Blue Velvet (1986)
6/10
What's it all about, David?.
16 September 2007
One has to watch a David Lynch movie just to say you have seen one. This was actually nominated for an Academy Award and won many others, so it is probably as good as any to see. I tried Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, but couldn't get more than a couple of scenes before I gave up. I was able to hang in there for this.

There has to be something there, but I just don't get it. The man has four Academy Award nominations for his films. He must be doing something that I just don't see.

Closeups of bugs in the grass or the inside of an ear is not stirring cinematography to me.

An example of the dialog you have to endure in this film:

Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan): You're a neat girl. Sandy Williams (Laura Dern): So are you... I mean, you're a neat guy.

This wasn't random, but typical. And, what's with the "chicken walk"?

Maybe some think it is worth enduring to see Isabella Rossellini nude walking like a zombie.

I was worth enduring just to know what a David Lynch film is like, and to avoid them in the future.
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