Donnie Darko

Is Donnie crazy? Or something distorted in this world is happening?

This is a film I wanted to see since I saw the poster, and finally I saw it. I’m still getting more and more interested.

Although Donnie is seen as a person who has a mental problem, to me, he sounds quite intelligent and what he says makes sense. That Cunningham’s seminar, which judges people’s behaviour by “fear” and “love” is too cheap, and that Kitty, who stupidly believes in that theory and has the mistaken idea that her egoistic belief is the true love, looks so hypocritical, and comparing to them, it looked like Donnie understands the world more realistically. After all, human is not so simple and it is impossible to solve all problems just by “love”.

…well, showing that kind of critics, the film also uses an interesting SF element, “Time travelling”. Some of you might imagine “Doraemon” (Japanese famous animation for kids.) by the word “time travelling”, but the story of this film is well constructed, and I felt that the deep concept which is a bit difficult to follow, and the weird look of bunny, makes a curious, unique tone of this film. I also liked the music, but what I liked the most was the sound of the voice of the bunny. “Wake up, Donnie…” it sounds like someone is talking in my head, that unrealistic voice was so unforgettable.

By the way, the website of this film is so cool.
http://www.donniedarkofilm.com/
It reflects the sense of the film, and it makes you want to know more. However, Japanese site is like this.
http://www.donnie.jp/
…Disappointed.

So…did Donnie find all of the answer? I still have lots of things I can’t understand… I want to watch it again…

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