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donnie darko
#26996008 - 10/21/20 09:35 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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thoughts on this movie? I just saw it and thought it was really good. I like how it explains fate- the world around us pushes us towards our destiny, and the way it pushes us seems like a coincidence but is in fact more necessary and important than any human can ever understand.
That's at least my take. I think it's a very psychedelic movie, not just in a trippy or hallucinatory way but also just because when on psychedelics I begin to feel as though there's a greater plan outside of my understanding that I'm constantly playing a part in. There's also a very loop-y feeling to how the movie begins and ends (it begins with him having sleepwalked to the place where he has to go to save the world, as though it was a failed attempt or a glimpse into the future) that I don't quite understand.
What do you think of it? I don't think it's the best by any means and certainly gets a little new-agey-bullshity but it still gives a strong feeling of mystery and wonder at how the world really works.
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Re: donnie darko [Re: jdawg333]
#26996018 - 10/21/20 09:39 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yes, it is a great film with a superb soundtrack. I think much in this movie is open to interpretation/imagination and that is something I really enjoy.
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Is this a Twilight reference?
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Is this a Twilight reference?
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Is this a Twilight reference?
Lol. No.
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Its the little sisters dance squad the reason his mom sister an friends are on the plane. Great movie btw
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Re: donnie darko [Re: jdawg333]
#26996257 - 10/21/20 11:55 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I really dig this movie. I haven't seen it in yonks, but I always thought the approach to relativity was interesting and it got me on an Einstein and Michio Kaku kick when I was a senior.
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I thought it was a movie about schizophrenia.
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I love the movie but hate the Christian under tones.
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Donnie Darko is definitely on my favorite movie list
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This..
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It's not, the movie is about divine intervention.
Donnie was supposed to die, he didn't, then he proceeded to ruin everything, or at least exist in a forked reality. That's why at the end he dies, and he's happy about it. His insanity is a product of his slow realization that he should be dead. It's not really insanity so much as it is a perversion of reality as a result of his unintended existence, I guess.
I don't know, I love the movie. It's not really about mental health though.
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It's hard to tell because the time line is broken. It a lot like Primer in that sense, or maybe Rick and Morty if you want to be trendy.
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Re: donnie darko [Re: jdawg333]
#26996738 - 10/21/20 05:16 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Have you seen S. Darko yet?
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Dilsnique said: Yes, it is a great film with a superb soundtrack. I think much in this movie is open to interpretation/imagination and that is something I really enjoy.
Yes I really liked the movie. Frank the bunny is super creepy.
It’s also pretty nostalgic because the characters are about the age I was at the time the movie was set in the mid eighties. Same thing for Ferris Bueller.
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christopera said: It's hard to tell because the time line is broken. It a lot like Primer in that sense, or maybe Rick and Morty if you want to be trendy.
Hold up, wait a minute. Don't go there, cause I ain't wit it. Liking rick and morty is trendy? Can't I like... Um... Like it because it's good? Besides, I've been watching it since episode 1 season 1. People didn't start to notice until pickle rick dropped.
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Re: donnie darko [Re: jdawg333] 1
#26997507 - 10/22/20 08:29 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: donnie darko [Re: 1234go]
#26997534 - 10/22/20 08:55 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Something doesn't have to be good to be liked. Look at Star Trek TOS. Lots of people like it, and it's really just not very good at all.
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Hold up, wait a minute. Don't go there, cause I ain't wit it. Liking rick and morty is trendy? Can't I like... Um... Like it because it's good? Besides, I've been watching it since episode 1 season 1. People didn't start to notice until pickle rick dropped.
The comparison is to Primer. Have you seen it?
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Primer? The band? Yeah I saw them with NIN.
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Then I’d say your comprehension skills are rather sub par.
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Then I’d say your comprehension skills are rather sub par.
NO, U!
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christopera said: It's hard to tell because the time line is broken. It a lot like Primer in that sense, or maybe Rick and Morty if you want to be trendy.
Hold up, wait a minute. Don't go there, cause I ain't wit it. Liking rick and morty is trendy? Can't I like... Um... Like it because it's good? Besides, I've been watching it since episode 1 season 1. People didn't start to notice until pickle rick dropped.
If anything not liking rick and Morty is trendy.
Trends are something dullards follow to look cool.
People like Rick and Morty because they think it’s funny.
People shit on Rick and Morty because they are boring people and are trying to look cool to make up for that fact.
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Re: donnie darko [Re: koods]
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Honestly the 'movie about schizophrenia' thing kind of works because in my opinion 'mental illness' has an ancient connection with visionaries and shamans and what have you. Just people that see reality differently and perhaps suffer more but feel a need to give it all up to help others who might not see things so clearly/differently.
Obviously if you look into it the movie is designed to be more of a science fiction movie, but I still think the movie is intentionally directed to make it very ambiguous to the viewer whether Donnie is losing his mind or being guided towards his unique destiny by the universe. I think everyone who has ever struggled with mental illness, or at least me, goes back and forth on whether or not it helps you find your own unique place in life or whether you are just worse than everyone else or losing it. One of my favorite parts is how confused and scared Donnie is until he realizes his destiny.
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If anything that movie triggers schizophrenia lol
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christopera said: It's hard to tell because the time line is broken. It a lot like Primer in that sense, or maybe Rick and Morty if you want to be trendy.
Hold up, wait a minute. Don't go there, cause I ain't wit it. Liking rick and morty is trendy? Can't I like... Um... Like it because it's good? Besides, I've been watching it since episode 1 season 1. People didn't start to notice until pickle rick dropped.
If anything not liking rick and Morty is trendy.
Trends are something dullards follow to look cool.
People like Rick and Morty because they think it’s funny.
People shit on Rick and Morty because they are boring people and are trying to look cool to make up for that fact.
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My name is Mud..
Primus sucks.
That said, Rick and Morty is absolutely trendy in comparison to Primer. Primer won a lot of awards for being a disjointed, hard to follow, time travel time line. It's worth a watch.
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So not primus... You must be talking about primer55.
I'll check out primer.
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