So after countless people telling me that this was the movie I just had to see, I finally bunkered down and watched what happened to be the second movie in my life to feature a strange figure representing a bunny (the first being Sexy Beast, which surprisingly came out the same year). It's definitely a movie best to jump into blind, so if you're even curious to watch it I'd suggest stop reading now.
I have to say, going in completely clueless, the film does a great job building up your doubt about what is going on and the true plot. Is Donnie going insane, with Frank warning him of the end of the world, or is the connection with the old lady whose seemingly lost her mind in the neighborhood and the book she's written on time travel actually of something concrete? And if the time travel is anything of real worth, why does Frank keep suggesting to Donnie to go heinous acts such as flooding school or burning houses? The tone is strong throughout it, even though I don't think it does anything necessarily out there or new for a movie (or at least, from someone watching it many years later).
The ending is where everything starts to click. The brutal death of his girlfriend is what got me going "Oh, okay, where we going", and then when we learn the identity of Frank, and the reveal that yes, this whole movie hinges on being a time travel movie the whole time.
I really just want people to talk to this movie about with. It's a shockingly beautiful film, and while maybe not the best written, it's still smart in it's own right in various ways.
What do you say, Era?
I have to say, going in completely clueless, the film does a great job building up your doubt about what is going on and the true plot. Is Donnie going insane, with Frank warning him of the end of the world, or is the connection with the old lady whose seemingly lost her mind in the neighborhood and the book she's written on time travel actually of something concrete? And if the time travel is anything of real worth, why does Frank keep suggesting to Donnie to go heinous acts such as flooding school or burning houses? The tone is strong throughout it, even though I don't think it does anything necessarily out there or new for a movie (or at least, from someone watching it many years later).
The ending is where everything starts to click. The brutal death of his girlfriend is what got me going "Oh, okay, where we going", and then when we learn the identity of Frank, and the reveal that yes, this whole movie hinges on being a time travel movie the whole time.
I really just want people to talk to this movie about with. It's a shockingly beautiful film, and while maybe not the best written, it's still smart in it's own right in various ways.
What do you say, Era?
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