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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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 Posted - 01/06/2004 : 13:28:06
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So what does everyone think of this movie?
Personally, I consider it one of the best films I have ever seen... I have viewed it repeatedly, and have always noticed something new every time.
I love the themes in it....they are universal (love, fate), yet also unusual and quirky (the whole time travel, wormhole thing).
I guess I'm just curious to hear what everyone else thinks of it. Also, I like to hear various interpretations from different people, it often opens up different angles I had never thought of.
So...... what do you all think of Donnie Darko? (I know Shakey Shake will be posting here)
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 13:52:42
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Damn right,just had to find it first,that film is amazing its got a whole load of hidden meanings that i still dont know/get.have you got the dvd?if you have have you checked out the philosophy of time travel? weird
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Owen
- FB Fan -
USA
165 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 13:59:39
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| I just saw it recently in the theater. The thing I liked about it is that it can be enjoyed on mnay different levels. If you're into the convolouted sci-fi stuff, you'll like it. If you're into the angsty teen melodrama stuff, you'll like it. If you're into the pop culture '80s nostalgia, you'll like it. If you're into the psychological implications, you'll like it. If you're into Patrick Swayze, you'll like it. Naturally, I loved it. A very rich, textured, symbolic film. Plus, it's one of the funniest I've seen in a while. Unfortunately, I don't think it will age well at all. And I don't see many 50-year-olds giving it two thumbs up. |
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:06:04
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I suppose if i had a better grasp of religion it'd probably help aswell,also check out the website http://www.donniedarko.com if you haven't
"I joined the Cult of Frank / 28:06:42:12" |
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:10:53
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Originally posted by Owen
If you're into the pop culture '80s nostalgia, you'll like it.
Fantastic soundtrack,i love that joy division song thats on at the party
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:12:35
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Yeah, I own it on DVD. Quite good, quite good. Not the best, but it's good.
 "Join the Cult of Gunn / And Then You'll Be Destined to be a Rock and Roll Star of Epical Proportions!" |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:14:39
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I haven't seen it yet. I was gonna rent it yesterday but ended up not getting it. I'll have to next time though.
Join the Cult Of Gunn / and you'll never need a hair stylist again" |
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Owen
- FB Fan -
USA
165 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:23:33
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I went and DLed all the songs after I watched the movie. It turned me on to Joy Division. I hadn't listened to them in a long time and I realized that they're much, much better than New Order.
How can you not adore the movie that gave us these quotes:
"Sometimes I doubt your committment to Sparkle Motion."
"And how did you feel? Being denied these hungry, hungry hippos?" |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:26:59
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I love this movie...so much that I bought it on DVD...and I don't even have a DVD player. It's one of those movies that just lingers on your brain for weeks after viewing.
She aches just like a woman, but she breaks just like a little girl. |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:30:42
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A great movie...
I didn't like the phylosophical part, which reminded me of "Back to the future".
But the OS is great, and some scenes are wonderful, like in the beginning, when he wakes up near his bike, with the great song "Killing moon" from Echo & the Bunnymen. It summarizes the whole movie : the bunnyman that is only an echo...I wonder if it was the inspiration for the guy who wrote the script.
 "I met a man/ he was a good man" |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:31:56
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Deep.
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:32:29
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the funny thing is that this was advertised as a suspense thriller.....
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:33:40
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Originally posted by Owen
"And how did you feel? Being denied these hungry, hungry hippos?"
Hehehe yeah,
And the cheesy self help video quotes
"Fear"
"Love"
"I'm not afraid anymore!"
Mmm cheddar
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BPrend
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92 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:34:37
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| this is probably my favorite movie of all time. i'm nervously excited about the director's cut that's going to be in theaters this summer. on one hand, i think we can trust richard kelly, but on the other hand, it's already so good in my opinion, i don't see how it can be much better. |
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:34:56
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Ooh got another one
"Is that all the guster you can muster?"
"I joined the Cult of Frank / 28:06:42:12" |
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BPrend
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Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:39:33
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"first of all, papa smurf didn't create smurfette. gargamel did. She was sent in as gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the smurf village, but the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. and as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. smurfs are asexual. they don't even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. that's what's so illogical, you know, about being a smurf. what's the point of living if you don't have a dick?"
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:40:13
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Why do you guys from the UK constantly repeat the word "cheesy" ?
Is it cool to say "cheesy"? Am I going to get closer to some British girls I meet if I say "cheesy"?
"I met a man/ he was a good man" |
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BPrend
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92 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:43:10
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| i don't think it's just the uk people. i'm from the us and i say cheesy quite frequently. |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:49:35
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If you get the DVD...the y have this halarious feature that kinda makes fun of the self-help videos as if they were real with commentaries by this woman and her gay counterpart. It's halarious. did I say that already?
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 14:54:00
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Originally posted by BPrend
"first of all, papa smurf didn't create smurfette. gargamel did. She was sent in as gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the smurf village, but the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. and as for the whole gang-bang scenario, it just couldn't happen. smurfs are asexual. they don't even have reproductive organs under those little white pants. that's what's so illogical, you know, about being a smurf. what's the point of living if you don't have a dick?"
This reminded me of the Smurfs way of life discussion in "Slacker".
I loved the movie, and have long wanted to have it on DVD. It bothered me that many people knocked it for being full of holes/superficiality because it used sci-fi, post-postmodernist irony, and teen-drama-angst tropes. I enjoyed it for what it is, and to me, it was a suspense thriller. Go figure. It got me really excited and curious to find out more - which are really good marks for a movie out of Hollywood, any way you want to slice it. The acting, the timing - the "Yeah! Alright! Somebody gets that!" moments....wow, I need to see this again.
 Swedish Chef's "Dumpling of Wisdom": Øder tis moodle in der noggin tu smacken der ouchey und vinger-slingers ur to smacken-backen und fix de morkin, yøobetcha! |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:01:44
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Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
Why do you guys from the UK constantly repeat the word "cheesy" ?
Is it cool to say "cheesy"? Am I going to get closer to some British girls I meet if I say "cheesy"?
"I met a man/ he was a good man"
Its cos they love me so much, they're trying to bring me back.
No.
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cvanepps
= Cult of Ray =
USA
442 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:16:24
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This film pays homage to "Harvey," which was a 1950 film about Jimmy Stewart who introduces everyone he meets to his friend Harvey, a 6 foot rabbit, who no one can see but him.
DD also pays a stronger homage to "It's a Wonderful Life," also starring Stewart. DD is Wonderful Life in reverse. Like "It's a Wonderful Death" which is pretty much a line from that song...
"The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had ..."
So there you go. Something to consider.
-= It's not easy to kidnap a fat man =-
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Owen
- FB Fan -
USA
165 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:39:54
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| That actually makes a lot of sense. Halloween is pretty much the opposite of Xmas. Well, maybe Easter is, but at least there was a bunny involved. |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:41:48
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come on 3rd kittie head!!!
She aches just like a woman, but she breaks just like a little girl. |
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:43:31
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When I brought the movie over to my friend's house...(before it revealed that the guy was a pervert) in one of the videos they show.. when he hugs a kid he grabs his butt. My friend noticed it..and I rewound...paused it...and well...there you go...another "easter egg", if you will.
"Go suck a fuck!"
"Join the Cult of Gunn / And Then You'll Be Destined to be a Rock and Roll Star of Epical Proportions!" |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:44:41
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hahahahaha...how exactly do you suck a fuck?
She aches just like a woman, but she breaks just like a little girl. |
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:45:24
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Daddy? What's a fuckass?
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BPrend
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92 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 15:49:13
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| we will not have this at the fb.net forums |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 16:52:51
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gah, not deep, not original. I'm so damn sick of paradox movies; they've become the "it was all a dream" ending.
 "I joined the Cult of Popeye / The CoF required my good eye" |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 17:10:18
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BEAT THE GEEKS!!!
im sorry i don't know what happened there.
She aches just like a woman, but she breaks just like a little girl. |
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2004 : 17:13:26
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I'm telling you Bob Newhart is Ayn Rand!!! This is important to our ongoing survival!!!
 I looked for a cult to join, then decided to just play "Sink". Hey! I sank the LaBrea Tar Pits! |
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ivandivel
= Cult of Ray =
394 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 01:43:41
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| it's a good movie. The whole movie may just be darko's experience, which again could indicate that strange things are happening to him or that he is just a very disturbed young man. I think he, or the director, be very disturbed. Still a good movie though. |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 03:57:41
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fantastic film, i try not to think about it too much as it gives me a headache trying to work it out, but fantastic.
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I'm flat out, you're so beautiful to look at when you cry. Freeze, don't move, you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequal to your life. Shady Lane, everybody wants one, Shady Lane, everybody needs one. |
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 06:42:09
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Originally posted by realmeanmotorscutor
gah, not deep, not original. I'm so damn sick of paradox movies; they've become the "it was all a dream" ending.
but that's not what happened in Donnie Darko at all. Did you pay any attention when you watched the movie?
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 06:52:01
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it's more or less that he's kindof like jesus. He sacrificed himself for all of the people he cares about, and in some cases, before he even knew them.
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STITCHES
= Cult of Ray =
USA
915 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2004 : 07:00:01
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it could be interpreted that way
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