Thirith on 9/12/2009 at 12:04
I love the first half of Lost Highway - everything up to the Big Switch. It's amazingly hypnotic, oppressive and disturbing, and the first scene with the Mystery Man ("We've met before, haven't we?") is one of Lynch's most effective IMO. (Then again, I also love the David Bowie cameo in Fire Walk With Me, so YMMV.)
Once we get to the second half, I lose interest. I can't exactly put my finger on what it is, but to me it lacks the tension of the first part. IMO Lynch is at his best when he does moods and atmospheres, and he's less good at plot; the second half of Lost Highway is practically all plot, it's all incident. (At least that's how I remember it - last time I saw it must've been the year it came out, when I saw it about three times.)
Morte on 9/12/2009 at 14:21
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
What do you mean by this?
MD is one of my favs too. Should have put it on my list. But Lost Highway is more... relaxing. And it's less commercial. MD has alot of obvious clues and tells all over the place that I haven't seen in other Lynch stuff; its like he's (almost) trying to make this film watchable for a non-Lynch-fan audience. I've yet to watch Twin Peaks though (criminal I know).
It's worth bearing in mind that Mulholland Drive was originally a pilot for a new tv-series. When the networks didn't pick it up, he went out and got extra funding to turn it into a movie. It probably accounts for the relatively straightforward segments.
242 on 9/12/2009 at 19:32
Quote Posted by Thirith
and he's less good at plot
I'm sure he almost doesn't care about the plot. The only (almost) fully comprehensible film of his is Mulholland Dr. (if The Straight Story isn't counted).
steo on 9/12/2009 at 20:17
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
What do you mean by this?
I'm probably high, but for some reason Lost Highway made more sense to me than Mulholland Drive did when I watched it. I should probably watch them both again.
Arondil on 10/12/2009 at 23:07
I've tended to used IMDB to note how much I've liked a film when I've seen it, so using those as a basis to provide the general order my personal favourites would be:
25. The City of Lost Souls (2000)
24. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
23. Saw (2004)
22. Amores Perros (2000)
21. Russian Ark (2002)
20. R-Point (2004)
19. Paprika (2006)
18. The Warrior (2001)
17. Lady Vengeance (2005)
16. Ong-Bak (2003)
15. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
14. JSA (2000)
13. The Warrior (2001)
12. Touching the Void (2003)
11. City of God (2002)
10. Versus (2000)
9. Donnie Darko (2001)
8. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
7. Battle Royale (2000)
6. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (2002)
5. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
4. Life is a Miracle (2004)
3. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
2. Oldboy (2003)
and
1. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Good fun, a lot of variety and even with repeated viewings raises a smile. Never takes itself seriously and whilst clearly the same outline as the original (The Quiet Family) both films are enjoyable in their own right. I do prefer this one the original dates from 1998, but otherwise would probably just creep into this list.
Whilst looking through for this I noticed that I hadn't got anything more recent than 2006 on this list. Prefering DVDs (with a few more in my collection still to watch) I appear to have only seen two films more recently than this and neither are anywhere close to a top list of mine (BloodMonkey and Revolutionary Road).
Also, there really isn't any repetition in my list. There really are two films from 2001 released as The Warrior over here. My favourite of the two was the UK one, with the other being Korean.
Aerothorn on 10/12/2009 at 23:22
I actually seriously considered putting The Happiness of the Katakuris on my list. Pretty awesome movie.
thefonz on 12/12/2009 at 08:42
Since I'm lazy and can't be bothered reformatting for on here:
(
http://16bitgeek.tumblr.com/) My Top 10 List of 2000-2009
Thoughts are welcome as usual - although I fully expect to be ripped to shreds for some of those choices.
These are just movies released in those years. If I were to expand on what I've watched I reckon my number 1 would stay as it is but there would be alot of dropouts. For example, I recently watched North By Northwest...
Scots Taffer on 12/12/2009 at 10:05
Your inclusion of In Bruges means we can no longer be friends. Shit, I mean, it'd be bad enough having it on your best of list for '08 but on the best of a decade??!?! You obviously haven't seen enough movies.
I still cannot fully equivocate how much that movie pissed me off.
thefonz on 12/12/2009 at 10:11
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Your inclusion of
In Bruges means we can no longer be friends.
I still cannot fully equivocate how much that movie pissed me off.
Why? Its immensely enjoyable and very funny in places. I would have thought you'd have liked that sort of thing.
Scots Taffer on 12/12/2009 at 10:33
Yeah, me too, but all I surmised in my "best movies of '08" thread was:
Quote:
In Motherfucking BrugesTwo hitmen, a dwarf, a foul-mouthed Ralph Fiennes? How can this fail? Well, it not only spectacularly failed at its attempts at black humour but the whole thing was a complete abortion of pacing, acting and story.
Seriously...
Hot Fuzz or
Shaun of the Dead didn't whup it's ass?
