It is a love story. And perhaps he didn't have to die. Perhaps if he had, had more time to think he could have come up with a better plan. But in those brief fleeting seconds Donnie realized that if he died the girl he loved would live.
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Weird, but fascinating,
a true mind ****,
and worthy of multiple viewings to better understand it.
I love it!
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.

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I agree with your response, and I think we might have already gone past the point of no return in going back to the real world. The fabricated one is very compelling and addictive while the real one takes guts.

It's brilliant!
But doesn't it remind you of today in 2025, and even looking forward? People are plugged in. They have VR goggles which allow you to experience whatever "world" you choose to enter, and to create your "character" however you want to be, look however you want, be whatever you want. Everything is just a few clicks away. The world could be burning down around them but if they've been sitting there plugged in years on end, what's the incentive to take the red pill and experience reality if it means discomfort, hard work, working against the mainstream, not being manipulated by or dependent upon the system for anything and feel the comfort of being a sheep that's just following the program.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

I love this scene. Welcome to the desert of the real.

I do too! I've watched it several times, and I like picking up bits and pieces that I missed in the previous viewing. There are definitely times where I feel like we
are
living in the matrix when I see how "plugged in" people are. I also get the feeling most people would choose the blue pill. The woman who played the original oracle was so perfect for the role! I loved her. It made a really big difference when she passed, and they had to recast. There is so much depth to the movie, even today.
Totally agree with you about the sequels. I heard that they were intentionally made to be "bad" (but I don't know the context of those allegations). But with each sequel, I think it just sank further and further into the abyss. Nothing beats the first flick!
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

Love it 100%. Not the sequels!

What do you think about The Matrix? (I know - totally random change of topic mid-gear!)
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

I have the director's cut DVD and I've watched it many times because it's so complicated and I like to figure things out. I'm fascinated by it, but I can't really say that I like it very much.

I watched it early this morning, which was the 2nd time I've seen it, so I was trying to remember my first viewing and then take in new things this time around. The first time I watched it, I didn't pick up on a lot of the clues.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

Yep. That's the general idea.

Yep. The two different planes of existence and how at the end, he made the conscious choice to accept his fate of death. He also was a "recipient" like the old lady with grey hair, yes? He utilized his "gifts" (was it water and metal?) to keep the universe from imploding on itself or something. Is that the general idea?
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

The director's cut explains what is going on much more understandably. It's really all about time travel.

I'm not interested in it enough to give it a rewatch. As the saying goes, "the thrill is gone!"
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

I didn’t like it at all.
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hence, he had to die.
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I saw it once many years ago and haven't really given it much thought. It wasn't a movie that stood out to me as something I wanted to see again and again. Some movies can grab your attention and are fun to watch even a few times. I know this one seems to have a cult-like following.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

The main character was so hateful I stopped watching after the first half hour.
Donna/LadyGigi Savige needs to sit her ass down!

I like movies like Donnie Darko that utilize non-linear structure (like the airplane crash) but not to the point of whoring it out or making it "masturbatory" as John Carpenter would say (not saying that Darko failed, it did the exact opposite of that, for me at least). It's disappointing that the director didn't do anything more with his career, but at least he made this cult classic.

ye maybe 25 years ago