Eraserhead vs. Superman

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I never did get Eraserhead.

Anyone who says they understand Eraserhead is lying -- or completely mad. That said, I "get" it, and it's one of my favorite movies. Superman: The Movie is one of the best superhero films ever made, but not as brilliant or idiosyncratic as Eraserhead is.

I'm on a Lynch binge at the moment, having recently viewed Mulholland Drive and nabbed myself a copy of Blue Velvet. I have hopes for the dude but Eraserhead sucked. Weirdness, as Lynch's movies have proved, is the best example of the risk/reward trade-off in directorially indulgent cinema (yeah, I said it). I didn't get it, I don't care that I don't get it and, futhermore, I have serious doubts that there's anything to get.

Anything beats Eraserhead. Absolutely anything. If I ever find a movie worse than it, I will probably never want to watch a single movie for the rest of my life.