Never before have I been simultaneously confused, amazed, challenged and astonished by a movie. The movies that I remember liking, may have given me one or two of those feelings but never all four. Except with David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.

This movie, I tell ya, has confused many moviegoers, even those who venture to be deep. And why not? It's a film noir, alright, in the most unconventional sense. It's surreal and it was actually meant to be open-ended. Lynch actually wanted the movie to be subject to interpretation. It could be whatever you wanted it to be. At first look, it doesn't make sense. It seems to be a jumble of subplots and characters that don't connect. Mind you, most of them really don't. But it's that surreal quality that makes you forgive these many quirks and try to figure out the puzzle.

Lynch has succeeded in making Mulholland Drive as cryptic as possible. The average jittery audience with attention-deficit disorder will see garbage in this movie. But some twisted maniacs, like myself, may beg to differ. I think this is David Lynch's gift to aspiring film makers. Wow. From the technical aspect, this may be a case study. Lynch used several--if not all--the tricks in the book. From camera angles to digital editing, it's all in here. And the story is so twisted, so puzzling, it makes sense only if you dare to make sense of it. I won't tell the story here, I know I can't. Watch it and tell me what you think.

All I know is that Mulholland Drive is a rollercoaster ride of a movie, with as much twists and turns and several trips upside down. After the experience, you'd either feel like you've had the best, albeit dizzying, ride of your life... or you'd barf on the side muttering expletives that rhyme with luck and duck.