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Summary: Whole Family Addicted to this Quirky Movie
Review: At this writing, there are over 500 reviews of this movie. I won't spend time here repeating a review of the plot or discussing the characters (all excellent). Instead I will tell you about my family and this movie. My 17-yr-old son started talking about it one day because he had seen it late one night on one of the cable movie channels. He said it was really good and he was looking for it to come up again. He said we HAD to see it. It eventually did come on again one late night, and he made my husband and daughter watch it with him. The next morning my husband was shaking his head with a smile on his face and saying that the movie was good but quirky. He wanted to see it again, as did my daughter. Flipping around channels one early, early morning I chanced onto this movie. I watched it, totally enthralled, and totally oblivious to the fact that it was 4 in the morning and I had to go to work in a little bit. When it was over I got up and complained to my sleeping son that I was now hooked, late for work, and it was all his fault. I've seen it a couple times on the cable channels, but that wasn't enough, so I bought it for Christmas for the family. They were excited. It is entertaining, rich with character and plot development, engaging, addicting, and after you watch it, you can't stop thinking about it. See it and enjoy.
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Summary: Drawn to an end
Review: A few of my friends told me about this film and i was interested as i hadn't heard much about it...i was astounded by what i saw! I actually thought i was not enjoying it throughout as i kept thinking 'where is this going?!'. Some of the reviews have given too much away which i think is a shame cause you need to watch it for what it is and leave the analytical thoughts in your head. This kinda reminded me of American beauty in many ways especially the sliding side shots revealing everyone's conclusions at the end, plus the film primarily focuses on two troubled teenagers, very american beauty.
All in all excellent film!
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Summary: More pseudo-intellectuals
Review: I actually liked the movie a lot, but I get the impression that some people (read: stoned teenagers) try to find hidden meanings of things in the movie. I also fear that this was the intention of the director. God I hope not. I think it's an indication of under developed appreciation of art to have to add some sort of logic to things like this movie. Simple style and mood, hints at motivation, and bizarre imagery are fine on there own. They don't all have to tell a story. They don't even have to even represent anything at all. I'd give it 4 and a half stars but I'm going to try to offset the art school kids on this thing so I'll give it 2
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Summary: You won't know until you see it....
Review: I read many of these reviews before purchasing Donnie Darko, and it did not help me very much. The overall sense I got was some people thought it dull and pointless, others imaginitive and intriguing. Finally, I bought it, and was not disappointed in the least. While the basic concept of the movie could have been presented in a short time span, the emotional feel leading up to it could not, which is one of the things that makes this movie good. I noticed few acting flaws, which surprised me after reading other customers' reviews. I found myself chuckling at some parts, thinking at others, and near tears at the rest.
It was put best by another reviewer who said either you will love this movie, or you won't. If you are not sure about it, rent it first, and if you truely enjoy it, you'll buy it anyway. If you don't, then you've only wasted a few bucks.
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Summary: Excellent, but hard to understand by just watching the film.
Review: I don't want to bother wasting about writing why the film was excellent - it was. But to understand it at all, unfortunately you must read the "Philosophy of Time Travel" book on http://www.donniedarko.com . Otherwise, like "Sheriff Kabany", you may get entirely the wrong end of the stick with this film. This film is well worth seeing, and if you actually want to understand what the film was about, then read the "Philosophy of Time Travel", or look at the iMdB forums.
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Summary: Looks great and the acting is fantastic!
Review: This is a flawed gem. It has everything from up-and-coming of age drama, sci-fi, horror and bags of philosophy. This is a metaphysics wet dream of a movie and it does move along at a fairly rapid pace and is very funny in parts. The only thing is that the ending is a bit of a let down, but the music score is as memorable as say - Halloween and certainly this is one of the best indie pics we have seen in years. Watch out for this new talent because on the bases of this first movie he is sure to fire out some remarkable stuff on a better budget.
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Summary: Pants........
Review: Let me add to that.....total pants! Judging by most of the other reviews, I believe I'd have to start partaking in illegal narcotics to like this movie, let's face it, something must be altering their minds to actually like this big steaming pile of bollocks!!! Decent soundtrack though, that's worth the one star!
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Summary: Donnie Darko
Review: This was easily one of the best movies i have ever seen in my life. Although it is hard to explain why it was good or even what the story was about, it is a movie that really makes you think.
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Summary: Everbody Dies Alone
Review: this movie is officially not only the best movie I have ever seen, but on eof the most confusing movies ever to be made. If you dont want to watch a movie over and over, than ONT WATCH THIS ONE! there is no way that you could understand it in one sitting, and if you do, give Harvard a call, they'll want ya.
this movie is the touching, sometimes comical story of Donnie Darko, a troubled teen with obvious mental issues growing up in the 1980's. He soon starts having visions of a rabbit, who tells him that world will ned 28 days later, on Halloween. Whyll he is being told this, an airplane engine crashes into his room. it surely would have killed him, had it not been for this mysterious rabbit. is it all in his head, or is the world really ending? You decide.
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Summary: Read on for the truth about Donnie Darko.
Review: Donnie Darko is a film that is incredibly complex? No, it's really not...not if you know what the film is really about. Donnie Darko is more than a film it's a puzzle; I've finally put together the pieces after re-watching the film several times. If you've never seen this film you may want to stop reading this spoiler because I'm about to reveal the truth about Donnie Darko. I've read many reviews about this film from critics and various members of the general public and nobody has ever explained what the film is about, WHY? Because they don't know. I DO! Donnie is the second coming of Jesus Christ...he died at the end of the film because of peoples sins (To give them another chance to live). There are many clues in the film about this. The cinema is playing the last temptation of Christ, Donnie's Psychiatrist tells him that if the world were to end then there would only be him (God) and you (Donnie) left. Donnie cries after hearing this. Frank asks him "Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?" Because he's Jesus. Donnie's teacher tells him that an act of god would be the only way wormholes could appear out of nowhere. Donnie explains to his teacher that it would be possible to travel in time along god's path. Frank is a vision from the future guiding Donnie to save the world. Donnie floods the school so that he can meet Gretchen, he falls in love with her and she dies. Everything comes together so perfectly so that Donnie will save the world and die for people's sins. The plane engine is a rip in the space-time continuum (I.e. there's no need for it to be there) God uses Donnie to repair the rip. Donnie calls Patrick swayze satin. God is using Donnie to save humanity and Donnie Darko is the second coming of Jesus Christ. Ok! Now you know the truth about Donnie Darko... go and watch the movie again...if you don't own it...please buy it from Amazon.com today. Everyone should experience the best DVD release of 2003 and one of the greatest films ever made at least once. It's a love story, a science-fiction film, a movie about the dangers of self help, a time travel movie and it's also none of the above as explained in this article. Enjoy the film!
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