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.
'Beneath You'
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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.
I love it. Even though I agree that it's not as clever as it thinks it is.
Isn't that what the arbiter of art would always do, Corwood?
But it had a menacing giant bunny. What's not to love?
Someday I will watch Donnie Darko, and that viewing will probably be motivated entirely by the need to see the giant menacing bunny.
Add me to the list of people who preferred the original theatrical release.
Watchmen set video at Superhero Hype. I'm starting to feel like maybe the picture is in good hands after all.