Now I have just finished watching the first series of Twin Peaks and it was an experience to say the least. I don't really agree with half the people on this site what they say about it. Twin Peaks is a normal town full of normal people. From what I had gathered from reviews I read on here previously I believed that the people of Twin Peaks were citizens who were very odd to be around and was a strange place. That was only because it was in the middle of nowhere and very isolated like most towns around the world but there is a Leo Johnston, Bobby Briggis, Audrey Horne and Laura Palmer in every town so why does that make Twin Peaks any different.
The pilot episode was very engaging and had enough going for it for me to pay more attention to the other episodes of the first series. The more it went on the better it got but I thought it started to become dull towards the last two episodes, though the makers knew they didn't have to try and rap it up quickly as they knew Series 2 could fill in the gaps but I still thought they could have enlightened us more with last episode. It was the very last scene of the last episode of series 2 that made me stand up and go 'WOW' and after that I finally understood what Twin Peaks was all about and what kind of programme the makers were trying to establish.
The characters of the programme were very evened out. For example any scene involving the great Agent Cooper was to be suspenseful as well as entertaining. Leo Johnston brought terror to the series but there were many characters that were just in the way and slowing the story down. David Lynch is a master and is one of the most original directors since Stanley Kubrick but imagine what Twin Peaks would have been if he directed the entire series. In a way I suppose he had a lot to do with every episode but it doesn't feel that way. As much as intriguing and Agent dale cooper's weird but mesmerising dreams were excellent viewing I just felt that something was missing from the puzzle. Apart from that though I did enjoy it very much and it introduced me more to Kyle Maclachlan and I got to see finally what all the hype was and I agree with half of it.
Twin Peaks is still a great achievement and it gave me many pleasurable moments but I still think something was missing, but this a TV series so I can't expect to much. If you are a fan of TV series, thrillers and something quite unusual then Twin peaks is definitely for you.
The pilot episode was very engaging and had enough going for it for me to pay more attention to the other episodes of the first series. The more it went on the better it got but I thought it started to become dull towards the last two episodes, though the makers knew they didn't have to try and rap it up quickly as they knew Series 2 could fill in the gaps but I still thought they could have enlightened us more with last episode. It was the very last scene of the last episode of series 2 that made me stand up and go 'WOW' and after that I finally understood what Twin Peaks was all about and what kind of programme the makers were trying to establish.
The characters of the programme were very evened out. For example any scene involving the great Agent Cooper was to be suspenseful as well as entertaining. Leo Johnston brought terror to the series but there were many characters that were just in the way and slowing the story down. David Lynch is a master and is one of the most original directors since Stanley Kubrick but imagine what Twin Peaks would have been if he directed the entire series. In a way I suppose he had a lot to do with every episode but it doesn't feel that way. As much as intriguing and Agent dale cooper's weird but mesmerising dreams were excellent viewing I just felt that something was missing from the puzzle. Apart from that though I did enjoy it very much and it introduced me more to Kyle Maclachlan and I got to see finally what all the hype was and I agree with half of it.
Twin Peaks is still a great achievement and it gave me many pleasurable moments but I still think something was missing, but this a TV series so I can't expect to much. If you are a fan of TV series, thrillers and something quite unusual then Twin peaks is definitely for you.