maegul (he/they)

A little bit of neuroscience and a little bit of computing

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  • Mickey 17 (I posted about it already, suffice it to say it’s flaws bugged me to the point of ruining the film despite me wanting to enjoy it)

    Mulholland Drive (re-watch) -

    I watched Lost Highway for the first time recently (both Lynch films) and wanted to compare. It made me appreciate both actually. MD is surprisingly brisk and varied and well paced in a way that sneakily draws you into a Lynch film without you really noticing or feeling it until the end … such that it’s “success” makes a lot of sense. But LH’s more gritty and disturbing atmosphere was appreciated by comparison too.

    For someone seeing them for the first time, seeing them back to back could be quite cool I suspect.




  • I don’t think I’m a raging IMDb reviewer.

    As I said in another comment:

    As for a summary of “reasons”, I’d say it was thin on meaning and loud and discombobulated in its direction, dialogue, pacing and plotting beyond my threshold of enjoyment or even tolerance.

    Beyond that, the review I linked captures my thoughts well.

    In short I think it crossed a threshold for me that’s likely different for many (thus the mix of up and down votes here).













  • Not to claim equivalence or anything, but smartphone and the internet (ironic saying so here I know).

    I’m a xennial … old enough to remember living without all this and the middle time where computers were either games or just useful tools.

    For me, and I’m pretty sure many others, I’m pretty convinced it’s better that way.

    I’d really like to get away from these things, at least just to relearn older habits.