Reviews of Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko

Posted : 6 months, 1 week ago on 15 January 2008 03:04 (A review of Donnie Darko)

"....I have reached the end of your book and... there are so many things that I need to ask you. Sometimes I'm afraid of what you might tell me. Sometimes I'm afraid that you'll tell me that this is not a work of fiction. I can only hope that the answers will come to me in my sleep. I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to."

Donnie Darko is a modern masterpiece of a film, when I started watching it I expected it to be good, but no where near as great as it turned out to be. It is dark, humorous, Intriguing and captivating from the moment it starts until it's mysterious end. It is completely original and creative, it blends all of the elements that I would want to see in a movie and does it magnificently well. It's just visually stunning and dazzling to watch, the setting was perfect for this to take place and it seems as though everyone who watches this will get something special out of this movie. Again, the story is completely unique and different from just any average film. It's compelling and interesting to see such a story in a movie, there are so many possibilities and outcomes that it can produce in your mind, it's like an illusion. The ending was more than just a twist, it changed the whole film. It was shown brilliantly what the outcome of the movie is, I had to sit and contemplate for a while after the credits had finished to completely understand what I had just seen. The song 'Mad World' playing at the end finished the movie off perfectly. In fact, I loved how the whole soundtrack fitted in with the movie..

Jake Gyllenhaal's performance was so convincing and just brilliant, I wouldn't have expected something like that from him. He certainly pulled off the title role better than anyone I could imagine, the truly made the movie unforgettable. After seeing him as Donnie Darko I have a completely different view of him as an actor, that's just another reason that I'm glad I saw this.

Overall this is a must see movie, I should have seen is sooner. If you haven't already, see it now. Right now. Yes now!

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Donnie Darko review

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 10 May 2007 03:40 (A review of Donnie Darko)

this film is the single one film that have had the biggest influence on me. anyone that have ever been on medication can not not relate to this.

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Donnie Darko review

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 12 February 2007 04:21 (A review of Donnie Darko)

I guess we should all stop reviewing things on listal after all. We can just look at the IMDb ratings instead.

I think it's quite unfair to say people are being 'OVERLY' critical. When you see nothing in a film that inspires or rubs off on you, what are you supposed to do? See what everyone else thinks of it and put that as your own rating? I'm looking at the reviews other people have given it and seen no reasons as to why they like it. Only one person has given positive reasons; It's been suggested that it has a great soundtrack and that I need to be on medication to enjoy it. Fair enough, maybe that's why I missed out.

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One of my favorites...

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 12 February 2007 02:42 (A review of Donnie Darko)

I can see why people don't like it I guess, maybe they just have never been on any kind of meds. Even I had to say the first time I saw it I was like wtf... but after it sank in, and after I watched it again I was hooked. Donnie is such a complex character in this. It's like a modern day Catcher in the Rye. Not to mention, the soundtrack is also excellent.

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sheesh

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 11 February 2007 09:23 (A review of Donnie Darko)

so many harsh 1/10 critiques, I find that puzzling.

but once all is said and done, its still 8.30/10 out of nearly 100,000 IMDB votes, and a solid 7.9+ on listal, so it's safe to say all those OVERLY degative 1/10 'reviews' on here are clearly the minority of viewers.

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Donnie Darko review

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 11 February 2007 04:06 (A review of Donnie Darko)

This film has caused the suicides of several thousand honest, hard working, movie loving, Nuns.

Not because of any message it gave out, but because it is just that mundane, awful and over rated it forced them to believe that no God could allow such a boring film to be created.

The director of this "film" is now on Americas most wanted list for crimes against humanity.


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A Film For Fools

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 6 February 2007 07:12 (A review of Donnie Darko)

*Yawn*

What a snooze fest. I've had naps more productive than this film. It tries to have a philosophy when its clearly mundane and ordinary. I hope somebody lost their job over this so the footsteps can never be re-trod in.

The whole plot was pointless, it literally makes iotself redundant making the whole thing a waste of time. Yes, its weird but that shouldn't be enough for critical acclaim! Majority of the characters just seem so phoney and fake with no real intention of being memorable.

Jake Gyllenhaal is a terrible actor. I'm amazed that he still weasels his way into Hollywood. Him AND his sister need to get a career like a crash test dummy or mugasaurus. I'd gladly drop a plane on their Hollywood Home.

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Donnie Darko review

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 2 February 2007 01:35 (A review of Donnie Darko)

The most overrated film ever made? Probably. One of the most uninspiring, pretentious and unneccessarily complicated pieces of film I've ever seen. I can not believe this holds a place on the IMDb top 250 films. Watch this at your peril.

About as scintillating as watching paint dry.

I purchased this on DVD for £3 and it's one of the blackholes of my collection.

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One of the best movies ever

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 30 January 2007 08:03 (A review of Donnie Darko)

U most see this if you havent! Its so great in all ways!

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Changed the image

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago on 26 October 2006 07:16 (A review of Donnie Darko)

I hope it's alright with everyone that I changed the image from the DVD cover to the Movie Poster. I think the evil bunny is better represented there. I find the DVD cover a bit odd, almost like 5 heads floating around an outline of a bunny. The movie poster has all the faces blended into the bunny, and is a lot more eye-catching, especially when reduced to a small thumbnail.

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