Author Topic: Donnie Darko  (Read 2880 times)

ahluka

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Donnie Darko
« on: August 07, 2005, 08:27:48 AM »
Hmm this is one of those weird but good films - very dark too.

It's about a paranoid scitzophrenic (did I spell that right?  :dunno:) teenager who has hallucinations of a black rabbit that tells him to do 'things', amongst which are:

1. Flood his highschool
2. Burn a house down

It turns out the rabbit has travelled back in time, and there's a weirdo old woman who's writting a book about the philosophy of time travel.

Hmm I'm blabbering a bit and probalby not making any sense. It's kinda twisty at the end - I should have taped it so I can watch it again and make more sense of it (like you need to watch a good Tarantino movie > 1).

It was a good film overall. Yeah.

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« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2005, 02:04:00 PM »
i liked it... it's rather unique and it can be appreciated on many levels (as a time-travelling odyssey, as a religious story, etc)

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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2005, 03:11:28 PM »
Quote from: ahluka
It turns out the rabbit has travelled back in time,

No.

ahluka

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« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2005, 04:15:56 PM »
Hey I said I'd have to watch it again - I didn't think I had the right end of the stick  :dunno:

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« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2005, 04:27:42 PM »
If you've got the DVD, the Philosophy of Time Travel is on there.  Read it after you watch it, and it'll make sense.

The "book" (it's only like 5 pages) is all over the web, too.

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« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2005, 09:42:47 PM »
one of the best.  own the dvd
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« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2005, 11:34:44 PM »
I've been meaning to watch this movie for forever and a half.  I've read the script countless times, and I think that if the cinematography and acting is even subpar the movie will kick major ass.
A sophism of madness...

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« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2005, 02:32:15 AM »
why did you read the script many times yet not watch the movie?

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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2005, 08:26:47 AM »
Cause he's a butt.  I'm surprised he hadn't watched though.  It's been one of the movies I've been meaning to watch for a while too.  Although, I've never read the script.