TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)

I had never seen TWIN PEAKS but, after reading that it would come back and after hearing so much praise, I decided to binge-watch it in preparation. The surreal events, the offbeat humour, the melodramatic stories and the "emotionless but on purpose in an ironic way" style of acting weren't present in the pilot (which I loved) that much. They became more and more predominant with each passing episode, so they felt out of place... until the 4th or 5th episode, where they established themselves as the show's format. That's not how television works. It has to do with setting up a fictional world and then altering its rules. Because of that and specific issues from certain episodes, I didn't really like the 1st season and I didn't like the 2nd one at all. ABC cancelled the show, but it gave David Lynch and his team an opportunity to write an ending. They planned a 3rd season, so they wrote a bunch of cliff-hangers to convince viewers that they wanted more. Then, they were given an opportunity to make a movie to wrap up loose ends. They planned a movie trilogy where the 2nd installment would answer questions, so they started with TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME: A prequel that shows the murder of LAURA PALMER (the central mystery of the majority of the show), even though the killer had already been revealed. Of course that neither plan worked. Viewers shouldn't be taken for granted. If you're going to make 135 minutes of pointless fan service, at least have the decency to stay on TV. Don't give it a theatrical release to make us pay for that. Also, since it takes place before the pilot, the aforementioned issue with the format is highlighted. That's also why it's hard to judge the performances. The pacing is horrible. The audience has to wait 35 minutes to see LAURA (and to hear the (excellent) theme song), because too much time is given to new characters that are irrelevant in the big picture. Why aren't there subtitles whenever someone talks in the mysterious place called The Black Lodge like in the show? Why replace Lara Flynn Boyle with Moira Kelly instead of an actress who actually looks like her?



1/10

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