Just saw Donnie Darko

[Cryptkeeper]

I had been reading about this movie for awhile, about how great it was and all, so I got it awhile back, but just have not watched it until today. The reason why is becuase I like to read movie reviews from actual people (not the critics), and almost every movie that people rate as being great, I find horrible, so I was afraid I would not like this movie, but I was wrong, it was great!

I also thought it was a horror movie due to people always saying that a big bunny rabbit was telling Darko to kill people. That is what I thought the whole movie was about, but it wasn't. It was more about time travel and sci fi stuff like that. I really enjoyed this movie even though the ending was a little hard to get used to.

[VampiricClown]

Thanks for the info. I also bought it awhile back but never got around to watching it. I guess now I have a reason to.

[The Mothman]

i didnt understand it....

[alkytrio666]

It's a fucking powerful movie. Vamp, you'll love it. Anyone care to discuss?

Mothman, care to expand on your puzzlement?

[The Mothman]

It might have been because i was really tired, but i just didnt catch on to...well, anything that was happening. wierd things coming out of their chests, some wierd old lady who writes some book that i dont really get. I dont get the whole thing about the end of the world either, and i MOST certainly didnt understand the ending.

[pinkerton]

I didn't understand who or what Frank was.I was also baffled by the movie.

[BASSI]

this movie was great,
i didn't understand it as well.

The sad ending with the song Mad world by Gary Jules was great fit in movie (great song)

[Posher778]

I understand it =)


Someone was doomed to die from the start, either the world or donnie, i'll explain later, i'm too tired.

[jay o2 waster]

It's a movie that takes several viewings to fully understand and even then you will not completely get it. I was watching it with this girl and she must have said I'm confused 1000 times during the movie.

[Cryptkeeper]

From what I understand, Frank was from the future *(spoiler warning)*, but the part where they are in the movie, and the bunny takes his mask off, he has one injured red eye, and other than that, he is a regular guy. Well this guy in the bunny costume is Frank, and Donnie kills Frank near the end. I don't understand though why it was Frank who was the one to help Donnie escape his bedroom in the begining.

I think Donnie was some sort of superhero such as when the rabbit showed him the house he was to burn down, and the police found a kiddie porn ring due to the fire. Donnie was able to get through locked doors etc. even though it never shows it. They also never show how he actually gets in the house.

I also had some trouble understanding the part of the plane that fell in his bedroom, but I have been doing some reading on the net about it, and a lot of people seem to think that there are two different worlds, and that Donnie was chosen to save the world by at the end, causing the engine to fall from the plane back into his house, but this time, he was in bed, and it killed him. I do remember him saying something when he woke up about it being a dream, then the engine fell on him. I don't know if he had to die or not because when he woke up, he was laughing saying it was a dream. I think he could have just gotten up out of bed, and let the engine crash and everything would have been okay. From what I have been reading, that was what he was supposed to do in the end because if he didn't then the part where he was on the mountain and this huge dark cloud was forming, that would have been the end of the world.

Who really knows though? There are so many explanations on the web that it would take days to go through. Anywas, I'm sure I probably confused more people than not because the movie is so confusing. Reminds me of the movie Memento. That is another good confusing movie. Movies like these make you think about them when it's over.