I just saw this movie, and I must say it's one of the wierdest, creepiest, and coolest movies I've ever seen.
Man, how they tied in everything at the end completely caught me off guard. It was genius.
If you haven't seen it yet, go rent it. Now.
I mean it. Go.
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
Strange you should bring up the movie -- I also saw it for the first time in the past, what, 24 hours. It's very good -- it passes what Sean and I call the "masturbation scale"; meaning that if you can't even think of getting it up within three hours of watching the movie, it was a good one.
It's going on the "truly good DVDs" shelf, up with American Beauty and Good Will Hunting, despite my lingering doubts about going full-fledged screaming-preteen-for-Justin-Timberlake fan on it. I'm not as impressed with Donnie Darko as I am with other of my truly good DVDs -- though maybe it's just a one-viewing impression which would be revised with repeated observation. Still, I enjoyed the hell out of it. You have decent taste in movies, dude.
Posted by CalvinMaker (Member # 2032) on :
American Beauty and Good Will Hunting were awesome movies, yes.
Two other ones I liked were Skipped Parts and Rodger Dodger.
Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
Donnie Darko is on my list of movies to see. It has been for some time, but as I do not own a TV or DVD player that is hard to procure. American Beauty was a movie I thought I would not like, but I was wrong. I still think Kevin Spacey is not that great of an actor, yet every movie I have seen that he is in I have loved, so who knows? Probably says more of me than of him.
Posted by ae (Member # 3291) on :
Wow. Just when I thought we weren't going to see any more Donnie Darko threads. . . .
Anyway, it is excellent. Yes.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
I will never look at a bunny rabbit the same way again... Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
i loaned our copy to hobbes.
have you watched it yet?
what i love is that there is no way to spoil it. you could tell someone everything that happens and it would make so little sense to them that it wouldn't matter.
Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
Watch Donnie Darko the same day as Sexy Beast. It'll freak you out.
Posted by graywolfe (Member # 3852) on :
How odd, the sexy beast, donnie darko combo, they both have that bizarre spectre in it, as well as some absolutely amazing acting. Loved Darko, saw it for the first time about eight months ago, does the DVD have terrific extra's?
I don't know how truly great Sexy Beast was, I can't get a figure on that, but I do know that Kingsley's performance was the most riveting acting performance I've EVER seen, I've never seen anything close to that intense. He didn't win any award for it, did he? I don't know how he couldn't but I'm pretty sure he lost the Oscar to someone else, maybe he got an Indie Spirit Award?
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Yeah, he lost the best supporting actor to this guy who plays a senile old man in his movie, I think. Still, his performance is mesmerizingly destructive, like a train wreck. I love British gangster flicks.
And I just exposed a few of my friends to the "Donnie Darko Experience." Cellar door.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
liked the movie. need to see it several more times to make sense of the end. point: really unique and innovative website.
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