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Aka_Aka_Aka
Feb 05, 2015Aka_Aka_Aka rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Yeah. Just like Blade Runner, I strongly suspect that Donnie Darko is, yet, another one of those pictures that no one (supposedly in their right mind) is allowed to dislike. For me, I find myself literally straddling the fence over how I honestly feel about this picture. Yes. Donnie Darko's story certainly did contain some genuinely compelling moments - And, yes, its story had a lot of potential - But, with all of that said, its final product left a whole lot to be desired. Donnie Darko's story tells the mighty dark tale of a very screwy & psychotic rich kid who, in order to vent out his destructive and irrational behavior, conveniently invents an imaginary friend (in the goofy image of a 6 ft. tall rabbit, named Frank, with really fukked-up teeth) who encourages him to hit out, big-time, at the ones who he hates the most. With an almost "Smurf-like" philosophy, Donnie Darko certainly fell mighty short of its ambitions when it took a decidedly weak stab at trying the explain the plausibility of time travel. For all of the interesting ideas that this picture brought to the fore, unfortunately, its story built to a very unsatisfactory conclusion. And finally - Why, in the movies, does it always seem that it's only children of wealthy parents who encounter such fantastic experiences as those that faced Donnie Darko? Why is Holywood so unwilling to make a film of this sort with characters in it whose lifestyles are somewheres within the range of my own income bracket?