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  • @cafeabasedecinema
    @cafeabasedecinema Год назад +562

    I worked in a videostore between 2003-2005 and mentioned Donnie Darko for every customer. Few people rented the film, but of those who accepted it, they rented more than once.

    • @Raptchur
      @Raptchur Год назад +54

      It's the kind of movie you want other people to watch. So you can try to decipher it together. Still one of my favorites.

    • @spencerarnold669
      @spencerarnold669 Год назад +71

      I miss days of the all knowing video guy, before the algorithm, before the darks times

    • @deadsetondreams1988
      @deadsetondreams1988 Год назад +9

      You are a true hero

    • @The_coal_mine
      @The_coal_mine Год назад +5

      @@spencerarnold669 Before the empire...

    • @nickblood7080
      @nickblood7080 Год назад +3

      I saw it in a theater in richmond Va where I lived when it came out. Blew our minds.

  • @17thknight
    @17thknight Год назад +238

    Simone nailed it: there's an explanation for it all in the DVD that consists of the book about time travel that Donnie reads. You have to reconcile the "paradox" or the world will end. The paradox was that Donnie survived when he was supposed to die. Frank is trapped, unable to move on, because he died in the paradox universe. Frank created the "trap" by killing the girl Donnie loved, leaving Donnie only one choice , to go back in time to the moment of the paradox and choosing to die. This resolved the paradox and saved the world. But the last line of the book is that I'm their dreams everyone will remember what happened in the alternate universe, which is why they all wake up at the end..

    • @ofidiotabagista5259
      @ofidiotabagista5259 Год назад +26

      Also Frank made Donnie flood the school so he would meet her on his way home, so they would fall in love and the trap could be set.
      But the paradox is the jet engine, not Donnie. Donnie is the "chosen one" who needs to fix the timeline returning the jet engine.

    • @AmberVivicide
      @AmberVivicide Год назад +12

      If Donnie was supposed to die then why does Frank say "wake up" and take him from the house so he doesn't get killed? The only reason he wasnt in his bed is because of Frank. If Frank wants him to fix the paradox why wake him up?

    • @thebadwolf3088
      @thebadwolf3088 Год назад +18

      ​@@AmberVivicide Donnie didn't have to die, he CHOSE to die. As the other dude said the jet engine is the paradox, not Donnie's survival.

    • @JudeauChop
      @JudeauChop Год назад +2

      Southland Tales is the same story, but with different characters, it asks, what if a self absorbed dbag was the "chosen one" instead of a troubled brooding teen. It's glorious.

    • @antkemp
      @antkemp Год назад

      Now I hate this movie

  • @Cadinho93
    @Cadinho93 Год назад +281

    Fun Fact: The linguist that Drew Barrymore mentioned who said that the most beautiful combination of words is "Cellar Door", is none other than J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Lord of the Rings".
    Also, the "Head Over Heels" and "Under the Milky Way" sequences in this are some of my favorite scenes of all time. Plus, the whole soundtrack is fantastic.

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад +14

      I'd never heard half of the songs on this soundtrack before watching the movie, but I listen to them all still all these years later!

    • @jculver1674
      @jculver1674 Год назад +19

      Not to mention the "Mad World" sequence at the end, one of the most haunting movie scenes I've ever seen.

    • @deadsetondreams1988
      @deadsetondreams1988 Год назад +2

      @@jculver1674 Watching this film was the 1st time I heard that song, and I fell in love with it

    • @cassu6
      @cassu6 Год назад +1

      Cellar door sounds like French or something so no wonder

    • @eddhardy1054
      @eddhardy1054 Год назад

      ​@@cassu6Cellar might possibly be French but Door definitely isn't

  • @canceltheapocalypse8190
    @canceltheapocalypse8190 Год назад +132

    The way Beth Grant delivers the line "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to sparkle motion!" is gold. No small parts!

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад +16

      I randomly think of that line and giggle on nearly a monthly basis and have ever since the movie came out! 😄

    • @MarkHWillson
      @MarkHWillson Год назад +6

      @@korganrocks3995 Truly a meme worth keeping alive. :)

    • @electricgiblets
      @electricgiblets Год назад +5

      whilst rocking the iconic "God is awesome!" t-shirt 😂

    • @ReadingRambo152
      @ReadingRambo152 Год назад +1

      Such an iconic line!

    • @IgoZoom1
      @IgoZoom1 7 месяцев назад +3

      During a visit to Los Angeles in 2013, I actually had the amazing fortune to briefly meet Beth Grant. I was visiting my cousin and her husband works in the tv industry. We just happened to cross paths and I recognized her instantly and told her how much I loved her work! I mentioned Donnie Darko and she said countless fans have asked her to say "I doubt your committment to Sparkle Motion!" and she did it every time! It was one of the best days of my life!

  • @heyheyjk-la
    @heyheyjk-la Год назад +263

    The teacher you hated and wanted to slap is the amazing character actress Beth Grant, who has 241 credits in her IMDB filmography spanning almost 45 years, and has been it at least two other movies you guys have reacted to. She was one of the passengers on the bus in "Speed", and she was Josh Brolin's cranky mother-in-law with cancer in "No Country for Old Men". Two other movies she's been in that I think you would both love are "Safe" with Julianne Moore, and the underrated and gorgeous animated film "Rango" with Johnny Depp and loads of other great actors doing voices.

    • @hollyodell4012
      @hollyodell4012 Год назад +18

      Oh, she was in Little Miss Sunshine as well I think.

    • @mrjohnnypinkpants
      @mrjohnnypinkpants Год назад +10

      I remember her from a couple of malcolm in the middle episodes. She has the perfect "Karen" face.

    • @stobe187
      @stobe187 Год назад +7

      Rango is so damn good.

    • @heyheyjk-la
      @heyheyjk-la Год назад +1

      @@stobe187 - Right? I need to rewatch it again soon, actually. Criminally underrated and unknown film.

    • @TheeJasonReyes
      @TheeJasonReyes Год назад +12

      She is a tremendous actress

  • @BradFriday
    @BradFriday Год назад +279

    I like that you guys really understood the heart of this story. Donny basically realizes that the one way he can save his girlfriend is to die, so none of those events ever happen. He sacrifices himself to save his girlfriends life. People get so wrapped up in the time travel portion of the movie (don't get me wrong, it's cool) that they look right past the heart of the story which makes Donny a tragic hero.

    • @johnsmith-nn2hs
      @johnsmith-nn2hs Год назад +22

      Exactly. Time travel is just the Maguffin. The heart of the story is him sacrificing his life and their entire relationship for her life.

    • @matthewstroud4294
      @matthewstroud4294 Год назад +14

      That could be the outcome in a determined universe where there is no human free will. In that case, Donnie could only ever follow the path of actions that he does, and couldn't choose not to do any of them. So, he chooses to erase that "timeline" completely and sacrifice himself. But, notice that he made a choice - so perhaps he does have free will, and he could have changed his actions anyway (albeit in a limited way).
      This is akin to the paradox that confronts free will deniers: the fallacy of self-exclusion.

    • @lakotagrywlf
      @lakotagrywlf Год назад +19

      “Sounds like some kind of superhero”

    • @jmzbondm
      @jmzbondm Год назад +7

      ​@@lakotagrywlfWho's to say he wasn't?

    • @robertcampbell8070
      @robertcampbell8070 Год назад +5

      ​@@johnsmith-nn2hsPossibly, but we know from the website that everyone near the event will unknowingly work to resolve the paradox. So if the paradox was actually that Donny was alive when he should have been dead, he didn't really make a choice to sacrifice himself, he simply resolved the paradox.

  • @control2XS
    @control2XS Год назад +38

    That moment at the end where the little girl asks her if she knew who Donnie was, and there's that long pause before she says no, it just makes me sob

  • @corsair101
    @corsair101 Год назад +306

    Part of what makes the movie such an odd viewing experience is about half the information you need to make sense of it was released separately on a website - it was almost like an ARG. That book Donnie is reading - the philosophy of time travel - describes a situation where an unexplained artifact showing up in a prime timeline creates a tangent universe that will eventually collapse, and all people in proximity to the event will unknowingly work to resolve the paradox before it collapses. It's so very specific, and almost completely left out of the movie - which is why everyone walks away saying "what happened" haha.

    • @StudioMod
      @StudioMod Год назад +20

      You just made this movie make sense to me after years of forgetting about it because it never made sense to me. Wow.

    • @Dayboot33
      @Dayboot33 Год назад +79

      The 'real explanation' always feels contrived to me - I love the theatrical release because you DON'T have enough information to work it all out and it just has this astonishing dreamlike, surreal and melancholic tone. Once you know all the background stuff it strips most of the mystique and magic for me.

    • @corsair101
      @corsair101 Год назад +7

      I completely agree@@Dayboot33

    • @amy_grace
      @amy_grace Год назад +31

      There's a director's cut that explains a lot more of the lore, and it is definitely less interesting than the original movie.

    • @aidanrock8719
      @aidanrock8719 Год назад +8

      @@StudioMod it's not really made to make sense, is it? It's the experience of an emotionally unstable teenager with severe constant hallucinations

  • @keithmusselman6003
    @keithmusselman6003 Год назад +166

    The papa Smurf conversation is still the best to me. Every time Donnie says, “first of all…” I can’t stop laughing.

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад +9

      Reminded me of every argument I've ever had with the kind of person who is incredibly confident they're always right regardless of their level of expertise in the given subject(and that of their opponent). 😄

    • @sighberspook2021
      @sighberspook2021 Год назад +23

      My favourite part of that scene is his friends response when donnie drops the smurf lore on them
      "dammit donnie, why you always gotta get so smart on us?"

    • @3DJapan
      @3DJapan Год назад +13

      ​@@sighberspook2021I had a friend in high school tell me "sometimes you say really smart stuff and people don't no how to respond so they're just mean to you instead". So... Am I supposed to dumb myself down?

    • @napalmchicken
      @napalmchicken Год назад +9

      They had to okay that conversation with the company that owns Smurfs, and the makers were sure they weren't going to get away with it, but the company let it stay because Donnie's interpretation of the Smurfs is basically correct, including the fact that they don't have sex organs.

    • @DannyBedo
      @DannyBedo Год назад

      “Go suck a fuck” 😂”I’m NOT AFRAID ANYMORE” are 2 quotes I can use to defend the Smurf way of life

  • @TheDaringPastry1313
    @TheDaringPastry1313 Год назад +140

    Jake Gyllenhaal can be a creepy kid, but what about his role in Nightcrawler as an adult? That's a must watch as well.

    • @JOHN0815DOE
      @JOHN0815DOE Год назад +3

      Or he in the music video Time To Dance from The Shoes

    • @YourMothersMan
      @YourMothersMan Год назад +8

      Nightcrawler is a great movie! But personally, I could never do any kind of job that requires you to have No empathy for ppl.

    • @kris5465
      @kris5465 Год назад +9

      "Prisoners", by Denis Villeneuve.

    • @JH-lo9ut
      @JH-lo9ut Год назад +7

      Yeah, Nightcrawler makes you wanna invite the Joker and Travis Bickle for a slumber party.

    • @TheDaringPastry1313
      @TheDaringPastry1313 Год назад +7

      What makes Nightcrawler even creepier for me is doing something like he does in that movie is actually believable in a sadistic way.@@YourMothersMan

  • @AmberVivicide
    @AmberVivicide Год назад +20

    Their dreams are alternate reality memories.
    And....
    "Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?"
    "Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?" is my favorite.

  • @TiJoe6
    @TiJoe6 Год назад +161

    Simone’s cat was going crazy at the beginning there. 😂

    • @YoureMrLebowski
      @YoureMrLebowski Год назад +6

      1:50 never saw that before. 😆

    • @ralphrex9118
      @ralphrex9118 Год назад +7

      Yes, I definitely want to see more of Simone’s cat, what’s the story, what was it after, name?

    • @daltonio6001
      @daltonio6001 Год назад +10

      Simone didn’t even flinch, she must be used to it 🤣

    • @MrJctii916
      @MrJctii916 Год назад

      Hmmm.... Was hoping for something else

    • @3DJapan
      @3DJapan Год назад +2

      Yeah I figured the cat was chasing a bug.

  • @robertoliver7368
    @robertoliver7368 Год назад +35

    The mom in this movie is also in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica and she is amazing in it(so is everyone else in the show).

    • @JH-lo9ut
      @JH-lo9ut Год назад +7

      You are right!
      Holy shit, that's where I remember her from.
      Thanks for the reminder. Got to check that one out again.

    • @theaikidoka
      @theaikidoka Год назад +5

      Mary McDonnel is amazing in everything, even the relatively crappy role in Independence Day. It's tragic watching her make her peace with death in that.

    • @roryotoole3279
      @roryotoole3279 Год назад +2

      Dances with Wolves also

    • @timwheeler8523
      @timwheeler8523 11 месяцев назад

      @@roryotoole3279 and Sneakers

  • @EmlynBoyle
    @EmlynBoyle Год назад +93

    When she says 'Donnie Darko' sounds like a superhero name, she's technically correct...as he later saves her life. This is the only movie I've ever gone to see twice in theatres, so I could completely get it. It's very unique.

    • @7rollface
      @7rollface Год назад +8

      He’s also deliberately set up to have superpowers in the film, although they’re intended to be subtle and mostly mundane. The director mentions having the elemental powers of water and fire with flooding the school and burning down the house. But the one that’s most explicitly shown but which is the most subtle is super-strength.
      That’s a bronze statue in the school. So the question is - how did Donnie stick an axe in its head?

  • @aychelleff
    @aychelleff Год назад +41

    I saw this movie maybe six years after it came out, and I was a teenager. What an incredible, life-changing experience. Introduced me to both Tears for Fears AND Jake Gyllenhaal

  • @martinholt8168
    @martinholt8168 Год назад +41

    The Netflix series DARK is a series that also takes time travel in an eerie-ass mind-blowing direction.

    • @BlackavarWD
      @BlackavarWD Год назад +3

      I thought I would like DARK, but I didn't.
      I actually hoped the 3 main adult characters would die and burn in hell because they deserved each other.

    • @martinholt8168
      @martinholt8168 Год назад +3

      @@BlackavarWD I enjoyed the first two seasons. The third season kinda lost the plot.

    • @serpentax
      @serpentax Год назад +1

      @@martinholt8168 it went final fantasy levels of crazy at the end, i kinda liked that.

    • @masteronionnorth2341
      @masteronionnorth2341 7 месяцев назад +1

      Dark's creators are huge fans of Donnie Darko. Dark's ending is definitely inspired by Donnie Dark's ending.

    • @rosswhite5975
      @rosswhite5975 2 месяца назад +2

      Great show. I wasn't completely happy with how it ended though.

  • @chappie_nottherobot
    @chappie_nottherobot Год назад +86

    My sister was so confused by the end of this movie the first time I showed it to her when we were kids, but to this day we will still say "You’re such a fuckass" to each other. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦😂
    Also, this soundtrack was the reason I became a fan of all those awesome ‘80s alternative and new wave bands.

    • @nluna75
      @nluna75 Год назад +2

      Haha my sister and i also recreate the dinner table scene from time to time.

  • @ph8429
    @ph8429 Год назад +85

    This is definitely a movie that demands multiple rewatches

    • @constructionbootgazer
      @constructionbootgazer Год назад +1

      Can’t wait for them to watch Primer at some point and have their brains melt into goo.

    • @Neo6364
      @Neo6364 Год назад +4

      Totally. This is also a movie where the Director's Cut is pretty rad too. The commentary on the DVD with the Director is very good too and offers a lot of insight to the film.

    • @SargNickFury
      @SargNickFury Год назад

      It demands a reading list,

  • @DarthKay093
    @DarthKay093 Год назад +3

    Fun information. The Girl who plays the youngest sister played Samara Morgan the little girl from the Ring!

  • @PixelsAtDawn
    @PixelsAtDawn Год назад +18

    100% on of my favourite films. I still remember seeing this in an empty cinema late at night, and then walking home in the dark in a kind of daze. One of my most memorable film watching experiences.

    • @brentfreeland5834
      @brentfreeland5834 6 месяцев назад

      I shared the same experience but with Close Encounters

  • @mojoshivers
    @mojoshivers Год назад +117

    One of my favorite films, but also one of the more unsettling films about time travel. It’s like antithesis of Back to the Future.
    Also it gave us one of the more unintentional hilarious lines in, “Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.”

    • @GasparGa
      @GasparGa Год назад +1

      Is it time travel? I'm not so sure

    • @mojoshivers
      @mojoshivers Год назад +2

      @@GasparGa I think it’s a clear-cut decision at the end for Donnie to go back in time to allow himself to die to prevent all the deaths later.

    • @4thlinemaniac356
      @4thlinemaniac356 Год назад

      Time Travel huh?@ Jetson White channel @ Rumble @ video Trump Tesla Time Travel...but google Author Ingersol Lockwood first.

    • @GasparGa
      @GasparGa Год назад

      @@mojoshivers I think I read something about the events in the beginning creating a "pocket dimension" and then this dimension is destroyed in the end, so its not actually time travel. Something like that, but honestly its been years since I read about it.

    • @mojoshivers
      @mojoshivers Год назад +5

      @@GasparGa My only other theory was that it wasn’t conscious time travel but like a Groundhog Day situation, where he did the first go around “wrong” or against what was supposed to happen. So the universe or fate reset the timeline in order for Donnie to get it right.

  • @normlee6566
    @normlee6566 Год назад +11

    My parents rarely watched movies (my mom was notorious for watching the first three minutes of a film and declare she's bored) together. When i put this DVD on and asked to at least try it out, i was shocked when they actually sat through and watched the entire thing. Of all movies, this is what caught their interest. I enjoy the movie, but i never thought they would. I believe this was the film debut for jena malone and is one of three movies the gyllenhaal siblings were in together. I guess you say, when donnie "changed" or chose a different timeline, it created a ripple effect. So that all the affected parties saw their fates in the timeline donnie foresaw if he lived. He laughed at the end at the absurdity of it all (laughing in the face of death), that in order for his love (at least in one timeline), to live, so many horrible people would escape their horrible fates. But cosmic justice stepped in and ensured those horrible people would never forget the potential ends as donnie foresaw them and were forced to see their true selves.

  • @DiogenesDecibel
    @DiogenesDecibel Год назад +16

    One of my favorite movies. I'm really glad you watched the Theatrical Version. People say you prefer the version you saw first, but I think of myself as a decent critic, and for good reasons, I strongly prefer the musical queues and mystery of this version to the Director's Cut.

    • @DoubleMonoLR
      @DoubleMonoLR Год назад +1

      Likewise, I far preferred the theatrical cut. The only part of the Directors Cut I can remember thinking was a good addition was the parents ambiguous joke about getting a divorce.

  • @bomamba9402
    @bomamba9402 Год назад +4

    I found your channel recently, and I have been loving it. Last night, I randomly searched to see if you had a Donnie Darko reaction, something I've never even searched for before, and then today you upload one. Blows my mind.

  • @zakfrisch2997
    @zakfrisch2997 Год назад +10

    Aw man you guys cut my favorite line.
    "Sounds like a superhero name"
    "How do you know I'm not?"
    It totally encapsulates the movie imo

  • @actor451
    @actor451 Год назад

    I was blown away by this movie when I first saw it like 20 years ago. Brilliant.

  • @SilentBob731
    @SilentBob731 Год назад +24

    One of the greatest endings in Cinematic History, and "Mad World" by Gary Jules playing over it is perfection.

    • @nigeldepledge3790
      @nigeldepledge3790 Год назад +3

      Mad World by Tears For Fears, performed by Gary Jules.

    • @SilentBob731
      @SilentBob731 Год назад

      @@nigeldepledge3790 A semantic distinction, but yes.

    • @treetopjones737
      @treetopjones737 Год назад +1

      @@nigeldepledge3790 Yes, sung slower than the original.

  • @FretlessMayhem
    @FretlessMayhem 6 месяцев назад +2

    “Have you ever seen a portal?” Frank demonstrating the portal directly on a frame of a clock is genius symbolism. A time portal…

    • @BRUXXUS
      @BRUXXUS 4 месяца назад +1

      I've seen this movie more than any other, and that line still gives me chills. Perfect delivery. Asking a question, calmly, but with a sense of awe....

    • @FretlessMayhem
      @FretlessMayhem 4 месяца назад

      @@BRUXXUS I couldn’t agree more. Though it does make me laugh when I hear people say they thought Frank asked “have you ever seen a porno?”
      Ha!

  • @JoeXTheXJuggalo1
    @JoeXTheXJuggalo1 Год назад +5

    You pretty much nailed it with the time travel back in time before the paradox of events happens to die in his room when the plane engine crashes through the roof in order to reset the timeline and save his girlfriend.

  • @cameroncimmerius1203
    @cameroncimmerius1203 Год назад +5

    I had a friend who would sometimes advise people to never doubt her commitment to sparkle motion. It wasn't until years later that I found out what she was referencing.

  • @Patriiiiick
    @Patriiiiick Год назад +8

    Love this film. Came out at the perfect for someone in their mid-teens getting really into films.
    I just wish we had more films like this these days. Early 2000s indie movies were the best.

  • @yougoattube
    @yougoattube Год назад +9

    I think I must have a higher tolerance for "not getting it" than most... I don't feel compelled to unravel each step and detail. For me it was a haunting and moving film, and that's really all I need to enjoy it. And, frankly, I understand so little about anything... I'm stumped as to how a can opener works, for instance. (That's an adaptation of a line from a Woody Allen film... cheers to anyone who knows which one (I've completely forgotten))

  • @joshuacoldwater
    @joshuacoldwater Год назад +3

    Cellar Door is still true beauty, this is one of few productions sponsored by Drew Barrymore’s Production Company

  • @jasonbates9906
    @jasonbates9906 Год назад +2

    Something I just noticed - the Sparkle Motion actress plays Carla Jean's mom in No Country for Old Men.

    • @brentfreeland5834
      @brentfreeland5834 6 месяцев назад

      You wouldn't know from no country that she's Scottish

  • @MrZeek1519
    @MrZeek1519 Год назад +3

    While the term "Cult Classic" generally means that a movie or TV show wasn't popular, well-viewed, or well-received when it originally came out, it also means that it became wildly popular years or decades later. So it was unpopular, but also popular... kinda like Firefly. It's a weird thing.

  • @TenTonNuke
    @TenTonNuke Год назад +1

    The song at the end, Gary Jules version of "Mad World," is worth a listen. Depressing ass lyrics.
    "All around me are familiar faces
    Worn out places, worn out faces
    Bright and early for the daily races
    Going nowhere, going nowhere"

  • @moonorange9358
    @moonorange9358 Год назад +3

    Also, the movie has a lot of stars from the 90s and early 2000. Frank is played by James Duval, indie fave in the 90s and Gregg Araki's muse for awhile, he also played Miguel in Indipendence day. The teacher was Noah Wyle, from the ER fame. The girlfriend was Jenna Malone and the sister is Daveigh Chase, Samara from the Ring remake.

  • @silent-trouble
    @silent-trouble Год назад +6

    I love this. I think the more often you see it, the whole time travel/schizophria plot thing (which is cool) becomes less important. It is more about the characters, teenage angst and those troubled times, highs, lows, regrets... so much fun.

  • @MoviesandCoffee
    @MoviesandCoffee Год назад +84

    A classic. Proof you don't need $200m to make a movie, just a good story and good actors.

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад +3

      Hopefully Hollywood will remember that fact soon...

    • @mrtveye6682
      @mrtveye6682 Год назад +4

      So true. "Donnie Darko", "Requiem For A Dream", "Mulholland Drive" are amongst my favorite movies of the early 2000s. Great stories, great actors, unique cinematic style. Nothing against a nice blockbuster here and there, but those movies show that there is way more important stuff to make an outstanding movie.

    • @aznthy
      @aznthy Год назад

      lol, proof you don't need to make a whole movie when it's an alternative timeline episode of Star Trek. It's a waste of a movie.

    • @Random-ed2xf
      @Random-ed2xf Год назад +1

      Problem with that a good actor will eventually cost a lot of money. He got paid more than the budget for this movie in Spiderman. So the budget for a movie can be for the price of the actors.

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад +2

      @@aznthySimpsons did it! Simpsons did it!
      I'm sure you're real fun at parties.

  • @Bobby-LeeChanning
    @Bobby-LeeChanning Год назад +1

    Simone is the most empathetic, beautiful person you could ever hope for

  • @MFSeaMen
    @MFSeaMen Год назад +3

    In my top 5, absolutely brilliant, I think the ending shows that the sacrifice is worthwhile. The fact everyone has at least some semblance of memory of the 28 days that never actually happened, means Swayze is racked with guilt, Frank (who I absolutely love as the idea of a time travel ghost) remembers his altercation and presumably cancels his Halloween plans, but most importantly, Donnie's mother didn't have her last moments with her son as an argument, but rather a very beautiful and understanding moment (even if she only remembers it in the recesses of her subconscious).

  • @ferchrissakes
    @ferchrissakes Год назад +48

    Great, great movie. No wonder Jake Gyllenhall (and Maggie too) went on to a great career
    The one mistake it made might have been to have that Gary Jules cover of “Mad World” on its soundtrack. So damn haunting it’s probably more known than the movie. And it spawned so many other slow-acoustic-version-of-a-pop-hit covers that it might not hit as hard these days, if it’s your first listen. But it made an impact back then.

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад +1

      The mistake is not calling the movie "Mad World" in that case. 😉

    • @johnwolfe7596
      @johnwolfe7596 Год назад +1

      Very much agreed upon this. I worked in various music stores throughout the very late 90's and early 2000's and Gary Jules' cover of "Mad World" was that one song that people could begin to describe and I knew exactly what they were wanting. You also bring up a good point about the idea of people performing slow covers of songs because it is so prevalent now.

    • @mulrich
      @mulrich Год назад +2

      Just curious: you know that cover was made specifically for this movie, right?

    • @ferchrissakes
      @ferchrissakes Год назад

      @@mulrich I didn’t know that - wild. Did know I’d never heard anything like it, though, and it’s such a good fit, so not surprised. Good job, movie

  • @lovecrime13
    @lovecrime13 Год назад +5

    I was so obsessed with this movie in high school! The soundtrack, the acting, the theories! It’s such a good movie to rewatch 💙

  • @kilroy987
    @kilroy987 Год назад +4

    I like when movies show something mundane in relationships but somehow remind me of some steps I maybe wanted to take but haven't.
    At the end when everyone was 'affected' by feeling what happened in the other timeline, it felt like that extra inspiration that sometimes comes from elsewhere to change your path.
    I liked that.

  • @jeremymlad
    @jeremymlad Год назад +3

    This movie never fails to move me and make me cry. Especially the thread with Charita.

  • @yhctower
    @yhctower Год назад +2

    The dvd for this movie has one of my favorite director commentaries ever. Very insightful and Kevin Smith does the commentary with the director so it is also very funny

  • @petercofrancesco9812
    @petercofrancesco9812 Год назад +4

    What makes this a cult classic is it is very unique and mysterious movie. As other have pointed out in the comments there's an explanation that will clear it up but it will also diminish the magic. Even without fully understanding it you should get that he goes back in time at the end of the movie and sacrifices his life to set the timeline back so his gf will not die.

  • @andbrittain
    @andbrittain Год назад +1

    IMO wether the director realized it or not, this film in part is a modern dark reimagining of a film from 1950 "Harvey" staring James Stewart "The story centers on a man whose best friend is a puca named Harvey, a 6 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.92 m) tall white invisible rabbit, and the ensuing debacle when the man's sister tries to have him committed to a sanatorium"

  • @got2bjosh
    @got2bjosh Год назад +3

    iTunes had the Anniversary Edition on Donnie Darko (with all the special features) on sale for $2-3. Scooped it up real quick! Such a good movie, it put Jake on the map. The film's success was initially hampered because it was released so soon after 9/11. The advertising featuring the plane crash had to be pulled. The film later made a tidy profit thanks to robust video sales.

  • @cuba8188
    @cuba8188 11 месяцев назад +1

    This is one of those movies u watch 100 times and always get something different out of it... Great movie!

  • @playerone7663
    @playerone7663 Год назад +15

    This movie was recommended to me by a girl I knew after my dad suddenly died, I became homeless, lets just say a lot happened....because she said I reminded her of Donnie Darko. Hadnt seen it back then so I wondered why. But when I saw it I knew. It's special,...but very dark. Still love it.

  • @YoureMrLebowski
    @YoureMrLebowski Год назад +2

    25:32 "Oh! Oh no!! AHHH!" -Simone 🫣
    Gasp! -George 🫢
    excellent 🏆

  • @telebijeon3109
    @telebijeon3109 Год назад +3

    Next i really hope they see Butterfly Effect, Mr. Nobody, The education of fredrick fritzl & The Game (George will love that one in particular) - some of the best psychological/Time travel movies I've seen.

  • @kingcaesar3693
    @kingcaesar3693 Год назад +1

    To help George out it's Evil Dead 1981, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, and Ash VS Evil Dead. The 2013 and new one are their own timeline.
    Edit: Sorry I forgot Evil Dead 1 didn't get a mainline release till 81 my mind always thinks of 78 so I edited it.

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas Год назад +31

    Beth Grant was so brilliant at playing a Karen, and as unlikeable as she is she gets the funniest line in the movie without doubt.
    She had to hit that AAaaanus just right to get the most mirth

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад +5

      I think "sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!" is the funniest line in the movie without doubt, so it looks like we're both wrong about the "without doubt" part, but at least we picked the right actor!😄

    • @A-small-amount-of-peas
      @A-small-amount-of-peas Год назад +2

      @@korganrocks3995 I like that line too but I'm just going by the audience reaction when I watched it

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад

      @@A-small-amount-of-peasFair enough.

  • @matthewchambers-sinclair8772
    @matthewchambers-sinclair8772 Год назад +1

    Great reaction! The guy in the red track suit was also one of the agents that showed up in the beginning when the jet engine fell on Donnie's house, and the theory is he is somehow ensuring that the timeline is restored to normal.

  • @frankbiondo3624
    @frankbiondo3624 Год назад +4

    The Director's Cut of the movie actually simplifies things a bit by adding more direct explanation of the events as they unfold. Some people appreciated this clarity and others preferred the original's "open to interpretation" approach...

    • @saylosrelyks8645
      @saylosrelyks8645 Год назад

      Based on alot of the reactions of this on RUclips i would say some people should watch the directors instead because time travel and parallel universes and paradoxical world ending events is too complicated of a subject for the average person to grasp.

  • @IgoZoom1
    @IgoZoom1 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great reaction! So many people just seem confused by this movie and don't get any of it. I watched it because it has two actresses that I love (Mary McDonnell as Donnie's Mom and Beth Grant as Kitty Farmer). That was 15 years ago and I've come to appreciate this more every time I watch it!

  • @miriam8376
    @miriam8376 Год назад +15

    What’s particularly interesting to me is that the movie mocks endlessly the journey of fear to love, but it is the journey that Donnie goes on, from start to finish-from being afraid of dying alone to dying because he cares about other people, particularly the girl he loves. It’s obviously far more complicated than the dumb interpretation than the teacher and Patrick Swayze make it sound, but i wonder if it’s because those two are both stuck in the fear stage while lying to themselves about being in the love stage. It’s the delusion of where you believe you are that harms you.
    It’s such a brilliant movie. I get something different from it every time I see it.

    • @patrickholt2270
      @patrickholt2270 Год назад

      Bill Hicks did the Fear vs Love talk in earnest as part of his Revelations comedy show in London for Channel 4, which was actually very moving, especially since he was dying of cancer at the time. That was several years before Donnie Darko came out. I always find it interesting how this film reverses that use of the message, with Cunningham using this thing as a way to sell self-help merch, and persuade schoolkids not to fear his "love".

  • @BRUXXUS
    @BRUXXUS 4 месяца назад +1

    I worked at Best Buy when the DVD came out, and I'd never heard of it before. I was buying a different DVD, and a co-worked handed this to me and said, "buy this, if you don't like it, I'll buy it back from you". I watched it after work that night and couldn't sleep.... I spent all night thinking about it. I think I watched it again every night for the rest of the week. Been my favorite ever since!

  • @PsychoPomp81
    @PsychoPomp81 Год назад +3

    Thank you both for finally watching one of my favourite movies of all time. There is a directors cut which offers a little more explanation to what occurs In the story, but it is still left up to the viewer to figure most of it out. If you enjoyed this I highly recommend Dark City, it’s mysterious and weird, and awesome. I would definitely recommend you watch the directors cut of it though as the original version has narration at the start which spoils the plot of the film, it was added at the studios request because they didn’t understand the film so assumed the audience wouldn’t either.

  • @OmegaSoypreme
    @OmegaSoypreme Год назад +2

    Man i was obsessed with this film for a few months back in about 2005. Its so damn weird and unsettling. "I can see him right now!!!" is one of my all time favourite jump scares!

    • @nsasupporter7557
      @nsasupporter7557 Год назад

      I graduated highschool in 2005, around that time I was obsessed with Family Guy. I don’t really recall this movie in the 2000s, believe it or not

  • @katwebbxo
    @katwebbxo Год назад +12

    This movie was everywhere in the 2000's. So many people I knew were obsessed with it. I saw it when I was in high school, so almost 10 years after it came out. Loved it ever since. 🖤

    • @nsasupporter7557
      @nsasupporter7557 Год назад

      I actually don’t remember it, believe it or not. I was a teenager in the 2000s… or the early 2000s and I never really heard about it, I guess because it was an independent film. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that it wasn’t popular. I’m not sure why I don’t remember it that much

    • @katwebbxo
      @katwebbxo Год назад

      @@nsasupporter7557 That's fair! I honestly saw it a lot of it online like images/quotes on MySpace and Facebook. Or it being mentioned as people's favorite movie. But it also could've been because of the people I was around back then. My best friend at the time was really into independent films so that makes sense lol.

  • @mapchangeDE
    @mapchangeDE Год назад +1

    I feel like I was never able to accurately describe my relationship to this movie. "I feel it but I don't, like, get it." might be the best description ever. Thank you Simone!

  • @JGComments
    @JGComments Год назад +11

    This movie and 12 Monkey have always really unnerved me, since I’ve had the experience of dreaming about the future, and later finding myself in the exact situation I’d dreamed about.

    • @VestinVestin
      @VestinVestin Год назад +1

      Unless you wrote it down, how can you be sure you've actually had those dreams rather than forming the false memory of having them retroactively ;).

    • @JGComments
      @JGComments Год назад

      @@VestinVestin hmmmmmmm I;mgoing with the Arrival take on things

    • @brentfreeland5834
      @brentfreeland5834 6 месяцев назад +1

      Sounds like it could be deja vu

  • @RamóhanMercader97
    @RamóhanMercader97 Год назад

    “Sometimes I doubt your commitment to sparkle motion” is an amazing line

  • @donotevenbegintocare
    @donotevenbegintocare Год назад +16

    "That brings back memories". I'm sorry you had to live through that George
    If this were the Simpsons that line would've been immediately followed by a flashback to George shouting at Simone "Go back to China!"

    • @gothnate
      @gothnate Год назад

      Lisa needs braces!
      Dental plan...
      Lisa needs braces!
      Dental plan...

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад

      @@TrickyDicky2006I used to mark the first day I fell off my bike and scraped a knee or elbow, but each to their own... 😄

  • @noneya3635
    @noneya3635 Год назад +1

    LOL, just realized that one kid pronounced Jillion almost like Jakes real last name. "I called you like a Jillian times."
    The incidental music in this movie is creepy as fuq as well; but supes memorable
    it's funny when daughter child watched this movie her response afterward was, "oh my god I don't even feel real right now." I think that adequately describes the mind blown space this movie leaves you in.

  • @TheDunnDusted
    @TheDunnDusted Год назад +14

    I like that this can be read in different ways. This could be Donnie having a psychotic break and hallucinating everything. Maybe it's all a hallucination he has in the final moments before death.
    I like to think the time travel is real and the universe is throwing him a bone. Basically, when he was told that everyone dies alone, he is given the chance to reconcile all of his shortcomings. He finds a girlfriend, makes peace with his mom, unveils the cult that has been spreading in town by exposing a pedophile and has a stronger relationship with his sister. But the universe has to throw a few curveballs to remind him "This too shall pass". So he loses his favourite teacher, people outside his control will hurt him and he ultimately dies alone when his girlfriend is taken from in uncontrollable circumstances. All this so that in his final moments he has no regrets, he has known genuine love and he will pass on with the good memories and the righteous knowledge that he is willing to sacrifice his happiness so that others may survive the paradox. His last temptation.

    • @saylosrelyks8645
      @saylosrelyks8645 Год назад +4

      The time travel is real in the film, that's been confirmed for many many years now, it's not hallucinations at all, tbf why introduce time travel and parallel dimensions if it's all inside his head.

    • @winwinmilieudefensie7757
      @winwinmilieudefensie7757 Год назад +1

      @@saylosrelyks8645why make movies about timetravel is timetravel is not possible ? Do you hear yourself?

  • @thetrapperest
    @thetrapperest Год назад +2

    It is basically a superhero movie. Disturbed guy with good morals gets some superpower

  • @mrbrit1218
    @mrbrit1218 Год назад +31

    Such a criminally underrated movie, such an amazing soundtrack as well.

    • @doughbafett
      @doughbafett Год назад +2

      Is it really underrated though? Maybe back when it came out, but since then, it's become a massive cult hit, got a Director's Cut release, and multiple special edition DVD/Blu-ray/UHD releases.

    • @mrbrit1218
      @mrbrit1218 Год назад

      @@doughbafett It's very highly rated by those who have seen it, but that's the point. Still not as many people have seen it as the movie deserves. eg look at the likes of Barbie recently and how much coverage that had, or generic Marvel Superhero #12 etc

    • @zorglub20770
      @zorglub20770 Год назад

      it was underrated when it was released but highly gained interest only 10 years later and became a legendary movie

    • @nsasupporter7557
      @nsasupporter7557 Год назад

      @@doughbafettno it’s not underrated, let me tell you something… whenever a person says that someone or something is “underrated” on RUclips, it’s not underrated! People are just infatuated with “underrated” and love calling things underrated even when they’re not

    • @nsasupporter7557
      @nsasupporter7557 Год назад

      @@mrbrit1218so it’s not as “underrated” as you think it is! You just look for every reason to call something “underrated” because you love that word just like so many other people on RUclips are

  • @FSquid
    @FSquid Год назад +2

    I'm glad Simone said that she felt it but wasn't sure she got it. I think that's a hallmark of good art. On a side note, I remember when this movie first started making the rounds and it felt like everyone suddenly knew about the Mad World song and was getting into Joy Division. Isn't it odd how these cult classic type movies often have great soundtracks? My favourite has to be Steve Baker & Carmen Daye - For Whom The Bell Tolls.

    • @LetthaWrite1inn
      @LetthaWrite1inn Год назад

      It's not hard to decipher....just pay attention....

  • @TrocarSlushWeasel
    @TrocarSlushWeasel Год назад +5

    George, I have a slightly different idea of a "cult classic". I see it as a movie that passes relatively undetected (or is poorly received) on it's initial release but later becomes re-evaluated and achieves acclaim at a later date. Things like Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner and The Big Lebowski all fit the definition for me and I bet you have a pretty good view count on those videos. Cable TV and Blockbuster Video used to be good vehicles for creating cult classics, now I have no idea what does it. Maybe CineCult React.

  • @SMark-xj9ey
    @SMark-xj9ey Год назад +1

    Evil Dead Movie Order: Evil Dead (1981) was the first movie, then Evil Dead 2 (1987) was the second movie (note: the first 10 minutes recap the first film differently due to rights of the first film rights belonging to New Line Cinema while Evil Dead 2 was distributed by Paramount), Army of Darkness (1992) was the 3rd film in the series, which also recaps the previous movie mildly different yet again due to licensing with a yet another studio (Universal for this one). The fourth film was Evil Dead (2013) which was a soft reboot of the series with a new cast of characters and more of a horror than the original movies dark comedy/horror vibe. Following the successful reboot (Evil Dead (2013)) a 3 season tv series brought Ash Williams back taking place 30 years after the events of Army of Darkness called Ash vs the Evil Dead (2015-2018). Then the newest in the "Evil Verse" is Evil Dead Rise (2023) which is the fifth film in the series.

  • @OneArmedRetroGamer
    @OneArmedRetroGamer Год назад +8

    I believe this came around the same time as the butterfly effect. DD is obviously the superior film but the other would be worth a watch

    • @DoubleMonoLR
      @DoubleMonoLR Год назад +1

      Indeed, Butterfly Effect was dismissed for no reason other than Ashton Kutcher was the lead - even though he's actually very good in it.

  • @scottgraves6.9
    @scottgraves6.9 Год назад +2

    I like that Simone said that she might not have got it but she felt it. I totally feel the same way. I still don’t fully understand it but I felt the shit out of it.

  • @Twiska
    @Twiska Год назад +4

    I had a theory when I first watched this film as a teenager, so it may have holes in it, but this is what I thought at the time.
    Since Donnie has such mental problems, he can see and talk to ghosts, and since Frank was killed by him so close to the "wormhole event", Frank's spirit could go back in time and speak to Donnie. Donnie suffers from regular sleepwalking and is always meant to be out of the house when the engine hits, so Frank shows Donnie the future to get him to stay in the house, killing Donnie and thus saving Frank. He also showed the future to all the people Donnie would have affected except Gretchen because he felt guilty for killing her so he didn't want to traumatise her.

    • @Dularr
      @Dularr Год назад

      That is where the bubble universe fits. Donnie creates a bubble universe. But the more Donnie hangs on and tries to change things. The more unstable the universe becomes.

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад

      That's a really cool theory!

    • @tophers3756
      @tophers3756 Год назад

      Interesting theory, but wrong

  • @MikeO-hs5xw
    @MikeO-hs5xw Год назад +1

    The original Evil Dead trilogy is The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead 2 (1987) and Army of Darkness (1992) Evil Dead 2 isn't a direct sequel to The Evil Dead, but more of a redo with a much bigger budget, The first movie is essentially a student film. Army of Darkness is a direct sequel to Evil Dead 2. The series Ash Vs Evil Dead is a great watch as well. This franchise is the peak of the horror/comedy genre. Hope you guys do get around to watching this trilogy. Of course the remake from 2013 is also really good.

  • @joshuathompson2404
    @joshuathompson2404 Год назад +7

    I would REALLY recommend watching the director's cut on second viewing. It, among other things, inserts pages from Roberta Sparrow's book that help explain/underscore what's happening in a lot scenes. There are specific reasons everyone is doing what they are doing---it's pretty fascinating. Really helps piece things together. Soundtrack not quite as good, but hey, win some lose some.

    • @joshuathompson2404
      @joshuathompson2404 Год назад

      @DoubleMonoLR eh...to each their own. If it doesn't matter what the correct answer is, I'm puzzled why you felt the need to write this paragraph of a response, but whatevs. I think both versions have their value. The theatrical by its nature makes the story more vague, allowing you to come to your own conclusions about what's going on. It's less handholdy, which is great but the double edge sword being that you miss out on a really interesting meta narrative that was initially engineered to be told through things like the ARG and website. The directors cut patches that issue the best it can by inserting some of that lost information in to the movie. Its a bum deal, and the whole "telling a story through various media" thing is always a huge mistake (one need look no further than The Matrix Reloaded to know that), but it is what it is. I think its great to watch the theatrical first, but I think its immensely rewarding to go back and watch the directors cut, especially if, like the reviewer, you liked the movie and are considering a rewatch anyway. It can help make sense of some of their stated confusion, add an entire dimension to the storyline that they didn't know was there, and go a long way to give context to some of the wooden, sometimes bizarre-seeming acting choices and lines from the supporting cast. Also, to say the excerpts are pointless is disingenuous, as the whole point of them is to bring context and better explain what's happening in any given scene.....that's a tangent (in my writing...not universe)...anyway, all of this to say if you were recommending they don't start with the directors cut, I could understand your point, but they've seen it. On second viewing why not get a more whole understanding of the entire story initially told through other media, especially when it's good stuff? Commentaries are good though, on that we agree.

    • @joshuathompson2404
      @joshuathompson2404 Год назад

      @DoubleMonoLR also, to your 'people wanting things to be tied up neatly' thing...I'm not a simpleton, I very much enjoy movies that don't handhold. I'm sure a great deal of my favorite films might be considered 'obtuse' by the masses. I just think there's compelling story there that deserves to be interacted with and explored, and the directors cut is really the only way to get that compelling story, short of buying the philosophy of time travel movie companion book.

  • @HunterHarris
    @HunterHarris Год назад +2

    I am so glad that y’all reacted to this, it’s one of my all time favorite movies!! I love the complexity of the story and all the symbolism and hidden meanings sprinkled throughout. Definitely a cult classic for a reason and worthy of multiple viewings!

  • @Jo_Ch.
    @Jo_Ch. Год назад +10

    The Director's Cut is "geekier", "deeper in the rabbit hole" if I may say...🐇
    P.S. : the other two Richard Kelly movies are worth watching.

    • @adamwarlock1
      @adamwarlock1 Год назад +1

      Yeah when they said there'd be endless debates unless the director explained everything, I said: "Both!"

    • @JDelwynn
      @JDelwynn Год назад +3

      The director's cut ruins the movie for me and his later films are... Well, not good is the most polite thing I can say about them.

  • @Riggswolfe
    @Riggswolfe Год назад +2

    One thing I love about this movie is how it all actually fits together really well in spite of how surreal it is. For example "The world will end in 28 days." You spend most of the movie thinking it's an apocalyptic prophecy. And it is. But not for the "real" world. It's for the pocket dimension they're in when Donnie avoids his fate and doesn't die to the jet engine. Or perhaps he did always die but briefly lives in this other universe. Anyway, it actually comes true. Donnie doesn't prevent it. That world ends precisely when Frank says it will.

    • @JH-lo9ut
      @JH-lo9ut Год назад +1

      You can get pretty messed up by thinking this way, but it is cool to imagine that the universe splits off into a separate timeline everytime someone dies, and that there is a path where we are basically immortal, you are just dead to the people in that timeline, but not your own. You can only experience the content of your own mind, and your own mind only exists as long as you live. Therefore, your existence is eternal, from your own perspective, it's the only thing there will ever be.
      Yeah, it's very solipsistic and narcissistic.
      Good night.

    • @iwikal
      @iwikal Год назад

      @@JH-lo9ut Cool idea, to apply the anthropic principle on an individual level. You're combining it with some sort of many worlds concept, but I don't think that's necessary to produce the conclusion that one is immortal, but nobody else is. The multiple timelines actually makes it less solipsistic, since that way everyone gets to live forever and not just oneself. Still a pretty lonely fate though. We don't get to be together forever.

    • @Riggswolfe
      @Riggswolfe Год назад

      @@JH-lo9ut I mean, there are theories that every single time an subatomic particle undergoes a change in its quantum state a new universe branches off from that change so...what you mentioned works too!

  • @fuzzy__dunlop
    @fuzzy__dunlop Год назад +7

    Simone, I would like to point out there was no "Woo" at the end, and this is disappointing and unacceptable.

  • @StevenRice
    @StevenRice Год назад +1

    Full Explanation:
    It's about tangent universes - if a fourth dimension gets corrupted a tangent universe is created but has a limited life span (a few weeks). When Frank wakes up Donnie, and when the jet engine crashes we're ALREADY in the alternate tangent universe. Donnie was chosen (at random) to be the one to make sure the Tangent universes artifact (the jet engine) is returned back to the Prime Universe. Donnie is given special powers as the now Living Receiver chosen to save the entire universe.
    Frank the bunny is whats considered to be a "Manipulated Dead" - someone who DIES in the Tangent Universe (who wouldn't have died in the prime timeline) who is chosen and sent back to the beginning of the tangent universe to guide the Living Receiver (Donnie) through the process of destroying the tangent universe and returning stability to the Prime Universe.
    The others Donnie interacts with such as the Teacher, The Chinese Classmate, His girlfriend - they're all a guiding force known as the Manipulated Living who also help guide him, subconsciously, towards saving the prime universe.
    At the end, Donnie knowing his purpose uses his powers (Telekinesis for this event) to rip the engine off the plane and send it back through the portal to the prime universe.
    He wakes up in the prime universe thinking the entire Tangent Universe was a dream, he laughs and smiles and goes back to sleep thinking it was just some crazy dream not knowing the truth. Others who were Manipulated Living and Manipulated Dead had the same dream about the tangent universe and have residual memories of all of the events - which is why Gretchen and Donnie's mom wave to each other, its why Jim Cunningham is crying (knowing what he is doing and eventually kills himself 14 days later), Frank the Bunny covering his eye, etc.
    Donnie saved the universe.
    Roberta Sparrow was a Living Receiver herself for a DIFFERENT Tangent Universe which is why she wrote the book (philosophy of time travel)- and also serves as proof that living receivers don't need to die in order for the Prime Universe to be saved after a corruption.
    If Donnie got out of bed for a drink instead of going back to sleep, the universe would still have been saved - but because he thought it was a dream he died.

  • @thegridrunner9976
    @thegridrunner9976 Год назад +5

    Did you pick up that the old lady kept checking the mail, waiting for the letter he sent her?

  • @satortenet
    @satortenet Год назад

    "Cellar Door" being the most beautiful word in English is a direct quote from Tolkien, who said it during a lecture in the 50's.

  • @CaptainFram
    @CaptainFram Год назад +7

    There's a director's cut version that adds a whole bunch of extra scenes and clarifications, but for me it explains too much. It's an interesting watch but I adore the original cut so much more.

  • @dutchrudder3805
    @dutchrudder3805 Год назад

    So not only was it the Gyllenhaal twins as the siblings but also the bully was played by Alex Greenwald. Alex is better known as the lead singer for Phantom Planet, the band that did the song "California". Jake and Alex were very close friends when they made the movie and still are today.

  • @silentjay01
    @silentjay01 Год назад +8

    I would argue the term 'Cult Classic' just means, "Highly rated by those who have seen it but the movie performed poorly in theaters".

    • @DoubleMonoLR
      @DoubleMonoLR Год назад

      Not really, there are movies that are cult classics because they're terrible, like "The Room"
      Probably best to just think of them as movies that developed a metaphorical 'cult' following.

  • @moorhua
    @moorhua Год назад

    Something that always stuck with me after watching this movie for the first time, was the song played during the scene at the cinema. It’s eerie and overwhelming. I love it. “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is what it’s called.

  • @tylerfoster6267
    @tylerfoster6267 Год назад +22

    Flower Films is the name of Drew Barrymore's production company with Nancy Junoven. She read the script and was essential in getting the movie made.
    One thing that is visually expressed but may not be instantly clear to people is that Donnie attends a religious school (I assume a Catholic school). That's why Noah Wyle's character gets antsy -- in their discussion, Donnie proposes that someone could "move within God's channel," and so to have an explanation that could suggest that someone could take on the power of God would presumably be very contentious. I think that's also why Drew Barrymore's character gives off weird vibes: I'm just guessing, but her character strikes me as not Catholic, and maybe took the job to stay with Wyle, and is trying to push back a little bit against what is presumably a restrictive environment when it comes to trying to open kids' minds up to the full breadth of literature. That's also what the fight is really about when she gets fired -- she knows she is losing her job because Kitty does not understand the book she assigned, and not because she's doing anything wrong.
    Kitty is confusing Graham Greene with Lorne Greene, an actor on "Bonanza." Coincidentally, Graham Greene is also the name of a contemporary Canadian (!) Oneida Indian actor from Dances With Wolves (with Mary McDonnell, Donnie's mom), Die Hard With a Vengeance, and a few others.
    Beth Grant, who plays Kitty, has made a name for herself playing similar types of characters. Another very famous role for her that you've already seen is Helen in Speed, the nervous passenger who tries to get off the bus and gets blown up. In real life, she seems like a very funny and charming lady who has fun being these characters people remember because they are hated.
    The estate of Peyo, the creator of Smurfs, gave their approval for the scene where Donnie and his friends discuss the Smurfs despite its graphic content because what Donnie says about the Smurfs is canonically correct.
    In addition to pre-fame Seth Rogen as the bully's buddy, Frank's friend at the end, who Donnie tells to "go home!", is played by Fran Kranz, who was the stoner Marty in Cabin in the Woods.
    I think it's a shame that Richard Kelly hasn't had the freedom to continue making films as a director, although he has produced some great films (the pitch-black comedy World's Greatest Dad, in particular). I think it would be worth watching both of his follow-ups, Southland Tales and The Box. Both are quite interesting. In the case of Southland Tales, there are again two cuts of the film, one of which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival and was notoriously re-edited later. That one is a little clearer, but my guess is for access reasons you'd be better off watching the theatrical cut.
    Definitely have to echo everyone from here and in the Patreon comments who said you should absolutely *not* watch the sequel, which Richard Kelly was not involved with and does not represent the vision of anyone involved with this film, even though Daveigh Chase (who also played Samara in The Ring) returned to play Samantha. A couple of positive related recommendations for the cast to consider instead: Nightcrawler (Jake Gyllenhaal), Stranger Than Fiction (Maggie Gyllenhaal), and Inherent Vice (Jena Malone).

    • @tylerfoster6267
      @tylerfoster6267 Год назад

      A thought I just had watching your outro: Would Roberta have been in the middle of the road forcing Frank to swerve if Donnie had not sent Roberta a letter? Is she retrieving it at that moment?

    • @arparso
      @arparso Год назад +2

      +1 to Southland Tales. Such a weird movie. Not "good" in the classical sense but so much fun.
      I'm also probably alone with this, but I kinda liked the sequel to Donnie Darko.

    • @AnonEyeMouse
      @AnonEyeMouse Год назад +3

      I watched this movie whilst acclimatising to some pretty powerful psychiatric medication. I wasn't high, but I felt displaced and the movie caused an overwhelming sense of Deja Vu. The sense of someone watching the film from behind my head (to the sides or above) and being a few seconds ahead of me but reacting perfectly appropriately to what I then saw on screen. I felt like looking behind me would mean meeting my own Frank.
      I honestly felt like the movie was going to keep looping as if it already had.
      I question your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan Год назад

    The linguist that talked about "cellar door" was JRR Tolkien, who wrote Lord of the Rings.

  • @juandesalgado
    @juandesalgado Год назад +4

    Jake Gyllenhaal is a talented actor that should have more quality jobs offered to him. He did an incredibly good work (the method way) in "Nightcrawler" (2014), written and directed by Dan Gilroy.

  • @dannykent6190
    @dannykent6190 Год назад +1

    You actually understood this more than anyone I've ever seen on the first watch. I'm impressed. The only other thing I notice a lot of people miss even after multiple viewings is that Frank was the guy that drops Donnie's sister off at the very beginning. Not a huge detail but something slightly cool.

  • @neon-rust
    @neon-rust Год назад +13

    Thank you for not watching the director's cut!
    It seems that what makes this movie so breathtaking was entirely accidental. He wanted to add all sorts of crazy stuff, but couldn't because of production limitations. It would've made the movie laughably bad.
    The director's cut adds a lot of exposition and explanation to what is happening, completely ruining it.
    All his other movies are pretty much train-wrecks. Not even sure if he still makes movies anymore?

    • @woeshaling6421
      @woeshaling6421 Год назад

      agree with you. lightning in a bottle by accident

    • @JDelwynn
      @JDelwynn Год назад +1

      Oh my, Donnie Darko was my favorite movie when it came out and I was so excited when I got the director's cut DVD. It had a cool hologram cover and everything, and boy what a disappointment. The director's career is a proof that he doesn't know what he's doing.

    • @korganrocks3995
      @korganrocks3995 Год назад

      @@JDelwynnSee also George Lucas and the original cut of A New Hope...

    • @neon-rust
      @neon-rust Год назад

      @@JDelwynn yup, did the same mistake...

  • @parky669
    @parky669 Год назад

    one thing that blew my mind was the soundtrack of donnie darko. one song called "manipulated living" which plays a lot when the rabbit is involved in stuff.

  • @Cagon415
    @Cagon415 Год назад +2

    Donnie is basically given an opportunity to live out a "what if I didn't die" scenario. Cool movie.

  • @billtodd2194
    @billtodd2194 Год назад +2

    Nooo, how did you edit out "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion"?! That line is iconic.
    If you want another mindbender movie I'd love to see a reaction for Predestination. That movie needs way more publicity.

  • @wafflebrothel7712
    @wafflebrothel7712 5 месяцев назад

    A friend of mine and I snuck into the the theater to see this. When I was 12 years old. One of my favorite films of all time.

  • @dubiouswretch
    @dubiouswretch 3 месяца назад +1

    1:14 "that no one is gonna watch it" ... Here's me watching your reaction for the fourth time, watched the directors cut in cinemas, watched the theatrical cut in cinemas for the 15th anniversary, the most shocking thing about me is that I don't have a Donnie Darko tattoo yet😂😂😂