Highly Overrated But Still Good

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

This rating is probably inflated due to the name David Lynch and the respect I have for some movies he directed, such as Eraserhead and Elephant Man. The way the plot was constructed was simply inexcusable, with 0 to no logic. Some aspects I feel were just fillers and had no consequences whatsoever, basically pointless. I am talking about Jeff's father being injured and just remaining umentioned for the rest of the movie. Sandy's boyfriend whose only somewhat relevant appearence is in the end as well, when he tails Jeff and Sandy because he is jealous, but then that scene becomes irrelevant and nothing happens to Jess because they find the singer injured in that particular location for no reason. And the one which bothers me the most is when the singer confesses Jeff is her secret lover, Sandy cries about it but then forgives him. WHY DID THAT SCENE HAPPEN? If the answer is some corny pretentious symbolism, spare me. Also, the dialogues were so underwelming, unnatural, almost ressembling 7th grade play (written by the students). I honestly don't know how this movie has 2 hours, as so many interesting aspects, such as the relationship between the singer and his son and her husband, hell, he could have dedicated some time to explaining the singer's situation, we just learn about it through an assumption Jeff pulled out of his ass and happened to be 100% accurate. Also, the vast majority of the characters, such as the son and the husband, are only mentioned very superficially. I kind of think that most of the hype around this comes from the shock value of the sordid, violent sex scenes, and the waky crazy Frank (another character who was so superfitial and lazily constructed around the fact he is a maniac). The visuals are very impressive, but that doesn't change anything about the frankly medíocre, at best, plot of this movie.

Blue VelvetThe feature is smartly separated into various high pitched dramatic sequences that are mesmerizing and bedazzling; even though inedible to encounter, offering some of the best theater act like drama culminated into this convoluted vision. The writing is witty, exhilarating and gripping throughout the course of it where if plotted a graph there barely would be a dip somewhere in its second act which is feasible. The technical aspects like background score is up beating and horrifying and is perfectly edited too. David Lynch; the writer-director, once again proves his excellence and passion towards the art of the cinema through his brilliant execution skills which holds the audience on the edge of the seat, rooting for more even after the curtain drops. The performance level is satisfactorily filled in by Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini and Laura Dern as a supporting cast. The only minor conflict in this feature is the definite point that it fails to make despite of building it up to such a peak where the audience feels vulnerable and surrendered to the world depicted in here. Blue Velvet is a smooth and satisfying experience in terms of craft that is explored in here and the thrill it offers along with it.

I had heard of this film for years but wasn't inclined to purchase it, so figured I'd never see it. Well it comes on late one night on STARZ so realize I'll finally see it... This is one wild ass flick, I couldn't get over Rossellini's wig (made me think of Rocky Horror too much). It's a very odd movie that's incredibly unsettling, mainly Hopper's character. I prefer movies where it's understood why things happen the way they do (there was never any explanation of why Frank had Dorothy's family). I also didn't understand Kyle M's delivery, I just didn't understand his character at all. It's a movie I won't forget anytime soon but it won't necessarily be for good reasons.

Voyeurism, singing, warm beer and not your standard damsel in distress. Weird for the sake of being weird? Possibly. A dark and twisted take on a small town boy who happens upon a mystery that stems from an ear covered with ants in a field that he subsequently brings to the local police's attention. Arguably David Lynch's best film but no disputing that it has Dennis Hopper's greatest performance ever. He might tell you not too look at him but it's impossible not to