December 10, 2008.

A Love Bizarre.

Rating: 4
You have to be in the mood to watch this. Entering the world of david Lynch is an unconventional journey into the bizarre. What I love about his films are there are certain scenes that make absolutely no sense but they resonate on your mind, a blueberry stain on your brain. This is not your everyday movie, there is no real flow, and some of the film shows it's age and David Lynch's infancy stages of filmaking. I'm sure he would have done some things differently in today's standards. It was nice to see and hear Nicolas cage doing the song "Love Me" by elvis presley? Now you don't get to see that everyday in movies. The parts I thought dragged the movie were too many unnecessary sex scenes and boring dialogue between Sailor and Talula. Enough is enough! Diane Ladd had some brilliant moments, her famous lipstick scene is unforgettable. You can't compare David Lynch with any other. He is an original and creates works of art. I wish he would come out with another film soon, we need the psychodrama in times like this.

December 03, 2008.

Interesting at heart.

Rating: 4
A very underrated movie. Not David Lynch's best, but certainly one of his most interesting. Very cool performances from the entire cast and lots of great images.
The story goes from bizarre to dark to humorous. Never boring, but somewhat confusing at times, but that's part of it's appeal.

December 04, 2008.

Violent, Rauchy Romance anyone???.

Rating: 5
AWESOME MOVIE!!!
Im a huge David Lynch fan! I own all his movies and most everything he's ever touched/helped work on. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES!!! Even those who don't know or like David Lynch films... will LOVE this movie. Totally Violent, raunchy, campy, dark, comedic (dark), and noir. This is a totally CARNAGE CLASSIC that needs a place next to PULP FICTION!
In the tradition of TRUE ROMANCE, its a totally mash up of Tarantino, John Waters, and David Lynch's signature style. TOTALLY RECOMMENDED to the select collector!
Oh, and Nicholas Cage sings 50's rockabilly music including an Elvis song... and Im not a Huge Nicholas Cage fan, but he does pretty damn well... I was shocked!

December 31, 2008.

From The Gutter.

Rating: 3
My introduction to the work of David Lynch came years ago when Eraserhead was first released. Then years later, I saw and liked both Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive. So late last year, after reading quite a few positive reviews, I decided to add Wild at Heart and Inland Empire to my collection. Inland Empire proved to be so unwatchable (I still have yet to sit through the whole thing) that I put off watching Wild At Heart until just last week.
Well, I should have watched Wild At Heart first. Contrary to what some reviewers say, it does have a storyline (a twisted love story) you can follow if you pay close attention. And paying close attention seems to be the key to even beginning to understand any David Lynch film.
Those familiar with Lynch films will not be surprised to find that Wild at Heart is liberally filled with the kind of low-life degenerates and assorted wierdos that typically populate his cinematic world. There is hardly a single likeable character in the film. The average viewer will alternate between feelings of contempt and revulsion as Lynch's characters parade before their eyes.
Despite the convoluted and downright silly "plot", some rather decent performances were turned in. Nicolas Cage makes an excellent greaseball with that silly disco-daddy snakeskin jacket and his Elvis affectations. Laura Dern is easy on the eyes as always and pulled off her role as a mixed-up and profoundly disturbed skank quite well. Other key characters were equally on top of their games. But the best performance of all was turned in by Willem Dafoe whose movie character is so very nearly sub-human that the viewer is delighted when he is ultimately ventilated in a hail of police bullets.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie enough to where I wouldn't object if a visitor wanted to watch it, but Wild at Heart doesn't have near the intensity of Blue Velvet or the often morbid sensuality that animates Mulholland Drive. If you get this edition, you may find that watching the extras first enhances your enjoyment of the main feature.

December 05, 2008.

Wild at Heart is a sensual masterpiece....

Rating: 5
Tom Keogh, the author of the "official" Amazon.Com review for this film, is, as far as I can tell, a complete idiot. His appreciation of this masterpiece is so stunted, so prissy, and so dismissive that I can only assume his life has neither prepared him for the film, nor given him any acquaintance with the type of situations and modes of life that the film delves into -- this world really is out there, and the sensual, violent and almost Darwinian struggles that transpire there are not so different from the polite society which Mr. Keogh evidently considers the proper dimension for story telling. Wild at Heart has been on my Best American Films Ever Made list ever since I first saw the film just after its original release. Rather than being incoherent, Wild at Heart is Lynch's most linear, structured film, and vastly superior to Blue Velvet which, to this reviewer, is the more likely film to be accused of incoherence and random visual ranting. Wild at Heart is a sensual masterpiece, filled with wit, dark parables and stunning performances -- has Laura Dern ever had a more memorable role or given a more memorable performance; has Nicholas Cage ever really moved far past the template he created in this film and in "Moonstruck"? Just a wonderful production, Lynch's greatest film story.