Saw Donnie Darko Last Night

It sets an excellent creepy, scary tone but it never really goes anywhere in the end.

Someone called it "The one that got away". I'm inclined to agree.

It does go somewhere in the end, you just have to do a little searching (as in, looking at all the cool extra features).

The Donnie Darko fad is over now, though... sorry. I think it's time to move onto Waking Life. I think that's the movie fad of the moment.

i really enjoyed that movie a great deal.. my only problem with it is how fucking scary that bunny is.. i could not watch the screen when that devilmonsteromigod thing was on the screen.
[okay so i watched through my fingers..]
otherwise, i thought it was great. superb plot executed really well through great writing, amazing acting, and perfect music placement. gyllenhal is a great leading man, as he has that understated frail-evil duality happening that makes him magnetic and interesting. i also love gary jules mad world cover..it gives me chills every time i hear it. i love the movie very much..and i also appreciate the dvd features.. they were rather exceptional.

Maybe you're just a retard. I bet you're one of those gimps which would favour something like Legally Blonde or Bring it On....aren't you?

(I shouldn't really have to post anything on this poll, my avatar says it all- although, Donnie Darko does have faults, like every other movie...)

[QUOTE]I didnt like it, it didnt make sense and grrr i hate when people make fucked up movies seem like the greatest thing on earth just because they want to feel "deep" sorry thats all for me[/QUOTE]

i dont generally like to be negative, especially to a newbie, but thats just asinine.

Donnie Darko was a bit of a break-through for me. Those few times in my life where I had psychotic breaks (oddly, back in the 80's), my sense of time and place got all fucked-up in a bad way. Darko - for me - fairly acurately portrayed that disjointed, out-of-control fucked-up time thing. Hard to explain unless you've also slipped one looney. But, yeah...

I liked that the bunny took off his head, that the truth of the bunny costume guy was revealed, rather than leaving that whole bunny man as some weird, unexplainable creepy device, which it otherwise would have been.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but:

I thought the ending was fabulous, the movie itself was obviously about how Donnie's life isn't all that great, or isn't as good as he would like it to be. Through Frank however, he finds a great deal of happiness, he gets a girlfriend, new room, he even helps bring a lot of peoples poor qualities out in the light for them to see them. However, where as Frank is somewhat his salvation, it comes at a price, and in the end his life is still going to be miserable. Going back in time was completely his choice, and it was completely selfless because through his death, many people's lives would start to look up.

This is what I think makes the ending so powerful, and why the combination of showing everyone in their beds, and playing Gary Jule's cover of "Mad World" never fails to make me, an 18 year old male, cry. I don't think I've ever seen a more powerful ending, and everything was just right.

I never got close to crying while watching Magnolia.

I love that song after theyre done makin it in the room at the halloween party they come down the stairs and the songs UNDER THE MILKY WAY by The Church. Its a great song and fits nicely.

I cried the most when i saw Reqiuem for a dream. Every part of ellen burstyns acting was surperb. who the hell did she lose to at the oscars?!

I love the move very much, but it never made me want to cry. Nor my mom or dad.

I'm going to go ahead and speak for everyone when I say:

Julia Fucking Roberts?

Why the hell is she considered America's 'It' girl? She looks like a fish, and is about as sexy as one.

And I'll back up the weeping fit for Requiem for a Dream. As soon as it got to the climax, I was down for the count.

Of course, it's funny now, because that's the first time I've ever been crying while watching a double anal dildo sex scene.

Oh wait.

Second time. Right.

Dude, once Req. hits that point where everything's falling apart for all the characters. Whew.

I wanted to cry when the movie was over, but ended up just smoking two cigars and thinking about life in that starving artist way.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Kidneythief [/i]
[B]Correct me if I'm wrong, but:

I thought the ending was fabulous, the movie itself was obviously about how Donnie's life isn't all that great, or isn't as good as he would like it to be. Through Frank however, he finds a great deal of happiness, he gets a girlfriend, new room, he even helps bring a lot of peoples poor qualities out in the light for them to see them. However, where as Frank is somewhat his salvation, it comes at a price, and in the end his life is still going to be miserable. Going back in time was completely his choice, and it was completely selfless because through his death, many people's lives would start to look up.

This is what I think makes the ending so powerful, and why the combination of showing everyone in their beds, and playing Gary Jule's cover of "Mad World" never fails to make me, an 18 year old male, cry. I don't think I've ever seen a more powerful ending, and everything was just right. [/B][/QUOTE]

I'm going to correct you, a little bit.

The entire 28 days is Frank's plan to stay alive. By saving Donnie's life from the crash, Donnie feels like he's in debt to Frank. That's stated in the movie. Donnie says it to his therapist, "I have to obey him. He saved my life." That being said... Frank makes Donnie flood the school and burn down Cunningham's house so perhaps he'll get arrested. And if Donnie is in jail, then he won't be at the Halloween party, and he won't leave the party with Gretchen and they won't go to Sparrow's house, and Frank won't run over Gretchen, and Donnie won't kill Frank.

But the plan doesn't work, and all of that stuff still happens.

In the end, Donnie chooses to die because he figures that if he dies, Gretchen will never meet him, and if she never meets him she won't die. He chooses to die because he loves her and wants her to live. So you're right about that, it's totally selfless.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up dropout! I've seen the movie several times, but I usually use it when im about to take a nap. Not because the movie is boring, but because it's just a good movie to fall asleep to.

I really just think that the movie as a whole is so great, it's definately probably one of the most under rated films out there, at least in the general public's terms. I don't know.

i dont think his likfe was really miserable at the end. he died with a smile on his face knowing all will be well

Exactly.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by godspeed [/i]
[B]i dont think his likfe was really miserable at the end. he died with a smile on his face knowing all will be well [/B][/QUOTE]

I was referring to BEFORE he made the decision to go back in time and sacrifice himself. After he made that decision, of course he was happy.

The beginning is really good when you are shown how cool his parents are when his older sister approaches the dad that is using a leaf blower and she's holding up some car keys. He just aims the leaf blower at her playfully, showing her he didn't mind that she takes the car out. It was a good example of showing versus telling that helped me with some writing ideas.

The only thing I didn't really like was the part where he sneaks out of the movie theatre and burns down the house, then sneaks back into the theatre. I found it a just a little unlikely considering the time required to do such a thing. But what do I know? I haven't tried doing something like that...yet.

Yeah, I thought the family scenes were great. I really love the dinner scene with the whole discussion of Ducacus. It's great when his older sister's talking about not squeezing one out until she's 30, and Donnie replies, "Will you still be working at the yarn barn Elizabeth? Because I here it's an excellent place to raise children."