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PopcornTreeCt 08-02-05 05:26 PM

"i find it kinda funny, i find it kinda sad, the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had"

Just send that in an e-mail and your friend should totally get you. If not, tell them to watch it again.

RyoHazuki 08-02-05 05:30 PM


Originally Posted by Numanoid
Make up anything, and you'll be right.

We have a winner.

The Cow 08-02-05 07:12 PM

Ask him why he is wearing a human suit.

Gizmo 08-02-05 07:29 PM

Tell him the Bunny made you do it and to 'Chut up!"

astrochimp 08-02-05 07:30 PM

Tell him about the smurfs.

SFranke 08-02-05 07:34 PM


Originally Posted by Parcher
He looks so stupid, like he is some weird Toby Maguire thing.

I find this sentence hilarious.

NatrlBornThrllr 08-02-05 08:23 PM

...nominee for worst thread ever.

-JP

das Monkey 08-02-05 08:29 PM


Parcher

Now I don't want to seem like a fool.

I think it's a pretty safe bet that's not going to happen.

das

Fincher Fan 08-02-05 08:48 PM

My favourite part was the climax with Donnie fighting all those ninjas. Damn that was awesome!

Cartload 08-02-05 08:51 PM

Wow, this is like when Georgia Constanza was going to read Breakfast at Tiffany's for a book club, but then tried to rent the movie. In this case, sounds like you're screwed unless you actually watch the thing.

atlantamoi 08-02-05 10:32 PM

Tell him you accidentally rented Donnie Brasco instead.

zero 08-03-05 01:25 AM


Originally Posted by Parcher
My friend asked me to watch Donnie Darko, which I reluctantly did just now - but sleeping through half of it. HE just wrote to me after I wrote i thought it was a good movie, asking me what the point of the movie was (so basically quizzing me!!!). Now I don't want to seem like a fool.

Can someone please, just very very briefly but fully summarize the whole "point" or "meaning" of the movie??

Umm..no.

Jackskeleton 08-03-05 01:29 AM

The point of the movie was that everything happens for a reason. That folks have some effect on each other. Think of it as a really deep Butterfly effect with only one alternative outcome.

The ripple happened because donnie didn't die. Everything went to shit because he was suppose to die and whatever higher being was pushing him to make things worse and worse so that he'll eventually go back and just die like he was suppose to.

And for the record, the next person who calls me donnie in person I'm going to shoot you in the god damn fuck'n eye.

riley_dude 08-03-05 02:37 PM


Originally Posted by Parcher
My friend asked me to watch Donnie Darko, which I reluctantly did just now - but sleeping through half of it. HE just wrote to me after I wrote i thought it was a good movie, asking me what the point of the movie was (so basically quizzing me!!!). Now I don't want to seem like a fool.

Can someone please, just very very briefly but fully summarize the whole "point" or "meaning" of the movie??

Oh brother. Heard about telling the truth?
I'm not even going to ask your idea of a good movie.

chess 08-03-05 03:34 PM

brilliant film. awful thread.

PixyJunket 08-04-05 09:14 AM

Awful film. Brilliant thread.

bill_n_opus 08-04-05 10:22 AM

Okay film. Average thread.

mllefoo 08-04-05 11:42 AM

Either tell your friend the truth, or watch the film and figure it out for yourself.

Jack, aren't you the one who shot Frank? You bastard.

Pressplay 08-05-05 08:55 AM

Tell him you think Drew Barrymore is the killer.

Kicker_of_Elves 08-05-05 09:15 AM


Originally Posted by Jackskeleton
And for the record, the next person who calls me donnie in person I'm going to shoot you in the god damn fuck'n eye.

If i saw ya in person, i'd do it. :D

Troy Stiffler 08-05-05 10:35 AM

Tell him you thought the movie was all about mood and atmosphere, and didn't need to be decyphered.

Then we have a fight. Battle to death. Two chiseled athletes, one electric fence, and some grass in between. We'll see who's right then, bitches.

Mr. Salty 08-06-05 03:51 AM


Originally Posted by Parcher
Can someone please, just very very briefly but fully summarize the whole "point" or "meaning" of the movie??

You'd think that any movie that's been out for several years, with multiple DVD editions, and that has a significant fan base and cult following would have several threads devoted to its meaning.

And you'd be right:

http://dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread....t=Donnie+Darko

http://dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread....t=Donnie+Darko

Baron Of Hell 08-06-05 12:05 PM

Nobody can tell you what Donnie Darko is, you have to see it for yourself. You took the blue pill and went back to your safe world where the land of the real can not be seen. The red pill was your key down the rabbit hole. There you would have open your mind to new possibilities and become free of the machines.

If you want to know more follow the bunny. Then ask him why he is wearing that stupid suit.

Newfrd 08-06-05 12:19 PM


Originally Posted by Parcher
Now I don't want to seem like a fool.

Too late

Rubix 08-07-05 02:43 AM

look, you don't want your friend to think you're an idiot so i'll help you out.

donnie darko is mainly about when 2 gansters burst into donnie's house and pee on his rug because they have him mistaken for a millionaire of the same name who owes them some money. so donnie then pays the millionaire a visit because he wants a new rug, man. but the millionaire doesn't really respect this dude donnie darko or his nomeclature. so then donnie goes bowling with his friends, but his other friend named donny also, won't ever shutup or abide by donnie's wishes. then donnie has to go find the millionaire's wife in order to get his name cleared and buy a new rug, all the while trying to avoid the german nihilists.


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