I finally saw HR on the weekend with friends and we all loved it. I'm astonished it has been so divisive with audiences. Considering the amount of walkouts I expected it to be far more violent and controversial. My bf, who is a huge Ballard fan and has been squeeing with excitement since filming began, felt the film descended into mayhem too rapidly. He wanted a longer film with more focus on the build- up. The concensus was that LE and his porn moustache stole the show, especially his mad dancing and the soundtrack is phenomenal. It's my favorite TH film to date and I'll watch it again.
I have had mixed success converting friends to TNM. The bf gave up on episode 3 calling it a droll 80s quasi Bond while single female friends can't get enough. Other coupled friends got bored and switched to Bruce Lee.