Donnie Darko Explained: The Ending & What It Meant

[@tonymaradetto8087]

Well this video makes me seriously question my commitment to Sparkle Motion.

[@nodwarves4u]

Tony, I don't know if you realize what an opportunity this is for our daughters!

[@totesjokin5354]

GO BACK TO CHINA, BITCH

[@omohosp]

* cries in bitchy *

[@summerwithmike]

I am SCREAMING

[@emilyeastley-jones3987]

This is the best comment I've ever seen 😂😂

[@jubel742]

His biggest fear was to die alone. He did. In the end he chose love over fear.

[@meowsymcdermott9626]

Great observation!

[@beetleglint]

no not love over fear he chose meaning love and fear being the only two options are dumb

[@davidl6332]

hahaha

[@KF3000-w7x]

@@beetleglint Donnie complained about the fear and love not being the only emotions in the spectrum too

[@Louis-kw6yk]

maybe he was afraid bc he knew that what was going to happen tho

[@handicapitation3250]

My mind is blown right now...... Seth Rogan was in Donnie Darko.

[@attachedgrinch5840]

Yeah it's all starting to make sense

[@boianko]

His first speaking line in any film is "I like your boobs.". Magical.

[@eleuieseaa8604]

And jerry trainor and Ashley tisdale 😂

[@de-lorionburton7702]

I said the same thing bro thia movie is awesome

[@Monna7777777]

and the adult from icarly right?

[@leviathannephilim7769]

it wasn't the world coming to an end.. It was his. He was given a choice to save himself or save others. In the end he realized your life doesn't matter unless you give it meaning.

[@bbcraz1226]

This

[@themattmoney]

I agree, didn't think the whole world was gonna end, just his.

[@voteZDLR]

@@themattmoney It literally says in the book written by Roberta Sparrow that unless Donnie did what he did, both universes would collapse. It very much was an apocalyptic situation, and Donnie Darko was very much like Jesus who may have been given a choice in one way or another but in the end he did what he did to save other people from the end of the world. Period.

[@gagebailey8342]

@@voteZDLR You are using a piece of literature to enforce your argument. In a literal sense, they are literary themes, Your conscious is how you percieve the world. So if your perception is severed, through death, the world is therefore over. Time takes place all at once, so if Donnie died then he is removed from all timelines, there are no more world for him. He ascendes to godhood, gosh the way this movie hit me and founded my love for literature is better than the first time I did LSD. Which was fucking great.

[@voteZDLR]

@@gagebailey8342I mean, you could argue that the Bible (oh nevermind, even worse, you meant the book by Roberta Sparrow -- I mean, that book was an actual centerpiece and focal point of the story itself, if we can't enforce our argument by it or other things in the story then what CAN we base it on?) has led to the most literal themes or whatever in the most works across history, so I am not even making an original point in sayingh that. But I mean then again I'd argue the Bible is more than just a "piece of literature". It's more powerful anyway and has had more lasting effects on the world than fucking Harry Potter has for example (which I would argue also has biblical themes, ironically enough). And no I am not a religious person, let alone a Christian, I do think that the power of the concept behind "Jesus like" characters IS strong, though. And in Donnie's case to me I don't think it could be any more clear, he was a flawed individual himself who was basically given a choice between saving himself and himself alone at the cost of the fate of the rest of the entire world, or he could do what he did to save everyone else, the good, the evil, the people he knew and the people he didn't. I mean, that's what a good bible-thumping Christian would tell you their man JC did for the rest of us on planet Earth, one way or another he did die though on the cross, whether you believe it was for everyone else's sake or not is of course up to you.

[@capriottimultimedia]

A Brief Summary of Donnie Darko: a fictional explanation of where the feeling of deja vu comes from.

[@bushyb7067]

I don't believe that to be deja vu, I think it's a misuse of the term. It seems to be synchronicity to me.

[@ufopilotFPV]

I think deja vu is from dreams

[@chriscrux4556]

The weirdest thing happened when I watched this movie. I had just finished learning about "Cellar Door" that very same day and knew nothing about its significance in the movie. I end up watching the movie to go to sleep and see the reference to it in the movie and it freaks me tf out. Such a weird coincidence.

[@Emerardo]

@@chriscrux4556 The same day I watched Donnie was the same day I found out my medications were placebos. Not as much of a freaky coincidence as your experience but still kinda weird

[@chill3282]

Chris Crux Maybe it’s not a coincidence. Your name is Chris Crux... Donnie Darko. Kinda have the same rhythm. If you see a man in an animal costume just run

[@VintageFlowers]

Fun fact: Richard Kelly wrote the script for Donnie Darko in 28 days and filming for the movie also took 28 days. The same amount of time Donnie is given to save the world.

[@qbik911]

It came out around the time of Blair Witch Project, so creating conspiracies' around the movie was a selling point for many movies. I promise you that he didnt wrote such complex story in 28 days. He might of put together something that he was working on for 10 years, since it was his first project. So before going down the rabbit hole, lets accept the possibly of simple coincident or a simple marketing plot.

[@VintageFlowers]

@@qbik911 Fair point.

[@davidl6332]

hahahahaha

[@terrimeakin-rosario9189]

i would love to have conversation with that man.

[@after_midnight9592]

In the time of script writing, he used 28 grams of shrooms.

[@dylanmckercher9595]

I literally just watched this yesterday and was dissipointed on how little videos about this film are on KZbin.

[@amalia7513]

IKR

[@Toki420]

Dylan McKercher I agree. I think this is because most people today especially the young don't want to have to think about deep or complex ideas they rather have their popcorn movies and books with very little meaning .

[@amberheeren4374]

I have the same dissapointment, but I think it's just because most ppl don't get the movie. The guy I watched it with said he thought the movie sucked, but I think he sucks haha The movie is brilliant.

[@gabrielmolina3461]

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[@stlkngyomom]

Dylan McKercher No problem:Waking Life,Manifesting the Mind,MAPS (psychedelic),Living Matrix,Closer to Truth,New Thinking Allowed...

[@areyouserious4713]

I just watched the movie . I feel so weird right now , I don't know how to describe the feelings

[@anunexaminedlife1207]

it's called "woke"

[@austin910]

Are you Serious ? is it like a really really extreme feeling. like a battle of coexisting euphoria and sorrow because i’ve felt that way after three movies. this, stand by me, and mr nobody

[@takingfoodoffyourplate7887]

This movie was fucking awesome

[@gwendolynthrockmorton7424]

Austin I have never been able to relate to comment like this because these are movies that i relate to very much on such a weird way. And I don’t know why and you somehow described it a little bit.

[@deathbydeviceable]

It's just finding a relation to something. Everyone gets it. Just read about the occult and you'll probably feel a strong connection with that too

[@greenlantern9930]

i love the fact that he brushes past the part that he could just use telekinesis

[@andrewlee8843]

If you read the text written in the book, it says that he will experience visual and auditory hallucinations, along with telekinetic powers as the few weeks in the tangent universe collapse. It is very quick in the movie but Roberta Sparrow did write it in the book.

[@stephanooblus]

Thought I was the only one 😂😂

[@medexamtoolscom]

Yeah that was stupid. He didn't have psychokinetic powers. The portal came for HIM, and there just happened to be an airplane there, so he made sure to be in the right place and at the right time in order to make the jet engine go back in his place and set the course of events properly in the new recreated universe which matches the old one in an earlier state. That's how he ACTUALLY did it. He could predict things, not move things with telekinesis.

[@JerryFlowersIII]

@@kiddoo906 His conjuration was only symbolic in the end but he does flood the school and burn the house. I can't think of anything that would be mind control however.

[@dinkomiljkovic6380]

dude thank you

[@BTVagrant]

The music in this movie is still haunting me to this day. It's so broody and edgy, but also moody and feel-y. It makes the movie feel like a daydream and it is in some aspect.

[@therobot7254]

Best soundtrack ever! Every song is just perfect and the music makes the movie so much better!

[@taberbrookshire6116]

You said what I was thinking.

[@taberbrookshire6116]

This soundtrack is like a time machine for me. The concept it carries you through subconsciously is a work of art/magic.

[@DD0629]

​@@Girl-di5dg whats the difference

[@dacrib5350]

The Gretchen Ross song is still one of my favorite piano tracks. It's hopeful, yet draped in melancholy.

[@gabepena5073]

Do you ever have dreams that feel like memories ? Or see or feel love in a dream but have no recollection of the people or person you felt for ? Maybe this movie is onto something with the multiple timelines

[@kendrickmelendez8185]

s t a r worry if remember lettering from those “dreams”

[@kendrickmelendez8185]

s t a r you’re just not supposed to be able to read in your dreams. Anything.

[@slowdiver5732]

s t a r I know what you mean. Every experience sleep paralysis? I’ve read a book on how to Astral travel, but still too afraid to try it.

[@slowdiver5732]

Gabe Pena “or see or feel love in a dream but have no recollection of the people or person...”. Omg yes! Never talked to anyone else who experiences that as well! I’ve had dreams where I’ve met someone and the feelings are so intense. I’m usually so sad when I wake up and realize it was a dream. The love I feel in dreams surpasses anything I’ve ever felt in waking life. Actually that goes for most of my experiences and emotions in my “dream life”. This is what I call it, because I often visit the same fictional dream places over and over. My dream life seems to mimic my waking life, except with much richer, more beautiful and inexplicable people, places, and things.

[@jukou4life583]

Ozzie Rose oh, well should I be concerned then? My dreams and nightmares have always been realistic. Reading isn’t hard in a fair amount of dreams

[@rthj6446]

The psych woman says the thing about placebo when we nor Donny can actually see her talk. Auditory hallucination.

[@franskel9647]

Huh I never thought of it that way. Good catch!

[@wajahatali1234]

That is an excellent point. Very possible.

[@kasey_bro6042]

HOLY SHIT WAIT-

[@Gleeshhh]

That crossed my mind when I saw that scene

[@gearsofalex2]

Holy fuck that creeped me out a little bit... seeing her just standing still while we hear the placebo thing

[@jeankelly8943]

"We die alone." Somehow, i got the impression this film has a great similarity with Jacob's ladder. I think Donnie initially died when the engine hit his house. The rest of the alternative reality is an echo of his consciousness summing up his understanding of life.

[@kendrickmelendez8185]

Jean Kelly Grandma death is a Receiver. Like Donnie, well aware that he’s like her. She’s only assuming that he’ll take the same path as her. She must’ve let her family die, the nuns or something. I have to re watch the movie with earphones

[@chriscrux4556]

@@kendrickmelendez8185 So life's a test and the simulation is the playing ground.

[@ernestoyounes2946]

yep I imagine that too somehow, he is in transition between life and death and his dreams is representing how he made peace with his own world. Difference is jacob's ladder uses the biblical approach for the plot.

[@jessehenderson2967]

I like this interpretation.

[@alexhelme853]

This is my read of the movie as well. I see all the characters and plots as Donnie’s consciousness coming to terms with his own death and trying to find meaning in his life and it’s end at a young age.

[@BrandyZigg]

In the scene with his therapist telling him that the pills are placebos, she's turned around so we never actually see her face, or her mouth speaking those words. Since one possibility is that Donnie had hallucinations, it's possible this was an auditory hallucination, reinforcing Donnie's belief that he wasn't really ill and the apocalypse was coming. I think her being turned away in this moment was done on purpose for that reason, so that we still couldn't be sure one way or another

[@sedi2066]

This movie is like a crazy fever dream while you're on lsd, aside from that was I the only person who noticed Ashley Tisdale and the guy from Icarly ?

[@ellebaby825]

Omg I thought that was Ashley lol

[@wormsali]

No but it's nice to see some black girls

[@metalheadwithjokes]

His name is Jerry Trainor, I was glad to see him in the film though.

[@mochi3201]

and also Johanna from hunger games and mark from Zoey 101

[@StoicEver]

@@ellebaby825 omg I never caught that.

[@redman999792]

I never knew the guy in the red tracksuit was an FAA agent. I thought he just wanted to watch them.

[@roseosbourne6448]

For what purpose?

[@F12saint]

Rose Osbourne he was a manipulated dead that willingly guid the chosen one Danny to return the artifact

[@Tomboyy9818]

Young Momogz guide* Donnie*

[@marciloni12]

That was some funny 💩!!

[@questionablysure2098]

Isn’t he also at the party??

[@underwaterireland]

I studied media for 2 years and I had to watch hundreds of movies (usually best of the best) but after Donnie Darko - I can't watch anything. Everything else just sucks in comparison. I think Richard Kelly unconsciously hit a bingo, he had some sort of an inspiration that he can't repeat and even can't explain. This movie cannot be understood just by using logic.

[@ihavesoul4real]

Underwater Ireland / Подводная Ирландия watch upstream color. Your comment seems like the way I did in college before I became a more passionate film enthusiast. I pray this will be the same case for you. Your last sentence can be said about thousands of other films and thousands more in the future.

[@TheZenbudda]

Really? Movies like Memento didn’t do it for you?

[@harrylawson6293]

Shame it was a one-hit-wonder

[@AdmCornFlake]

watch muholland drive by david linch. Similar concepts with non-chronological story telling and false realities. far better than donnie darko imo, and revered as one of the most ingenious movies of the 21st century.

[@alb4477]

Goggalor What an awful opinion lol. Muholland Drive is such an over rated movie.

[@JacobA666]

I tried to watch this movie a few years back, didn't interest me enough in the beginning, so I didn't complete it.. then I watched again today, boy was I for a treat.. it's so complex, like a coin with more than 2 faces. Gonna watch it again tonight. It's a true masterpiece.

[@moneymule8209]

Nope, you're looking too deep into it. Younger you was right, this movie is shit and you now "think it's a masterpiece" because everyone around you says so. I give it a 6/10 and will not change that to conform to society. It's an alright movie but theres much, much better out there.

[@joeyvillarreal761]

@@moneymule8209 wtf dude? You know this movie bombed in the box office right? Very few actually know about this cult classic. To say its overrated is dumb. Now to hate a universally loved film like forrest gump then I would understand

[@moneymule8209]

@@joeyvillarreal761 bruh it does not scream a top movie in any way... like the plots good the acting meh but I feel like people only like it like u said, as a cult classic. Being able to say "you havent watched it, i have" is the prestige of this movie

[@joeyvillarreal761]

@@moneymule8209 well we all got opinions, right

[@kodakflaps8267]

I watched this as a teen when my uncle recommended it to me and I was blown away. I’m 31 now and I keep coming back to watch it over and over again. A true classic glad you gave it a chance.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

This is a dark and beautiful film. Truly beautiful. I get tears in my eyes during the ending. This is more than just a film to me. The idea of alternate timelines and universes is so fascinating and the emotions and music in this film are surreal yet very human. I would say that Donnie Darko is so much more than just a film. It is enlightenment.

[@lucasg4119]

nah, the fuck?

[@hugsavage5286]

Chill bro it's just a movie lmao

[@drose141]

relax dawg

[@sammyparkison6420]

This movie sucks ass

[@wwiawtc3035]

It's a masterpiece. Those of us who know, know.

[@MidnightCyanide]

I wanna like, fall in love with someone so that I can introduce them to this movie which is a really weird thing to say about a movie where a dude in a giant rabbit suit tells a kid how to manipulate a parallel universe so that a jet engine doesn't fuck up all of time but at the same time it's perfect

[@Mars-]

Had this with a gf . It was amazing.She and I explored the film and then the things it asks about consciousness itself.⭐

[@davidsdreaming5438]

This.

[@soniapatel707]

@Mimi S that’s...that’s not cool :(

[@Ythorobs]

@Mimi S he ain’t it smh

[@MidnightCyanide]

Update for yall, I started dating someone like a few months after this comment and we watched it together maybe a year ago? He liked it, it wasn't his exact jam but I'll take it 😂 dreams do come true bitches

[@nchawkin]

Donnie Darko is a metaphor for the Jungian shadow. Time travel/predestination paradox movies in general end up being a metaphor for how trauma causes us to "run in circles," repeating our past conditioning unconsciously, over and over again. Often forming around early childhood woundings, these defense mechanisms are designed to keep us safe, yet keep us stuck in our own "very very mad world." We know not what we do. In the East, they call this the wheel of karma. Unconsciousness = fate. A broken record. Yet, consciousness = free will. Choice. Jung said, "If you do not make the unconscious conscious, it will determine your life and you will call it fate." From a Jungian perspective then, Frank is the shadow - the unconscious part of our own mind that has not yet been triggered into a future that is fated to be if not made conscious. As Donnie, metaphorically representing the ego, "sleep walks," he begins to integrate his shadow (i.e. do shadow work), simultaneously burning down the false adult world that represents the persona as he harnesses the power of the unconscious. The persona (mask in Greek), splits us in two - expressing a superficial image of what society says is "good," while repressing and denying what society assumes is "bad," which ironically persists underneath the surface in shadowy form, as personified by Jim Cunningham's double life. Kitty Farmer especially represents the tendency of the ego to deny and project onto others, as she judges others who "succumb to the path of fear," while compensating for her own fear with a persona of false righteousness and love. As Donnie continues his awakening journey, he embodies the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas: "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you." As he becomes fully conscious of his fate, everything accelerates. When he wrestles with the bully with the knife he says, "Deus Ex Machina. Our Savior," simultaneously pulling off the face mask to reveal the bully's true identity. In ancient Greek, apocalypse means "to remove the veil." When we finally become conscious that *we* are the one who pulls the trigger in our story, that *we* are the one who is guilty of what we judge others for, "It's the end of the world as we know it." The integration of the shadow is death for the ego. "We have discovered the enemy and he is us." Yet with this consciousness, comes choice. It is this saving grace, "God from the machine," that is the end of the deterministic wheel of cause and effect. Physical death in the film then is a metaphor for ego death. As a superhero, Donnie goes to his death willingly, choosing to surrender to his own fate and accept his destiny as he fully faces the fear of what was within him. Donnie Darko embodies the Christ motif in that he dies for the sins of the world - taking on Cherita Chen's earmuffs symbolically - and dies to save others who will now live because of his death. He dies for the sins of the world not just *literally* by offering himself as a sacrifice, but *metaphorically* by dying to the persona that would deny that this sin exists within *himself.* And it is in dying that we are born to new life - a creative emergence or "Cellar door" of possibility that can only come from the transformation of death and rebirth. No wonder Donnie laughs in the end, knowing he will die. In healing our own past traumas and the endless loops we get stuck in, in dying before we die, the end is just the beginning. All things change when we do. "I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to."

[@aramintabarnor6244]

excellent

[@aramintabarnor6244]

thank you for taking the time and effort to type that out.

That’s the best comment, but unfortunately very few people gonna read because it’s too long. Anyway, congratulations! Your analisys is deep and meaningful, and certainly will help other fans to better understand this intriguing movie called Donnie Darko.

[@HenryWeller123]

Beautiful, Donnie out here escaping Samsara by moving from Karma to Dharma!

[@LeahIsHereNow]

This might be the most intelligent comment in KZbin history.

[@stefanocacciamani4244]

I don't think that Donnie necessarily had to die in the end. Let me explain: look at Grandma Death, she wrote the book about time travels and it's plausible, if not sure, that she had the experience of a tangent universe in order to write such a detailed analysis of the subject. But she's still alive in the real world after the destruction of her tangent universe and she represents a proof that death can be escaped even as a Living Receiver. The downside is the fact that she has become mad and crazy. Back to Donnie: soon after he saves the world in the tangent universe, he returns to his bedroom in the real world knowing what is going to happen and he is left with two choices: escaping from the room and live or remaining in his bed and die. I think he chooses death because he understands that everything that has happened to him in the tangent universe will never happen in the real world either in the same way or at all. Therefore, having also seen the madness of Grandma Death, he decides to die in order not to follow her example and also in order not to suffer because of the discrepancies from his memories from the tangent universe (notably, his love story with Gretchen) and the reality that he will have to live in.

[@Filthyt]

Stefano Cacciamani I believe he was just dreaming because he had already had mental problems before creating this tangent Universe in his mind. I also believed that he had chosen death not only because he realized the tangent universe was just an illusion, but he had physically already experienced his own life in another universe

[@n1lla]

+Stefano Cacciamani - "I think he chooses death because he understands that everything that has happened to him in the tangent universe will never happen in the real world either in the same way or at all." That's a really interesting interpretation. If you consider that all of this may have just been a construct in his mind its possible to interpret this as that there really wasn't an engine at all and Donnie committed suicide due to his mental issues.

[@TheCh1212]

"because he understands that everything that has happened to him in the tangent universe will never happen in the real world... in the same way..." Do you believe this personally? Or do you believe that only Donnie believes this, but that Donnie could also be wrong? I want to assume for the sake of discussion that you personally believe this theory of yours. Now, you had me at "the same way." If you wouldn't have said that, I would have had a stronger argument against you. But because you said "the same way," I somewhat agree. Now, i have a question though. Lets go to the near end of the movie, right when all the past events of the alternative (tangent) universe come rushing back to Donnie on his bed, right before the plane engine hits his room to kill him. First Question: at that moment, when he is in bed after laughing and rolling over (I'm assuming to go back to sleep), does he *remember* all the past events that he was just previously involved with in the tangent universe? I think at this point, we would both say yes. Observation: if he *does* in fact remember everything right before he about to die in his bed, again, at this point, you would say that it doesn't matter. Donnie chooses to kill himself because he knows things wont be exactly how they were in the tangent universe. Correct? But to that I ask, yes, things wont be exactly the same but, can they not be pretty close? As in, if he still remembers bumping into Gretchen in the tangent universe, why can he not simply meet up with her again in the real universe? I mean, she shows up for class - hes bound to meet her again anyway. Further, he still remembers that one dude being a ringleader of a child porn chain, no? Can he not still, on that very night he was going to in the tangent universe, burn that dude's place down again to expose him? But i want to humor you. I want to go deeper with you in all this. Because you bring something interesting to my mind that challenges my argument towards you. Are the things we humans go through in life truly make us what we are today? I mean, I know that sounds like a 'duh' question, but sometimes I don't believe we *really* believe that. Like when someone says if they could go back in time and change one thing. But in going back and changing even that one thing, would that not make you an entirely different person? I mean, think of all the situations (there are possibly millions, maybe billions) where it took one seemingly small variable for such a situation to occur. For example, you've made bad grades and have to bring home your report card to your parents. They've said that if you bring home a D, which you did, you cant use the car for going out this weekend. But you just met this girl, and you think she really likes you and you've already kind of "pre-scheduled" a date with her over the weekend. You ask your parents and they, at first, say lean to saying no. But then, at just that moment, at just that small frame of time you ask again; this time, with a slight, oh ever so slightly softer tone and pitch and rhythm in your voice - just enough to win them over; they end up saying yes you can use the car. That nano-second of time mixed with the complexities of human communication resulted in *that* moment. To go back in time slightly before you asked, would it even be possible to pull off such a tone and pitch when you ask? And if not, wouldn't we say the rest of what happens there would forever be different? That you, you would be different? So, in that sense, I can see why you would think Donnie would choose death over the unavoidable difference he would be as a person if he would have snuck out and avoided the crash. I guess, my only *REAL* question would be: why then was he laughing right before he died? What was so funny about the thought that you lost the only real chance you had for companionship (Gretchen)?

[@sanzidaamin4993]

C_Norman93 there's also the possibility that right after Donnie travelled back in time, he forgot everything that happened, just like all the others. This would make sense, considering that he was laughing and rolling around in his bed. This implies that he might just be thinking that it was some dream he had while sleeping, and doesn't remember that the events occurred at all. And that's why he goes back to sleep. Maybe I'm wrong idk

[@swattikchakrabarty9646]

i think what really happened was that Donnie met this grandma in the parallel universe and notin primary universe so she could be one of the manipulated dead to help Donnie out...

[@HeatherHolt]

CHUT UP!!

[@Jayyy667]

Go back to China, bitch. 😂

[@im3phirebird81]

cough cough

[@reeceqbaskin9403]

😂😂😂😂 love you for your choice of comment

[@mimi-kb5ug]

go back to China bitch 😂

[@justkeepitoriginal]

@@SERNAJOSEPH this is some good shit 🚬

[@Ge0rgio]

I think Donnie had been living in this loop for a while and this time he knew he was going to end it by sacrificing his life, remember that one scene where Gretchen said Donnie’s name was like some kind of superhero name, and Donnie replied “what makes u think im not?”

[@Littleprinceleon]

Sim sala bimm

[@rnwy600]

I watched the movie, I didn't understand any f*ck. Then I watched this video, I still didn't understand any f*ck.

[@michaelbower802]

bayramT same haha most confusing movie I've ever seen haha

[@michaelbower802]

Witch's Brew Sims yeah definitely awesome film I watched it and thought it was about something entirely different to his haha I didn't get any of that

[@michaelbower802]

what I thought the end was was entirely different for this I got it all wrong I thought it turns out in end he dies by jet engine and he trys to save universe and to do so he has to follow the bunny's orders but it turns out the 28 days were the days until he died and it was showing the life he wish he had if he had 28 days left in his life and the old lady in the film was also dead and somehow she was trying to warn Donny that's why she only communicated with him once she had the letter that's what I got from it

[@Sulfen]

I think some people understand it better because they know at least a little bit about philosophy. It's alright if you don't understand it now though.

[@anunexaminedlife1207]

@Michael Bower Holy crap! That's a really awesome interpretation of the movie. You should write a movie like that I would watch it a million times :)

[@redram5150]

I’ve always considered “cellar door” was a reference that what we find beautiful is entirely subjective to the individual and rely on the experiences of youth. Think of it like the eponymous dish in Ratatouille having such an effect on Ego the food critic.

[@paladin1254]

It's actually something tolkien said.

[@redram5150]

Paladin it predates Tolkien’s use

[@fensen6949]

I thought it was short for *_sell 'er dog_* ..!

[@ryanthegreat805]

Genuis comment

[@AB-sw4kb]

It's purely because of its auditory beauty, or phonesthetics, and meant to be pronounced with the British soft R, like "Sell a daw." Although I think your point on nostalgia and individual experience is also right, the scene in Ratatouille was a madeleine moment taken from (or inspired by) Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time, whose central ideas are on individual experiences, memory, time, and youth.

[@wayne90079]

The weird thing is, after watching the movie many times, it has opened my concept of reality and meaningful existing to a ongoing new level. Plus the many messages of the movie actually equal the actual real effects it has had on people's lives as a physical or psychological domino paradigm effect

[@RED01SEA]

stop smoking its not healthy

[@wayne90079]

@@RED01SEA lol 😆

[@wayne90079]

Cave found in the north of Scotland they buried it straight away covered in shells when you humm the perfect sympathetic vibrational frequency which opens it up

[@taberbrookshire6116]

I just said exactly what you said, but on another video..I wish I knew how to go back and get it . But we are on the same page. Very rarely happens in today's society.

[@broken_clock_right_twice]

@@RED01SEA smoking helps quite the voices

[@TardyMoments]

So there's this kid called Donnie Darko, he's a schizophrenic teen And this aeroplane engine falls through his roof and lands where he's just been But it's cool 'cause he's out sleepwalking - as is his habit Engaged in apocalyptic discourse with this freaky six-foot rabbit You see our Donnie on reality doesn't have a firm hold The rabbit teaches him about time travel and wormholes He burns down Patrick Swayze's house 'cause the rabbit tells him to He shags a chick called Gretchen and the rabbit shows him what to do They throw a wicked Halloween party, with 80's tunes and beer Then they hop on their bikes and ride through the night and that's when things get weird The rabbit's drunk behind the wheel, and Gretchen cops a car-full So Donnie takes out his gun and shoots the rabbit through the eyeball Then he carries his girlfriend's body up the hill above his town And watches as the parallel universe he's been living in tumbles down Then using telekinesis he rips an engine off this plane And is sucked back through the wormhole and he's back at the beginning again So when the jet comes through the ceiling, he's tucked up in his bed And life is back to normal, except that Donnie Darko's dead This film's an examination of time and space and psychosis And a very good example of why they developed myxomatosis - Tim Minchin

[@HUNGRYHEART48]

This Rap is awesome....

[@darklordyianni4463]

WIN

[@garyleesmith6416]

Very cool

[@RonLarhz]

Ur comment is better than the movie. Or rather perfect summary of such a long winded movie.

[@roo334]

RonLarhz perfect summary! not better than the movie tho bcuz this is what the movies about lol

[@DodZz666]

Donnie Darko.. the forgotten masterpiece.. WOW

[@belindarios7887]

Mohamed haRidy forgotten???

[@totesjokin5354]

Sarah Gummy lol jeez, you are sour, lady

[@eadlynjune]

Dude this movies a cult classic and the scene in the movie theater with Frank is an iconic shot.

[@vegangurly]

It’s a cult classic. Which means it is the exact opposite of forgotten

[@ghostdtx]

Forgotten by whom??

[@davidply9552]

Y is there a dog man statue. Y isn’t anyone talking about that.

[@sketroux4580]

I think it is part of the theme of how ridiculous adulthood can seem to teens with stupid shit like a massive bronze bulldog-man

[@smartbunny]

That school mascot was ridiculously freaky.

[@stacysnp]

If you notice the girl who had a crush on him sitting under it after the talent show, she looks like an angel and it looks like a devil.

[@TWBIAP]

@dfgh just like yer mum.

[@prathmeshbhatnagar5527]

the school's name is MIDDLESEX. I mean what..!

[@renel8964]

"brain dead, unexamined life" shows Seth rogen 😂

[@silverblue73]

I caught that too! :D

[@nodwarves4u]

to be fair, one of hisl lines of dialog was "I like your boobs. *seth rogan laugh*" So they were not far off

[@OlivierElkan]

that was actually his first line of his acting career lmao

[@CobraDove1111]

Also known as NPCs, zombies, the walking dead, civilliy dead, legal person fictions, asleeple....when you're awake, this movie makes sense

[@Gray963]

@@CobraDove1111 All right, I'm going to pass you some old wisdom from an old man who grew up from Donny Darko to Doctor Who and back a few times. I promise you, when you get old you realize the real delusion, the real arrogance, is thinking that NPCs exist, that you were ever sure you were in the non-existent minority of people that had figured more out then not, that you were ever... in any way... so different and special. That special light you think you have inside you? it's in everyone, it always looks different, and it's always just reaction and expression fair for their lot. Don't ever let yourself get so cynical you blind yourself to all those colors of souls because they are a rainbow. Rainbows are only better the bigger the spectrum. It's just science, cause and effect. There is only really one type of person. Human, and we're just reacting to a bunch of conflicting stimuli. 99% of the time 99% of us are wrong while doing everything right. That's not the foundation for any reason to be cocky or discouraged... because the truth is that we are all doing our best with what we've got, most people know that (or usually by your 40s), and you will always have to try just that much harder. Everyone will. The dumbest one always thinks he knows everything because to him all he knows is all that is. The real trick is knowing you know absolutely nothing. Nobody is special. We all are.

[@AylatheRaichu]

Waiiit a minute. Frank is the rabbit, spacetime and mental illness is the rabbit hole, Donnie is Alice, Grandma Death is the Mad Hatter and the ending song is essentially a rewording of "we're all mad here". How did I not notice that before?

[@jerzirhayzza7166]

Fantastic observation.

[@slagoona1790]

Then you add in the motivational speaker who was a sexual predator of younger kids, and the speculation that Lewis Carroll (author of Alice in Wonderland) was also a sex offender

[@zepho100]

He wasn’t really ill though was he. Space time was the rabbit hole.

[@qp1658]

@@slagoona1790 ok a little too deep there LOL

[@steveharvey7343]

Jesus Christ.

[@drainedeyes4268]

Thank you for explaining why this movie is actually genius, there are so many critics who don't appreciate it because they instantly right it off as pretentious nonsense, when in fact, it makes just enough sense to leave room for speculation. I love this movie. I get why people don't like it, but I think it's aged really well personally.

[@jamesharvey6833]

This story would've never been as great as it was if they hadn't casted the actors that they did. Every single actor did a phenomenal job. As long as you have an effective (understatement for this cast) cast, the the story will be told fluently and accurately. With this cast backing the story up, it just made it one of the best films in history. A story/film that allows people to interpret it in their own individual way, is a story/film that will no-doubtably get great reviews and admiration.

[@remove_marko]

IKR every single actor is like born for their role in this film

[@andriamiya8936]

The writers of life is strange must have really liked Donnie Darko.

[@critfive]

Yes they did. So many of the themes between the two. Number three, the Tornado and a sacrifice.

[@holyfreeholy2329]

Andria Miya ima have to watch this

[@eadlynjune]

Dude that’s what I was thinking after I saw the movie. Still love the game but it’s really just “Donnie Darko” with more sunrises. That being said, while if you interpret it the same they can be similar, I see Donnie Darko as saving the world or something along those lines while Life is Strange is about saving one person. This is with the idea you think LiS is about cherishing what you love and is about giving Chloe the life she never had. Then again the same could be applied to Donnie but I think he’s more of a savior so the point doesn’t connect for me.

[@eadlynjune]

T.O.P Yeah I feel. I mean I know Chloe has to die to set the university straight, I just always thought of it as her life sucks so this was as she said, some kind of going away present or consolation prize. Like the universe felt bad it had to kill her so it gave her a second chance to be with her best friend/love, fix unfinished business, and let her grow up. Kinda similar to how this movie can be interpreted actually which is I guess why you can draw comparison. I agree Max grew as a person and that was the point too, the Chloe part just jumps out at me personally and it what I took from the game most. I kinda like the idea this was kinda about Chloe and Max is just the means by which she can do it. In the end it’s a form of art though with many things that can be taken out of it. I don’t mean you’re wrong I’m just saying what I see.

[@XplizitNM7]

It's a combination of BUTTERFLY EFFECT and DONNIE DARKO Also Donnie Darko is in Life Is Strange as a doll

[@wyatt8062]

Definitely the wrong movie to watch at 1:00 am...

[@stink1094]

Me lol

[@seanbowie4053]

Me but at 4am

[@arshpreetmultani6897]

me last night lmao

[@thebrilliantdan1533]

me today lmaoooo

[@mikehoncho2798]

Yep

[@phoebexxlouise]

I can't believe you summed the whole movie up in the first ten seconds.

[@Tinohadji]

He didn't... There are multiple interpretations, and ambiguities.

[@saurabhmishra2363]

@@abhinav121rocks bhai pheobe hai wo lekin buffay nhi 🤣🤣

[@abhinav121rocks]

@@saurabhmishra2363 haha 😂

[@eyezack2778]

Lmao

[@rabbit139]

"im glad school was flooded because we never had this conversation" could he be stuck in a time loop in the tangent universe?

[@yvngplagve]

one thing to think about is when he explains how he burned down an abandoned house, if he is in a groundhog day repetitive universe that could be referring to the house he burned down that belonged to the man with child pornography allegations

[@jrXpress]

more like alternate realities in my point of view !!

[@alexklitschko6918]

Tayelynn Garbrandt that’s a good one. Like he knew where he was in each universe

[@dead_Penguin254]

This film made me realize the world ending can be a beautiful thing! No matter how much it scares everyone.

[@njmy85]

I had similar / eerie feelings at the end of the movie Melancholia. A release of purposeful energy into the unknown…yet also a subtle beauty in wistful resignation.

[@austinsop7434]

I personally never considered Donnie a potential unreliable narrator. If Frank were anything other than a 6' bunny then maybe I would have lol. I understand a connection between all things rabbit and Alice in Wonderland, but the more famously 6' rabbit, Harvey turns out not to be a hallucination at all. In knowing who Harvey is, I always saw Frank as a symbol that while people think Donnie's crazy, he actually just sees more than we do. For me, Frank as Donnie's Harvey ensured that his visions were a reality. This movie does a great job of showing how set-in-their-ways adults can be with their thinking. The more we know, really just means, the less likely we are to admit we're wrong lol. Great movie, and great analysis.

[@theolast9727]

Austin's Obsession Productions WAIT IS DONNIE A SEQUEL TO HARVEY?!

[@dxcSOUL]

Great Analysis. Great movie (For some).

[@ScaryMason]

Talk about a rabbit; hole unreliable narrator is on par with “it was all a dream.”

[@Edpsyman]

Who is Harvey?

[@ScaryMason]

George Glndrs b&w film/stage play about a man talking to a 6foot tall rabbit only he sees. It was famous in it’s day.

[@jayisdoingstuff]

Finally, a amazing actual explanation to Donnie Darko. So many people have it wrong, here it is. This video hit spot on

[@Lesyeuxouverts]

I watched the movie first time this evening, much loved it. The character of Donnie is adorable. He's blunt when he talks, but he also has this very soft caring for Gretchen. Also Drew Barrymore was a total snack for the eyes in there.

[@raysmith1630]

That "eye snack" Drew Barrymore, was also one of the geniuses that created this master piece. She was the executive producer. Without her the movie would not exist. Eye snack indeed. This woman has a lot more going for her than you give her credit for.

[@BL-mf3jp]

@@raysmith1630 never heard the phrase “eye snack” until this comment chain.

[@yukowade4495]

This movie is the reason I'm terrified of furries.

[@SssagaBenches4U]

FEAR__________________LOVE

[@derekr7814]

@@SssagaBenches4U rofl

[@miwwie1504]

FEAR__X_______________LOVE

[@duderama6750]

Then it's a job well done. Those cats just aint right.

[@steves4945]

its just Frank , in the costume he designed.....

[@dukewheeler7846]

I wish I had watched the extended cut, the one on Netflix has so many scenes missing and it makes the movie much harder to understand

[@DaltonHBrown]

Just watched it on Netflix myself. I had no clue what was going on and thought it was just bad story writing. Then came here and realized that the Director's cut existed and explained it more.

[@DaltonHBrown]

I see now that my post is confusing. I had just watched the theatrical cut on Netflix not director's cut. I still have not seen the directors cut.

[@andrewsantiago2452]

popcorn time app guys... i download it full movie

[@BillyCobbOfficial]

I originally saw the directors cut and recently watched it again on Netflix without knowing it was the theatrical cut... I could have sworn something was different and now it all makes sense

[@philipschrute8487]

I watched the director's cut. it helped a lot, but still i need youtube explanations lol

[@bryan123483]

I saw the liquid spheres once while on psychedelics. It was a long time ago, but they do exist. People literally followed them without any thought at all. They appeared more like eternal spirals of static, not at all like liquid metal or how they appear in this film. Super weird, but one truth I know is that far more exists in our reality than we see and activity experience.

[@gabe759]

YourName damb bruh drugs must be hittin different

[@czperiod2576]

One could make an argument that LSD and the like doesn't distort your view of reality but allows you to briefly see just what reality *is*. Very complicated to look upon the face of truth.

[@alliswell.7003]

Can you tell us more about your experience?

[@bryan123483]

@Elijah Arnold Maybe I was. It's impossible to know. There are animals that have senses us humans don't so they experience things that to us are impossible to experience. Just because we can't see something all the time doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Or yea, maybe psycadellic experiences are only in our mind... Our thoughts create our reality though so.....

[@bryan123483]

@@alliswell.7003 At the time it was clear to me that I was watching people follow something like a path of energy that pulled people to follow their pre determined destiny. This existence in this reality is controlled by things far beyond our understanding and I felt like I had a glimpse into something that's always there but we just can't sense with our limited senses. It's really hard to explain honestly. Our senses can only pick up on such limited amounts of information. So much is happening around us all the time that we're just oblivious to. I don't know for sure what I was experiencing and I can't say it was even real. All I know is that in that moment I completely believed that I was given a glimpse of something more. That either our choices were creating trails of energy. If someone walked in a straight line, I could see energy spoting spiraling in a straight line in front of them. The strangest thing was the energy that was "pulling" them would change directions before they did. It made me question how in control we really are. The only thing I know for an absolute fact is that there is far more to this reality than we understand and to think we have it all figured out is what's really insane..... I tried my best to elaborate. It probably sounds like nonsense but shit like this is really hard to explain. Cheers

[@IHAVEHUTCHERSONFEVA]

i love this film so much and im so glad that you guys made a video for it

[@ICANTHEARHER2222]

I wonder if Life Is Strange was inspired by this movie as the butterfly effect plays a huge role in the game and the idea of a brewing storm and Max could either save the town or save her best friend.

[@aislingconneely794]

Noir Zero i think it is because it’s referenced in max’s dorm

[@ktemma69]

aisling conneely it is ???

[@ghostlyc777]

Exactly what I was thinking 😮😮

[@SeekGrace]

I was thinking the same.

[@atomixman5327]

@@aislingconneely794 wow really

[@FatBurner1994]

I still wonder why donnie wrote "They made me do it" after flooded the school...the word "They" leave me many question...it clearly only franky the rabbit made donnie do...but why donnie wrote "they" instead "he"...

[@bushyb7067]

It could have meant, "The thoughts made me do it." It was early in the plot and Donnie was not completely awakened yet.

[@kalle3879]

He probably just wasn't sure about the bunnies gender

[@user-yw8fv8oj5w]

I think "they" refers to the Manipulated Living (the teacher, Karen that introduced him to a book which gave him the idea what to do) and the Manipulated Dead (Frank, who told him to do it)

[@cherryblossom7944]

I just think it was a tongue in cheek comment, to create conversation.

[@diraw1711]

They in this context means the bunny like society made me do it his retaliation for those adults

[@nathanexplosionn]

Is Donnie a Literary Character who knows he is in a story.....

[@MoonchildOfDarkness]

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be sooo much to look forward to... Right on, bud. Right on.

[@duderama6750]

Talk about an oxymoron.

[@snapsprovolone1509]

@@duderama6750 only if you're shallow

[@Dan-B]

My Theory: The tangent universe came into existence due to Cherita Chen writing about Donnie Darko. It’s revealed that she had a book, seemingly made by her, with his name written on it. It looked big enough to be a novel. Cherita was on the outside looking in, observing everything happening with everybody else, especially Donnie, as his name’s on the cover of the book (making it presumable that the book is about Donnie) She meets and/or hears of the same people that he meets and she reads the books that are being lived out in the story. As an outsider she has the time and desire to write about a different version of the world inspired by Donnie.

[@zephyr9210]

Or maybe It was a love letter- 👽✌️

[@lilu6901]

chut up!

[@meg6339]

It sounds deep, she's always sitting behind Donnie, maybe the book is the script of this movie.

[@ericphilen3433]

Exactly She sees EVERYTHING in the film People cast her out

[@alaidbro]

think ur looking too deep, she just wants to fuck him

[@lambchop6278]

It's interesting that I read in a spirituality book that serious mental illness, like schizophrenia, is experienced by very sensitive people who are in touch with life either in another dimension or they are processing trauma from a past life. Either way, for me, it is one of the only movies to treat a person with schizophrenia as a hero. And it asks us to consider that MAYBE there is more to this reality and the purpose of it than we are actually aware of. ...I like the compassion in this movie above all else.

[@jonchaney4206]

Psychosis or spiritual awakening? Ive been down that rabbit hole

[@Hacks4FPS]

The sad truth is that comments like this or the book you read are dangerous misinformation that feed into the schizophrenic's dillusions of having a unique mission or actions carrying special meaning. Schizophrenia is the result of pathological structural and physiological malfunction in the brain. They have periodic releases of large amounts of dopamine in the brain that makes them feel as if something of great significance just happened. They then search for something to ascribe this importance to. This pathology also makes people 'sensitive' to impulses as they are unable to process information normally. Everything you describe is a result of the pathology, not the cause.

[@Mick0722MX]

I know a schizophrenic who once told me that a six inch tall Jesus appeared in his living room dribbling a basketball. That's not a sensitivity or an altered experience. It's an illness.

[@ThaAidry]

@@Hacks4FPS The way you described schizophrenia is also how I interpret this movie. I don't like this whole parallel universe nonsense. I think this movie is about a teenager who struggles with schizophrenia and believes in these weird theories. But in the end his crazy ideas actually seem to be real, so the viewer can understand how Donnie feels. Because he also can't tell what is real and what isn't.

[@kevinlaverde8567]

@@Mick0722MX sounds like a great plot to the Donnie Darko sequel 😂

[@dimatadore]

When I saw that movie in HS it left such a strong impact that I had nightmares of being in a room destroyed by a crashing airplane. I was upset that I didn't understand the symbolism of the film. I feel so much closure now. Certain movies should really come with an explanation video like this one so I can sleep at night! :P

[@Riiiversiiide]

The Matadore I'm in the same boat. I just watched it about an hour ago and I'm so confused and no explanations are helping. I know it's gonna drive me crazy until I figure it out

[@freeland256]

the movie Pink Floyds "the wall" gave me nightmares the 1st and only time I watched it.

[@Trina18]

Meexi I found Enemy quite easy to understand but Donnie Darko still feels like a mystery even I have various ideas on how to explain its meaning. Maybe need to think about it a little longer.

[@takinganap6587]

I've never seen it, but even just listening to it and seeing the themes and the overall message and the struggles of the main character give you a sense of disgusting dread and a profound sense of melancholy that really can only be explained as a feeling in your gut that makes you want to walk through fire while holding the ones you love. It's a terrifying masterpiece that really takes you out of your own world and thrusts the values people have instilled in you into a chasm that makes you realize that you are the only one who can truly decide how you feel and why you feel it. Anyway that's just my interpretation

[@ajdoyle9559]

Jesus Christ man, you should have watched the film first before watching this video.

[@ELFrostyy]

⁠@@ajdoyle9559is it even worth the watch If don’t like slow films

[@Mrennnn]

I was so confused through the whole movie

[@spacerock123]

i was confused at the end and my mom all she said was they went back in time like bruh

[@RAG3Xbox]

@@spacerock123 as a 16 yr old whose favorite movie of all time is The Terminator, this movie completely confused me and i dont think im old enough to understand these type of films yet which really pisses me off :/

[@craigj.7035]

@@RAG3Xbox as someone who is older and likes these types of underlying deeper movies, this movie is a sort of outlier. No one really gets this movie 100%, that’s part of the charm.

[@vanhouten1853]

@@craigj.7035 Yeah I don’t think there even is a 100% answer. Even the writers and directors probably don’t fully understand it but I think it was intended to be like that so that people could perceive it as what they thought about jr

[@evanbarton52]

@@spacerock123 “Adulthood appears as a dimming of consciousness”

[@antaine1916]

The "famous linguist" with a thing for "cellar door" was J.R.R. Tolkien. Interesting what the implications of that might be, too...

[@joshuathompson2404]

Only it wasn't. It was Shakespeare.

[@purpleface4016]

It was RL Stine.

[@joshuathompson2404]

XD

[@carter1324]

no it was i, Kim Jong Trill

[@alexisk1659]

Purple Face 😂😂😂

[@ashleyactually4306]

The way I saw it after I watched it was that Donnie symbolizes everyone/everything strange and peculiar with the world and his death symbolizes how society crushes individually in order to progress.

[@squeakee]

Donnie Darko is such an amazing film and this is an amazing video about it, but what I really wanted to post was that I've basically binge watched every video on this channel, hehe. I love watching movies, talking about movies, reading about movies, thinking about movies, and this channel caters to all those desires. You've got a new subscriber and I'm gonna try to tell everyone I know about this channel.

[@thetake]

Thank you, Theresa! You're the reason we're making these videos! Keep watching and spreading the word for us.

[@Tinohadji]

I think a lot of the film is actually not literal at all. Its all representations of emotions. There is a strong link to depression, and confusion, more so even than even schizophrenia.

[@avedic]

Theresa....you seem legit cool as a human being. I genuinely hope some time in the near future _you_ make a movie...and blow all of our fucking minds. Only you know if you've got that in you...but if you do, you must follow it through. :)

[@anunexaminedlife1207]

Awesome, now go write a movie! :)

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@thetake The Song Mad World is A Great Song and this Movie Reminds Me alot of something that David Lynch would make

[@ambercotrone]

I find movies like this more romantic than notebook. I really don’t get the appeal nicolas sparks kind of stories anymore. Movies like Donnie Darko and the Terminator have much more meaningful love stories in my opinion.

[@anunexaminedlife1207]

You're amazing! Why aren't there more girls like you around?

[@ambercotrone]

An unexamined life I’m a deep thinker I guess. Those kinds of girls exist but they’re more likely to be at home with a book than with friends at the club. We sure do have our own flaws though so it’s a trade off I guess lol.

[@anunexaminedlife1207]

No one is without flaws. The secret is finding someone who balances your flaws while still managing to share your journey

[@eartianwerewolf]

Yeah I find this 'why aren't there more girls like you' stuff annoying. There is this stereotype that women only really love fluff and shallow romance, when the truth is that most of us (people / humans/ those who inhabit the earth with a homo sapien brain) love both depth and the shallow stuff, but for some reason women get extra judged for it. Meanwhile men get to like stupid actions movies and video games, etc, but because they tout stuff with more complexity as being 'for men' they think they have so much depth over the majority of women. (except the rare few lady pixies, of course). ......It's just stupid.

[@eartianwerewolf]

And please don't think I am just being mean . I am not trying to hate on you guys, I am just pointing out how this happens. I am not trying to call you sexist either, so please don't dismiss what I am saying as an overreaction. (I just have to make this disclaimer because of the environment we are in politically all over the place, but especially on youtube).

[@Justafox305]

I just saw this movie for the first time. Jake gyllenhaal posted a picture of his Donnie darko script and said ppl still come up to him talking about this movie. Ive always heard about it, but after seeing that , I looked up this movie and watched it. A couple days later and I can’t get it out my mind. I love it and looking up diff ppl thoughts and interpretations of it

[@ericfiji2352]

The mirror was a portal, the ocean was the subconscious, the eye was both the character & the narrator (Donnie & his higher self or God- Donnie being creator able manipulate space/time/matter)

[@RohitPant04]

Damn Drew Barrymore was hot in this movie!

[@happyclam1266]

for me this is archetypal Drew at her finest

[@yogabagaba36]

YESSSSS

[@dylanthemysterious0891]

Yeah well, this movie and Fever Pitch. She was so hot.

[@andyhill6658]

I'd permit her to teach me a thing or two [i'm referring to English Literature & Graham Greene of course].. you thought.. oh, don't be so crude and vulgar my man! ha, yeah, good call..

[@dexstevens5993]

I would let her teach me a lesson or two...🤭🙈🙉

[@gardetto265]

His biggest fear was dying alone and it risked that to do the right thing

[@theawakening2946]

I took it as the moral is any little thing you do whether it be smile or wave slightly at someone, pick up their books if they have fallen, decide not to cross the street or turn left instead of right will have a profound impact on every single living and non living thing. Every choice we make makes a difference, and you can achieve or be anything you wish the power in within you.

[@anunexaminedlife1207]

I thought it came from a bunny?

[@joestuehmer7967]

Picking up someone's books isn't always wise.. A lot of beautiful young girls learned that the hard way when they crossed paths with that monster Ted Bundy

[@raysmith1630]

Everything lives Courtney. It doesn't matter if it's a skyscraper or a rock. The energy of the devine is in everything.

[@jaydandanes5887]

so uh...how much are they paying you to be here ?

[@coldwinter4274]

turntopage394 idk

[@dynamicviolet8405]

A lot, I hope. That jet engine isn't covered well with insurance

[@omohosp]

I think you're the fucking Antichrist.

[@freeland256]

smurfs are asexual

[@lazyatthedisco]

I sense a lot of fear in you.

[@davesv123]

The fact there are this many interpretations proves to me it is an utter masterpiece.

[@Pandor18]

some people just want to see what happens when they tear the world apart

[@DrummerBoy233]

This is amazing. I've watched the movie 3 times and each time the ending has left me essentially with my own rabbit-hole of thoughts and predictions on its ending.

[@rileysutton7215]

@@fearsexdreamriptorn7374 bro r u ok did u just have a stroke

[@SpicyGummyWorms]

Mad World from the end of this video, also plays at the beginning. Clever.

[@MastaSmack]

I sometimes entertain the idea in my head that I successfully commited suicide when I was 12 and everything after has been my punishment.

[@Ivorylapsed]

Quantum immortality.

[@mariolegrange4447]

Damn dude

[@catseye2885]

Well you didn't because I'm alive and I know this is real life

[@eva-ti4fe]

@@catseye2885 how do you even know ??

[@catseye2885]

@@eva-ti4fe it's the realest thing I have ever felt. I could be wrong, but so far all signs point to me being right

[@mrclaytron]

That's an awesome analysis. There is no definitive explanation for Donnie Darko - it just is. Richard Kelly probably doesn't explain it because he honestly can't. This movie is a beautiful work of art, and an incredibly moving teen love story. It's one of the greatest movies of all time. Damn, I just want to watch it again! (For about the 100th time!!)

[@mbg140897]

I thought it was very interesting how everyone around him had this scale of “Fear and Love” and they all preached about kicking fear in the ass. But Donnie was the only one who wasn’t actually afraid to tell and speak the truth. He was the only one who wasn’t afraid to call people on their bullshit. In actuality, they were all the ones filled with fear, and they were just preaching about it to hide behind it. Donnie was the only one who was transparent enough to see right through their bullshit.

[@poozizzle]

"What makes you you think I'm not?" My all t time favorite movie. Also filled where I loved in LA.

[@riteshshreenidhi8719]

This was a top notch analysis of Donnie Darko. Great job! Please do a video analysis on the 2013 movie ENEMY, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Jake Gyllenhaal. There are definitely many probable theories and interpretations for this masterpiece.

[@LeoLarrosa1987]

Ritesh Shreenidhi Chris Stuckman does a great analysis on Enemy. Check it out.

[@riteshshreenidhi8719]

Yep that's a great analysis by Stuckmann, and I'm sure that ScreenPrism will have a lot to say about the movie if they do an analysis on it as well.

[@mariadelcidculebro2768]

yeah, except for the comparison to Jesus... who was not a pacifist. On the bible, Jesus is quite a rebel to that community talking to those with authority... had no fear of differing in opinions and beliefs... even traditions and rules. Donnie is quite similar, and I'm sure many of us have met people like these two... great analysis though. Totally loved the entire video.

[@totesjokin5354]

Jake and Villeneuve are GOLD together, Prisoners was knocked it out of the park

[@dylanthemysterious0891]

I'd like to see an explanation of the movie High Tension.

[@jimpickard3850]

Donnie Darko is probably the cleverest, most complex film plot ever devised (with the possible exception of Mulholland Drive). It truly is a masterpiece of cinema, and this review really does it justice. You need to watch this film 3 or 4 times to even begin to get a handle on it and the main mystery is why Richard Kelly didn't go on to become one of the all time greats. Amazing director, amazing film, amazing review.

[@hactnsa5784]

The information about the manipulated living and dead were new to me, as was the information about how he needed to save x universe (reality) through actions in y universe(tangent). It draw a clearer line as to why the events unfold. My interpretation of the movie was very similar, and I’d like to share my thoughts to see if anyone else viewed it in a similar way. My theory was that Donnie was stuck in a space/ time continuum (28 day loop) and the movie we are watching was his realization he has been (or eventually will) repeating the 28 days over again and can only put a stop to it by staying awake and making sure he dies by the plane engine. If he goes to sleep all will reset for frank will save him by helping him sleep walk, and the events will reset once more. The movie is his journey through a time loop in which he finally uncovers what’s going on (the perfect simulation one might say).( my English isn’t so well, so it’s very hard to express my thoughts so I’ll stop here lol)

[@JasonTylerRicci]

This is a very complex film that I don't think I'll ever understand completely. That's why I still enjoy watching it

[@alyssa01825]

watched this movie on three hours to sleep. I literally don't even know what to think

[@RareInspo]

It leaves such a profound impression. Can't believe it took me so long to get round to watching it

[@lisadavis281]

I watch Donnie darko almost every night when i go to bed it puts a peace over me. Knowing tomorrow is new and all the bad yesterday is gone. Love your narrative.

[@BlackavarWD]

Yikes.

[@olsonbryce777]

Blackavar WD big yikes

[@BlackavarWD]

YIKES. lol That was 2 years ago... hopefully she hasn't moved on to reading Catcher In The Rye every night!

[@brandinogarcia9688]

i always loved Donnie Darko, even as a 5th grader watching it for the first time.but i just now realized its even more complex than i noticed.this video literally didn’t help clarify anything.but i appreciate the film more now, & its a masterpiece for the ages..

[@tamimislam2394]

In the end donnie ascended to a higher being as a hero and guardian of time

[@xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549]

Yes

[@xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549]

I agree

[@christopherperez732]

When I first saw this movie I was in a super bad place it was my junior year of high school I had to get my own apartment and work every single day and every hour I could to pay rent, to stay at my high-school that all my friends went too, friends that would slowly cut me off one by one for no reason just kinda like I faded away like donnie in the end and honestly this movie messed me up for a bit I don't know why it just really hit deep his family felt exactly like mine fighting but still had some love and even a love interest,same as me but I don't know why it happened it's been 2 years since then and things are good, I just happened to look at the dvd box today on my shelf and then this popped in my feed. Strange.

[@ayaforest700]

I had a similar experience with Mr. Robot. I was in a very dark place at the time when I watched it and it was reflecting my reality. The sceneries were gray and sad. Tall buildings and busy people running around and that was exactly the reality around me at that time and I felt so sad and alone. Mr robot was taking morphine to cope with his reality and I was taking amphetamines to cope with mine. That show really broke me and I stopped watching it after I finished season 1. Safe to say things are a lot better now but I haven't watched the series again and probably won't in the future. :D you should give donnie darko a second chance, though. :)

[@ayaforest700]

I'm happy that you are good now. You are very strong ♥️

[@bengriffin1442]

This is my favorite movie of all time. And is such a quotable movie

[@l3s803]

This movie is on a completely different level than any other movie out there ..... what a masterpiece

[@greenjuggler]

I always thought he was dead the whole time, the movie is the life he wanted to live but never had the nerve

[@eddieawesomeness]

i can watch this movie so many times but still love it with every watch

[@alleyrose5807]

I just watched Donnie Darko again now as an adult and parent. I also saw it knowing a bit more about it. The point being there was such a difference in emotional and mental impact this time around. I cried more.

[@realrecognisereviews]

This made me wanna watch the movie right now one of my favourite films soundtrack is great. Hopefully Jake Gyllenhall's new film Life will be as great as Enemy and Prisoners were.

[@rexlongfellow]

Aaron Nichols it's not. Still a kinda good movie.

[@r.alford3692]

Damn I love The Enemy.

[@jaydandanes5887]

Aaron Nichols i thought nocturnal animals was amazing as well

[@_sarayiii]

Watch Nightcrawler

[@shootajq8807]

He was great in prisoners

[@rogueprince1341]

Great video. I clicked on it expecting that I would listen for like two minutes and turn it off but I stayed till the end and I was even hoping the video would keep going. Great Job!

[@Meligreen10]

I remember seeing this movie when I was 17 and was hanging around the wrong crowd. I didn’t get the movie until seeing it today. Crazy how your 1 decision away from a different outcome to your life… I just recently bought a frank necklace and don’t plan on taking it off my neck anytime soon 💙🙏🏽

[@iluvflower11]

im still confused

[@anunexaminedlife1207]

He has schizophrenia, It's all a manifestation of his shattered brain

[@chewyjello1]

Best synopsis of Donnie Darko I've seen yet! Gave me chills!

[@krisbudz14]

What I still don't get is: 1. Sam (the younger sister) attending what appears to be a high school. 2. While all the Darko's are in grief in the end, the mom doesn't seem to show any remorse.

[@eden5166]

krisbudz14 I believe it’s a private school that goes from kindergarten to twelfth grade . And i thought that at first but you can see the way she is shaking and smoking her cigarette, people show grief in different ways.

[@marciloni12]

She’s grieving all right! She looks like a woman who isn’t a smoker but has one to calm herself.

[@emilycunningham8125]

The tension between the mom and donnie that is set up throughout the film makes me feel like she is feeling relief and guilt at the same time.

[@alexklitschko6918]

I think she’s broken down from his death and when she sees Gretchen she gets a split second glimpse of what Donnie really did

[@TheDogleash]

@@emilycunningham8125 That is a damn fine observation right there.

[@hummingSongsOften]

Thank you for voicing so many of my thoughts on this movie - and much more! I keep thinking there's nothing else to notice after seeing it so many times, yet I'm always proven wrong.

[@camokazi1313]

This is one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@pincmin]

I think the beauty of this movie was to enjoy all the theories shifts happening, all of its layers happening at the same time and the impossibility of getting an answer at the end of the movie.

[@TheRumblewagon]

A whole lot of philosophical analysis on what is basically Donnie Darko having a vision of a possible future and deciding to sacrifice himself to alter that possible future.

[@mbg140897]

TheRumblewagon I know I’m 2 years late, but that’s the beauty of creating something. Sometimes you get lucky enough that you create something extremely profound that people see a lot of philosophy in. It’s interesting to see different takes on what people’s thoughts are.

[@80sgirl96]

Thank you! I am so thankful, I just subscribed. Wonderful analysis! Best explanation of the film that I have ever read!

[@johnd.zaranek2513]

Great movie. Phenomenal soundtrack

[@z3rocool420]

I was a young teen when this movie came out and it hit me pretty hard, thanks for this video and bringing back all those memories!