It was obvious that there was no Cake

Rating: 6/10 (22 May 2014)

I don't see the killer joys of this mystery and genre destroying film masterpiece, to quote a few rave reviews here. Verbal was obviously lying and he was obviously the killer early on. I have no problem with camera lies, as one person put it. Because something is filmed is no guarantee that it is the truth. This is fiction, anyway. I love David Lynch and he certainly likes to lie with his camera. No, I don't mind that Verbal was lying. It was obvious that he was the main mover, but there was no motive for his killing of the other 4 and the crew. I suppose they must have done him wrong somehow. But since Verbal is telling his tale to someone obsessed with another character, we couldn't know his reasons without breaking the narrative. The acting was obvious, too. I mean, it seemed acted, not natural, esp Spacey. I saw him in one good TV movie, but since I have been amazed at his Streep-like obvious acting. All the ticks and verbal hiccups learned in conservatory, kinda reminds me of Day Lewis, another actor whose charms elude me. Put that Method away, boys! The others are passable, but just. I can see why this film is popular, why some people love it; what I can't see is why this film is considered the 23rd best film made. I think some people need to see some more films. Well, Inception is fairly high up there too, so the only twisted conclusion I can make it that lots of people need to see lots more films before they start giving out 10 stars here. Maybe we should make it like figure skating: once you give a 10, you can't give it again.