Post by aschwa on Dec 13, 2003 20:28:42 GMT -5
I'm really surprised that I see no conversation of what I personally thought the main theme of the movie was.
Destruction is an act of creation. Thats what I hear the movie saying over and over. I wouldn't necessarily claim that I understand the movie, but here goes. I'm pretty sure that this tangent universe is a act of God . . . Frank is an angel/christ figure, just as Donnie is, for different reasons. Donnie is destroyed to create a tangent universe in which truth and beauty are revealed, (i.e. the love between donnie and gretchen, exposing Cunningham, blah blah blah.) Donnie is sacrificed in order to create this world. But he is allowed to see the truth and beauty, because Frank, sent by God, allows him to see it. All throughout the movie, we see examples of God (through Frank) showing Donnie and the rest of the tangent universe how destruction is an act of creation. Eventually, though, Frank must be sacrificed, so that he is able to save Donnie in the first place (the manipulated dead). So he must die, which is also in God's plan. He dies so that he is free to save Donnie upon the creation of the tangent universe.
And then there is a lot of stuff that I agree with that I've read here, for instance, he realizes at the end that he is not going to die alone, because he followed God's plan.
Anyway, this is a great friggin movie. Detail for real.
Destruction is an act of creation. Thats what I hear the movie saying over and over. I wouldn't necessarily claim that I understand the movie, but here goes. I'm pretty sure that this tangent universe is a act of God . . . Frank is an angel/christ figure, just as Donnie is, for different reasons. Donnie is destroyed to create a tangent universe in which truth and beauty are revealed, (i.e. the love between donnie and gretchen, exposing Cunningham, blah blah blah.) Donnie is sacrificed in order to create this world. But he is allowed to see the truth and beauty, because Frank, sent by God, allows him to see it. All throughout the movie, we see examples of God (through Frank) showing Donnie and the rest of the tangent universe how destruction is an act of creation. Eventually, though, Frank must be sacrificed, so that he is able to save Donnie in the first place (the manipulated dead). So he must die, which is also in God's plan. He dies so that he is free to save Donnie upon the creation of the tangent universe.
And then there is a lot of stuff that I agree with that I've read here, for instance, he realizes at the end that he is not going to die alone, because he followed God's plan.
Anyway, this is a great friggin movie. Detail for real.