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pestcontrolmx — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 11:00 AM)

Anyone else thinks that the basic premise of Arrival is pretty much like the one of Donnie Darko?

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Yes, exactly. Also Frank (in DD) and the aliens (in Arrival) leading the main character to avoid the "end of the world", falling in love, visions, the final answer etc.

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How are they similar? Do you mean in the ending aspect where they both accept their fates and choose it for themselves?

Hello friend. That's lame, i should give you a name.

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Haha yea the DC was a letdown imo, made the film worse and destroyed the mystery

Hello friend. That's lame, i should give you a name.

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Obviously the theatrical version! Let's never speak of director's cut version again.

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Depends which DD you're talking about, the theatrical version or the director's cut that most of us pretend doesn't exist.

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Can you elaborate? Huge DD fan but don't see the connection

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