Blue Velvet
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Movie Reviews of Blue Velvet
Movie Review: Started good and then sort of fizzled.....
Summary: 2 Stars
I loved Mulholland Drive so next on the "Lynch" list for me was Blue Velvet. It started off with some interesting things happening but just sort of spun its wheels and rather abruptly ended with a pretty standard, pre-canned movie ending that took some steam out of it so to speak.
The acting was OK. Laura Dern looks damned young here...and, well, she was young here. The problem is that her acting wasnt very polished. She has grown leaps and bounds since this so thats good. Kyle McLauchlin was decent but he didnt have any or portray any of that small-town goodness which he needed to show more of to be more believable and to add a sense of "wow" to this whole caper. Dennis Hopper was his usual obnoxious self. He had some funny moments but became rather annoying towards the end as his crazy guy "act" was becoming tiresome. Isabella Rosellini is pretty hot and does a great job with a very tough role so hats off to her. She was easily the best character in the movie.
The plot grabbed me from the beginning but nothing really came of it. It just sort of built itself up and then dissolved into the same old stuff without much fanfare. I was expecting some more interesting twists (like Mulholland Drive) or at least a little deeper plot arc. It never came though and before I knew it it was over and that was that. Nothing really notable or revealing here, just a pretty basic movie. I get the whole "Even in small-town USA there are crazy thing going on" message but to be honest, maybe the film doesnt age well since nothing I saw was even that amazingly bad or disturbing. The "rape" scene had its "ohhhhh" moments but even that had some tongue-in-cheek(meant to be silly) antics which killed the "horror" of it or the "disturbing" nature of it.
Go ahead and try it out but I was rather underwhelmed by this effort and after the mind-blowing Mulholland Drive, this was mostly a let-down.
Only Recommended as a rental...
Movie Review: Another David Lynch Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
If you like moives that are different and off the wall then you will like this movie. If you are a David Lynch Fan then this movie is a must for your collection. There are a few scenes that could be classified as disturbing if that bothers you maybe you should skip this movie if not I say go for it.Movie Review: Great Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
4 stars, great plot, some bad acting in a couple parts but great movie still.Movie Review: AMAZING
Summary: 5 Stars
Still a ground breaking film. I will never grow tried of this dark story.
The documentary included on the DVD adds another level to this work.
David Lynch is a under valued artist in our country.
Movie Review: "I'll F*** anything that moves"
Summary: 5 Stars
Upon his return to his hometown Jeffrey Beaumont painfully learns that Lumberton isn't such a swell town after all. Meet the sex-fiend/small-time crime boss, Frank Booth played by Dennis Hopper. Hopper's character makes the entire movie. Frank enters the apartment of Dorothy Vallens, the singer/victim of his latest kidnap exploitation, and proceeds in raping her while he inhales nitrites from his breathing aparatus all under the watchful eye of Jeffrey who is hiding in the closet and probably wondering what he got himself into. Shortly thereafter, while Jeffrey finishes hobnobbing with Mrs. Vallens he has an interesting run in with Frank. "What's your name neighbor?" Frank then takes Jeffrey on a tour of the countryside and Jeffrey wakes up in an abandoned lot on the outskirts of town feeling sore from the severe beating which he received from interfering in Frank's affairs. Although some scenes are a bit disturbing, there's a handful of scenes and dialogue that had me rolling with laughter.