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Summary: surprisingly addictive!!
Review: all i have to say is that this movie is a must have in a dvd collection...at first i thought that this movie would be lame and typical just because of the title itself but boy was i wrong, its one of those movies that stay in your head and makes you wanna watch it over again. it has really cool 80's songs that unfortunately arent in the soundtrack.
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Summary: Great Psychological Thriller
Review: One of the best Psycho Thrillers I've ever seen. You have to see it twice....just get's better and better every time.
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Summary: This movie ROCKS!
Review: No words can describe this awesome Film!!!!!Don't rent it!!! Buy it!!!!!!
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Summary: Brilliant and Original
Review: Written and Directed by Richard Kelly (ASIN: B00005V3Z4)
Any reviewer would be hard-pressed to discuss this film without giving away significant details. Donnie Darko is a snake eating its own tail, a story where the circularity of the plot is an integral part of its enjoyment, and so many seemingly insignificant moments through the film prove crucial to the end result, a kind of dark surprise different from any of the tired twists found in recent big-budget films. It is 1988. A borderline schizophrenic teenaged boy, Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is haunted by visions of a man-sized rabbit named Frank. In addition to the prophetic announcement that the world will end in "28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds," Frank forces Donnie to commit a series of increasingly serious misdeeds.
As if this is not enough, a crash course in Einstein-Rosen bridges aka wormholes by physics teacher Dr. Kenneth Monnitoff (Noah Wyle,) along with a copy of The Philosophy of Time Travel, convinces Donnie that a "fourth dimensional construct" has touched down right in his home town, allowing him to see such apparently hallucinatory events as streams of computer-generated liquid that hint at people's intentions. Set to an eclectic 1980s soundtrack, and also starring Drew Barrymore (producer for this project,) Mary McDonnell and yes, Patrick Swayze, Donnie Darko is deliberately vague as to its genre--the film moves effortlessly from horror to science fiction to psychological drama, and does so successfully. The setting is vintage to the time period, but not prone to the heavy-handed display of era-specific props as other near-period pieces. The DVD (from CBS/Fox Home Video) contains the 113 minute feature film in anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1,) deleted scenes, theatrical trailer, director's commentary with Jake Gyllenhaal, the The Philosophy of Time Travel, music video for covered 80s song "Mad World" and an art gallery with production skills. This review is for the Region 1 encoded DVD with English and Spanish subtitles and English and French Dolby surround.
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Summary: This movie should win an Oscar!
Review: This is one of the best movies I have ever seen!!Very imaginative, excellent portrayal of characters, very believable storyline. The ending is very twisted and the special effects are amazing. Most of the time, movies that don't get the media hype, are the best to see. I had originally rented this and once I saw it I HAD to add it to my DVD collection. Movies like this one, are far and few between. The soundtrack is amazing, with an excellent cover of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World".
Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the best new actors out there, also stars his sister Maggie. Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Patrick Swayze are also in this, they bring a lot of life to their characters. DVD features a lot of bonus material like deleted scenes, trailers and more on the philosophy of time travel. Their is a link to the website ... that is a definate must see. ARE YOU CONVINCED YET?! Run now and buy this DVD!
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Summary: Suprisingly thoughtful w/alot of heart
Review: I won't bore you with a synopsis, but will just say that this movie reminds me of The Wizard of Oz with a meds-ridden- Holden Caulfield replacing Dorothy.It's a great modern fairy tale/fable and it's obvious that a lot of love and heart went into the creation of the this story. Sure, there's interesting ideas and theories(albeit it confusing and little rushed) being thrown out in this movie that can allows you hours to speculate about the film's conclusion and multiple meanings. But the commentary on the human condition is what attracted me the most. In one therapy session, the psychiatrist mentions to Donnie that if the sky did open up one day and the world ended, all that would be left would be Donnie's memories, the choices he made, and the people he had touched. That line really sets you up to understand the ending(perhaps emotionally if not logically), and the haunting version of Tears For Fears "Mad World" just really emphasized that point. The sequence where that song is playing is just cinematically beautiful. Kelly is a natural storyteller and I'm excited to see what he comes up with next.ps(the whole smurf discussion is worth the video rental price alone!).
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Summary: I LIKED IT, I HATED IT, I RECOMMEND IT
Review: Theatrical trailer: "The Only way to unwind the future is to follow the path." -- The path of a 'border-line, adolescent, sleep-walking schizophrenic' named Donnie Darko living in a parallel universe -- or is it a total delusion? -- guided by the six-foot rabbit Frank. -- Frank who turns out to be much more than just the strangeness he appears to be: Something (his energy, essence, vibrations, importance) the other characters in the movie tune into without totally understanding the entire gestalt; plus: It is difficult to see, but it seems that all of these characters are a part of the whole: Many mentors guiding Donnie along the path, and psychotic-appearing acts that he commits with reasons that seem to be connected with setting things right, to rescue: Donnie Darko -- the chosen one, the savior of the world. When I first watched this movie, I found myself caught in between liking and hating it. I loved the character Donnie Darko: Although he was suppose to be mentally disturbed, I found him to be very perceptive, witty, intelligent, and one of the most sane people in the entire movie, challenging those who failed to see things the way they really are -- which causes him to be trapped in extremely-painful isolation. I loved many of the other characters as well: His girlfriend, his two sisters, his father and mother and many others, the teacher Drew Barrymore plays, Patrick Swayze's character, and the old woman who keeps walking back and forth to the mailbox to check for mail that is never there, almost getting hit by cars passing by -- although I found myself very disappointed, at first, that as strong a part as she seemed to play, she wasn't explained or used as fully as I hoped for; I found myself thinking of the movie 'Somewhere in Time', where Christopher Reeve -- playing a playwright in the 1980's -- is approached by an old woman --played by Jane Seymour -- who pleads for him to come back in time to her in the world of 1912 where she lives; but nothing like that appears to happen. I only found myself wading through a very slow movie that tempted me-several times-to jump to the end to find out where all of this was leading, but I avoided the temptation, watching with irritation with the slow pace, and fascination for the eerie use of sound and special effects drawing me deeper in...until...I got to the end, and everything was suppose to wrap up neatly ...but it didn't: "Oh, yuck!" I found myself vocalizing to an almost empty room, except for me. But after watching the commentary with the writer/director Richard Kelly and Jake Gyllenhaal, who plays Donnie, and the deleted and extended scenes, it made more sense to me, and the old woman fit more into what I hoped for -- although very subtly -- and the ending was more satisfying, and some of my impressions were confirmed. And now I can say I like the movie. -- But even more so: The DVD as a whole; DVD is the way to go with this one; not VHS, for you need the deleted and extended scenes -- which the director cut because he needed to make a two and one half hour movie into a two hour one -- and the commentary to best understand and appreciate the movie, an understanding and appreciation you will not get by the VHS alone: You can either buy the movie so you can have time to go through at least once, watch all of the twenty scenes (with commentary and without), watch -- especially -- all the way through with the director's commentary, the commentary with the cast (if you so choose, but not necessary, for there is very little information that isn't all ready covered by the director in a much more straightforward manner), and check out the other features as well; or, if you would rather avoid the expense, you can rent it (all by itself) at a place that allows you to have it for five days, and: ENJOY!
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Summary: Good and bad. A slow discussion piece
Review: I can't say I loved, or even liked this movie right after I saw it. In my book it committed the cardinal sin of movies and dragged. Right in the middle it just seemed to be going slower than a dead snail on a salted sidewalk. It was extremely creative and imaginative, and defiantly one of those movies you will be discussing with friends after seeing it. The end really threw me. I didn't see it coming at all. Worth seeing, but not worth owning. And if you made it to the end, I would defiantly watch parts of it with the commentary on. It was really worth it to hear the makers of the film talk about their work, especial the last few scenes.
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Summary: Wow! Very Original!
Review: Very few movies that I've seen in the past few years have touched me as much as this. It's a very character driven movie with less focus on plot. The previews for this make it look like Donnie is a crazy killer. Not so. The movie does not go to extremes. Donnie has friends and even a girlfriend. He's good kid we like. Some people compare this to David Lynch in that the film makes no sense. It made sense to me. Lynch's films are odd in the way that you feel left out of the movie. The characters know what's happening but you don't. As if somehow they edited out the wrong scenes from the movie. Here we know all that Donnie does. And Donnie knows more than the other characters. For first time director Richard Kelly the production quality is amazing. The score consists of Tears For Fears songs. Be sure to get the DVD with extra scenes. There's some scenes I can't believe they left out. Like when Donnie's class reads Watership Down, which Donnie Darko is obviously based on. They should have left this in. A great movie! Of course no Oscars.
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Summary: ...speechless...
Review: Going to try to keep it short. My sister recommmed this movie to me. I went in blind, not knowing anything, coming out totally loving it. The first 10 minutes got in hooked. It was so amazing, I had to see it again with comentary because I just had to see/hear what Richard Kelly was thinking when he shot certain scenes. I couldn't stop talking about at work. My bf loved it but couldn't tell his coworkers cause, well, to be honest, they'd think he was weird, or think of me weird for finding intrest in such a movie. I hope you love it. One more thing, the 6 foot bunny. If you ever saw that standing in your path, you would pee your pants...I know I would.
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