Oh my God!!!
It’s “Edward Scissor Hands” meets “A Clockwork Orange” meets “Weird Science” meets “Time Bandits”…
After only one viewing, “Donny Darko” has moved to desert island movie status. It is secure in my top ten movie spots. I will be watching this flick many more times and I have a feeling that it will break the top five. Straight to video? What the hell is that about? I personally think it was the airplane motor falling into the home that scratched the theatrical release.(I got a little freaked out 9/11 feeling for a second). After all, there is nothing else about this flick that could doom it to “straight to video”. Great acting, beautiful imagery, succinct dialog and so many little tid -bits and double entendres and clues and hints in the back ground, I’ll need a couple more screenings and a note pad just to scratch the surface. We here in blog-land may have to dedicate some space to open discussion of this masterpiece with all of our comparative might.
I need to digest this for a while longer before I really start laying it out here. I am literally reeling. Last night the flick ended at about 12:30 am, well past my weekday bed time, and afterward I just lie there in bed thinking, I couldn’t stop the grinding in my head that this movie afflicted me with. I’m still trying to put it all together, and I’m not even sure that after ten more viewings I’ll ever fully grasp the premise.
Bravo to Drew Barrymore (sip) the producer, the kid who played the superhero Donny, the genius who wrote and directed, and to all involved. I will be learning the names of these perpetrators so as to check any other work they may be involved with. I hope you all see this flick, embrace it, and post on your blogs your feeling about this new favourite of mine.
Most candidly, Michael “you’re bitch-in, but you’re not a bitch” Kirby
It’s “Edward Scissor Hands” meets “A Clockwork Orange” meets “Weird Science” meets “Time Bandits”…
After only one viewing, “Donny Darko” has moved to desert island movie status. It is secure in my top ten movie spots. I will be watching this flick many more times and I have a feeling that it will break the top five. Straight to video? What the hell is that about? I personally think it was the airplane motor falling into the home that scratched the theatrical release.(I got a little freaked out 9/11 feeling for a second). After all, there is nothing else about this flick that could doom it to “straight to video”. Great acting, beautiful imagery, succinct dialog and so many little tid -bits and double entendres and clues and hints in the back ground, I’ll need a couple more screenings and a note pad just to scratch the surface. We here in blog-land may have to dedicate some space to open discussion of this masterpiece with all of our comparative might.
I need to digest this for a while longer before I really start laying it out here. I am literally reeling. Last night the flick ended at about 12:30 am, well past my weekday bed time, and afterward I just lie there in bed thinking, I couldn’t stop the grinding in my head that this movie afflicted me with. I’m still trying to put it all together, and I’m not even sure that after ten more viewings I’ll ever fully grasp the premise.
Bravo to Drew Barrymore (sip) the producer, the kid who played the superhero Donny, the genius who wrote and directed, and to all involved. I will be learning the names of these perpetrators so as to check any other work they may be involved with. I hope you all see this flick, embrace it, and post on your blogs your feeling about this new favourite of mine.
Most candidly, Michael “you’re bitch-in, but you’re not a bitch” Kirby
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