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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
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i'm so missing out, i havent seen it but i've been hearing about it for ages. i miss so many things, damn my procrastination
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hey zim, about fave quotes from the movie.. mine would have to be
"Donnie Darko? What kind of name is that? Sounds like a super hero or something."
"What makes you think I'm not?"
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Written by: Trillian
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.
Bunnies aren't just cute you know, like everyone supposes.
They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.
And what's with all the carrots?
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
Bunnies! Bunnies! It must be bunnies!!!!
...or maybe midgets.
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haha yes stickman!
*high fives*
Trillian you should get a biggzor poster of frank's mask and put it up in your friend's room when she's sleeping... or better yet... a bunch of them and just cover the walls with them. Definitely.
~Z
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
i saw it on friday. i have a new favourite movie.
i'll tell you why people love it. the little old lady with the crazy white hair. she's a rock star! she made me so happy!
cellar door
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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Cellar door.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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Written by: stickman
hey zim, about fave quotes from the movie.. mine would have to be
"Donnie Darko? What kind of name is that? Sounds like a super hero or something."
"What makes you think I'm not?"
i like:
Written by: donnie darko
donnie darko: why do you wear that stupid bunny suit?
frank: why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
so then, who do we reckon frank is...?
cole. x
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que? Soz, is that a referance to the movie, cos I haven't seen it in ages. Strange thing is, I can only realoy remember the scen about the smurfs and smurfettes!
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I fell asleep thought it when my boyfriend and host sis were watching it in german (it was a bit hard to understand all of it in English), and woke up when I heard 'cellar door'. Was really confused becaue I don't know if it was english or german... But pretty sure it was English.
And yes-
cellar door
~ Bobo
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Written by: coleman
so then, who do we reckon frank is...?
Written by:
DONNIE
Why do they call you Frank?
FRANK
It is the name of my father... and his
father before me.
Oh yay! Are we gonna turn this into a book club discussion? I hadn't really thought much about the depth of the movie as anything more than a stylistic mindf#ck with a plot that sort of made sense in some ways.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
big and good and broken
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that's why his name is frank.
doesn't tell ya *who* he is...
but no, i'm not up for 'distributed donnie darko discussion evenings'.
imho, dd is good but is a bit like lynch for teenagers i.e. it seems to me that there is no good way of deciphering the deepest meanings through repetitive views.
i can't be bothered to go through the website to understand it, nor visit the discussion forums to test my theories (since they all end up with a gaping hole somewhere due to the time-travel conundrum) so for me it will always remain as a good film with a great story based on an extremely well-constructed paradox (if that is not indeed what it is supposed to be).
personally i like 'mulholland drive' and 'lost highway' *far* better, even if they do have much sadder endings.
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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lost highway
now theres a movie
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Frank was donnies sisters boyfriend. every time donnies sister is on the phone in the movie she is talking to frank.
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big and good and broken
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so what's with donnie seeing frank all the time and him saving donnie at the start and telling him how long before he dies and telling him to burn things and having his eye stabbed out before he gets shot in it and stuff?
weird boyfriend if you ask me...
cole. x
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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Location: London, Brixton
hmmm
It was all about philosophy, timetravel and the mysterys of life and death......i think
Frank RULES
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA
i wish i had a boyfriend in a fscking creepy bunny suit. (this wish also includes that i'm either gay or a girl). better yet, i wish i had a fscking creepy bunny suit
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Written by: Zim
Trillian you should get a biggzor poster of frank's mask and put it up in your friend's room when she's sleeping... or better yet... a bunch of them and just cover the walls with them. Definitely.
~Z
That would be so much fun! She would definately kill me. Although, since she is in love with Jake Gylenhall(sp?), I could also put up posters of Donnie to make her feel better! "I know a good deal more than a boiled carrot."
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whatever bloats your goat, but i still vote for the mask....
for additional effect you can always set up speakers in the room with a microphone leading to the outside and making sure the door can't open unless from the outside, just sit outside her room immitating frank's voice through the mic..... april fools is comin up... do it then
much love
~Z
as always frank's mask can be seen to the left
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Thought this was well done. Warning, it has some obvious spoilers.
https://www.stainlesssteelrat.net/ddfaq.htm
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
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