I love Donnie Darko, but there's plenty of people on this people who absolutely hated it.
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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I love Donnie Darko, but there's plenty of people on this people who absolutely hated it.
This people on this people hates it so much I can't get through it.
I love it too, Sean. the music definitely adds a whole lot to it. especially the scene in the movie theatre.
people are people
so why should it be
you and I should get along so awfully?
This people on this people hates it so much I can't get through it.
I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
Hearing Richard Kelly's explanations about the movie convinced me he lives so entirely within his own mind that he literally doesn't get the concept of other people thinking in entirely different manners. Or of the need to make his ideas clear to them through some sort of bridging process that builds on common experience before jumping off into dream logic.
Oh, yeah, it was totally insane. But it had a menacing giant bunny. What's not to love?
(rhetorical question, people)
Donnie Darko haters of the thread, unite!
(Dear movie, you are not as clever as you think you are. Please to be getting over yourself. kthxbye)
I enjoyed the movie a lot more before I heard the director's commentary. I think the meaning he was trying to convey is not the meaning most people take away from the film - and that includes those who enjoyed it.
I liked the movie pretty well, but avoided the director's cut & commentary like poison.