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Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Critics have proven themselves inept in reviewing this brilliant film
One of the best movies I have seen in years. A million great things could be said, but I'll stick to this point: critics are not insightful. Perhaps it's because they spend so much time watching crap that their thinking caps are too clogged with dust to function. Yes, the second half of this film is more challenging than the first, but it does make sense. Perfect sense. I had read so many baffled reviews that upon viewing I was drop-jawed shocked that so many paid writers didn't get it. Literally. I am not bragging. These people should be embarrassed to call themselves critics.
Lovers of mystery and thought, I implore you, go see this wonderful movie.
And for those who complain it didn't make any sense: there are movies like Corky Romano for people like you. Go play with your toys and leave discussion to the grown ups.
Boxing Helena (1993)
this film is a lot better than people give it credit for
I think this is a GREAT movie.
There are viewers who accuse this film of being soft-core porn. This really gets me. Any time a man talks about sex, it's considered normal, but if a woman does it, it's suddenly pornography? Shame on them. And compared to the amount of potty-mouthed movies in theaters now, which define feminism as the freedom to wear belly shirts and sleep with a lot of men, Boxing Helena comes off pretty elegant in the end.
Moreover, the film really does talk about something that's rare in cinema: what the sexual experience means to a woman. Helena's speech about what women enjoy, though explicit, is also accurate. Male viewers should take notes. I know I did.
And then there are people who say Jennifer is just trying to imitate her father. That's just plain unfair, and it shows a lack of anything substantive to critique. Shame on them too.
Sure, we have to put up with Julian Sands, but he's perfect in the part. He plays someone who never knows how to behave. He looks, much like his character should, perpetually confused.
I admit, this film has a lot of cheesy moments, but lighten up. Boxing Helena is delightfully strange, and I think it's A LOT better than people have given it credit for. It creates a bizarre, dreamy world, and it's smart enough to acknowledge that anything this weird has to be a dream.
Intervista (1987)
what a way to go!
I don't know what the reviewers were thinking, but with Ebert leading the pack, it might be safe to say that they weren't thinking at all.
Intervista is an amazing film. It takes the shape of a fake documentary, in which Fellini looks at, and pokes fun at, his entire career. In the end it is an homage, not to himself, as other reviewers have suggested, but to film itself. Praise for a medium which never ceases to amaze viewers and film makers alike with it's capacity to project and create our dreams.