Unfortunately, not worth a second viewing

Rating: 6/10 (24 September 2012)

As a huge fan of movies with twist endings, and also of the stunningly beautiful Naomi Watts, I guess I maybe had some fairly high hopes when viewing this movie. Maybe my expectations were too high?
All the ingredients were here for an outstanding movie!
Hot and steamy actresses? Check. Great storyline/script? Check. Sweeping Cinematography and great Direction? Check. ...but I just don't see this as worthy of 8 stars.
I think the 8 stars are a culmination of those who found the passionate scenes with the main characters arousing, which is understandable ;) and possibly David Lynch apologists.
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against David Lynch films, but this one seems a bit like a gimmick that we had to have clues about the film provided in order for us to "get the concept"
Well, why only 6 stars?
For some reason when everything here was put together, it just didn't turn out right. The movie seems to run too long, and the tempo takes too long to pick up. I was left intrigued for about 4/5 of the way through, and then all of a sudden the story line starts racing by WAY TOO FAST. I'm not saying that everything is too confusing for your basic movie goer to grasp, but that there's just too much happening all at the end, like everyone had a long tug of war during the entire production, and the writers won and it came through in a jumbled finale. Your ability to piece things together in a way where you are still being entertained just seems to get exhausted.
If you ever been at an excellent all-you-can-eat buffet where you have enjoyed everything pretty much, but after a while the server drops your check off without asking if you're done, and then circles around your table like a shark and has that "time-to-go" look on their face,and then that dampens the quality of the meal overall in your estimation...
... well then that buffet is located on Mulholland Dr.