Blue Velvet (1986)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Masterful Movie

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Blue VelvetThe feature is smartly separated into various high pitched dramatic sequences that are mesmerizing and bedazzling; even though inedible to encounter, offering some of the best theater act like drama culminated into this convoluted vision. The writing is witty, exhilarating and gripping throughout the course of it where if plotted a graph there barely would be a dip somewhere in its second act which is feasible. The technical aspects like background score is up beating and horrifying and is perfectly edited too. David Lynch; the writer-director, once again proves his excellence and passion towards the art of the cinema through his brilliant execution skills which holds the audience on the edge of the seat, rooting for more even after the curtain drops. The performance level is satisfactorily filled in by Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini and Laura Dern as a supporting cast. The only minor conflict in this feature is the definite point that it fails to make despite of building it up to such a peak where the audience feels vulnerable and surrendered to the world depicted in here. Blue Velvet is a smooth and satisfying experience in terms of craft that is explored in here and the thrill it offers along with it.

A great cast wasted in this self indulgent, rambling, waste of time. Plenty of faux symbolism, significant of nothing.

I had heard of this film for years but wasn't inclined to purchase it, so figured I'd never see it. Well it comes on late one night on STARZ so realize I'll finally see it... This is one wild ass flick, I couldn't get over Rossellini's wig (made me think of Rocky Horror too much). It's a very odd movie that's incredibly unsettling, mainly Hopper's character. I prefer movies where it's understood why things happen the way they do (there was never any explanation of why Frank had Dorothy's family). I also didn't understand Kyle M's delivery, I just didn't understand his character at all. It's a movie I won't forget anytime soon but it won't necessarily be for good reasons.

To watch Blue Velvet for the first time 31 years after its original release is a treat of unexpected proportions. I'm not going to tell about the story because, I'm sure, each one of us could tell it in very different ways. The blandness of Kyle MacLachland here is a major plus. It's not him that rivet us but his circumstances. And the circumstances are truly riveting, terrifying, unpredictable and gloriously cinematic. Dennis Hopper is superb, disgustingly so and Isabella Rossellini creates a character that was totally new to me. Related to many others but new, disturbingly so. Dean Stockwell has a moment that I know already will stay in my mind for ever. I'm so glad I finally saw it.