Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 182

Coolest movie I've seen in a long time. Equal parts drama, comedy, sci-fi, horror, suspense, and social commentary. The acting, writing, story, effects, musical score and soundtrack, and cinematography were all great. I would definitely recommend it to you. It was in limited cinema release, which I believe because it's such an offbeat movie, but if you like offbeat movies you'd probably love this. Just came out on rental a few weeks ago so you should be able to grab a copy.

If you don't know what it's about, here's a little plot synopsis. Donnie Darko lives in a small conservative Republican town in 1988, just before the Bush/Dukakis elections. Donnie is plagued with mental problems, and has been placed in mental facilities before. He also suffers from a sleepwalking disorder, and is on daily medication. He begins seeing visions of a man in a large demonic bunny suit named Frank, telling him that the end of the world is coming in 28 days. While he's out sleepwalking, a jet engine with apparently no origin mysteriously falls on his house, directly into his bedroom where he should have been sleeping. The next 28 days are spent with him trying to live his life normally, but he keeps seeing visions and doing whatever Frank tells him to, all the while reading a book about time travel by a 101 year old woman, to try and figure out why all this is happening to him.

It's very original, and very good. If you're into big popular Hollywood movies with the typical characters and endings, this might not be for you. But if you want something offbeat, a little weird, but very thought provoking, see this movie.

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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Ljusdal, Sweden
Posts: 196

I saw it again yesterday and it was great this time too. At first I missed that you said something about the music in the movie but even though you mentioned it I must add that it is filled with great 80's music: Echo and the Bunnymen, Sisters of Mercy, and Gary Jules covers Tears for Fears song Mad World, imo one of the greatest covers ever.

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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: toronto
Posts: 1612

Hell yes.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Location Location
Posts: 26415

It's sitting right next to me, a day late to the video store, still unwatched. Never heard of it before Saturday, rented it because it looked interesting.

Maybe I should keep it another day and watch it tomorrow night.

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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Ljusdal, Sweden
Posts: 196

That is what I would have done if I were you. It's really a great movie, I give it two thumbs up, 5/5, 10.0 and so on.

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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Holy shit
Posts: 1083

Donnie Darko was a good one.
I loved the old lady, who looked strangely like David Bowie.

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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Dublin, California
Posts: 3186

wee. thread from the dead.

i just watched it after hearing many many good things about it (although i knew nothing about the plot itself) and it jumped to the top of my favorites list. im gonna have nightmares about frank

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: A New England
Posts: 9187

I need to get that Mad World cover.

Indeed, one of the greatest covers ever.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 15130

I saw it while I was at my brother's over thanksgiving. Damn good movie. :+:

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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: MA
Posts: 2728

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Originally posted by Goatboy
I need to get that Mad World cover.

Indeed, one of the greatest covers ever.

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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: 0.50
Posts: 9355

yes, both movie and song are really really good.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: A New England
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Originally posted by Chantrea

And agreed, the original was good, but this is fantastic.

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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Mountains
Posts: 4698

since this got bumped up.. thought I'd mention that the website is also pretty cool.

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