there be three thing i like about this movie represent francis mcdormand and natasha mcelhonne and and the music ( which even at time be in the contrived hipster vein ) . i have always argue that christian bale and while he choose interesting project and and on the whole and good movie and be not a very versatile actor . when you replace willem dafoe and micheal ironside and emma watson and and micheal caine with kate bekinsale and this shortcoming be apparent . kate bekinsale be ridiculous in this movie . i rarely see act this awkward . the two of them combine to make the least interesting pair i have ever see . bekinsale side story revolve around some ridiculous research of drosophila . the unrealism come in when the audience be suppose to believe that someone be write their ivy league thesis about the fruit fly . people do this type of thing in undergrad at lsu . a friend of mine tell me that i simply do not understand the movie or the lifestyle it portray because i be not from la . i can not buy into this because mulholland drive be easily my favorite movie . lynch be able to convey to his audience the california way with much more intelligence and and that barely even a story .