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Posted by Skeletor on Sat Jan 17th at 6:19am 2004

I've been meaning to watch it for a while now. Wow, what a weird movie! Anyway, I totally didn't understand the end. I'm not too bright... [addsig]



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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Sat Jan 17th at 6:50am 2004

There isn't much to understand. he goes back in time and fixes all of the problems he caused; by dying. I agree though, very wierd movie. [addsig]



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Posted by Cassius on Sat Jan 17th at 7:14am 2004

I want to see it, because as I hear it ranks up with the great 'intellectual movies' like Fight Club, K-Pax, Usual Suspects, etc.



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Posted by Skeletor on Sat Jan 17th at 8:42am 2004

Yeah, I understand that now. Thanks Tracer.

(My bro explained to me.)

[addsig]



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Posted by Cash Car Star on Sat Jan 17th at 8:42am 2004

It's a bit freaky, but I'm very glad I saw it. Hilarious scene with the guy watching them. Patrick Swayze put in an uncomfortably good performance. It's a bit more teen-ish than those other movies, I doubt I'd have liked it as much if I saw it in three years.



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Posted by Gwil on Sat Jan 17th at 3:42pm 2004

Aye, very teenage movie with the whole time/death/aeroplane madness concept going on, and it has a fairly decent soundtrack...

I can't say i'm in its legions of devoted followers it gained in 2003 though - good film, but not *really* that good.

[addsig]



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Posted by Monqui on Sat Jan 17th at 4:09pm 2004

I don't care what anyone says- the whole Love/Fear line teaching session is hilarious.

And as for sound track, Gary Jules' "Mad World" is an awesome song (the one played at the very end). [addsig]



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Posted by Skeletor on Sat Jan 17th at 7:00pm 2004

I agree. I downloaded it right after the movie ended. [addsig]



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Posted by matt on Sat Jan 17th at 7:08pm 2004

Also it the Christmas number 1 here in the UK

/runs

[addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Sat Jan 17th at 9:38pm 2004

/is sick of hearing that song



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Posted by Diarmaidx2 on Sun Jan 18th at 11:47am 2004

i liked it, dont understand how the rabbit came about tho. its the onley thing that puzzles me.
great soundtrack.
a film of the opposite, anyone seen Amelie?



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Posted by Cash Car Star on Sun Jan 18th at 8:21pm 2004

*SPOILER*The rabbit was the guy he shot at the end. When the rabbit pulled off the mask, Donnie saw the wound on the guy's eye. Later, after the guy on Halloween gets out of his car to see what just happened, he pulls off his mask and Donnie shoots him in the face. How does he go back in time? Well, how does Donnie? The rabbit essentially instigates all the events required to wind up being shot in the eye - saves Donnie from the falling space parts, the school gets closed so Donnie meets the girl, the fire puts the pedophile behind bars which leads to Donnie's mom having to fly out for the competition instead of that other mom leading to Donnie and his sister having the party. *END SPOILER* It's a very bizarre web of cause and effect, and that's what makes the movie enjoyable to me.



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Posted by Diarmaidx2 on Mon Jan 19th at 6:45pm 2004

but he should be dead? balm! thats my point.
(yep, im crazy)



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Posted by Cassius on Mon Jan 19th at 7:46pm 2004

It's an odd message, really - that the world would somehow be bettered had he just not done anything at all, and resigned himself to death. [addsig]



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Posted by Cash Car Star on Mon Jan 19th at 10:54pm 2004

? posted by Diarmaidx2
but he should be dead? balm! thats my point.
(yep, im crazy)

Who ever said he wasn't? Only Donnie can see him, and he doesn't seem to come and go in the way living people do.





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Posted by Cassius on Mon Jan 19th at 11:16pm 2004

Yeah, most people tend to die after getting their eye gutted with a butcher knife [addsig]



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Posted by Vash on Tue Jan 20th at 12:29am 2004

http://donniedarko.com/ [addsig]



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Posted by Skeletor on Tue Jan 20th at 1:01am 2004

? posted by Cassius
Yeah, most people tend to die after getting their eye gutted with a butcher knife

Or in this case, shot with a gun.

[addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Sun Feb 8th at 9:59pm 2004

Sorry to drag this up, but just watched it for the first time- actually a pretty simple film, although had a good laugh over the 'dumbed down' time travel stuff!

But does anyone know what that weird haunting tune that's usually played when he's talking to the rabbit is called/who it's by? It's in the film about 37 minutes through, and a few other times.. fantastic scary tune





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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 8th at 10:05pm 2004

*OFF TOPIC*

i watched a movie "The Butterfly Effect" i highly recommend it to anyone who likes time travel or alternate reality films

[addsig]




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