Mulholland Drive...

Rating: 4/10 (26 June 2017)

This was my take on "Mulholland Drive": Like most, I decided to watch/rent this after I heard the universal praise- and knowing that Naomi Watts is on it (since I really like the actress). And despite COUNTLESS bizarre, unexplainable moments along the way, I was still very hooked and intrigued. 100 minutes into the film, then the two women go to the "performance" at like 2 am after of them/Rita wakes up out of the blue saying over and over "Silencio" or whatever the word was. The rest of movie (which is another 40 minutes by the way) is even WEIRDER than the first part AND completely contradicts and dumps on what I had already seen. Then the movie abruptly ends. You'd think their trip in the middle of the night (which could've been cool) would somehow tie to the story? None of the stuff had anything to do with anything. Introducing like 100 characters that one doesn't connect to/ cares about. Even the 2 main characters turn out to be not what they claim to be the entire time? Made a couple of good film fanatics and clever friends see it too and they were like WTF? Baffled, I wandered over to my computer to see if I could buy a clue as to what just happened, but to no avail as still nothing made sense. Someone's dream? Not real? An imaginary character that the other creates? Then what's the point of a 2 hour 30 minute movie if it's "not real?" Or is it real? I'm forced to make a choice. The movie is weird for weird's sake and just doesn't make sense. Everyone who loves it is trying to save face and pretend like they "get" it. Until someone proves otherwise. I give it 4/10 for the cool cinematography/ decent acting and creepy ominous chills it gave me in the beginning. Storyline though?