Yes, "Twin Peaks: The Return" is funny, bizarre, weird, unique, experimental, avant-garde, enigmatic, abstract, esoteric, psychedelic, dreamlike, and (of course) surreal.
But it's not good.
It was not created to compel or entertain, but to simply just exist, and evoke visceral emotions in the viewer. In other words, it's art. That being said, I couldn't connect with any of it. The cinematography is disgusting. The narrative is flat and tedious. It's apparent that David Lynch used a "Twin Peaks" revival as a medium to shoehorn in all the inscrutable ideas he's come up with since the original show went off the air. Except for some scattered moments of genius, the end result is 18 hours of boring and discursive storytelling.
"The Return" comes off as simply a collection of scenes, some of which I liked and some of which I didn't. My only reaction to this season is "haha that was weird," and I'm left with a feeling of "so what?"
But it's not good.
It was not created to compel or entertain, but to simply just exist, and evoke visceral emotions in the viewer. In other words, it's art. That being said, I couldn't connect with any of it. The cinematography is disgusting. The narrative is flat and tedious. It's apparent that David Lynch used a "Twin Peaks" revival as a medium to shoehorn in all the inscrutable ideas he's come up with since the original show went off the air. Except for some scattered moments of genius, the end result is 18 hours of boring and discursive storytelling.
"The Return" comes off as simply a collection of scenes, some of which I liked and some of which I didn't. My only reaction to this season is "haha that was weird," and I'm left with a feeling of "so what?"