# Wild At Heart- Does this movie suck or what??!

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**Created:** [September 13, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-at-heart-does-this-movie-suck-or-what/321387 "2005-09-13T03:35:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-at-heart-does-this-movie-suck-or-what/321387/21 "2005-09-13T18:13:34Z")

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I loved The Elephant Man and The Straight Story. Those movies were unusual because the subject matter in each was unusual while still being tethered to the real world. The other movies by Lynch seem to be weird by design, which makes them ring false and affected compared to the top-notch work he can obviously do.

I did like Twin Peaks and the short-lived show about the radio station though.

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**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-at-heart-does-this-movie-suck-or-what/321387/22 "2005-09-13T18:13:58Z")

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I would like to note, for the record, that it’s really, really, really uncomfortable to watch this film – especially the conversations between Sailor and Lula post-throes of passion – with your father.

Also note that I think _Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me_ is better than _Wild at Heart_, though it’s been ages since I’ve seen either of them.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-at-heart-does-this-movie-suck-or-what/321387/23 "2005-10-02T20:01:16Z")

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I loved _Twin Peaks_, _Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me_, _Wild at Heart_ (though I hid my eyes with my hands during the most gruesome scene), _Blue Velvet_, and _Mulholland Drive_. I have not seen _The Elephant Man_ or _The Straight Story_ so can’t comment on them. I don’t remember if I thought _Dune_ was any good or not, but I just bought a copy of the video at a local library sale, so I’ll get to review it.

What the ones I liked all have in common is their weirdness. Weirdness is the quality that appeals to me. And yet—paradoxically—_Eraserhead_ is definitely Lynch’s weirdest movie ever, but I didn’t like it. The psychological horror was too much for my sensibilities. I grant it was a heavy work of art for all that, I just can’t watch it.

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