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[–] UlfKirsten@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

The Dark Knight

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I do not give a shit about David Lynch. I respect some of what he's going for, and the people who like his work, but it always feels like alien commentary on pop culture, for pop culture I wasn't paying attention to in the first place. Gorlax really nails those Kardashians! Mulholland Drive... sure is a sequence of images!

[–] Fal@yiffit.net -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Haven't seen it, probably won't. I've heard enough to respect that he was taking a swing at high melodrama as overpriced soap operas, but I don't want to watch a satire any more than I'd want to watch the real thing. I find it fascinating that Japan adored his comically heightened view of small-town Americana, but King Of The Hill has a similar distinction, and I don't watch that either.

I liked Dune. Completely ridiculous, and an absolute tragedy we didn't get Jodorowsky's version, but he understood just how bizarre and uncomfortable the story got, and had a reasonable level of disrespect for his audience. I've had family express confusion over the Villienenneuuve version and unironically recommended the Lynch version as a low-intensity explainer with crazier character design.

[–] Fal@yiffit.net -1 points 7 months ago

he was taking a swing at high melodrama as overpriced soap operas

That's not how I would describe it

And it's not really a satire at all

[–] Zeer0@sopuli.xyz 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.de 0 points 7 months ago

Turned it off after 45 minutes, it felt so artificial and pretentious. I mostly enjoyed his other films.