May contain spoilers for Donnie Darko
I have a little game I like to play from time to time, I google 'plot twist movies', pick one and then I watch it and see how fast can I guess the twist. But this movie, oh boy! It was just so engaging, I tried putting the pieces together on the go but I just couldn't seem to do it. I was watching it and as the end started approaching, I was just getting ready to be blown away by the explanation and how everything fit together... But that never happened and that was really a surprise. It isn't like one of those movies where the directors and writers don't know how to end the thing so they just leave it on the cliffhanger and say: 'Well you better focus on the message we want you to interpret and it is better to have your own satisfying ending in your hand than our non existent one'. The pieces were there, they just didn't click.
Of course, after the movie ended, I rushed to my phone to read the full explanation and it was so freaking amazing, but in the end, that's the movie's job to explain and I really felt like they failed to do it properly (the critics agree with me). Don't get me wrong, even with a lot of loose ends, the movie had an amazing reception, 8 IMDb and 87% Rotten Tomatoes but it just couldn't nail the explanation and that is what I can't get over it. The reasons behind everything are like Shutter Island with Inception wraped in Memento and then sprinkled with Interstelar, like honestly, it could have been actually so better than Intersellar is. I wonder what are your thoughts on the movie?
The second reason I am making this post and conveniently mentioning a lot of Cristopher Nolan movies might be kinda dumb but... Is there any way to get a petition going to remake this movie, preferably by Nolan? Or any way to be heard at all? Because I really think this movie could be on the Shawshank Redemption type of level, not joking. Yes there are some questionable and shady things, like Donnie's superpowers, but it could still be great.
Nevertheless, crazy ideas aside, what do you guys think about Donnie Darko and its kinda wasted potential?
PS: Sorry for the formatting, I'm on mobile
Submitted May 25, 2020 at 04:25AM by rLoper https://ift.tt/2Zx9clS