I see people talking about how you need to rewatch it multiple times and how it's so weird.
The story was straightforward enough right? Did i miss the david lynch acid dreams? Because it seemed like a mild straight forward movie to me.
I felt the same. Same with Eraserhead actually. There were things here and there I didn't get with that film, but overall I thought it was pretty straightforward with what was going on. More weird and out there. But still pretty straightforward. I felt the same with this film.
shareWell Eraserhead is not confusing, but it's still a really weird movie in other ways
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Eraserhead is the definition of coconuts movie.
I think you're only seeing the film at its most superficial level: the plot. Plot is honestly just one of many layers to a film like this, so I don't think you being able to comprehend that means you necessarily fully understood the film at large. I'm not saying that to diss you or anything, just wanted to let it be known that plot isn't necessarily the be all, end all to a film.
I've only seen the film once so far so I can't say I fully comprehended it either, but from what I can tell, the movie definitely has some themes regarding the psychic link between sex and violence, as well as the relationship between love and lust. There's probably more to it than that but that's all I've got so far.