stuffing out of me. TV shows and movies. That's when they are on DVD I scroll to the end just to confirm what I thought. |
| Brenda: Not sure if I've seen Mullholland Drive. I'm not big on on David Lynch's word. Think I saw Blue Velvet but didn't care for it. I did see the first Dune movie that was directed by David Lynch and I loved it. It was actually taken from the books more than the tv mini-series were as they had the worlds and their technologies reversed. And this last set is so-so. |
| Brenda: I thought Saturn was. Okay. Good for you on doing that. I have a habit on taking a film on face value even if I read the summary given on the cover. I might the odd time read the reviews but that is very rare. |
| 6ixStringJack: I just had to laugh after the end credits came up and I'm like "I gotta hear Brenda's take, because I don't know what the hell I just watched". So I was a little disappointed when I heard you figured it out halfway through and fast forwarded through the rest. |
| 6ixStringJack: It wasn't until around 20 years after I saw Mullholland Drive that I saw somebody give what I felt was the actual story that took place in that movie. I'd watched that probably 10 times over the years and never figured it out. One time I thought I did, but when I watched it again I realized it wasn't quite right, which in David Lynch's world meant that I wasn't even close. |