4. David Lynch
I so wish I could enjoy David Lynch's feature films because I am a huge fan of his television series Twin Peaks and will defend it to the death. Truly the most visionary television series of all time and a wonderfully spooky treat for October time if you have yet to watch the short 2 season classic TV show. Despite this I simply have yet to enjoy any David Lynch film I have watched, which is odd considering there is simply nothing about his unique style I dislike from his television show and I have always been fascinated by the man himself whenever I have seen him in interviews. Blue Velvet was kind of interesting but didn't really leave all that much of an impact on me... the only thing I really remember is the haunting theme tune. That said, Blue Velvet is probably my favorite Lynch film I have seen so far- and admittedly, because of my dislike of them I have yet to have seen them all. Dune had a lot of potential but I couldn't really follow the plot and it was much too much 80's cheap looking science fiction for my taste. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was a completely unnesesery prequel telling the untold story of the death of Laura Palmer (the mystery they try to solve in the TV series), but this really was a story no one needed to be told and no one wanted to be told either... especially considering they had to replace many of the original actors. I very recently watched David Lynch's "Lost Highway", and despite my lack of love for his previous films I was very much looking forward to sitting down and getting weired out by this film. The thing is though, at the end of the day, Lynch's films really only weird you out and other than that really have very little substance and very little to say. They may be oddly seductive but within about half an hour they become mind numbingly boring. Despite the fact that Lynch has claimed he knew what the hell he was going on about in his film "Mullholand Drive" I have come to the conclusion that that film really meant absolutely nothing. Sure, most of his films look beautiful and he is an incredible director when it comes to light effects and even camera work and staging, but if the film makes zero sense everything else really doesn't matter. Maybe the film was just an over long criticism of the American Dream of becoming an actress in LA, but if this is the case what the hell was the cowboy all about. If someone could enlighten me about this films meaning so I could actually enjoy this film I would appreciate it... and please don't just say it is a metaphor. If David Lynch would just return to creating television shows I would be much happier.