Mulholland Drive - 50 word Critique
“It'll be just like in the movies. Pretending to be somebody else.” - Betty (Naomi Watts) written by David Lynch (2001)
A meta-puzzle-box,
“Sunset Boulevard” allusions,
“I don’t know who I am?”
Profoundly horrific,
An hallucinatory indictment of what it takes
to make it big in Hollywood.
Featuring on Top 100 lists around the world (often at number one!)
Such is its lasting power,
Helped cement Naomi Watts
to universal stardom.
About the Creator
Grz Colm
Film and TV reviews, 🎞 as well as short stories and free verse poems.
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH5 days ago in Critique
"Challengers" Movie Review
Challengers is a triumphantly sexy cinematic rollercoaster ride, too incredulously fun not to watch. Tashi Duncan is played by Zendaya, the exceptionally emotive young movie star. Matched against her are two gorgeously nerdy-looking young players, Mike Faist as Art Donaldson and Josh O’Conner as Patrick Zweig. All three have the blessing of great chemistry whenever they spar across screen. Alongside their star qualities are bouncing timelines, demonstrating a lifetime of flagrantly competitive choices that create a trail of wasted potential and misguided lust. Director Luca Guadagnino really knows how to make a graceful yet scandalous picture. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's EDM score intensifies the thrill of tennis and prideful characters up to an eleven. After watching Challengers multiple times, I am forced to argue that all sporting events should henceforth take place at a fist-pumping rave. When first hearing about this movie, I thought the entire plot had been offered up within the two-minute trailer. Two friends like a tennis star. Tennis star has a career-ending injury. Tennis star picks blonde boy, and brunette boy is angry. Audience members think they have digested the full ingredients of the film before getting their soles sticky from the theatre floor. Yet, this new-age masterpiece is anything but a simple meal.
By Spider Black4 days ago in Critique
'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (14)
Excellent work as usual! Go G! 💪🏾
Love this movie, great critique
I never watched this movie but it sound very interesting from your 50 words critique
Fantastic critique!!! Haven't seen the movie, but it's now on my watch list!!! Loved this!!!💕♥️♥️
Really love Naomi Watts! I've heard of this but never seen it. Amazing review...you've piqued my interest!
Excellent review, not a clue about the movie. Will watch if I ever find it.
I love Naomi Watts. This is clearly a must see
Ive not heard of this one - I know, I'm an uncultured swine! 😁
An excellent critique, Grz. But I have always found the movie very creepy. I think Laura Harring's role has followed her her entire career! But Naomi Watts, what a fantastic actress! Like Jennifer Connelly, she is still quite underrated.
Oooo, I don't even know this movie! Loved your review though! It was excellent!
Excellent review of a classic!
Now, this I want to see. Your critique draws me in. I wish I had the time to explore more films. I have watched a lot of animations in recent years though. But real adult stuff has been put on the back burner for sooooo long. Great work again, Grz.
Love it!! Love the film and your review is top notch
Great review. I’ll have to check it out.