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Post by gretchen on Jul 10, 2005 14:01:52 GMT -5
Are we looking too deeply into every nook and cranny of Donnie Darko?
some members agree, while others insist that every second of DD is there for a reason, and we must find meaning in all of it.
what are your thoughts?
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Post by Bigboy on Jul 11, 2005 17:22:13 GMT -5
I think, to be honest, that the truth is somwhere in the middle. There are definately multiple layers of interpretation, meaning and detail/symbology - but with a film of such depth it's hard to tell where those layers of design end.
When examining the minutia in DD, the boundry between design and coincidence is blurred at best. So I'm not on the fence, but I am in the general vicinity: I think the details bear examination, but there is a point beyond which the intent of the author/director cease to apply. I just dont know where that point is!
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Post by Ken on Jul 12, 2005 14:33:03 GMT -5
DD is an extraordinary film for a variety of reasons, but I believe it needs interpretation because of the way the films strange content has seem to strike a cord with so many people. Most films with such a bizarre plot line would be laughably bad, however DD is a phenomenon. It feels like a film this good should mean something more than entertainment. I saw things in DD I had thought about years before, and it's a little surreal to see your private thoughts in a motion picture.
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Post by soon 2 b member on Aug 25, 2005 13:15:52 GMT -5
i definetly think there is so many layers to donnie darko. I think it would be impossible to find the meanings of them
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Sept 12, 2005 16:56:05 GMT -5
Since Primer seems to be having some cross-over traffic with our own forum, I thought I'd offer up this thread from the Primer site, in which folks had/are having a discussion about whether a movie is successful if it requires multiple viewings and/or out-of-movie texts (web sites, etc.) to be "understood." This dialogue summarizes and closely parallels a number we've had here in discussing Donnie Darko. primermovie.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=188&start=45&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=270394bac8e87f8f0eb22f12495dfcf5 After you've read it, I'd be interested in perspectives. (Note that the length of the URL may require a cut and paste.)
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Post by Omnipotent on Jan 9, 2006 10:40:01 GMT -5
Wait a minute, Donnie Darko isn't based on a true story?
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Post by greedy on Jan 28, 2006 14:37:43 GMT -5
but i wa about to go to middlesex
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Post by terabyte on Mar 26, 2006 20:06:50 GMT -5
Donnie Darko is definitely much more than a film to me. I don't think any other movie has made me think as much as this one. It is very good to discuss the meaning of it, because it's not purely fiction. The idea of wormholes and traveling through space/time are not just things in this movie, they are real life theories, and I find them extremely interesting.
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Post by greedy on Mar 27, 2006 22:36:36 GMT -5
one film before this made me change the way i looked at life
rocky horror picture show
now i'm off to the drags
(and thats not racing sugar)
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Post by Big Lou Dogg on Jul 19, 2006 17:28:28 GMT -5
I totally agree with this being more than just a film. I saw it for the first time just 6 days ago after being told so many times that this is a must see. Now I find myself watching the movie 1-2 times a day, looking up every Donnie Darko website I can find and even researching time travel on Wikipedia and to be honest, this is the only movie I have researched to this extent. I also love the fact that, which was already mentioned in a prior post, that all the real basic principles of time travel are used in the movie. Rather than having someguy make a time machine out of a toaster and some spare radio and computer parts.
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Post by greedy on Aug 6, 2006 20:49:01 GMT -5
i think a film is not just a film when there is no shit effort into it not just some quick fix solution and a few COOL graphics but heart and care for what your viewer sees
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Post by kevin on Oct 28, 2006 14:38:55 GMT -5
A film is just a film when, at the end of it, you go on to the next activity (dinner, drinks, sleep) without a second thought about what you've just seen. Or, if anything, you sum up your reaction with a single adjective ("funny", "romantic", "stupid"), unless that reaction is "Wow". A film goes beyond being "just a film" when you cannot, CAN NOT, get it out of your head once it's over. It stays with you and brings up many questions and responses. It exists then not merely as a passing entertainment but as something more significant and lasting. Of course, any work of art, however sublime, is no substitute for actual life. To come around to the flip-side of the initial question: when does a film (or a novel, or a pop group) become an obsession? Films hold a peculiar place in the world of art in that they draw on our primal responses to fire and music (light and sound). They are moving pictures; they seem to be alive. We see people just like us, not abstract interpretations. The film in question is decidedly deserving of exploration. Far from being "just a film" it touches on the most basic questions we each, from our individual intelligence, must confront and perhaps spend a lifetime answering: who am I? why am I here? how much choice do I have? will love save me? am I insane? is everyone else? why didn't the Mets win the World Series? etc.
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Post by ninadarko on Mar 18, 2007 18:47:50 GMT -5
. hmm.... so the question is if DD is pointless, or have many layers of meaning. When i was younger and i saw the movie, i thought it was about a depressed teenager who was nuts and saw deranged bunny rabbits in his dream. but i think many people stereotype this movie that way. <BR><BR> I think DD is one of my favorite movies because it makes me think. I just saw it again recently (like 6 months ago) and have since been obsessed. Every time i think someone watches Darko, you uncover something new, or come up with a new conclusion to the movies meaning every time. I think DD is one of the most ambiguous films ever made. Having such a deep level of complexity, many people can't decipher all of it. I mean it addresses everything: spirituality, teenage romance, one's self-purpose, and metaphysical scenarios......My interpretation of a few messages and issues are:<BR>1. people finding love in the wrong places- perfect example being Gretchen and her using Donnie as a way to relieve herself of her home life<BR>2. the issue of Donnie not wanting to die alone, and his questioning of god.<BR><BR><BR>bottom line being that everything does (ironically) derive from fear. hm. so that's i think the huge theme of the movie. fear. <BR> and yeah i don't think that Donnie darko is a film that's just a film.
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Post by AlmostaHero on Oct 26, 2007 13:18:22 GMT -5
If it isn't just a film then what is it? A few posts above m described pretty much to a T a way of life. Every movie has a following, you are that following. I've seen the movie, and was not aftected by it, it definatly was abstract but it didn't hit me like it hit you guys. If you go on forums on the internet then yes... you will meet people obsessed "not neccessarily in a bad way" with that film. Donnie Darko is just a film. And it seams pretty arpent that even it's own creater ddin't intend people to look as far into it as some people are. But he's fine with that, he's making money .
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Post by knifeplay on May 18, 2008 22:00:18 GMT -5
yeah i agree but that always happens. just listening to the commentary its pretty obvious that Kelly was just sticking to a base topic and theme and people blew it out of proportion
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