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Okay people, I know you're out there!!!
So, what is it about Donnie Darko? I know a lot people who have seen this movie, and everyone loves it to tears.(except for Flid, who I didn't know had seen it and in fact fell asleep during it.) I do too! It's just a really really good movie, although I have NO idea why. Everytime I watch it I genereally get really confused about time and all that.
So, why is it such a popular movie? And Frank's bunny mask can't be a valid reason! We all know it's cool
~ Bobo
EDITED_BY: OrangeBobo (1102433107)
Okay people, I know you're out there!!!
So, what is it about Donnie Darko? I know a lot people who have seen this movie, and everyone loves it to tears.(except for Flid, who I didn't know had seen it and in fact fell asleep during it.) I do too! It's just a really really good movie, although I have NO idea why. Everytime I watch it I genereally get really confused about time and all that.
So, why is it such a popular movie? And Frank's bunny mask can't be a valid reason! We all know it's cool
~ Bobo
EDITED_BY: OrangeBobo (1102433107)
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Posted:
People like to be headf*cked. The Matrix wasn't just popular for the action, the philosophy behind it was really interesting to people.. same goes for DD, I reckon.
Although the person who thought it up has a very odd conception of what time is, in my opinion. And perhaps the fact it's linked to time travel is not quite right.. I'd say it was more about dimensionality.
[/pretentiousness]
People like to be headf*cked. The Matrix wasn't just popular for the action, the philosophy behind it was really interesting to people.. same goes for DD, I reckon.
Although the person who thought it up has a very odd conception of what time is, in my opinion. And perhaps the fact it's linked to time travel is not quite right.. I'd say it was more about dimensionality.
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Time is so open to subjective perception anyway - i don't get why it headf*cks people when this kinda movie comes out. It just gives me another angle to look at the universe and that's why i like em.
If they make you question your blind acceptance of traditional science's explanations of things then they've done their job.
Great film anyway
Time is so open to subjective perception anyway - i don't get why it headf*cks people when this kinda movie comes out. It just gives me another angle to look at the universe and that's why i like em.
If they make you question your blind acceptance of traditional science's explanations of things then they've done their job.
Great film anyway
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Posted:
I fell asleep during it
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and everyone loves it to tears
I fell asleep during it
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never seen it...
never seen it...
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Fixed Flid...
~ Bobo
Fixed Flid...
~ Bobo
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Posted:
Broked Bobo.
Ive seen it once and I didnt understand it.
Which wont stop me from watching it again.
All around me I see no more brave faces..mumble mumble mumble a day at the races...mumble mumble
And I think its kinda funny, think it kinda sad the mumble mumble were the best we ever had..
Broked Bobo.
Ive seen it once and I didnt understand it.
Which wont stop me from watching it again.
All around me I see no more brave faces..mumble mumble mumble a day at the races...mumble mumble
And I think its kinda funny, think it kinda sad the mumble mumble were the best we ever had..
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Posted:
nothing to do with Donnie Darko. haven't seen it either in fact.
but the reactions here just reminded me of when i went to see the Return of the King with my best mate.
after sitting through all 3 epics, each averaging 3 & a half hours in length.... she turned around and asked me.....
"so..... did they find the ring?"
nothing to do with Donnie Darko. haven't seen it either in fact.
but the reactions here just reminded me of when i went to see the Return of the King with my best mate.
after sitting through all 3 epics, each averaging 3 & a half hours in length.... she turned around and asked me.....
"so..... did they find the ring?"
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Erm.. broked? Huh. British english I don't understnad methinks...
And it is scarily addictive... I bought the DVD, and keep watching it, and it never makes anymore sence than the first time. The problem with it is that I don't actually find that much philosophy in it. Not compared to the Matrix (the first only, please!) And yet it is so addictive...
I would correct the song, but am too lazy...
~ Bobo
Erm.. broked? Huh. British english I don't understnad methinks...
And it is scarily addictive... I bought the DVD, and keep watching it, and it never makes anymore sence than the first time. The problem with it is that I don't actually find that much philosophy in it. Not compared to the Matrix (the first only, please!) And yet it is so addictive...
I would correct the song, but am too lazy...
~ Bobo
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Posted:
"Fixed Flid..."
"Broken Bobo"
And teh song is perfectly correct.
He even says mumble mumble mumble if you listen closely.
That, coupled to the fact that there is an 11 year old girl who is trying to learn how to play "Mad World" on the Saxophoneograph next door to us, means that she is rubbish and needs to practice more.
"Fixed Flid..."
"Broken Bobo"
And teh song is perfectly correct.
He even says mumble mumble mumble if you listen closely.
That, coupled to the fact that there is an 11 year old girl who is trying to learn how to play "Mad World" on the Saxophoneograph next door to us, means that she is rubbish and needs to practice more.
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Oh.
...
I pity your ears
~ Bobo
Oh.
...
I pity your ears
~ Bobo
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Hmm.. I don't find it massivley addictive. I have it on DVD but I've only watched it twice. Once to see it and the second time to see it with the knnowledge from the end of the first time..
I think that it has just as much philosophy in it as the Matrix (agreed - first one only!!), but it didn't lead you by the hand through it as much. It let you figure it out for yourself.
It's all about the uncertain nature of reality, maaan...
Hmm.. I don't find it massivley addictive. I have it on DVD but I've only watched it twice. Once to see it and the second time to see it with the knnowledge from the end of the first time..
I think that it has just as much philosophy in it as the Matrix (agreed - first one only!!), but it didn't lead you by the hand through it as much. It let you figure it out for yourself.
It's all about the uncertain nature of reality, maaan...
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Thank you.
They need all the pity they can get
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Thank you.
They need all the pity they can get
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If I wasn't so easily distracted today, I might go on about the whole bit about 'God's path' and 'god's channel' thing, where he was talking to his psychiatrist about the time travel bit.
But I am easily distracted, and more about posting nonsence right now
~ Bobo
If I wasn't so easily distracted today, I might go on about the whole bit about 'God's path' and 'god's channel' thing, where he was talking to his psychiatrist about the time travel bit.
But I am easily distracted, and more about posting nonsence right now
~ Bobo
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Posted:
I remember having fun watching it.
It certainly is a dark movie about a 'maladjusted teenager' which automatically means you'll get a cult following. I thought it was quite good. Here is Yahoo's review which I'd agree with..
"Some may think that Donnie Darko is a typical maladjusted teenager. Actually, Donnie is borderline delusional, beset by visions of a monstrous rabbit which is trying to keep him under its sinister influence. Prompted by this apparition, Donnie commits antisocial acts while he is undergoing psychotherapy, surviving the vagaries of high-school life and romance, and fortuitously escaping a bizarre death from a falling jet engine. Donnie battles his demons, literally and figuratively, in a series of intertwining story lines that play with time travel, fundamentalist gurus, fate, predestination and the machinations of the universe. "
I remember having fun watching it.
It certainly is a dark movie about a 'maladjusted teenager' which automatically means you'll get a cult following. I thought it was quite good. Here is Yahoo's review which I'd agree with..
"Some may think that Donnie Darko is a typical maladjusted teenager. Actually, Donnie is borderline delusional, beset by visions of a monstrous rabbit which is trying to keep him under its sinister influence. Prompted by this apparition, Donnie commits antisocial acts while he is undergoing psychotherapy, surviving the vagaries of high-school life and romance, and fortuitously escaping a bizarre death from a falling jet engine. Donnie battles his demons, literally and figuratively, in a series of intertwining story lines that play with time travel, fundamentalist gurus, fate, predestination and the machinations of the universe. "
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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HOLY CRAP.
Get yourself to the website!
www.donniedarko.com
HOLY CRAP.
Get yourself to the website!
www.donniedarko.com
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Yeah, the director said you could not figure out the movie without the info on the website. Which some would say means the movie is [censored].
Yeah, the director said you could not figure out the movie without the info on the website. Which some would say means the movie is [censored].
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I reckon you couldnt figure out the website without the use of a sherpa guide.
Or a guide to the webiste of the movie at least.
I reckon you couldnt figure out the website without the use of a sherpa guide.
Or a guide to the webiste of the movie at least.
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omg why did I not do that beofre! NYC, genoius for pointing that out.
~ Bobo
omg why did I not do that beofre! NYC, genoius for pointing that out.~ Bobo
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cripes... i hate it when i find a puzzle.
now i have to stop working
cripes... i hate it when i find a puzzle.
now i have to stop working
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it's the song at the end - Mad World. That's why
it's the song at the end - Mad World. That's why
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I think Donnie's act at the very end is the most heroic thing I've ever seen any film character do, ever. I identified with it because at the time I first saw it, I was wishing I'd gone to work early on September 11, 2001,* and if doing so would save others, I'd do it.
*at 1WTC96. Yes, I'm over it now. Yes, it took a year of therapy.
I think Donnie's act at the very end is the most heroic thing I've ever seen any film character do, ever. I identified with it because at the time I first saw it, I was wishing I'd gone to work early on September 11, 2001,* and if doing so would save others, I'd do it.
*at 1WTC96. Yes, I'm over it now. Yes, it took a year of therapy.
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Hey look... It's the script for Donnie Darko!
Hey look... It's the script for Donnie Darko!
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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It is and all. Nice one NYC
It is and all. Nice one NYC
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Posted:
great film
found it upsettin at the end when his girlfriend says to the little boy 'I never Knew Him'
great film
found it upsettin at the end when his girlfriend says to the little boy 'I never Knew Him'
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Yeah, I love the movie. I have the dvd but the neighbor borrowed it so who knows when i'll get it back. In fact im using the lyrics to Gary Jules mad world for my poetry section in English. I didnt understand the movie the first time, but after i watched it some and checked the webpage, read amazon reviews i understood. Of course by now ive tottaly forgotten. I know it had something to do with a metal object killing people to satisfy the time fracture or something.
Yeah, I love the movie. I have the dvd but the neighbor borrowed it so who knows when i'll get it back. In fact im using the lyrics to Gary Jules mad world for my poetry section in English. I didnt understand the movie the first time, but after i watched it some and checked the webpage, read amazon reviews i understood. Of course by now ive tottaly forgotten. I know it had something to do with a metal object killing people to satisfy the time fracture or something.
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I've only seen it once, and half way through me and my friend went to the pub...came back and watched the rest of it. We weren't drunk, but watching it with a break makes it even more hard to understand whats going on!
I wanted to see it again to see if it would make more sense, but by the sounds of it - i dont have much hope!
I've only seen it once, and half way through me and my friend went to the pub...came back and watched the rest of it. We weren't drunk, but watching it with a break makes it even more hard to understand whats going on!
I wanted to see it again to see if it would make more sense, but by the sounds of it - i dont have much hope!
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WOW!! amazing movie.. probly one of my favorites..
ive seen it at least 5 times and can still talk about it endlessly.. rouge, it is a very confusing film, but watching it again (and again and again) does make you understand it more..
watching it the fifth time i still noticed things that i hadnt noticed before.
WOW!! amazing movie.. probly one of my favorites..
ive seen it at least 5 times and can still talk about it endlessly.. rouge, it is a very confusing film, but watching it again (and again and again) does make you understand it more..
watching it the fifth time i still noticed things that i hadnt noticed before.
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Awsome flik!
I think peeps like it cos it is something that happens to people (the whole imagining odd shaped bunnies) but none of us actually know anything about it...possibly...I'm just wondering out loud, or rather wondering on a page
Awsome flik!
I think peeps like it cos it is something that happens to people (the whole imagining odd shaped bunnies) but none of us actually know anything about it...possibly...I'm just wondering out loud, or rather wondering on a page
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Posted:
yeah, frank's bunny mask is awesome... which is why you can see it to the left <---
it's been my icon for as long as i've had an icon cause... c'mon buddy.. it's just that damn sexy.
my favorite quote from DD:
"what happens if you tell mom and dad about this?"
"...you'll flush arielle down the toilet..."
"yer goddamn right i will...."
much love...
~Z
yeah, frank's bunny mask is awesome... which is why you can see it to the left <---
it's been my icon for as long as i've had an icon cause... c'mon buddy.. it's just that damn sexy.
my favorite quote from DD:
"what happens if you tell mom and dad about this?"
"...you'll flush arielle down the toilet..."
"yer goddamn right i will...."
much love...
~Z
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Good movie, seen it about 3 times and still have no clue what the crap is going on...the website didn't help much either. My friend is quite afraid of bunnies since I made her watch it.
Good movie, seen it about 3 times and still have no clue what the crap is going on...the website didn't help much either. My friend is quite afraid of bunnies since I made her watch it.
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