Donnie Darko by Dayve

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Donnie Darko

POSTED BY: DAYVE
UPDATED: Saturday, April 22, 2006 05:37
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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:03 AM

before Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal made a little movie entitled Donnie Darko....which has been the subject of plenty o'late night debates twen me & the crew.....

i thought it was brilliant - others, not so much....

any thoughts

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:06 AM

MILT

I really enjoyed Donnie Darko. It made me think and it was entertaining at the same time but it needs more than one viewing. It's one of my favorite movies.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:13 AM

DAYVE

donnie - not donny - sorry

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:17 AM

DAYVE

Quote:
Originally posted by Milt:
..... it needs more than one viewing.]

that's true...i've watched it several...ok, more than several times and i'm still curious about it...

don't know if you checked the website when the movie was new...but that was a little strange as well....

i'm still trying to put the whole time travel - mrs. swallow at the mail box thing together....

a great movie, no doubt

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:26 AM

KAYNA

I love my captain

It's Miss Sparrow. I don't think she was ever married.

And I liked Donnie Darko. I thought it was great and bizzare and thought provocking.

The Special Edition, not so much. Don't get me wrong, it's still good and a lot of folks think it makes more sense than the original. It was just ruined for me when I listeded to the commentary. It has Kevin Smith who is funny and the guy who made the whole thing, who I think in nuts.

He babbles about all this meaning and intentions that were nothing like the impression I or anyone else I know got from the film. And And some of it is just plain stupid, at least to my way of thinking. Now, when I watch it, all I can think about is all of that wierd crap he was spewing.

It was just not what I was expecting form the guy who created Donnie Darko.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:26 AM

KAYNA

I love my captain

Gah! Double post! Sorry.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:38 AM

DAYVE

Quote:
Originally posted by Kayna:
It's Miss Sparrow..... the commentary. It has Kevin Smith ...who I think in nuts.

ok...so i start a thread and it seems i don't know what the hell i'm talking about...!

Miss Sparrow...yes, thanks for the correction Kayna.

I really have seen this movie (a lot)...things just aren't clicking for me today.... it's been a while since i've seen it....i will watch it again tonight.... I have the original version - haven't seen the special ED. (and now i don't want to....)

the original will do just fine....

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:39 AM

REGINAROADIE

I kinda dug it. First time I saw it, I had a weird look on my face that I only get from a "What the Hell" movie. A "What the Hell" movie is the very rare kind of flick in which at the end of it, you wonder to yourself "What the Hell was that?" There are only two other flicks that fit that description. FIGHT CLUB and MULHOLLAND DRIVE.

But after the first time, when I re-watched the movies with the commentary tracks on it, I got some understanding of the movie, but not much. There were some bits of it that were cool (I loved the notion of an EVIL DEAD/LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST double feature) and the end montage set to the cover of "Mad World" has to be one of the saddest things ever put on film. But it didn't hit me on a gut level and make me a ravenous fan the same way that, say, CLERKS or GARDEN STATE did for me.

I'm still eager as Hell to see SOUTHLAND TALES though. Apparantly it's supposed to be even more fucked up than DONNIE DARKO.

As per the commentaries, I really liked the ones with Richard Kelly and Jake Gyllenhall and the separate one with Kevin Smith. Jake does a hilarious Chris Walken imitation on his track, and Kevin's always a gas to listen too. It's nice of him to throw in a zinger and a joke to break up the deep, pondering musings Kelly gives.

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"There's only one "Return" ok, and it ain't "of the King", it's "of the Jedi."

"Maybe we should start calling your friend 'Padme' because he loves 'Mannequin Skywalker' so much, Right? (imitating robot) Danger...danger...my name is Anakin...my shitty acting is ruining saga."

Excerpt of internet teaser for CLERKS 2.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:46 AM

KAYNA

I love my captain

The special ediition is good Dayve. I didn't mean to scare you off. In fact I know quite a few folk woh like it better. I just advise against the commentary.

Even Mr. Smith (I'm not sure why he's on the commentary) seems confused by the creator's (I can't think of his name, sorry) wierd tangents and tries to stear the the coversation away from them. He tries to make it a joke but he doesn't really seem to care for those explanations.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:49 AM

DAYVE

yeah, the EVIL DEAD/LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST double feature on the marquee was classic.....and Mad World will stay with you for a while too...

speaking of Chris Walken impersonations...i heard that the twins who play Fante & Mingo do a great riff on Walken

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:53 AM

DAYVE

ok, thanks Kayna...
i gave that version to a friend for her birthday....i'm pretty sure she would give it back.... she didn't like it....

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:59 AM

ROLAND19

If I had to pick one word to bescribe "Donnie Darko":

Meh.

It just didn't do a lot for me. The acting was good, and the writing okay, but it didn't have much of a point.

In my opinion.

(And now ten people will get mad and start spewing out the little nuiances and plot details that it make this great epic...)

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:01 PM

THEWANDERINGBARD

Darko is a great flick. I really enjoyed it and Mad World at the end is wonderful too. BTW don't forget October Sky, thats another amazing early Jake movie.
(It's got model rockets and things that go boom!)

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:02 PM

KAYNA

I love my captain

That's too bad. Donnie just doesn't work for some folks. But still, I think it is great. And did you know that the girl who plays his older sister really is Jake's sister, Maggie?

You probably do, I just thought I'd mention it cause I thought it was kind of cool.

Since we're talking about favorite scenes, I have to say I love the school intro and the Smurf scene. And the Mad World scene does really get to you.

I read an interview with Tears for Fears, who did the original Mad Word were they said they perform it more like this version now. One of them also said that it kind of sucked when you felt like they were berforming a bad cover when it was thier song to begin with. They wrote it. I see that. And they didn't seem too bitter about it. Just making conversation. It's hard to tell a persons tone in print.

And oh yeah! My brother wants a Frank Costume.

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Op: You're fighting a war you've already lost.
Mal: Yeah, well I'm known for that.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:02 PM

DAYVE

yes, October Sky was very good...

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:05 PM

DAYVE

yeah, i knew that about Maggie...i really liked the dinner conversation between bro. & sis....(suck a f**k????)

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 2:03 AM

PALLAS

I really liked it. I've seen it a few times and still don't really get it. I don't think I want to get it though. I saw the Director's Cut only once when it first came out (is that what you mean by special edition?). I thought it was ok...but really didn't like it as much. It didn't tie up *everything* and I don't like things being explained for me.

I loved the soundtrack for that movie.

Hm. You know, when I first saw the movie, it took me a while to work out that Frank was a bunny. My friend and I thought he was a bizarre alien. Freakiest bunny ever.

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 3:19 AM

MAL4PREZ

Funny you should mention it - a good friend has been telling me about this movie for a while, and I finally watched it a few months ago. I LOVED it! Didn't get it at all the first time, but it's one of those movies of little moments (like Firefly) just every second of it has something interesting - the acting, the way it's shot, the music, the social commentary, the lighting...

The science part still doesn't work for me (and I'm a physicist and usually into things making sense) but that's not the point, not for me.

Anyway, it's really one of my favorites. EVER!

One comment I have - anyone notice that when they show those love/fear videos with Swayze (who's sooo funny), twice they show Swayze, ok, Cunningham, walking toward the camera and a horse whinnies in the background. They look like they're on a golf course, and there's no horses anywhere!

It's a beautiful touch.

m4p

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 3:31 AM

REGINAROADIE

I didn't notice that. I loved the golf course scene though. Just the image of someone curled up and asleep by the 9 hole tickles the golfer in me.

One thing that I don't think anyone else has caught on is that the whole Frank think is a refrence to this old Jimmy Stewart movie called HARVEY. It's this movie based on a play about his guy Elwood. He's the nicest, most friendly man you've ever met. Not a single bad bone in his body. He's completely ordinary, except he thinks he has a six foot tall rabbit named Harvey following him. He's not freaked out by it at all though. He opens doors for him, orders him drinks and considers him to be his best friend, which freaks out his sister whose trying to kepp his "psychosis" under wraps.

In a weird way, DONNIE DARKO is like a nightmare version of that story.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"There's only one "Return" ok, and it ain't "of the King", it's "of the Jedi."

"Maybe we should start calling your friend 'Padme' because he loves 'Mannequin Skywalker' so much, Right? (imitating robot) Danger...danger...my name is Anakin...my shitty acting is ruining saga."

Excerpt of internet teaser for CLERKS 2.

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Thursday, April 6, 2006 7:40 AM

DAYVE

ok, so i watched the Director's Cut last night...i think i still like the original better... couldn't put my finger on it, but maybe the original was more mysterious...if that's possible....

still very good...and a flash back to the music of the 80's...usually not my favorite music, but i liked the score for this film....& the Swayze part dead on....

so, i would have to say that Darko is still one of my favorite movies....

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Friday, April 7, 2006 2:52 PM

J6NGO1977

I like 'Jarhead'. LOL. With Donnie Darko, I really dont get it, or yes i do. Its 1 of those films when people say 'its about mental health, dont you get it?'. Yes i do. Same as 'Fight Club', people say it's about mental mental health, don't you get get it? Ok let me think duuuuuur, no im dumb. LOL. Of course I do. However any movie just tells a story , he is not trying to prove a point :). I may get crucified for saying this. Hopefully I dont get slagged of fo
r as much as I do defending FIrefly and serenity on other sites:)

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Saturday, April 22, 2006 5:37 AM

KAYLEESTHEGREATEST

I think it was his first

Someday the verse will spit in your soup but at least they gave you soup.
one day
one plan
one mission
one army of browncoats
june 23rd serenity day

-Our mission as browncoats is to make us known.

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