I have decided to write about this movie before I truly forget what I wanted to write… There is way too much!
Since I am tired, here’s a little list of what I intend to write about. You’ll see that this will become awfully long.
– too simplistic sci-fi (the movie is about science, not about philosophy)
– too simplistic school/church
– teenager problems
– Charita’s overly innocent character
–> Atmosphere, style, suspense, story = top. depth = well, not more than teenager level = the right thing for me to be entertained
– Donnie’s relationship with Gretchen
– Goethe’s Gretchen
– child porn? Argh.
– which DVD to buy? (I’m thinking about buying both already *oh my*)
– simple time travel? complicated as memento, “illogical” as mulholland drive
–> I doubt it’d be fun for to me find out what the ‘truth’ is in this movie… I’m okay with the director’s cut to explain it, but I’d have accepted if nothing was explained
– Jake Gyllenhaal! *arrrrrrrrrr!* Comparable with Edward Norton in his debut – he just fits the troubled teenager role.
*arrrrrrrrrrrrrr* all right!
The atmosphere is absolutely gorgeous, that’s what I liked most about Donnie Darko (well, that and the G). I’ve heard many “explainations” for this film, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I can either accept a not-so complicated one (which I chose and which I found reasonable) or try to really get into it (if there’s anything to get into in the first place XD) and eventually get pissed. (something I never tried with Mulholland Drive, because I was just so overwhelmed by the visual and atmospheric brilliance of it to bother with “the point”).
I watched both “versions” and couldn’t really notice any major differences that would diminish the entertainment…some people seem bastardically concerned about it though *shrug*
It had a point? XD
I didn’t think about it at all, the atmosphere was all I needed to be happy. (I don’t even know if I saw the normal version or the director’s cut, the latter, I guess…)
Cellardoor~ XD
Dito aki. XD
I love the movie, especially the end. *Maaad World*
The G? Elaborate please~
My explanation is a pretty simple one – and I really like it. He really traveled through time, and he did not save the whole world by sacrificing himself, but he saved his girlfriend, his mother and his sister. Tadaa. I mean, during work today, I always had in mind how he saw his girlfriend beside him in the car, and smiled. That’s when he decided to travel through time again to save her. I just liked the idea that he was a guy who wanted to understand and do the big thing – but ended up dying for the people he loves.
Btw, I don’t like explanations like “it was all a dream and that’s it”. That’s too simple then.
A propos the end – I found it really sad T_T Ô mon dieu, he died! Aaah!
I saw the normal version and I really am not sure whether I’d like the Director’s Cut. Maybe it really isn’t important, but there are a few things that bugged me. Maybe I’ll write about it more once I have watched the DC :] (I’m downloading it already *kekekeke*)
I read through a few websites… and I’m slightly annoyed by all the people that think that the movie is a bunch of incomprehensive philosophical stuff. I mean, I did not find it disturbing or incomprehensible at all (while Mulholland Drive explicitly is not supposed to be fully understood), and just like I stated, at least I have a rather simple explanation for the movie.
Despite that, I think that “the point” is not that important in this movie either. ^^
A propos Cellardoor, I should have known it, but then I was really surprised to see that the said linguist really is J.R.R. Tolkien *haha*
G for Gyllenhaal XD
But yeah, i have a similar viewpoint to yours…it’s only as complicated as you want it to be, some people get annoyingly fussed up about it, making my fingers itch to hurl large metallic objects at them. *sigh*
A propos the end – I found it really sad T_T Ô mon dieu, he died! Aaah!
And then Mad World kicks an and you’re trapped in teh emo. I love it when movies fuck with you like that. XD
t’s only as complicated as you want it to be, some people get annoyingly fussed up about it, making my fingers itch to hurl large metallic objects at them. *sigh*
Lovely phrase. Intelligence, rage, violence.
Ô mon dieu, Shii~ and Poufflon, I have finally understood what you meant with “Mad World” earlier. At the same time, I was constantly thinking what that “happy birthday” song was… I heard it once on the radio and it totally annoyed me (Because it was the same melody of 5 seconds repeated over and over, I just couldn’t stand that song) But in fact, the song is kind of beautiful (if it weren’t so repetitive! Argh.) and it matches the atmosphere of that particular scene perfectly. So emo~
Oh, I am a lolicon. I actually am fascinated by the Sparkle Motion choreography… it’s so awful that it’s funny. But nevertheless I’m drawn to it. Ugh.
I wonder how intelligence and rage/violence work together. Apparently it sometimes does.
I see, we all seem to love the principle of Occam’s razor. On the one hand, it is so incredibly true, on the other hand, it doesn’t always work out (or isn’t always satisfying).
For me, repetitiveness is always relative to how I feel about a song in general. If it’s ‘good’, repetition doesn’t bother me much, quite the contrary actually, if not, it better be over soon. That just on a sidenote. ^^
In Mad World I like the slow paced singing the most, and of course the lyrics. Melancholy, oh sweet melancholy~ Oh, I am a lolicon. I actually am fascinated by the Sparkle Motion choreography… it’s so awful that it’s funny. But nevertheless I’m drawn to it. Ugh.
Que? ô.ô
There’s a certain aesthetic in violence, a special motion, a rhythm. Much like dancing, I guess. If it’s intelligent, even better. I don’t need gallons of blood or ugly close-ups, just the motion is enough. This applies to both physical and verbal violence. For me at least. *g*
I like violence, tehehe. X3
Painfully true. So true, that I’d sometimes like to run Occam’s Razor trough some people’s hyped faces. -_-;
Gah, there should be a break after “melancholy”… And why did your mean blog ignore my tags? Again. ò.o
There’s a certain aesthetic in violence, a special motion, a rhythm. Much like dancing, I guess. If it’s intelligent, even better. I don’t need gallons of blood or ugly close-ups, just the motion is enough. This applies to both physical and verbal violence. For me at least. *g*
I like violence, tehehe. X3
uh huh. There is this amazingly effective movie called “Seul contre tous”, its about a misanthropic butcher who is literally filled up with rage and despair, everytime a violent thought passes his mind (which happens…alot?) there is an aprupt kinda “freeze” signalled by a gunshot that tears the whole moment apart…it’s absolutely stunning…it actually makes you feel giddy, in a SCARY kind of way…yes.
so Sasa, id love to hear about Charita’s overly innocent character ^____^
Oh well… basically I got it from this interpretation from a website: Cherita apparently is *the* personnification of a character with a pure, beautiful heart (while everybody else, well, is rather human and selfish, and all). But you really don’t see anything of her innocence. You only see that she gets bullied all the time, that’s all. That made me realize in what an exaggerating positive way she really is portrayed in the movie. And this is rather annoying me, even though I like her as a character and I enjoyed her weird dance. XD (And hey, she’s in love with Donnie, right? *g*)
The point is just that I don’t think that most bullied, fat little girls are necessarily pure at heart and should be pitied. I do believe that most of them have a strong sense of hatred and vengeance – and that they go on bully even weaker people. (Mohiro Kitoh’s manga are a gorgeous reference for this topic.) It sounds pessimistic, but this is how I perceive this kind of people. I pity really pure-hearted people that are unlucky in life, though.
Ah, I totally forgot it, so I had no idea what you were talking about at first. XD
Well, If someone get’s picked on a lot, there’s a certain possibility he’s going to become either depressive or vengeful. But, yeah, not all people who get picked on a lot deserve all the pity you have. Aside from being picked on they’re more or less normal people and normal people quite often turn out to be total jerks.
for some reason I was abit annoyed when she just decided to run away during that scene when Donnie approached her and told her something along the lines of “It`s all Ok, one day you will be pretty” (or something like that).
Was she wearing those ear-warmers during that scene?…I could have sworn she did XD