Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is a prequel, but you can't really watch it and enjoy it unless you've seen the show and have a background about it and the characters. When i got my interests up for Twin Peaks, from the few things i saw in order not to get spoiled, i saw the dark nightmarish Lynch elements that i love. Stepping into the show i didn't get what i was looking for in big quantity. There were mostly those comedic, dark-comedic and awkward moments that undoubtedly made the show successful to the TV and mainstream audience but lacked more Lynch in it. I loved the TV show equally, but as i said before i missed a lot of what dragged me to watch the show in the first place.
Then came this movie, unfortunately and expectedly, having said above that people loved Twin Peaks for its more funny, comedic and awkward side the reactions for this film were expected and it saddens me that this movie is massively underrated. What i was missing came all like a punch in my face into this 2 hour and a half movie. A close view and a trip into Laura's paranoid, sad and terrifying last week before her death, through her descend into depravity. All the dark elements that were there in the show and could explode any moment, exploded like an atomic bomb into this movie. Sheryl Lee was incredible into having various personalities, charming, sexy, innocent, but also depraved and psychotic. There are so many scenes i could mention and talk about all day. Bob staring at Laura from the corner, the bed scene with the painting opening a door to the black lodge and so on. My favorite sequence and here is that once again Lynch shined with his vision and directing. The underground bar scene with the red lighting or as it is called ''The Pink Room'' is what fascinated me the most, it was a totally trippy sequence of losing one's self. The music, the lighting, the tight space and the voices being barely audible made this a crazy sequence. And of course, the scene where she accepts her fate being really sad.
So to end this, im really annoyed and disappointed but at the same moment i understand the reactions for this film. Unfortunately many of the fans were watching this show too surfacely caring more about the comedic side of it, even the romance between the characters rather than the details that made it interesting. So thus, this movie is really underappreciated by the mass. I suggest to those people to open their minds and eyes and enjoy this trip of powerful and countless feelings through Lynch's vision.
I consider this a true horror movie that is terrifying and scary just by its atmosphere and great acting, not unnecessary things. For people that like this movie, you should watch Missing Pieces too. Some very interesting scenes in it.
Then came this movie, unfortunately and expectedly, having said above that people loved Twin Peaks for its more funny, comedic and awkward side the reactions for this film were expected and it saddens me that this movie is massively underrated. What i was missing came all like a punch in my face into this 2 hour and a half movie. A close view and a trip into Laura's paranoid, sad and terrifying last week before her death, through her descend into depravity. All the dark elements that were there in the show and could explode any moment, exploded like an atomic bomb into this movie. Sheryl Lee was incredible into having various personalities, charming, sexy, innocent, but also depraved and psychotic. There are so many scenes i could mention and talk about all day. Bob staring at Laura from the corner, the bed scene with the painting opening a door to the black lodge and so on. My favorite sequence and here is that once again Lynch shined with his vision and directing. The underground bar scene with the red lighting or as it is called ''The Pink Room'' is what fascinated me the most, it was a totally trippy sequence of losing one's self. The music, the lighting, the tight space and the voices being barely audible made this a crazy sequence. And of course, the scene where she accepts her fate being really sad.
So to end this, im really annoyed and disappointed but at the same moment i understand the reactions for this film. Unfortunately many of the fans were watching this show too surfacely caring more about the comedic side of it, even the romance between the characters rather than the details that made it interesting. So thus, this movie is really underappreciated by the mass. I suggest to those people to open their minds and eyes and enjoy this trip of powerful and countless feelings through Lynch's vision.
I consider this a true horror movie that is terrifying and scary just by its atmosphere and great acting, not unnecessary things. For people that like this movie, you should watch Missing Pieces too. Some very interesting scenes in it.