If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the
FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to
register or
login before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
| 2 MAR 2003 at 12:16am |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I saw it a couple of months ago and thought it was great. Not a movie to watch back to back but will watch it again later on sometime. Good story, good actors. Yes, very weird. Friend who went bonkers for it was the one who recommended it.
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 1:12am |
sennebecGuild Master
Posts : 3334
Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | ooooo... i'm headed to the video store...
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 1:43am |
dombrewerGuild Master
Posts : 3103
Joined: 19 JAN 2003
Status : Offline | My favourite film of last year - very much in the style of film making we were discussing before (p.t anderson, David Lynch). Probably well worth saying before the nay-sayers get their oars in - not, by any means, a perfect film, especially in its deeply problematic plot thread that doesn't quite pay off because of its excessive complexity (i.e. the casual cinema-goer would more than likely say 'what the hell was all that about' rather than make pains to unpick the knot) but what a rush!!
Fantastic cast, fantastic soundtrack (Tears for Fears getting a long-overdue spotlight), deeply intriguing....
I was thinking about this film for days and days and only on internet research did I find out how much was really going on in this film. Did you follow the appearances of the 'fat man in red' through it dimi? That's an amazing detail that I totally missed.
And as for the rabbit. Oh boy, that's one scary bunny.
[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/detective.gif[/img][b]Playing:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/blahblah.gif[/img][b]Reading:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/whistle.gif[/img][b]Listening:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/indie.gif[/img][b]Watching:[/b]
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 1:45am |
dombrewerGuild Master
Posts : 3103
Joined: 19 JAN 2003
Status : Offline | By the way, if you are into the film, or just utterly confused by it, or aren't convinced it all means something - check out the official website!!!!!
www.donniedarko.com
Probably not worth visiting if you haven't seen it, but you get an idea of what you're in for!
[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/detective.gif[/img][b]Playing:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/blahblah.gif[/img][b]Reading:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/whistle.gif[/img][b]Listening:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/indie.gif[/img][b]Watching:[/b]
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 2:03am |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Here is another movie you might like called pi, a few years old.
http://entertainment.msn.com/Movies/Movie.aspx?m=145993
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 3:59am |
Randy-JAJourneyman
Posts : 1351
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I saw Donnie Darko and absolutely hated it! But I couldn't figure out why as I usually love offbeat movies. I am though going to rent and watch it again. I think sometimes the mood you are in at the time greatly effects how you feel about certain movies.
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 6:26am |
StammerGuild Master
Posts : 3894
Joined: 5 JAN 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Gayle (2 MAR 2003 2:03am)
Here is another movie you might like called pi, a few years old.
http://entertainment.msn.com/Movies/Movie.aspx?m=145993
I've seen pi!!
i have never believed that someone has ever seen this movie!!
great movie. The whole thing sucked me in. VERY good movie but i will characterize it as cult and i don't think that many will like it!!!
for those who don't know pi is the known number 3,14159265359 these should be the first numbers, but i am not that sure!
Resistance is not futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, we're not a bunch of under-achievers! We're gonna stand up, and we're gonna be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter! Creativity, and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit.
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 6:33am |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Okay, here is another one by the fellow who did pi.
Called Requiem For A Dream. Slightly offbeat (Ha!) little movie :. And there is always one of my very favorites, Barton Fink.
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 6:44am |
StammerGuild Master
Posts : 3894
Joined: 5 JAN 2003
Status : Online | I have seen Requiem For A Dream!!
D**n i did the mistake to watch it at the worst time of my life and when if finished i wanted to jump off the window!!! aaaarrrrrrrggggggghhhh what a movie NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EVERYONE MUST WATCH IT!!!
Resistance is not futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, we're not a bunch of under-achievers! We're gonna stand up, and we're gonna be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter! Creativity, and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit.
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 9:31am |
| Deleted User | Donnie Darko I REALLY wanna see, Pi was fantastic, Cube was great too (watch out for the razor wire sequence in the first minute), Mulholland Drive was great and DID make sense Dimi (you just have to see it from the outside looking in) and Lost Highway was indescribably bizzare.
Other great films I'd recommend in my collection are Open Your Eyes (NOT Vanilla Sky), which will hit you where it hurts. and The Mothman Prophecies - possibly the most twisted Hollywood film EVER. Not in the sense that it has a twist, but the motives of the entity within the film and the accompanying DVD documentary are absolutely terrifying, considering it was based on a "true" story!
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 4:44pm |
dombrewerGuild Master
Posts : 3103
Joined: 19 JAN 2003
Status : Offline | With you on Cube monkeybone. Very smart idea, but slightly ruined in the end by some desperate over-acting by one member of the cast I thought.
Haven't seen Open your Eyes yet, but intend to after Vanilla Sky promised what the original delivers i'm sure.
Mothman Prophecies was a cool film! Had my doubts about the authenticity but it made for a riveting watch. Scariest thing about it - Richard Gere is extremely fine in it, and he doesn't even have to tap dance.
[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/detective.gif[/img][b]Playing:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/blahblah.gif[/img][b]Reading:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/whistle.gif[/img][b]Listening:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/indie.gif[/img][b]Watching:[/b]
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 7:48pm |
scoutPrivate Detective
Posts : 736
Joined: 2 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Mothman Prophecies was really good. There was a documentary on the DVD??? Argghh. I missed it!!! Oh well, I wanted to see it again anway.
Oh, yeah, Donnie Darko was excellent. I saw it twice and the second time it was even more fun than the first. I rate it even with Mullholland Drive as the best film of 2002.
BTW, Dimitri, you didn't really mean that ANYONE could make a David Lynch movie did you? I'm sure I misunderstood you.
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 8:25pm |
StammerGuild Master
Posts : 3894
Joined: 5 JAN 2003
Status : Online | Yeah guys the cube was GREAT but i hear many things about Hypercube!!! You know Cube 2 with four dimensions!!!
Is that true???
Resistance is not futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, we're not a bunch of under-achievers! We're gonna stand up, and we're gonna be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter! Creativity, and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit.
|
| 2 MAR 2003 at 10:03pm |
| Deleted User | Godfather, aintitcoolnews had varying reviews on Hypercube. The general concensus was that it was lesser than the original and far too explanatory... :'(
|
| 3 MAR 2003 at 12:35am |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
Posts : 2099
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Yes, Donnie Darko...I thought I posted a review of it at the beginning of January or maybe I was just thinking about it...
very strange movie....and very good...plus it was the director's first movie...
It definitely is a movie to watch several times so that you can understand everything...
~rbeeler SVT &&Name's STooGE$$$$ Valpurgius TNT; it's not PLURAL&&[img]http://www.riseaboverecords.com/sleep/image/sleepfront.gif[/img]&&151.Generally speaking Sludge Doomsters are Angry, Gothic doomsters are sad, funeral doomsters are barely breathing, death doomsters are dirty, drunk and dribbling, Stoner Doomsters don't care, drone doomsters are out of it and traditional Doomsters are permanently pissed off, mainly with other doomsters
|
| 3 MAR 2003 at 9:17pm |
RaySorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 360
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Location: US, CA
Status : Offline | I love Donnie Darko.
Who knows where the screenwriter got the name "onnie Darko"?
I really love the cover of "Mad World" (originally by Tears for Fears) at the end of the movie!!
Remember, procrastinate now. Don't put it off!!
|
| 3 MAR 2003 at 11:25pm |
dombrewerGuild Master
Posts : 3103
Joined: 19 JAN 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Ray (3 MAR 2003 9:17pm)
Who knows where the screenwriter got the name "onnie Darko"?
Good question - no idea.
But watch out for the impending sequel entitled Lonnie Lighto, a slapstick screwball romantic comedy where Lonnie has to travel back through time to stop himself from slipping up on a banana placed by a mischievous rabbit called Fred.
Hmmm.....
Originally Posted By Ray (3 MAR 2003 9:17pm)
I really love the cover of "Mad World" (originally by Tears for Fears) at the end of the movie!!
Nice cover, you're right. I loved hearing "Head over Heels" again too. I hunted out my old cassette and then went out and bought the CD. The power of movie manipulation.
[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/detective.gif[/img][b]Playing:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/blahblah.gif[/img][b]Reading:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/whistle.gif[/img][b]Listening:[/b] &&[img]http://www.justadventure.com/public_html/yabbfiles/Smilies/indie.gif[/img][b]Watching:[/b]
|
