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Mulholland Dr. (2001)
David Lynch is an indisputable genius
Its the story of Hollywood, its the story of America; glitz and glamour on the outside, lies and deception rotting away at the core. Its noir, it looks great and feels great. But its the way David Lynch tells the story that makes this film a masterpiece; instead of defining the characters and rounding off their roles, Lynch tells the story first and the characters eventually become almost irrelevant.
After watching Lost Highway and especially Twin Peaks I was left thinking I know that was a good film but I didn't really understand it and I feel like I've missed something. After watching Mullholland Dr, I now know that the only thing I've previously missed in a Lynch film is the predictable start / middle / end of a story, stock characters, heroes and villains, happy endings, loose ends neatly tied up.
The story is told in a way you don't expect, and I think this is the point. I believe that your pre-conceived ideas about how a story should be told are the only things preventing you from enjoying a David Lynch film.
The thing that absolutely grips me with this kind of film is that now, 3 weeks after watching it I'm still thinking deeply about it. And just search the internet for discussions about this and other Lynch films (especially Twin Peaks!) and you'll know why this man is a genius.
I'm off now to watch Lost Highway again! Stu
Green Street (2005)
Poor film, didn't work I'm afraid
A Harvard student gets involved in a West Ham firm and becomes a hero. This is an interesting and a slightly new spin on the genre; it would take a good script and some very strong characters to pull off a story like that. So, what happened? the story was a patchwork of pieces borrowed from every other football hooligan film but it made no sense, it was painfully predictable, the characters frankly looked lost.
Elijah Wood was OK, he is obviously trying to shake off the Frodo typecasting and he did it beautifully in Sin City, but this was wrong for him and he wasn't strong enough in this to make it a good film.
I found this film simply unbelievable
This American chap shows up in the east-end, his sisters fella tells him to go to a football game with his brother, the leader of one of the most notorious football firms in London. Within 5 minutes, they are best mates and they go and meet the rest of the hooligan's down the pub. Yeah, this happens all the time.
I gave it 3 out of 10, the 3 is for getting to watch frodo beat up a gang of Mau Utd fans!
If you like the genre, watch "I.D." (1995) for how it should be done. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113375/
Comedy Nation (1998)
Rare and Genius Comedy
I can understand why many people would be bewildered and possibly almost frightened by this sort of comedy; it was raw and it was completely uncompromising.
Comedy Nation was a platform for new talent to break into television, it was a very jumbled sketch show with many writers and performers adding pieces; it was completely un-linked and totally unrefined. Yes there were some dodgy pieces, but there was also a great deal of genius on show; it seems everybody currently producing alternative British television comedy had a part in this show and it served very well as a stepping stone for some of the best acts on TV. The likes of Kevin Eldon, Julia Davis, Peter Serafinowicz, David Mitchell, Robert Webb and Johnny Vegas; to name a few.
Comedy Nation contained the kind of sketches that left you stunned; The Divine David, a kind of beat up, bitter transvestite, Simon Munnery's 'league against tedium', and of course, the Gaa Haa clown, the embodiment of insanity. I suppose you either like it or you don't, but if you don't, I think you're really missing out.