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David Lynch has been one of my all time favorite directors for years. His films have brought me a continued joy over the years, and they have been so much fun to analyze and interpret and to simply watch. I can remember so many experiences with his films, whether it be the shock I felt at the reveal of Laura Palmer’s killer in Twin…
David Lynch’s Blue Velvet presents day as happy and cheery. The day is perfect blue, with happy people and quirky comedy. It’s borderline parody. Nothing bad really happens during the day, it’s pretty wholesome and cheery, and a good time to enjoy.
“Now it’s dark.”
During the night is whenever all the bad stuff happens. It’s when the dark underworld emerges. In contrast with the cheery day, the night is filled with weirdos and…
Surprisingly doesn’t work as well as I expected? Of course John Waters’s direction is good, and at times it’s funny, but it kind of… wasted the central idea? Like, it mines some humor from it, and the final 30ish minutes actually executes the courtroom idea well, but for a film with a great premise, I can’t help but feel like they could’ve done more for the parody. Like, sure, the family realizing the mom is the serial killer is a…
I could go over everything wrong with this film, but I have a better idea. Let’s play a game: when should Michael Bay have said “this is a bad idea and I should not make this movie” during the making of this… thing:
A: when Shia LeBeouf didn’t sign on
B: when Mark Wahlberg in the middle of a battle pops open a Bud Light and drinks it after showing like a minute of Bud Light bottles