Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern) are in love and on the run from any and everyone that Lula’s mother, Marietta (Diane Ladd), has sent on their trail to kill Sailor.  While on this trip Lula and Sailor encounter numerous strange individuals through the roads of Louisiana and Texas.

I’m already worried that I’ve made a misstep by deciding to do this marathon.  I knew going in that David Lynch was someone with a reputation for weird movies, but somehow I doubt any preparation would’ve made me ready for this movie.  All the colours and ridiculous amounts of Nicolas Cage’s best Elvis accent while having him and his love girl on a Natural Born Killers style road trip, with a lot less killing that is.  I feel almost like I walked into this one too seriously because if I was to do anything but laugh at it all then I don’t know what was going on.  Especially when we would switch back to Marietta back at home constantly turning more red with each minute that passed where her daughter was on the road with that manslaughterer.

I don’t know how else to say it; this movie is fucking weird, and not in the good way.  I’m sure if I went out to the internets and searched some symbolized meaning of this film I’d find people who discovered things about themselves that they never knew and how they needed to get out on the road and get themselves a snake skin jacket that represents their individuality and their belief in personal freedom.  There were even points in this movie where I wasn’t sure whether what I was watching was an overdramatized version of reality or just a dream.  When Sailor and Lula are dancing in the club and Sailor stops the entire club because another man begins to dance with Lula I just can’t believe that this is any version of reality; and since the film never strayed from that skewed perspective I found myself more than disoriented in how to perceive the film itself.

I think my biggest problem with this movie was that I don’t know what I – or any of the characters – gained after spending our time together.  Did Sailor learn to put his criminal tendencies behind him?  Did Lula get over her issues of being molested as a young teen?  Did Marietta realise that Sailor and Lula were meant to be together?  I don’t think any of those things happened, I think the movie started, happened, and ended with little point to it.  I’m sad to say but I think I’m going to be in for a rough ride on this marathon, but I’m sure going to try to complete it.

IMDB says 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes says 64%

I say 3.5/10