Comments on: The Awkward Movie Challenge: Blue Velvet http://awkwardpress.com/the-awkward-movie-challenge-blue-velvet/ Independent publishers of imaginative fiction and daily meditations on the ridiculousness of the universe. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Twin Peaks A-Z | Awkward Press http://awkwardpress.com/the-awkward-movie-challenge-blue-velvet/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Twin Peaks A-Z | Awkward Press Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:34:42 +0000 http://awkwardpress.com/?p=1403#comment-824 [...] the Twin Peaks premiere. I was 14 years old, and already a massive David Lynch fan (I still think Blue Velvet is the best film ever made, although the fact that it was my favorite film even back then could [...] [...] the Twin Peaks premiere. I was 14 years old, and already a massive David Lynch fan (I still think Blue Velvet is the best film ever made, although the fact that it was my favorite film even back then could [...]

]]> By: jonthegeek http://awkwardpress.com/the-awkward-movie-challenge-blue-velvet/comment-page-1/#comment-382 jonthegeek Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:48:55 +0000 http://awkwardpress.com/?p=1403#comment-382 I'm pretty sure I saw Blue Velvet not long after Jeff did. I can't remember for sure, though. I remember that I really just didn't get it, but could tell there was something cool there. The only thing I really took away from it was "Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!", which I still occasionally say to bewildered stares. I'm pretty sure I saw Blue Velvet not long after Jeff did. I can't remember for sure, though. I remember that I really just didn't get it, but could tell there was something cool there. The only thing I really took away from it was "Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!", which I still occasionally say to bewildered stares.

]]> By: jeffrey http://awkwardpress.com/the-awkward-movie-challenge-blue-velvet/comment-page-1/#comment-380 jeffrey Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:15:29 +0000 http://awkwardpress.com/?p=1403#comment-380 It has aged extremely well, because it was timeless when it was released. Add to that the fact that it takes place in a weird amalgam of the 80s and the 50s, and that David Lynch movies have very little connection to the real world or culture, and you've got yourself a movie that'll stand the test of time. It has aged extremely well, because it was timeless when it was released. Add to that the fact that it takes place in a weird amalgam of the 80s and the 50s, and that David Lynch movies have very little connection to the real world or culture, and you've got yourself a movie that'll stand the test of time.

]]> By: segretto http://awkwardpress.com/the-awkward-movie-challenge-blue-velvet/comment-page-1/#comment-379 segretto Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:55:13 +0000 http://awkwardpress.com/?p=1403#comment-379 I once went to a screening of 'Blue Velvet' at the Museum of Moving Image in Queens, and a youngish woman and an old man came into the theater with a couple of young kids... like six-year-olds or something. Aside from the kids being totally disruptive throughout the film, simply knowing they were in the theater made the viewing a really, really unpleasant experience. I assumed the adults had no idea what they'd wandered into and would leave during the scene in which Hopper first terrorizes Rossellini. But they didn't. Eventually, a guy sitting next to me shouted (at the woman, I assume), "Hey, idiot, I hope you plan on refunding the tickets of everyone in this theater because you're completely ruining this movie, not to mention that you're a pathetic excuse for a parent!" The guy then stormed out of the theater. A few minutes later, the offending "idiots" left too with their kids. Oh... and the movie has aged brilliantly... well, at least according to Dinsmore and me. I once went to a screening of 'Blue Velvet' at the Museum of Moving Image in Queens, and a youngish woman and an old man came into the theater with a couple of young kids... like six-year-olds or something. Aside from the kids being totally disruptive throughout the film, simply knowing they were in the theater made the viewing a really, really unpleasant experience. I assumed the adults had no idea what they'd wandered into and would leave during the scene in which Hopper first terrorizes Rossellini. But they didn't. Eventually, a guy sitting next to me shouted (at the woman, I assume), "Hey, idiot, I hope you plan on refunding the tickets of everyone in this theater because you're completely ruining this movie, not to mention that you're a pathetic excuse for a parent!" The guy then stormed out of the theater. A few minutes later, the offending "idiots" left too with their kids.

Oh... and the movie has aged brilliantly... well, at least according to Dinsmore and me.

]]> By: McCarron http://awkwardpress.com/the-awkward-movie-challenge-blue-velvet/comment-page-1/#comment-378 McCarron Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:44:25 +0000 http://awkwardpress.com/?p=1403#comment-378 I can't believe you saw BV at such a young age, Jeff. I saw it in high school and still was horrified. I can't imagine this movie aging well. Dennis Hopper is a genius. I can't believe you saw BV at such a young age, Jeff. I saw it in high school and still was horrified.

I can't imagine this movie aging well.

Dennis Hopper is a genius.

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