whats up with donnie darko?

[miker]

a 79 minute piece comprised of dialogue over a bluescreen has the merits of being innovative and original IMO

would you want to watch it when the biggest selling point is that the director was dying of AIDS ??!

it's great to hear an opinion on this board though, most of the time it's like reading reviews in Empire or Total Film (ie: big yawn, don't upset the studios who advertise in our magazine) ...

[emjen]

so... donnie darko just doesnt make sense? If thats the case then my opinion of the movie will go down aiii.

same as usual suspects, great film, but the end... its still a bit vague to me.

Verbal Kint has had his conversation with the Police officer and leaves, leaving the officer behind. The officer sees a wall FULL with pieces of paper and evidence. Everything on the wall was said by Verbal Kint!

Now, I dont get exactly what he sees here. If Verbal Kint just made up a story by looking at the wall, you've been watching a LIE. And that would s*ck. You could've been watchin him dancing around in a hoolahoop as well and think it was true.

If the policeman sees the evidence of him being Kayser Soze, then its better. But how can he see that?

Its just a bit too vague man.

[Gurdeep Samra]

I don't know for sure but I heard that the film came in at just under five million to make. If this is true, it makes me wonder what exactly they spent in on??

[deanl]

Hey there.

There was quite a few digital fx in the movie. They might not have been that great, but they still costs a lot of money to do.

Scanning 35mm aint cheep.

Despin out.

[skysandstars]

i'm not trying to change anyones mind here...i like it,you dont,whatever...and if donnie darko really is ********,then rock on...i thought it was innovative and original

[ickle_jim]

usual suspects really isnt complicated as long as you keep focused

[Gurdeep Samra]

I admit that there were several rather impressive effects but nothing too impressive (ie. nothing that we don't see on most television programs nowadays).

Other than that it's an okay movie, just that I still think it's rather expensive for what it is.

[Generic Skinhead]

Donnie Darko.

I enjoyed it, but looking back, it had its faults. To be named as Total Film's top film of last year is an annoyingly trendy choice.

Skys and Stars.
Good movie but "literary genius?" I think I speak for all of us when I say, steady on.

Hamlet is literary genius, Donnie Darko is an interesting indie film, but one which ultimatly doesn't go anywhere.

As a film student, and a writer I'm naturally drawn to writing the same kind of weird, open-ended stories like Darko. No matter what, there is an element of I'm-so-innovative, I-spit-on-the mainstream, who-needs-an-ending-kinda-thing-at work in me too. Maybe in a lot of people on this board.

But I'm trying to fight it [img]mad.gif[/img]

If i'd made Donnie Darko I'd probably think it was amazing. But it wouldn't be. It's just a good start to a career. Lets see what this guys next movie brings, whether he learns from his mistakes or just repeats them forever.