After having watched some alternative movies, especially for my style, I would like to see a film that gives you food for thought, and it's kind of different. Donnie Darko, is supposed to be a science fiction, drama and mysterious movie. The story goes like this:
Darko family consists of five members, the father Eddie Darko, played by Holmes Osborne (Affliction, Anchorman), mother Rose Darko, played by Mary McDonnell (Independence Day), and their three children, Elizabeth, Donnie and Samantha Darko, respectively played by Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary), Jake Gyllenhaal (Prince of Percia, Brokeback Mountain, Zodiac) and Daveigh Chase(The Ring), which was 11 years old back then. And if you asked yourself, if Maggie and Jake are siblings in real life the answer is yes!
Donnie, is not what we call a normal teenager. He is seeing a psychologist mainly because of his troubled past, he is having behaviour problems, sleepwalks and he is also taking pills. On 2 November of 1988, he should have died when an aircraft engine fell to his bedroom but he was not here, because he was sleepwalking.The strange fact is that the engine was found but not the plane, so something weird happened. The reason he was sleepwalking was because his "friend", a huge rabbit, named Frank, that only he can see it, told him to wake up. Then, it told him that the world will be destroyed in 28 days 6 hours 42 minutes and 12 seconds.
From this point and on, Frank keeps coming in Donnie's mind, and Donnie start doing some weird things, that are impossible to be done from a simple human.
Because this is a very complicated movie, and since my friends decided theat we will write spoiler free reviews, I will not say something else. But be ready to hear about time travelling, targent universe and how god "control" us, our futures being predefined and things that will blow your mind.
I liked many things in this movie. First of all the plot. It's so complicated and weird that you must watch the movie again or do some extra research in order to understand what happened. It reminded me Inception for some reason! I read a youtube comment, saying that "I love the movies that are hard to understand, but everybody understands it in his own way". This is an opinion too, and pretty accurate. What is more, I liked the messages the film wants to give you (or at least what I think it wants to give you). Some pick-up lines where just perfect and make you wonder if they are real at all. I memorized one sentence saying that "Every living creature on earth dies alone". It may sounds depressing, but it is true in one way. The end, was not something I expected, but if you watch the movie again it makes sence, since Donnie has 28 days, and he is following a plan. Also, music was beautifully combined with the pictures, especially the last song (Mad World - Gary Jules), and the two first (The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen and Head over Heels by Tears for Feas). Last but not least, Jake Gyllenhaal acting was pretty good, as we can see him being much more mature in the end of the movie. The whole casting crew was great. There were some well-know artists like Drew Barrymore (I know her from Charlie's Angels)and Jena Malone (ok, she is not so well-known, but one day she may be one!).
The only thing I disliked in this movie, was...nothing! Maybe the fact that nothing was explained, but this was part of the movie I believe. It was a unique movie and I think it's a must to watch. It will make you wonder a lot. I will try to watch more films from Richard Kelly (director) in the future because I loved this one. I will rate it with 4/5 stars! Almost perfect!
First post here as well, so possible mistakes are forgivable.
Darko family consists of five members, the father Eddie Darko, played by Holmes Osborne (Affliction, Anchorman), mother Rose Darko, played by Mary McDonnell (Independence Day), and their three children, Elizabeth, Donnie and Samantha Darko, respectively played by Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary), Jake Gyllenhaal (Prince of Percia, Brokeback Mountain, Zodiac) and Daveigh Chase(The Ring), which was 11 years old back then. And if you asked yourself, if Maggie and Jake are siblings in real life the answer is yes!
Donnie, is not what we call a normal teenager. He is seeing a psychologist mainly because of his troubled past, he is having behaviour problems, sleepwalks and he is also taking pills. On 2 November of 1988, he should have died when an aircraft engine fell to his bedroom but he was not here, because he was sleepwalking.The strange fact is that the engine was found but not the plane, so something weird happened. The reason he was sleepwalking was because his "friend", a huge rabbit, named Frank, that only he can see it, told him to wake up. Then, it told him that the world will be destroyed in 28 days 6 hours 42 minutes and 12 seconds.
From this point and on, Frank keeps coming in Donnie's mind, and Donnie start doing some weird things, that are impossible to be done from a simple human.
Because this is a very complicated movie, and since my friends decided theat we will write spoiler free reviews, I will not say something else. But be ready to hear about time travelling, targent universe and how god "control" us, our futures being predefined and things that will blow your mind.
I liked many things in this movie. First of all the plot. It's so complicated and weird that you must watch the movie again or do some extra research in order to understand what happened. It reminded me Inception for some reason! I read a youtube comment, saying that "I love the movies that are hard to understand, but everybody understands it in his own way". This is an opinion too, and pretty accurate. What is more, I liked the messages the film wants to give you (or at least what I think it wants to give you). Some pick-up lines where just perfect and make you wonder if they are real at all. I memorized one sentence saying that "Every living creature on earth dies alone". It may sounds depressing, but it is true in one way. The end, was not something I expected, but if you watch the movie again it makes sence, since Donnie has 28 days, and he is following a plan. Also, music was beautifully combined with the pictures, especially the last song (Mad World - Gary Jules), and the two first (The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen and Head over Heels by Tears for Feas). Last but not least, Jake Gyllenhaal acting was pretty good, as we can see him being much more mature in the end of the movie. The whole casting crew was great. There were some well-know artists like Drew Barrymore (I know her from Charlie's Angels)and Jena Malone (ok, she is not so well-known, but one day she may be one!).
The only thing I disliked in this movie, was...nothing! Maybe the fact that nothing was explained, but this was part of the movie I believe. It was a unique movie and I think it's a must to watch. It will make you wonder a lot. I will try to watch more films from Richard Kelly (director) in the future because I loved this one. I will rate it with 4/5 stars! Almost perfect!
First post here as well, so possible mistakes are forgivable.