Originally Posted by Living Deadpan

Open question to anyone: What's a good word to use instead of "entertaining" to explain one's enjoyment of a film? Engaging, perhaps? VIDEODROME is one of my all-time favorite films but I've never thought of it as "entertaining" (even if part of my reaction to it is being entertained). Often when I talk about my favorite film/music/lit, I'll say something "resonates" with me, or I find it "compelling." It "sticks with me."

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

I think you're over simplying the idea that to be entertained it has to resonate positive in nature to you.

Originally Posted by inri222

"Entertainment wants to give you what you want. Art wants to give you what you don't know you want." - David Cronenberg

Originally Posted by Ringmaster

"I can't believe I ate the whole thing" -Homer J. Simpson

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

"Fuck you." Cyrus Grissom

Originally Posted by Chadm

erection inducing.

Originally Posted by inri222

Lynch's Eraserhead makes for a good triple feature with Cronenberg's The Brood & Zulawski's Possession.

Originally Posted by Ringmaster

"Suave! Goddamn you're one suave fucker!"

- Frank Booth


Can't wait for the Con Air Criterion Edition, Han.

Originally Posted by Living Deadpan

I'm not trying to be pretentious. I just try to find words that don't have such binary baggage. Good vs Bad, Artistic vs Entertaining... To me, film appreciation (like anything else) has a middle ground.

Originally Posted by davidlynchfan

Eraserhead is "thee" Midnight movie. Those who think it lacked replay value don't know the right time to watch it.

Originally Posted by slop101

Not having had kids, I always saw it as a cautionary tale, saying "don't fucking have kids!".

Originally Posted by Pizza

I'd take Eraserhead over The Brood any day. I love Eraserhead. The Brood, not so much.

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

I would sincerely hope real babies are cuter than the one in the movie, or I've been lied to over the years! If you want me to continue to propitiate the species, you aren't making it sound appealing .

Originally Posted by Mike86

I'd rather they released Mulholland Drive though personally.

Originally Posted by moviefanfare

Criterion Corner: Those folks at Criterion are up to their old tricks, pushing out gems on DVD and Blu-ray that collectors simply can’t live without. Down the road, we’ve learned that the company has slated David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr., the 2001 Hollywood-set mystery that actually started life as a pilot for a TV series. The film deals with an aspiring actress, an amnesiac woman, a film director, and a lesbian liaison and stars Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Robert Forster and Justin Theroux. This will be a nice companion piece to Criterion’s upcoming Eraserhead. Also due from the company is Terry Gilliam’s fantasy Time Bandits, available in a mega-deluxe edition. Just licensed for future release is Federico Fellini’s 1960 masterpiece La Dolce Vita with Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. This will make a nice companion with The Great Beauty, the recent Oscar winner inspired by La Dolce Vita.