Mulholland Falls v L.A. Confidential

Not even close-Mullholland Falls had caricatured acting, was too fixated on costumes and production design, and was not aided by Lee Tamahori's turgid direction. L.A. Confidential had actors that created characters you could empathize with, a complex but cogent screenplay, and a director who knew to use the costumes and sets as a backdrop to the story.

Decision : L.A. Confidential.

"Situation like this, there's a high potentiality for the common m$@%*rf^&!#r to bitch out."

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I haven't watched all of Mulholland Falls yet but Aaron Neville?? It wouldn't be a problem if he at least sounded like an entertainer from that period but his voice doesn't fit the music at all. One of the drawing points to L.A. Confidential, for me at least, was the music and how it was used to reflect the era in the movie. It was cool how L.A. Confidential included the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet playing "Makin' Whoopee" (The trumpet player actually looked like Chet too), of course Johnny Mercer, and others from the period. Anyway, off to see the rest of the movie.. hopefully there's some "period" music in it.

Gentle-X

L.A. Confidential all the way, it had amazing acting and directing
The only thing Mulholland Falls had to offer was Connely naked

Gosh, I liked both of these movies very much, but there is no comparison... L.A. Confidential is amazing and is the clear winner. On Mulholland Falls, I agree with jmorrison who wrote the review here. The plot is a bit far fetched and without a point or direction. I think Mulholland Falls just tried too much to have a plot like "Chinatown" (my favorite movie of all time) and fell short .... but I still enjoyed Nick Noltes character... and when Melanie Griffith sees "the home movie", you see and feel her pain very clearly. A truly great bit of superb acting on her part. I would like to think both films have something special to give and both are well worth watching, but on very different levels emotionally and intellectually.

Mulholland Falls by far... I've always though L.A. Confidential was over-rated. This visuals and wardrobe and feel of MH is far, far more authentic!

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What you see (and have seen) is what you get -- and have!

Both are superb. I couldn't choose between them.

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