Saw this with a coworker and her friend. It was so bad that if I were alone I would have been pissed that no one else is around to corroborate.
Things I didn’t like: the acting, the length, I couldn’t - for the life of me - care about the stakes enough. It’s such a clearly American diaspora of a movie because, like, who wants babies that much? Who would give up money that easily? It was so messy. The arguments between the couples felt forced.
...Another coworker recommendation. I went into this thinking I would be laughing out loud but mostly, I was impressed with the quality of the film and cameras and had to double check that this was actually made in the 60s. To be honest, I feel like I don’t really have the context of the Cold War between the U.S. and the USSR so a lot of the tension went over my head.
...After reading the synopsis and realizing that there’s a severed ear involved, I was pretty spooked and apprehensive about this movie. Especially since I watched Mulholland Drive and there was that spooky jumpscare at the very beginning. But very glad to see a very young Kyle Mclaughlin in a cute lil silver hoop playing detective.
Like Mulholland Drive, I mostly enjoyed the colors, and soundscape of the movie. The atmosphere felt so tense and loaded. I also don’t know very much about the mystery or noir genre, they honestly never really appealed to me. “Like oooh who could have done this?” I don’t know!!! Not my problem…! And noir only appeals to me in the aesthetic sense of having a hot femme fatale, and things taking place at night time, hopefully with cool reflective neon bright colors. I’d say Blue Velvet delivered on most of that which is why I’m ultimately glad I watched it.
I watched this movie because a coworker referenced a joke about how to break open a safe. Granted, I was playing Balatro while watching this so I totally missed the joke.
But I don’t think it matters, I had fun watching it. Martin Lawrence’s “Believe that” reminded me a lot of Naruto’s “Believe it!” …………
I found myself bopping my head to the music and honestly laughing at a buncha the jokes just because they were so earnestly slapstick. Honestly felt very nostalgic. Although this was overall a really random watch, I’m glad I did.
Some things (dinosaur kale) are not always better than other things (curly kale). But if you give them enough time and consideration (serious massage with a bit of lemon juice and olive oil, and also roasted sweet potatoes, roasted chickpeas, halved mozzarella balls, halved cherry tomatoes, chopped cranberries, chopped cashews, and a drizzle of dressing made of honey, olive oil, chopped clove of garlic, lemon juice), they are not at all bad, and often pretty good.