Admittedly, I thought the first half was pretty decent. The cuts from back and forth from the Asian actress to the little girl on the sofa were quite intimidating and created a nice scary atmosphere and when we see the camera closer on the puppet and little girl and how she's shaking from what happened, it almost elevated the film into "good"-territory. What happens afterward is pretty disappointing though.
The moment the blonde girl opens her mouth the first time is when it all goes south. She keeps asking questions into the empty room which is not completely bad, but could have been handled in a more interesting fashion. When the other girl enters the room and starts throwing phrases at the little blonde girl, however, it's getting almost amateurish and I certainly wouldn't have though David Lynch was behind this hadn't I known already in advance. It's still unclear what exactly is/was going on, but it also seems to be going absolutely nowhere at this point. The director's recent work has been kinda uninspiring for a while now. I hope, with his 70th birthday approaching, he finally manages to turn things round once more.
The moment the blonde girl opens her mouth the first time is when it all goes south. She keeps asking questions into the empty room which is not completely bad, but could have been handled in a more interesting fashion. When the other girl enters the room and starts throwing phrases at the little blonde girl, however, it's getting almost amateurish and I certainly wouldn't have though David Lynch was behind this hadn't I known already in advance. It's still unclear what exactly is/was going on, but it also seems to be going absolutely nowhere at this point. The director's recent work has been kinda uninspiring for a while now. I hope, with his 70th birthday approaching, he finally manages to turn things round once more.