unsonny Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 sweet, just watching the movie for the first time, right this second Redskins lose a regular season in the movie!!!! they talk about Gibbs and show Doug Williams on the TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUSTINMFOX Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Yep, The guy who directed it is supposedly a Skins fan.... Great movie....I loved Swayze in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsonny Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 this is a freaky movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen-like Todd Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Yeah, I loved that flick... I told all of my friends to watch it, and now they all think I'm a freak. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 One of my top 5 favorite movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 It was alright, but overrated in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSUHeckler Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 I hear ever time you watch it you pick up things you missed before. Personal example, in the one scene the pumpkin is carved like the bunny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsonny Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 movie is great........nicely directed and written Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 When did this movie come out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsonny Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 it came out right around 9/11 so it didnt do too well in the states, but when it came out in the UK (about a year later)...it blew up....now there is a cult following to the movie, and (i just watched it - the director's cut) it it blew me away......i hadnt heard much about it also......amazing movie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awgustlab Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Great Movie - highly recommended!!! 5 Stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 I think the movie is better directed than it is written. The music montages are great, and the dialogue is top notch. In my opinion It holds together well emotionally and thematically. However, it is missing a couple key things that keep it from being great. I'm not normally a guy for plot, but the movie has lots of it, and it's not all that good. I guess what I'm saying is that I find it intelectually lacking. Artistically top notch though, just not enough to really break into top five in my book. The micro-writing, i.e. the dialogue is splendid though. "Somebody ought to write that b!tch." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsonny Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 Originally posted by Ignatius J. I think the movie is better directed than it is written. The music montages are great, and the dialogue is top notch. In my opinion It holds together well emotionally and thematically. However, it is missing a couple key things that keep it from being great. I'm not normally a guy for plot, but the movie has lots of it, and it's not all that good. I guess what I'm saying is that I find it intelectually lacking. Artistically top notch though, just not enough to really break into top five in my book. The micro-writing, i.e. the dialogue is splendid though. "Somebody ought to write that b!tch." what is a great movie in your opinion? just wondering? i think its up there, not great - it reminds me a little of American Beauty, which won best picture....its too bad 9/11 dropped this movie off the face of the earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsonny Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 rent it , buy it...it is a must see for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeythetapeworm Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Very good film, but I woulnd't list it as one of my all-time favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 American History X Fear and Loathing Scotland PA Buffalo 66 Natural Born Killers Two Girls and a Guy Lost in Translation Taxi Driver Godfathers Perhaps overly Pop, but which I still think are excellent: Matrix fight Club resevoir dogs braveheart Fear and Loathing and Scotland PA are definatley at the top of my list right now though. This is hard cause there are som many good classics that I know I haven't been exposed to.... Donnie is tough for me, because emotionally, it really belongs on this list. So maybe I'm being to hard on it. My friend thinks I'm too hard on it, because as a physics guy, I think they flummoxed the physics. There were ways they could have done that to be both right and good. Still that last musical montage: All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere And their tears are filling up their glasses No expression, no expression Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow No tommorow, no tommorow And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I’m dying Are the best I’ve ever had I find it hard to tell you ’cos I find it hard to take When people run in circles It’s a very, very Mad world Children waiting for the day they feel good Happy birthday, happy birthday Made to feel the way that every child should Sit and listen, sit and listen Went to school and I was very nervous No one knew me, no one knew me Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson Look right through me, look right through me ********************************** It is a haunting finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter23 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 it was good, a little overrated though i thought... but, i'd still recommend it to people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 Great movie. Can't wait to see the new Director's Cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Well I just got done watching it... actually, I confess, I shut it off halfway thru. Guess its not my kind of movie. The smurf dialogue was great though, lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsonny Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 Originally posted by zoony Well I just got done watching it... actually, I confess, I shut it off halfway thru. Guess its not my kind of movie. The smurf dialogue was great though, lmao. only two movies i ever shut off in the middle of were - the new movie Garden State and Escape from L.A. well i walked out of Garden State during the lame scene where they shouted in the rain....i couldnt take anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Well, sonny... at least your sig makes more sense to me now. :paranoid: Actually, I'm still confused on the sig, but I get the reference :laugh: If I was by myself I would have finished it... I rarely turn off a movie but the wife just couldn't take it, and I didn't have the heart to argue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJWatson3 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 big donnie darko fan. finally saw the director's cut and it is a much better movie than the original release. they try to explain "grandma death's" book a bit more and they add some great scenes. i loved the brand new intro (about 10 minutes of new footage there) and the other new scenes. i just got it on netflix last week and between myself and my friends borrowing it, the disk was probably viewed 10 times and everybody has positive reviews. looking forward to richard kelly's new work. check movies.com for what he's doing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 In the origional donie darko, they have a bunch of deleted scenes where the plot really gets explained. They go into all the stuff about animated dead and what not. To me, I am thrilled this never made the final cut in the movie because the uncertainty is a big part of the movie. Do they include these scenes in the director's cut? IF so, I'd think the origional darko would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeydont Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Donnie Directors cut is great. In fact the origianl is a fgreat American film of the last 15 years. Many people dont get it on the first viewing go back to it later and it hits you like a engine falling from the sky. Terrific movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Other than the Redskin reference I found the movie pretentious and boring. Weird doesn't automatically equal artistic. Eh. I guess I just didn't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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