Donnie Darko

El Presidente:

Ok look. I didn't enjoy this movie that much, but you can't deny the cult following it seems to have garnered. Donnie's a little off. That dude dressed up as that whacked out bunny rabbit is a little more off. Overall, I'd have to say this whole shindig was entirely a little off.

This isn't a psychedelic 70's movie, or a late-nineties action movie. It's a thinking-man's movie. One about a kid in school who is, well... for lack of a better word, off. Strange things seem to happen when he's around, though not in a Children of the Corn sort of way. If you happened to have attained a higher state of consciousness while under the influence of illicit pharmaceuticals then you're really going to enjoy Frank. Either that or you're totally going to freak out.


DarkDragon:

As El Presidente had stated this movie does have a cult following, with me being one of the hardcore followers. I first watched this movie when it was released on dvd/video.
My wife’s friend Janice had rented it and said we had to watch it. Not knowing a thing about this movie I tossed it in an instantly I was hooked. It was dark and borderline disturbing, but that’s the very high appeal of Donnie Darko. Some of us are Donnie Darko, and those who are not, know of someone who is like him. This is one of my all time favorite movies not many movies will top this one.


Technical/Non- Technical Aspects of movie:

DarkDragon:

The acting in this movie I think is very top notch; Jake Gyllenhaal does a great job, his best to date if you ask me. His sister off the screen, Maggie Gyllenhaal, also plays his sister Elizabeth Darko. They both have a good onscreen chemistry between them. They played off each other very well. Jena Malone also does a very good job in this movie as well. The score and music used in the film was for lack of a better word perfect. It captures those moments of sorrow and confusion. The soundtrack is awesome and I have had it for sometime now, and listen to it a lot. Everything else about this movie, writing, directing, and cinematography was all top notch. It couldn't have been done better in my eyes.

El Presidente:

I honestly can't say that I remember too much of the technical details like Reverend Geekeyez above (I've only seen the movie once, afterall), but from what I do remember, the effects were believable and the music, cinematography and acting all did make for a dark movie. heh, Donnie Darko. Isn't that interesting... *snore* (just kidding).


Rating:

El Presidente:

On the a scale of corn cobs, 1 being so corny that you should think about changing your diet and 5 not so corny (so sayeth your proctologist), I would have to give this a 2. I really don't want to relate this to a fecal joke, because I don't want to be that crude... yet. It's got it's good points... purely from a technical and story point of view, this movie is excellent. They did everything right. The tone is consistently dark throughout, right through to the end. I just didn't enjoy it. I really couldn't get into it.

And I'm afraid of big rabbits named Frank.

DarkDragon:

On the scale of corn cobs, 1 being so corny that you should think about changing your diet and 5 not so corny, I give this one a 5+ for sure. Not many will get this 5+ but this movie certainly deserving of that rating. Everything that went into the movie seemed perfectly intertwined. The ending is one which you have to watch a few times to get it at least I did as you can't really get it the first time you watch it. And you pick out little things that you missed watching it the first time.
Definitely worth the purchase.

P.s the directors cut of the film is a lot better then the original release, you do get more of a deeper understanding of the movie and Donnie's actions and what drives him to do what he does.