“Any time someone tells you that a work was secretly brilliant, and needs many thousands of words to explain why, you should be suspicious.”
Ah that explains David Lynch in general and Mullholland Drive in particular.
Well, I don’t think there’s a lot of people who calls the films of David Lynch “secretly” brilliant.
There’s a huge difference between a film warranting analysis, and a film needing analysis.
Also films can be good without the plot being blatantly obvious (it just won’t appeal to everyone).
Also you could argue that maybe the PT is too obvious (for reasons that has already been discussed to death), and that that is why they’re so bad.