I am no SW expert, yet, and saw it on YouTube today in a good copy, but found it a bit slow and somewhat boring. No catchy music either. The acting seemed OK. Maybe it would feel different in a possible future look at this movie, even if I doubt it now.
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Well, good for you. Your review seems to me a bit overpraising the whole thing, as if you are seeing in it more than it actually is there, on the other hand, maybe Iām the one to blame for being blind. But, anyway, for me it is just slightly above average spagh.
Nice words, but I donāt think they belong to this movie.
Also, I wasnāt very impressed how they handled Kinskiās death. I understand, he was pretty much deranged by that time, but for such a clever bastard it seemed to me quite idiotic to just run right into the firezone.
I cannot imagine a world where Iām unable to view this masterpiece on repeat 24/7.
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Ok, so hereās my whole problem with the final gunfight: John Webb hides his gun to prevent it would be taken from him, later he escapes Hogan and retrieves the gun. Great. But what he does subsequently? He shouts back at Hogan that he has a gun now. He would do better to say nothing and just wait for Hogan to show up and to his surprise perforate his belly with lead. Wouldnāt that make more sense?
But Iām probably nitpickingā¦
Only if you want to torture me.
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Youāre not blind, youāre just not tuned in to this thing. Some movies will strike a chord with you, some wonāt. And if it doesnāt speak to you, it doesnāt mean itās inherently bad and someone else wonāt find it enjoyable in some way. Also, itās not a review, itās just a description of how I feel about the film and why I enjoy watching it. I mean, sure, we can all attire ourselves in elegant tuxedos, sit down and talk about movies in a judgmental tone, but I prefer approaching the whole matter from a nerdy perspective and the reason why we all enjoy watching different movies is simply because weāre all different and we all look for different things in cinema, we all have different sensibilities. The beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Iām not saying there are no objective aesthetic standards, but ultimately, we all discuss why we appreciate different things for different reasons. Thatās it.
At the end of the day, itās just entertainment. Itās not some empirically verifiable phenomenon which can be assessed in some accurate, quasi-scientific manner, itās not some matter-of-fact thingy. Being an intellectual doesnāt necessarily make you more qualified to critique movies, it may give some additional tools to dissect and analyze them, but at the end of the day, theyāre just movies. I donāt give a shit about the industry all that much, I donāt give a crap about all the glitz and fake glamour surrounding big events and Iād rather consort with film nerds who do what they do because they love doing it. Everything else is just shit.
Well, other people have basically stated pretty much the same thing, so they seem quite relevant to the discussion at hand. Iām just trying to convey the vibes I get from watching the movie, thatās the whole fun. And Iām not trying to come across as some sort of smart-ass trying to impress somebody with my mind-blowingly superior intellect, Jerry, eww, hand me my glass of port. Iām just trying to explain why I feel about the movie the way I feel and itās not an easy thing to do, itās not so easy to break down an emotional response, particularly when it comes to explaining oneās reaction to a piece of art or whatever.
Well, that would be a dickish move, wouldnāt it. And heās supposed to be a good, honorable guy. 
Just to illustrate my point perhaps more clearly: some time ago, I watched Blade Runner with a roommate of mine. He thought it was shit and I loved it more than ever before. Does him disliking Blade Runner prove anything? No. Has my appreciation for the movie subsided in some way, shape or form? No, quite on the contrary, I honored my roommateās opinion, but I have also grown to love the film even more. As far as I know, scherp likewise doesnāt think much of it and he is someone whose opinion I respect. It simply boils down to the fact that we all just happen to look for and like different things in flicks.
Also, by hypnagogic I mean working on a hauntological level in the sense hypnagogic pop works on a hauntological level, so itās not just me pulling words out of my ass, I actually meant something concrete.
Which basically means the same.
No, it doesnāt, it just means youāre not that responsive to the film. Blindness is a too strong a word to use in this context, I suppose you may say that youāre partially blind to the filmās general appeal (from what I gather, you still like the film to some degree), but thatās such an odd thing to say, since watching a movie or to be more accurate, experiencing and enjoying a flick isnāt something empirically verifiable, itās not like a physical ability such as oneās sight. One may comprehend filmās plot, but be completely unresponsive to it. Itās not some binary situation in which you either like or dislike a motion picture and I tend to like certain components of a work and dislike others. Itās also not about some mental, cognitive capacity per se, since there is a multitude of elements factoring into the way I perceive a movie that are completely unrelated to my ability to comprehend and appreciate a film at hand. Sometimes I simply may not be in the right state of mind to watch a film and be completely unresponsive to it, but it doesnāt mean Iām blind to itā¦ it just means I donāt like it, it just doesnāt tickle me, it just doesnāt entertain me at that very point in time. Maybe thatās just my semantic pedantry, I donāt know
The first time I watched Once Upon A Time in America, I didnāt like it. Now itās one of my favorites. Was I blind the first time I watched it and did my act of re-watching the film remedy this condition?
I do not appreciate superhero movies all that much and I donāt care about Marvel stuff to be quite honest. Am I blind to those filmsā appeal or am I merely unresponsive to them? When I was a young kid, I used to dislike spinach, now I like it for the most part. Was my gustatory perception impaired at the time or has my taste simply evolved and changed?
I know itās a subtle difference, but itās there. I suppose what Iām driving at is that itās odd to apply empirical, physical capacities or criteria such as the faculty of sight with regard to oneās preference and taste, it just doesnāt make much sense in my book. Itās not about proving anything or demonstrating oneās cognitive capabilities of cherishing art, itās just about enjoying shit. It is ultimately rather difficult to understand other peopleās opinions or penchants with regard to art or entertainment at large and all we can do is discuss why we enjoy different things for different reasons. Using words such as āblindā seems to denote some sort of cognitive deficiency as opposed to personal preference and I just find it confusing.
I know I can sound a little opaque sometimes, but thatās just me being me, thatās not intentional on my part and Iām merely trying to convey as much meaning in my statements as possible, but communicating oneās perception of art is just a very difficult thing to do. At least for me.
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This is all hilarious ā¦ if it were a SW, thereād be a lot less talk, just one of you with a bullet between the eyes 
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No, in the back ā¦
Yes, totally. 
Absolutely blind, sir.
Spinach blindness. Quite common thing. Weāve all been through this.
You tuned into spinach.
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You have missed my point again, eh. I did not tune in to spinach. I turned into spinach. I am spinach. 
You became one with the spinach.
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I wouldnāt call it Eraserhead or Inland Empire but the film has a very dreamlike tone and a couple of strange moments like the water scene. Itās not so much the fact they drink the water just the way they drink it, itās very weird and sort of inhuman the way itās acted. I think this element works really well though because it gives off a very insomniac feel which helps me as the viewer feel the same mentally as the characters likely do.
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I barely remember that scene, but if it is in your kink department, then by all meansā¦
I wouldnāt go that far 
Just watched for the first time, hoping for an underrated classic. I thought the music was great (in fact Iād buy the soundtrack if I found it) and Sandy was lovely. Kinski was his usual intense self and made the most of his character.
Otherwise, I was disappointed by the relative lack of forward momentum and plot. First thereās a lot of waiting around at the way stationā¦then thereās a lot of walking around in the gravel pit. The music occasionally makes an interesting scene out of a boring one (like when Kinski goes to the upstairs bedroom toā¦take a nap?) but it wasnāt enough to save the movie for me.
Doesnāt make my alternative 20, let alone my top 20. Maybe Iāll try watching it again sometime if it ever gets a high def release.
I liked the English title, nothing else. I gave it a 4 out of 10 after watching it at Youtube some months ago.