Donnie Darko....?WTF

Stevie Northants · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Karma :

Watched Donnie Darko at the weekend,what was it about?

As far as I can tell,a boy put off being killed to put right a load of wrongs in his town,then go back in time to die when he was supposed to.....?

Did I miss something or was it really a load of crap?!

Stevie

carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

It's not a load of crap.

There are a lot of in depth meanings, just you're to shallow to notice them. Razz

Do a google for "donnie darko explanation".

You really need to do some background reading to understand the film, a phamphlet/book called "Philosophy of Time Travel" will explain it.
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mr jamez · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Karma :

I was rather drunk when I watched it, but I remember I liked it, though obviously I didn't draw any conclusions about what it meant as I was busy laughing at the giant rabbit

Will google it and have a read, nothing better to do Wink

ZaphodBeeble · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Karma :

Yeah I thought it was good. Kept me occupied anyway, I usually get bored if a film isn't that good. About to watch Daredevil again as I watched it when I was very very stoned a while ago, so I want to see if it's actually as shit as I remember. Confused

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hopoffbaby · Spanner Monkey Joined: 16 Mar 2002 Karma :

I saw it a while ago. I can't say i understood much of it. However i was somewhat compelled to continue watching it. Weird. Confused

Couger · Trackday Trickster Joined: 01 May 2002 Karma :

Donnie Darko is a wicked film,

Mulholland Drive, now theres a weird film. The point of the film apparently is that there isnt a point, which is a bit of a paradox!?

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R1stu · Shrek! Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Karma :

Brill film!! watched it loads of times! Only sat night was the last time!!
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McJamweasel · BCF Junkie Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Karma :

I watched it not long ago and although I liked it didn't fully understand it. Although thats probably cos I was too busy with my birds ass through most of the film.
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Big Poppa Anal Beads · L Plate Warrior Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Karma :

"mashed" is such a british word. Do you eat hotdogs
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ZaphodBeeble · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Karma :

Yeah I eat plenty of hot dogs when I'm mashed. Do you?

Oh well, finished watching Daredevil and it really is as shit as I remember. What a massive cheese-fest of a film. Thumbs Down

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Susi · Whitton Girl Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Karma :

Do not dis Donnie Darko. It's one great film and yes it is slightly confusing when you first watch it, but it takes about 3 viewings plus the DVD extras to finally understand what the hell is going on. It's one hell of a story that is worth all your attention.

Also I don't know how many of you have watch The Butterfly Effect, but that seems to be better than your run of the mill film too.
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ZaphodBeeble · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Karma :

Oh I like the look of that Butterfly Effect thingy. I'll have to download it when I get home from work. Thumbs Up

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Keen · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Apr 2002 Karma :

Yeah butterfly effect was good, very dark.

Donnie Darko was awesome.

Gti · Bendy Groupie Joined: 07 May 2003 Karma :

Donnie darko seemed good but I wasn't really concentrating on it and only got bits and pieces of it. Whats on the extras because I've only got it on video Sad

Zimma · Wheelie Junkie Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Donnie Darko Thumbs Up

The Butterfly Effect Thumbs Up

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Mark · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Karma :

After watching it i thought the entire experience is an attempt by Frank to save his own life. He uses the time portals to visit Donnie in the past and gradually coerce him into remaining in his room on the night when the jet engine falls through the house, and he uses Donnie's schizophrenia as a tool to accomplish this. Whenever you have a time travel movie, there's a paradox. Given my explanation, the paradox is when does Frank realize he's going to die so he can take advantage of the portals to change the past. Then, of course, as with any time travel story, does changing the past change the future etc. Then it all gets messed up - que Films like the Terminator (which i will forgive the flaws because it is simply brilliant) and they fall into the 'artistic license' anyway.

However - Kelly (the author) states in the commentary that 1) There is a parallel universe. 2) Donnie is a superhero. He feels it is all really obvious. I feel he is so immersed in it that he lost us, well me anyhow.

The big point I missed from Kelly's commentary was his overall explanation of the story, and I think it was because he didn't have one. I wanted to know why the jet engine crossed from one universe to the other, and why Frank was leading Donnie on his journey. Kelly didn't have any explanations for this, and he admitted he didn't know why Donnie returned to his room. The incoherent ending didn't ruin the film, but it did rob it of the emotional impact that it should have had.

The one thing I needed to know to have emotional closure in this film was Donnie's motivation for sacrificing his life. If he did it to save the lives of Frank and Gretchen, then it would be moving. Thought the Tears for Fears song at the end is quite haunting...

So generally - if you are looking for a conclusion on this film - good luck! It seems the author got so lost in it he even lost the plot.

I still like it in some strange way though!
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Susi · Whitton Girl Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Karma :

Okay for starters Donnie really didn't suffer from schizophrenia. In one of the extra scene's Kelly shows how Donnie's psychiatrist doesn't believe there is actually anything wrong with him and how she's been giving him dud pills all along.

Secondly what causes him to go back in time isn't to save his Mother, his sister or Frank. It's to save Gretching. It was the sight of seeing her dead that caused him to realise that he could indeed control time, change the predestined paths that god had set forth (that's what those liquid like trails are) and bring back the life he robbed from her. Why else would he have taken her body with him in the car to be used as a vessel to travel through time?

Thirdly, again taken from the extra scenes, Frank is not acting in a selfish way trying to get Donnie to go back in order to save his life, Frank is in fact God. A higher being educating him in the actual mysteries that lay within the Universe like he did with Roberta Sparrow. See there is a reason why Roberta Sparrow walks back and forth like lunatic to her mail box. She's travelled through time and knows that she will receive a letter from Donnie (the one he writes at the end).

Anyways, I won't go on. There's a hell of a lot more to this story, but it's really long.
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Stevie Northants · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Karma :

Looks like I will have to get the DVD out again and give it another chance,I will also watch the extras,it seems like there is a lot more to it than I thought! Confused

A guy in work said there were a lot of hidden messages and plots,I did'nt believe him! Laughing

Stevie

Gti · Bendy Groupie Joined: 07 May 2003 Karma :

Please go on Susi! I really can't justify buying the DVD when I have the video so can you give me everything you have because I need some closure Smile

Scotty · Scooter Boi Joined: 31 Jul 2002 Karma :

Watched it a good 6-7 months ago.
This was because i told a friend i was interested in strange thinking films as such where you come up with explanations.

He then said, you'll enjoy Donnie Darko then, said it was one of the best films he'd seen in a while but wasn't advertised to well.

Got to admit he was write, i spent a good week after watching the fim watching it a 2nd time and reading up alot of peoples views.

BHut half the fun is making up your own and then comparing.

I enjoy films like this.
I have also just downloaded i mean got cinema tickets for the butterfly effect. i will watch tonight and give a concluesion!
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Scotty · Scooter Boi Joined: 31 Jul 2002 Karma :

Just watched the film, quite clever but i dont think it has the same effect as donnie darko
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Jono · Derestricted Danger Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Karma :

Has anybody thought that he could just be completely nuts and that was all one really trippy dream?! Possibly as a result of some dodgy acid he took a couple of days before hand!

great film though, agree with the others seems to gather more meaning if your wasted!