SilverEvo8owner Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Anybody see this movie? I just saw it and im a little perplexed as to what is actually happening. Anybody that has seen it care to explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey2721 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 the kids fubared. this is what happens when you dont take your meds kiddies. my girl loves this movie (which makes me wonder a lil about her) i thought it was alright. the bunny thing was a lil freaky. later, jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 LOL, It is a great movie. And no one knows what the movie is about. Is it about a kid that didn't take his meds or time travel? The movie was made that way so you can make your own call on it and make you think. I doubt even the directors know what the movie is about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FrancesTheMute Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 In the end he realizes it's better for everyone around him if he were dead. Watch the director's cut sometime, good stuff, great movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buteo Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 i watched it last year...one of the weirdest movies ive seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkendubber Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 agreed good movie. It shows that things happen for a reason so don't change em. Oh and being crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verse Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 In my top 5 favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 You really have to watch the directors cut to understand what it's about.. but definately a GOOD movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson1647545504 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 You really have to watch the directors cut to understand what it's about.. but definately a GOOD movie. agree'd ... the directors cut does show/explain more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 http://www.donniedarko.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSM1290 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 The movie was a peice of crap. It was about as good as Napoleon Dynamite. There is no reason you should think this moving was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLudeSH Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Yea you have to read the pages of the book in the DVD (it's a bonus feature)as well. Something about the engine traveling through time making an alternate universe. Thee's so many therories on it it's insane. Entertaining movie thou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coty061885 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 It's definitely my favorite movie, or pretty close to it. In the end he realizes it's better for everyone around him if he were dead. Watch the director's cut sometime, good stuff, great movie. This is pretty much what I took from the ending of the movie, after seeing it like 5 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 If you like Donnie Darko (which I did), did people also like "The Butterfly Effect" with Ashton Kutcher? I hate his punk'd ass, but the movie was really well done (I thought). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Donnie Darko = Teh Best The movie was intentionally left up to the individual to derive his own personal belief of what happened pretty much. Great Flick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verse Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 If you like Donnie Darko (which I did), did people also like "The Butterfly Effect" with Ashton Kutcher? Or Enternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritas Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Yeah all three films were awesome. As for Donnie it really does matter if you watch the dvd and read the pages to the book. I mean really gotta go through each thing and you'll see it had something to do with people who kept doing things like he did. There was the two main dead figures (the bunny and his girlfriend) who were the people who could most influence him. There was just a ton of stuff you'd have to read that book thing at the end to get it all. And butterfly effect was fraggin' awesome. T.c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Donnie Darko is a must to like if you wanna be indie. Its got one of the most pretentious followings of any films in history. Its not even close to the best movies I've ever seen (A Clockwork Orange, City of God, Pulp Fiction, Boondock Saints, The Birds, Psycho, etc) but Jake Gyllenhal gives an A+ performance and it deserves its cult following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coty061885 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Here's something I can't figure out in Donnie Darko: What does the fat guy in the jogging suit symbolize? I've asked some friends who also like the movie and they aren't sure, either. Just thought I'd throw it into the discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohio_wookie Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 The movie was a peice of crap. It was about as good as Napoleon Dynamite. There is no reason you should think this moving was good. Don't be mad that you dont have the mental capacity to understand movies like Donnie Darko. I bet you didn't like the Matrix either. Ashton Kutcher was awsome in Butterfly Effect, he should get away from comedy. ( except for that 70s Show was always entertaining. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohio_wookie Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Personally, I am probably absolutely wrong on this one but, I think the jogger was God. Knowing that the fate of existence lay in Donnie's hands he was just making sure that he did what was needed, and was watching over him. But that right there is my interpretation, so it is probably wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief8one Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 In my top 5 favorites. agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Or Enternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I really like Donnie Darko and the Butterfly Effect, but Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind is a worthless pile of crap. It ranks right up there with Being John Malkovich for me. The difference bettwen Donnie Darko & the Butterfly Effect, and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind & Being John Malkovich is this. Art for the sake of art is worthless, it just ends up being pretentious and overbearing. True art just happens when someone is trying to express an idea through a medium to others. True art is thought provoking because it envelopes an idea (or lack thereof) naturally, it's not trying to press an ideology onto someone. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind & Being John Malkovich are like the kids who smoke to try and look cool and Donnie Darko & the Butterfly Effect are like the cool kids who make smoking look cool and beat up the kids who smoke to look cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismindless Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 there is a great read on DOnnie Darko at this link: http://www.mjyoung.net/time/darko.html I think its one of the best write ups on the movie, and this write up came out before the director's cut. its a long read but IMHO worth it if you havent seen the director's cut yet. The most interesting part is that there are really 4 time lines, but in the movie we only see the first 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad is Dead Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 me and one of my good friends botch say donnie darko is one of our top 5 fav movies....and we both have differenet opionions about what exactly the ending means. And that makes me like it anymore. You can hear other peoples opinions and then watch it thinking of their opinions and all crazy shit like that. The movie fuckin kicks ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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