CrossCuT Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 [color=330000]What do you think about this movie? Is it just STUPID? Ununderstandable? Full of imagery and allusions? Very deep, introspective, and metaphysical? (I love those words!) Haha! Well I personally love the movie. There is alot more to it than what appears.... [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extra ecclesiam nulla salus Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 [quote name='CrossCuT' date='Apr 15 2006, 09:14 AM'][color=330000]What do you think about this movie? Is it just STUPID? Ununderstandable? Full of imagery and allusions? Very deep, introspective, and metaphysical? (I love those words!) Haha! Well I personally love the movie. There is alot more to it than what appears.... [/color] [right][snapback]947656[/snapback][/right] [/quote] its a foul movie, full of immorality. i don't know why anyone would watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 [color=330000]Yea, I guess it has a lot of vulgar language and a love scene, but that is not what I am talking about. I guess one could just cancel everything out, the negatives and the positives. But if you do cut into it, there is a good meaning behind it. But I can understand if someone would not want to. [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 The ending was too similar to another movie's ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YMNolan Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 it's actually one of my favorite movies, but I'm not hard to please when it comes to sci-fi. it does have a good message of sacrifice, but it's kind of hard to get it because the movie is so dang weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted April 16, 2006 Author Share Posted April 16, 2006 (edited) [color=330000]Its an awsome movie! (Besides of course the vulgar words and love scene) But the whole point is basically how he is going to save the world and to do that, he needs to travel back in time. But of course, he does not know how But he figured "If God exists, he must by extension have a plan for the universe, a path for everyone to follow. If we are following a path that God knows from start to finish, then we should be able to jump to any point on that path because it already and always exists." So in the end of the movie "Donnie is back in his bed on the night of his death. He laughs. He should laugh: he has time traveled, and now he will die—but Gretchen won’t be murdered. His family will weep but the world won’t come to an end at the close of twenty-eight days. He’s sacrificed himself to prove that God exists, that God is indeed sovereign over everything—and if God exists then no one dies alone, it is safe to die, and the world doesn’t have to come to an end. His death does change the future, profoundly, but he laughs because he’s learned that death isn’t the worst thing that can happen to a person, not by half. " It is such a sweet story, and BAH!! If you watch it once to see how it all works, then a second time to look for all the hidden irony, it is SOOO great! Donnie Darko = Superhero (Quotes taken from [url="http://metaphilm.com/philm.php?id=10_0_2_0)"]http://metaphilm.com/philm.php?id=10_0_2_0)[/url] [/color] Edited April 16, 2006 by CrossCuT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverheadNite Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Donnie Darko is a cult classic. Excellent movie. Especially for those of you that are into sci-fi. There is one thing that I still after several times of watching that I still don't fully understand, and thats the messed up rabbit. That is really messed up, and very confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 I enjoyed DONNIE DARKO immensely. The use of the music alone is worth a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 (edited) [quote name='OverheadNite' date='Apr 16 2006, 11:28 AM']Donnie Darko is a cult classic. Excellent movie. Especially for those of you that are into sci-fi. There is one thing that I still after several times of watching that I still don't fully understand, and thats the messed up rabbit. That is really messed up, and very confusing. [right][snapback]949058[/snapback][/right] [/quote] [color=330000]Although Frank (The rabbit) is my new all time favorite character, I dont really understand fully what his role was in the movie either. Besides being the one who gave Donnie all the secrets about the end of the world and how he had to time travel etc, I guess I dont really understand what he stood for. Maybe he was Donnie's conscience so to say...but in the movie you could just quess he was the fabrication of a psychotic boy. (His imaginary friend) I dunno, FRANK IS AWSOME! [/color] Edited April 17, 2006 by CrossCuT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YMNolan Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 As weird and fantastical as Frank is, he's the truth that keeps staring Donnie in the face. Donnie has to confront that truth as it ugly as it may be. But what is happening around him is leading Donnie to making his decision and Frank is helping him reach that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 [color=330000]I think I would agree with that.. But one thing that throws me is the day he wakes up at the golf course. Wasnt that the night he was "suppose to die"? So if Frank is suppose to be helping him, why did Frank lead him away from what was "suppose" to happen and cause the whole tangent universe thing to come about when it all could have been avoided? [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YMNolan Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 i dunno, my head is starting to hurt, lol! I'll have to watch it again and get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamiller42 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 While there are immoral aspects of the movie, someone with an adequate level of discernment can extract out the good and throw away the bad. I found the movie to be very good. The original is better than the director's cut. IMO, much better. If you like the original, watch the director's cut for comparison. The extras are worth watching. If you own the DVD of the original, hang onto it. Not sure how long we'll see it around. I liked the idea that in spite of him knowing what he had to do, he knew he had to do it to save his friends and family. That something was not a simple task; it was to lay one's life down for a friend. Yes, he displayed some bad behavior from time to time, but the time displacement made him a little crazy. He's 100% human and 0% divine. His vulnerable mind was "tripping" because he was not where he was supposed to be. Frank was a rabbit, a reference to Alice in Wonderland. A rabbit leads the unknowing through his/her adventure in worlds where the subject is out of place. Same happened in Matrix and a number of other movies. Frank led him to the golf course as part of Donnie's introduction to his new dimension. Like in Wizard of Oz, "You're not in Kansas anymore." When this happened, Donnie had already passed through the worm hole. Remember how the movie started with Donnie in the middle of the street? That was Donnie after passing through the worm hole and into the parallel time line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 [color=330000]That is so interesting. Its amazing how much stuff is packed into this movie. It is sooo meaningfull to me! I love the allusions! They are soooo powerful and BLAH! It makes me scream cause it is sooo interesting! I really LOVE the line where he is talking to Gretchen and she mentions something about how he isnt a superhero, then he says "What makes you think I am not?" OMG OMG OMG OMG! Its the best line! It is so ironic because if you think about it, HE IS SUPERHERO! I LOVE that line. Its soooo good! Such a good movie, I have to buy the dvd. [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YMNolan Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 [quote name='kamiller42' date='Apr 17 2006, 09:43 PM']While there are immoral aspects of the movie, someone with an adequate level of discernment can extract out the good and throw away the bad. I found the movie to be very good. The original is better than the director's cut. IMO, much better. If you like the original, watch the director's cut for comparison. The extras are worth watching. If you own the DVD of the original, hang onto it. Not sure how long we'll see it around. I liked the idea that in spite of him knowing what he had to do, he knew he had to do it to save his friends and family. That something was not a simple task; it was to lay one's life down for a friend. Yes, he displayed some bad behavior from time to time, but the time displacement made him a little crazy. He's 100% human and 0% divine. His vulnerable mind was "tripping" because he was not where he was supposed to be. Frank was a rabbit, a reference to Alice in Wonderland. A rabbit leads the unknowing through his/her adventure in worlds where the subject is out of place. Same happened in Matrix and a number of other movies. Frank led him to the golf course as part of Donnie's introduction to his new dimension. Like in Wizard of Oz, "You're not in Kansas anymore." When this happened, Donnie had already passed through the worm hole. Remember how the movie started with Donnie in the middle of the street? That was Donnie after passing through the worm hole and into the parallel time line. [right][snapback]951639[/snapback][/right] [/quote] good call with the Alice in Wonderland reference. I'm mad at myself for missing that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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