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Film Donnie Darko

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Wow, go see this movie now, being stoned is a big plus too.
So who has seen donnie darko, cause im still not sure what happened in the end.(SPOILERS, DONT READ BEYOND THIS)
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Did he time travel, was he dead all along? was the bunny a hallucination or his friend(cause it was halloween) what a good movie, wow
[ 19 July 2002: Message edited by: NESSxix ]
 
Dayum...that movie was HELLA tripped out. It was cool.
Want the ending???
--lemme know...
 
*************SPOILER***********************
I got the impression that most of the movie was his fever dream as he was dying, much like the last 15 miunutes of "The Last Temptation of Christ".
 
** MAJOR SPOILERS**
Donnie is alive for the entire movie... right until the end when the jet engine falls through his roof the second time. Frank the rabbit is an apparition from the future, sent to warn Donnie about his destiny, and to show him how to change it. Donnie wasn't supposed to die when the jet engine fell on his bed. He may have escaped death, but doing so brought about a slew of other problems. Once Donnie figured all this out he went back in time and let himself die.
Adios,
Steve
 
you have to go to the website if you want to learn more.. there are hidden puzzles that give you info..
i joined the yahoo groups for donnie darko last year and i learned alot about its background.. the book on time travel is also located on the webiste if you pass the puzzles.. it explains ALOT
 
There were 2 different universes. The real one, and the alternate one. But, which one is the real one? Maybe the alternate universe is actually the real one. What a great movie. It keeps you thinking for months after you see it. It's one of my favorites of all time.
Watch the director's commentary on DVD and it will explain it all in great detail.
 
I'm really glad to see a discussion on this movie. I rented it a few weeks back and must have watched it 6 or 7 times before returning it. The directors commentary and the deleted scenes provide a lot of insight into some of the unanswered questions. Frank was actually divine intervention, but the director didn't want to push the religion aspect on the viewers so it was left to the imagination. I think Donnie was always supposed to die, Frank was only helping him die with a purpose. Isn't it ironic that Frank was actually Donnie's sisters boyfriend, yet Donnie never realized this. When the jet engine first fell on the house, Donnnie's sister had been with Frank while Donnie was also with "the other" Frank on the golf course. When Frank ran over Donnie's girlfriend he was on his way back to Donnie's party.
Anyway, yeah...great movie.
[ 30 July 2002: Message edited by: Idiosynkrasia ]
 
Spoiler*************
Get the DVD it explains quite a bit of what is actually going on. Frank is Donnie's sisters boyfriend. The time travel is what the call it and what it is supposed to be. And at the end yes they do accomplish time travel. The only question I have is does everyone remember the occurance as he does. Watch the end when it shows everyone and their reaction to waking up i.e frank rubbing his eye and jim crying hysterically. what do you think?
Also if you have seen this movie you should also see the ATTIC EXPIDETIONS
[ 29 July 2002: Message edited by: Pardoned1 ]
 
i saw donnie darko recently and just bought it on DVD. it's a wonderful movie. aside from Jake G's amazing performance, there are so many other wonderful things to love about this movie"
- the performances of Mary McDonnell and Holmes Osborne as the parents
- Drew Barrymore (who also exec produced) as the teacher
- Patrick Swayze's performance
- the soundtrack
plus, one of my favourite lines of dialog from any movie ever:
"Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion"
alasdair
[ 07 August 2002: Message edited by: alasdairm ]
 
Drew Barrymore's performance was anything but wonderful. Mary McDonnel, yes. Noah Wylie, sure. Patrick Swayze even. But NOT Drew. She couldn't act her way out of a paper bag.
Adios,
Steve
 
just rented this movie the other day. i had heard nothing about it, but i found the website while looking for cool flash sites. im a harsh critic and was pleasantly surprised. this movie was one of the best, most interesting movies i'd seen in a long time. the site is also sick, and very strange. the music in the movie was great. music always makes or breaks a film for me.
as for Pardoned1's question...
"does everyone remember the occurance as he does?" i thought the part when the donnie's girlfriend and his mom wave at one another...made me think maybe that why sometimes when you meet someone you swear that you've met them before. i don't think the other characters remember what happened, but subconciously they may have some memory. sometimes i remember things that haven't happened, but maybe they happened in another dimension or something. blah nevermind.
 
Originally posted by Lingo:
** MAJOR SPOILERS**
Donnie is alive for the entire movie... right until the end when the jet engine falls through his roof the second time. Frank the rabbit is an apparition from the future, sent to warn Donnie about his destiny, and to show him how to change it. Donnie wasn't supposed to die when the jet engine fell on his bed. He may have escaped death, but doing so brought about a slew of other problems. Once Donnie figured all this out he went back in time and let himself die.
Adios,
Steve
I agree with that until the part when you said he WASN'T supposed to die....
he WAS supposed to die..... but his premonitions allowed him to beat fate... so fate took all his friends and loved ones... then presented a TIME WARP to go back in time to change it.
The ultimate self-less act.
It's a more character-based study on teh tired theme that FINAL DESTINATION had ... (was that the movie??)
And the guy who playe Donnie is FLY!
He was cuter (and funnier) in THE BUBBLE BOY (or whatever it was called) -- which was light-hearted.. but TWISTED!
-physix
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Originally posted by aliengrrl:
as for Pardoned1's question...
"does everyone remember the occurance as he does?" i thought the part when the donnie's girlfriend and his mom wave at one another...made me think maybe that why sometimes when you meet someone you swear that you've met them before.
I think they were connected by the fact that they were SUPPOSED to meet. Many of them had the urge to cry (remember the guy that got his eye shout out?)...
It was almost as if Donnie had 2 FATES ... not 1 ... and it was up to him to decide ... on the one end, he was to live, but be without those he loved... on the other end, he could die, and preserve those he loved.
He was given the luxury of seeing life in one choice and then having the choice to change it. He changed it... but maybe since he had 2 fates, then it was destined that the other characters would also share 1 of 2 fates... since the one was deleted by Donnie's selfless act, then maybe they subconsciously knew what their fate was supposed to be.. or maybe they dreamed it all.... knowing that they killed some girl and then got shot.. or got busted with their child porn... or died in a plane crash (the mother may also know that it was the wing of her plane that blew up that killed her son - what a heart wrenching thing to know!), or that they were hit by a car and killed....
All-in-all, it's sad, because the movie follows the traditional "do bad things and it catches you and you suffer"..... but then Donnie's sacrifice changes that...... Everyone is suffering, but not everyone deserves it.
A truly sad movie.
-physix
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Did anyone PAY ATTENTION to the movie? Remember the bubble looking objects that Donnie saw coming out of people's chests? Those were the hands of fate... leading each and every person on a pre-determined course. By seeing the path that fate holds would then give one the ability to go OFF that path.
I'll add more to this later...
Adios,
Steve
 
Originally posted by Lingo:
Did anyone PAY ATTENTION to the movie? Remember the bubble looking objects that Donnie saw coming out of people's chests? Those were the hands of fate...
I saw it more as a visual representation ofDonnie's ability to predict the future.
"hands of fate" doesn't tie in well, because he never saw those around the peopel immediately affected by his death/non-death.
At least, I don't recall seeing that on the bunny-guy, girlfriend, mother, or little sister.
-physix
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Near the end of the film, when he actualy goes INTO one of the tunnels and finds himself kneeling in front of his girlfriend... it was supposed to be her "bubble" he saw.
Adios,
Steve
 
Edit:
I've watched it about 4 times and I have a few questions if anyone would care to field them.
1. Is the jet engine that falls in Donnie's room from the plane that his mom and sister are on? If so did the mom and sister die on the "second" 10.30.88 even after Donnie sacrafices himself?
2. Does anyone have any ideas on what the fat Asian girl is supposed to symbolize? I get the idea that she is supposed to symbolize purity and innocence. Where as the two trouble making youths represent the opposite. Fear and love spectrum maybe?
3. What in the name of God is the point of Drew Berrymore's role? Aside from her helpful cellar door comment she seemed to serve no purpose and waivered in between a good and bad character.
I've got a million more ????s I really liked this flick but I would be lying my ass off if I said I totally understood it
[ 09 September 2002: Message edited by: cravNbeets ]
 
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