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Post by jill on Jul 17, 2005 19:44:20 GMT -5
DONNIE DARKO!!!!!!! how could i forget?!?!
that movie is amazing...god i could talk about it for hours..
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Post by jill on Jul 17, 2005 20:23:02 GMT -5
It took a few times watching it to understand it...hell, i still don't fully understand it. one thing that always bothered me, why does roberta sparrow say "Every living creature on this earth dies alone." ??
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Post by minui on Jul 18, 2005 5:50:08 GMT -5
I definitely count to those who were touched by the Donnie Darko movie. I watched it for the first time yesterday, and while there was a lot of thing seemingly strange at first, I had the feeling it all made perfect sense in the end... I liked it a lot.
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Post by imogen on Jul 18, 2005 6:07:55 GMT -5
I like the style of movie where you can't really figure out what's going on until the end. I did like Donnie Darko, and I spent ages trying to work out every nuance, and I still don't think I've got it all lol.
Oh, that reminds me! Another of my favourite movies is The Machinist, starring Christian Bale. I couldn't believe how thin he was for that movie, there is no way I can describe it. When I saw it at the movie theatre, everyone in the audience flinched at his appearance, I am not kidding. It was a cool movie, and it all comes together in the end, so I recommend it!
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Post by minui on Jul 18, 2005 6:51:09 GMT -5
I have yet to see that one, but since I read a lot about it already, I really pray it comes on TV soon. Do you know from which year it is?
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Post by jill on Jul 18, 2005 20:30:53 GMT -5
I don't understand it either. Well, actually, I understand it how *I* want to, how it makes sense to me, just like everything else in my little universe. I get the basic story but when it comes to the details, I prefer to remain ignorant and forget all the extras I know about the film. Donnie for me is a superhero to the misunderstood, and troubled. They thought he was crazy, but he knew things they didn't. People were afraid of his power and intuition, and he was suffering in similar ways as the depressed and schizophrenic do in our world. I identified with him in that regard. If you get the directors cut, which I think was absolutely horrible, it explains all the science of the time machine and how the water and metal elements make time travel possible and blah blah blah.. It was spotty science at best and the plot was full of holes, I much preferred the original where you were free to simply enjoy the beautiful music and the way the film was shot (not to mention Jake.. mmm. He's on my 'to do' list also) and just to feel the experience. But basically, Donnie and everyone in his world was in a tangent universe. He only had so long to fix the rift in time before both the original, and tangent universes fell apart. The plane engine was an Artifact from the original main universe, and throughout the story events are manipulated in order for Donnie to create the situation necessary for the time machine to work and put everything back in the right place again. Frank was his guide through all that, and a number of other people including Sparrow were what they called 'Manipulated Living", changing the course of events to force Donnie to do what had to be done to save the world. The ending credits show everyone's consciousness of the tangent universe fading, like they can feel something strange happened but it's going away now. And, in turn, Donnie sacrificed himself to save them all. According to the DC, Frank honks as he is driving away to signal and warn Donnie that the job is done, but Donnie doesn't hear him. I prefer to think of it as, Frank was honking to say goodbye to Elizabeth and Donnie felt that in his original universe, he had meant to die when the engine fell into his room. But, DD is one of those films that either touches you, or it doesn't, no matter how many little details you pick up along the way. Oh, add Memento to my list, and American Beauty if I failed to remember. You didn't like the director's cut? That's the only version I've seen...yeah all that technical stuff really confused me. Definately renting the original next time I go to blockbuster. |
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Post by imogen on Jul 18, 2005 23:14:55 GMT -5
Blockbuster? *looks up* Sorry lol, Blockbuster has been my prison for almost two years now hehe. We don't get free movies until they're about two months old, which is completely unfair!
But anyway, in relation to the topic, we watched Donnie Darko for Year 11 Drama last year, and I'm not sure what version we watched, what's the main difference between the theatrical version and the director's cut?
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Post by QuestionSleep on Jul 21, 2005 20:34:58 GMT -5
I liked Donnie Darko....I read a explaination to it...But I forget how he/she explained it.
I love Frank, something about him scared the hell out of me.
I like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Any Johnny Depp movie, Fight Club (or any Edward Norton movie), Labyrinth,Dummy, any Cirque Du Soliel performance...um...can't think right now...
I enjoy things the most when they scare me (don't ask) and I love horror movies. My favorite horror movie is Dog Soldiers, because it actually scared me. Movies about killer animals or psycho people don't scare me...but a movie about werewolves( Dog Soldiers0 it scared the *beep* out of me.
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Post by lemonade on Jul 22, 2005 19:25:48 GMT -5
Okay, here's the ever growing list of my fave movies.
Rear Window
Pirates of The Caribbean
Phantom of The Opera
28 Days Later
A Knight's Tale
Return of The King
X-Men
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Edward Scissorhands
Garden State
Donnie Darko
Labyrinth
Napoleon Dynamite
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Cowboy Bebop
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Post by Dayna on Jul 22, 2005 20:20:01 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] Donnie Darko, DC and original
The Princess Bride
The Breakfast club
X-men 1&2
Red Eye, even though it isn't out yet, lol
The Crow  [/glow] |
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Post by imogen on Jul 23, 2005 2:07:29 GMT -5
Okay, here's the ever growing list of my fave movies. Rear Window Pirates of The Caribbean Phantom of The Opera 28 Days Later A Knight's Tale Return of The King X-Men Mystery Science Theater 3000 Edward Scissorhands Garden State Donnie Darko Labyrinth Napoleon Dynamite So I Married An Axe Murderer Cowboy Bebop Oh my god. I love So I Married An Axe Murderer! The first time I saw it, I think I was about ten hehe, and I've only seen it a few times since but I remember so much about it. Great flick  And Napoleon Dynamite was hilarious too - "Tina you fat lard, come get some dinner!"  Crazy *shakes head* |
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Post by lemonade on Jul 23, 2005 12:48:48 GMT -5
Someone who's actually heard of So I Married An Axe Murderer! Whenever I mention it I just get confused looks. That movie has some of the best quotes.
Phil Hartman as the Alcatraz guide. "My name is John Johnson but everyone here calls me Vicki."
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Post by QuestionSleep on Jul 25, 2005 15:40:58 GMT -5
You must really like the Labyrinth if your location is the oubliette Personally, it doesnt sound so fun to me, but whatever floats your boat. |
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Post by lemonade on Jul 25, 2005 16:59:40 GMT -5
It's just as a joke. I like screwing with people and most don't know what an oubliette is.
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Post by batsy on Jul 25, 2005 21:45:01 GMT -5
My favorite movies (in no particular order)
-Shaun of the Dead
-Disco Pigs
-Batman Begins
-The Phantom of the Opera
-Battle Royale
-A Day at the Races
-The Nightmare Before Christmas
-Suicide Club
-American Psycho
-Donnie Darko
-Labyrinth
-Return to Oz
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Mega thanks to Greenday for the awesome sig!!
Crazy *shakes head*
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