Donnie Darko full uncut
Added 2024-03-22 21:28:56 +0000 UTCComments
Great comment! I agree completely. I watched the Director's Cut first and then immediately watched the theatrical cut right after that. It really helped it all make more sense. I rarely watch movies more than one nowadays, but like you, I have also seen this one probably close to 20 times. I guess it's good to find another "brooding, gloomy, angsty Doomer weirdo" out there, based on another guy's comment here.
brismithejedi
2024-06-29 03:35:38 +0000 UTCGreat reaction, Bisscute! I think this film is an absolute masterpiece but with a couple of caveats: 1. I didn't think it was a masterpiece when I watched it for the first time. 2. I watched - and prefer - the original theatrical cut of the film to this longer, director's cut. The shorter theatrical cut (20 minutes shorter), doesn't include the the onscreen snippets of Roberta Sparrow's The Philosophy of Time Travel and the plot unfolds in a much more ambiguous fashion. So many first time viewers of the theatrical cut took to the internet to discuss the film and even basic elements like the actual minutiae of specific plot points; the later director's cut (as you've watched here) does make everything much, much clearer. You're very perceptive anyway, Bisscute, from what I've seen, but it would be interesting to see if you'd have worked out the Primary/Tangent universe thread straight away if you'd watched the Theatrical Cut instead. The performances in this film are just superb. The music cues and underscore are wonderful and fitting, and that Richard Kelly was just 25 years old when he wrote and directed this fair blows my mind. As I said, I also gave this a fairly middling score when I first saw it, but it's a film that merits rewatching, a good few times, and discussing with others who have also seen it. It's a film that makes you think, and once you really think about it, it's one that really sticks in your mind and intrigues you. It's a film made to be talked about too in my opinion. Kelly wants us to be asking questions and scratching our heads! The fogginess of the plotline, themes, and interplay between characters has made the (theatrical cut of the) film quite esoteric, but this in turn is what caused the outpouring of intrigue and discussion online and has ultimately rendered it a cult classic. The ending isn't all that strange in my view. In Roberta Sparrow's book, she explains that when the Tangent Universe is destroyed, people in the Primary Universe may experience flashes of memory of their time in the Tangent Universe. They won't know why so it'll seem like deja vu (I'm paraphrasing and interpreting.) So, at the end, when the little boy and Gretchen wave at Donnie's mum, and there's an odd feeling and it's all a bit laboured and awkward, they're all having that experience of deja vu. Gretchen doesn't know Donnie's mum and or vice versa but they will have seen each other and known of each other in the Tangent Universe. They won't remember this exactly but something isn't right, there's a strange familiarity they're experiencing. I think it's a super clever, apposite last frame. I honestly do think that if you can track down the theatrical cut, Bisscute, and give it at least another watch, you'll have a greater appreciation of it second time around. I have now seen it maybe 20 times and I *adore* it. Such a great piece of work!
Ash Jeffries
2024-03-26 03:32:21 +0000 UTCIt's weird that for the director's cut, they changed things like the opening song. "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen originally hooked a lot of people into the movie, and into the song. Overall, the added scenes don't feel very necessary, they just sort of draw things out a little longer without really adding any depth. This movie saw some popularity, it's sort of a cult classic, but it hasn't really held up well, stood the test of time. The director never had a similar success either. Maybe it's still a standard for the brooding, gloomy, angsty Doomer weirdos out there, God love 'em. Everybody's gotta relate to something.
Nate Wilson
2024-03-23 02:38:05 +0000 UTCThis one weird movie.
Michael Aalgaard
2024-03-23 02:17:45 +0000 UTCThis movie has ruined smurfs for me. Thank you Biss, In watching this movie, you have destroyed my childhood. This movie is really f'd up!
Andrew 73
2024-03-23 01:23:02 +0000 UTC
