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Donnie Darko - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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2023-08-05 12:00:03
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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/BCr1EG0cJ0 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

Movie runtime: 1:53:14

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Mitchell Bowker

George talking about his terrifying hyper realistic dream about a guy named Bob was a great primer for this movie!

Armchair Rizzard

I know its not for everyone, but i adore this movie. The creepy cosmic horror atmosphere, the mind bending plot, the disturbing performances, and simultaneously being a heartfelt if bittersweet story.

JediLounger

Good on you guys for watching the theatrical cut. A few months down the road you should watch the directors cut. Don’t have to record a reaction but if you do make it Patreon only so you don’t have to edit it again. It’s not meant to replace this cut but to exist along side as a gift to fans from the director.

Jay Davis

So Bob wouldn't share his snacks at work. Yeah. I've worked with guys like that.

Odd Thomas

You should watch Richard Kelly's second film, Southland Tales. It's a mess but a very INTERESTING mess. Shame he hasn't made anything since The Box (which was just ok)

Jim Frykman

Lol George would have never left in that entire dream retelling if Simone didn't use it for the intro :D

Jim Frykman

I couldn't exactly recall why I had enjoyed this movie so much back in the day, but in hindsight it was the audio mix, soundtrack, and honest representation of high-school in that era.

Jacob King

What’s great about Donnie Darko is that it is completely sincere. Richard Kelley is trying to convey the feeling of adolescence and the time travel element is in service of that goal. It makes a good companion to Napoleon Dynamite which is also a hundred percent sincere in its approach to the trauma of youth and features time travel. Another weirdly comparable movie is Colossal (2016). It’s about depressed 30 somethings hanging out in a bar but is also incidentally a science fiction story.

Tiago Alexandre

it's one of my favorite movies but I haven't seen it since it came out, I went back to see it with you in doubt if it would keep that post or it was just nostalgia. I cried like a baby, I think I like him even more now. SPOILERSS!!!!! PS: and the world ended, his world endend cause he died.

Odd Thomas

It's a classic, period. Most people today would know the name DD if not the film itself. It was HUGE in the early noughties. I got the US DVD before it was out in the UK and it was this word-of-mouth sleeper hit that then grew to be a cultural phenomenon a year or two later when it got an international release, especially as Mad World went to No.1 and was played to death.

Odd Thomas

Kelly is a big David Lynch fan so if you watch some of his films you'll get a similar dreamscape vibe. Mulholland Drive is literally my favourite film of all time and like Donnie Darko you see something new in it with each viewing.

MacGuffinStuff

Hope this movie doesn't throw off your analytics too much, I'm part of the cult who loves this cult classic lol, it's actually a favorite of mine, and not just because the soundtrack is awesome. "Unique" is the right word George, and I still haven't looked up other peoples' theories, although I am curious and probably will, because I've always had my own, but it's very personal so I won't say it. But I will share a few specific things I love, like that the montage-but-not-a-montage scene with Tears For Fears "Head Over Heels" ends with Roland Orzabal trailing off singing the lyric: "time flies..." (definitely deliberate, no coincidences in this movie). Also, this movie introduced me to Echo and the Bunnymen (and Seth Rogen 😂), and I was so happy seeing Simone grooving just a bit to "The Killing Moon" in the beginning of the movie lol. George, you're super right, I remember when they marketed this movie, the studio definitely got it wrong, as they did with Big Trouble In Little China, they did not understand it. The trailers I saw made me think it was just a story about some psycho kid. Then I saw it on accident I think, and it blew me away. Oh so much more but I'm rambling, loved this reaction, will watch it again, you guys are the best!

MacGuffinStuff

Mary McDonnell plays Rose, Donnie's mom, she is an amazing actor, and one of those who, if she's in it, it's gonna be great. Dances With Wolves, Sneakers, and Battlestar Galactica, recommending all three, you won't be sorry.

Monica Alarcon

I was having no luck finding the theatrical version online when suddenly I remembered I have it on DVD!.... Time to dust my DVD collection and the old external drive...

Eik104

Great reaction, happy you liked it! Watched it first time at 16 or 17 after a party with some friends (one was named Frank which was perfect). I thought about the movie for at least two weeks after and looked up theories on the internet, discovering even more interpretations. was a lot of fun :) Love movies like that.

Odd Thomas

Another great movie involving paranoid schizophrenia is Take Shelter. Imagine if Donnie was 15 years older and had a family of his own when he started getting visions. Great movie with Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain.

Jade Richardson
>>114552815

I love the director’s cut! So much more detail and explanation to the story! So glad they did this at all! I’m in love with this movie!

darkmoobs

The Bonanza joke is that Lorne Greene was one of the lead actors in that show.

Ben

I like this movie ... but I LOVE the soundtrack!

Jade Richardson

I became a Patron in part just to suggest this movie. So over the moon it got picked! Thanks for voting guys!

Martin Nicholls

Funny George should mention Final Destination at the start because there are parallels obviously in some ways. Also cult classic doesn't mean that nobody has seen it - it means people may not have seen it at the cinema (or on TV for TV shows - Firefly is a cult classic and *everybody* has seen it) so much as later people found it; many many people have seen this movie. Commercially it's a massive movie, because of post-cinema releases. Look at the release date for a big piece of why - October 11, 2001. Nobody was thinking about movies then - it was 4 days after the Afghanistan invasion and everything had changed. Cult followings are accrued over time, not instantly on release, that's the difference. I managed to get EOM to react to the movie that killed Richard Kelly's career (Southland Tales), which is an all time favourite of mine despite being completely murdered by the studio, if you really want to talk about cult classics that very few people have seen.. It's an incredibly difficult movie to get in for long and complicated reasons, including the first three parts being missing (because they were books) and replaced with a short introduction at the start. I hope he starts making movies again because he's kind of a genius, making original movies, which is a lost art these days, sadly. He supposedly has a movie called Corpus Christi but it's been in development for well over a decade but ostensibly he has other things he wants to do and has been talking to studios about them, so it's very much "watch this space" mode on that - I hope whatever he does if he comes back to making movies it's incredibly ambitious, maybe even to the point he reaches too far to just out of his reach and ability to control the studios, like Southland Tales. On the issue of watching again, I'd suggest watching an explainer maybe before and maybe go for the director's cut on the second run though - though it was the right choice to watch the theatrical first - there are scenes in there and differences in the way it's edited that lay it on a plate a little bit more (and also make it weirder). Donnie Darko is super zeitgeisty for my generation - I'm a little bit older than the youngest child in the family and this movie always brings back so many memories of childhood, though nobody did coke at my school :) It's secondarily zeitgeisty because it encapsulates that feeling of immediately post-9/11 really well, even though it wasn't intentional because obviously it hadn't happened when this movie was finished, but it absolutely does. If you saw this even vaguely close to release that was the world you were in at the time you saw it.

Lou Gallucci

Cult classic can also mean that it didn't become popular until later a bit after it's theatrical release - but a lot of people have still seen it.

Martin Nicholls
>>114560877

At the risk of trying to predict the future and being wrong I'd be very surprised if this doesn't do well on youtube.

Opti_Frog

Regarding the marketing: The film was released six weeks after the September 11 attacks and its trailer featured an accident involving an aircraft, which affected its chances of box office success. Director Kelly said the film was not "attractive to people in that emotional, very deeply traumatizing chapter in our history."

djKENTO
>>114566353

Eli Roth? I know he’s friends with Richard Kelly and is thanked for the film since they’ve been friends for so long, but I don’t think he’s in this movie…

Jade Richardson

Serious question for George. Do you dream in Chinese or English? Both? I’m intrigued…

sarCC

This means we're only a week away from THE MIST! Woo-hooo!!!

W T
>>114568788

Exactly. Big Lebowski is a cult classic, far from a movie nobody has seen. It's just that there is some form of consensus about it having a fairly passionate and dedicated fan base, which means that critical acclaim is not required - but it rarely means nobody is aware of it. As far as Zeitgeist goes... watched it with my then-girlfriend at age 15, banging soundtrack, weird teeny vibes - and certainly no coke for us either. And yeah, it definitely encodes for this very particular place in time and space, just this very particular collection of smells and games and post 2000 impressions. A Perfect Circle is mixed right in between, slingshots me straight back to some pretty amazing memories, as mundane as they ended up being.

Ben

If you like the genre of "slightly esoteric movie which touches upon mental illness featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal and a character named Frank wearing a creepy mask", might I suggest 'Frank' (2014)? (Honestly the movies are nothing alike, I just randomly thought of it there and I'm not sure it's ever been suggested before)

iOmegaTron

Simone - I've watched this movie roughly 10 times and I've never understood where Frank came from. Your theory about Frank's appearance throughout the movie is Donnie's trauma of shooting him is brilliant. Bravo. Also, my theory about the connection of Donnie's Mom and Gretchen at the end, and why it lingered on them, is because they both died just before the time loop reset and they were both "saved" by Donnie. They both likely had this ominous death feeling when made eye contact and had a mental connection and understanding.

Steve Mercier

In the director's commentary, Richard Kelley talks about the kid waving at the end. It was just a moment of confusion, not realizing that Donnie's mom was waving at Gretchen. But it's meant to encapsulate everyone's confusion.

Tay Schumaker

Love this movie. It’s one that is rewarding on repeat viewings, and the directors cut fleshes some things out. It’s rather brilliant but definitely weird. My favorite time travel movie

W T

"Jake Gyllenhaal is a really creepy kid" Soo, I guess we're doing Nightcrawler real soon Or Source Code? Completely different vibe, but still easily among my favorite of his movies

Brant
>>114565253

They should definitely start dipping into the Jeff Nichols filmography.

rmv4life

I waited all day to watch this once I got off work but your version is different from what I have and I can't find the version you're watching. Oh well....

Kinokind

First, this film has amazing, flawless acting all around! Second, bravo, Simone understood the ending! There are many websites with detailed explanations/interpretations of the movie, and there is a director's cut that edits in pages from the time travel book to clarify matters. I suggest consulting any of these, but here are some things to chew over: 1) At the beginning of the film the universe splits into two, the original and a defective branch which is doomed to expire in 28 days, destroying both. 2) Dead Frank is used by some unknown outside force in an attempt to save the universe. Frank is used to direct Donnie. 3) A closer examination will show that there are many interconnected events: Donnie writes the letter, which Grandma Death is standing in the road with, causing Frank to swerve, killing Gretchen. Frank lures Donnie away, so he isn't killed by the falling engine. Donnie has to burn Cunningham's house so Donnie's mother has to take the place of the horrible teacher on the doomed plane and they can have the party. Frank is Donnie's sister's boyfriend. He is on the road and kills Gretchen because he is on the beer run he mentions on the refrigerator note, in the same handwriting as the schoolyard graffiti. The school has to be flooded so school is cancelled and Donnie walks Gretchen home. And at the end, Gretchen does half remember him from the alternate universe (as all the sleepers half remember the alternate events, as if waking from a dream) and is compelled to wave to the mom, who sort of remembers her, and the little boy waves because everyone else is. It is a tiny drop of humor for the end. And so on . . . What a terrific film. And as I said, if you enjoyed this you need to see the German Netflix series "Dark". It has a similar tone and structure.

Kinokind

Oh, jogging suit guy is with the FAA.

Logan Kerlee

FUCK! George - that was a twisted dream, man. hahahaha, creeped me out big time. xD Do not share that with YouTube! xD This movie is incredible and I cannot wait for you both to watch this! This was a favorite of mine back when I first saw this back in high school when this came out. I'm a big fan of this one! :D You'll be surprised by the amount of views. This is an AWESOME movie! It's been a number of years since I last watched this. Wow! lmao, this music takes me back immediately! Love how SImone's face is filled with terror! hahaha, really makes my day all that much better. xD This movie's so much fun! lol, now George is looking creeped out too. lol, good times. Love how Donnie just breeze right on through that cop. Yeah, George!! How when you said plane I was suddenly thinking "There's no way.. he's seen this before!" xD lol, I'm looking forward to how you both react to this! lmao, good call on that George! Fuuuuuuuuuuuck.. this soundtrack is awesome! Each of the songs chosen for this fit in so well! It's cool that you picked up the audio problems George! Not everybody notices that when watching this. Patrick Swayze played a creepy dude in this! hahaha, that kid that yelled "I'm not afraid anymore!" I always crack up laughing when I see that. Really liked Donnie's interaction with that girl who became his girlfriend. hahahaha, the scene with the psychologist is great. No George you aren't alone. Everyone who watches this feels that way. I'm VERY happy that you both watched this on here! This movie without question is a movie that's infinitely rewatchable. It's a very dark and strange movie. I first watched this a year or so after it came out. Watched this at my buddy's place. This was a wild movie, man! I can see what you're saying Simone with the kid. The reason why this wasn't widely watched is because it wasn't marketable to people because yeah - it was a very strange and dark movie! Also, back then parents would flip because this involves children and the horror themes. I'm very thankful that my buddy introduced this one to me! It's a great flick. :) hahahaha, I'm not jumping into the last discussion. xD That's only doable if we were hanging out or something. Fantastic movie, I super enjoyed watching it with you both! :)

Juley
>>114574607

A lot of theaters wouldn’t show the trailer because of the plane crash.

Jade Richardson
>>114592751

It reminds me of M. Night Shyamalan’s “Signs” in that both films subtly show the whole “everything happens for a reason” thing. I love all of this commentary on the movie here! ❤️

Grand Moff Slackin'

I want am investigation into how George called the jet engine.

Grand Moff Slackin'

I’ve rewatched this one several times. I think this is the first time I’ve noticed that Frank apologizes to Donnie when they’re sitting together in the movie theater. I assume the apology was for killing Gretchen.

Grand Moff Slackin'

Also I’m pretty sure bunny Frank is Elizabeth’s boyfriend named Frank. He was on the beer run when he ran over Gretchen. They probably met at the Yarn Barn when Frank was buying fabric for his bunny costume.

Brant

The lore behind this movie is out there, the explanation of the “artifact”, the “living receiver”, etc, on the internet and in the director’s cut. It would be interesting to see you guys look it up and discuss it during your next monthly recap video. I’m curious if it changes your perception of the movie at all.

Maarten Martens
>>114604838

You might have been watching the director's cut, because the "I'm so sorry" line has been removed in that version. I think you're right about the sorry being a foreshadowing of him running over Gretchen.

Maarten Martens
>>114604952

Frank is indeed Elizabeth's boyfriend, but it's more implied than a clear fact. Writer/director Richard Kelly talks about it in the audio commentary with Jake Gyllenhaal. This is what they say during the scene where Donnie is cycling back from the mountain and a car is coming down the street in opposite direction RICHARD: There is Frank, in the red Corvette, just having dropped off Elizabeth JAKE: Elizabeth Darko's boyfriend Later in the film at the party Elizabeth asks: have you guys seen Frank? Another hint is in the director's cut only, when Elizabeth is on the phone right before the mother walks into Donnie's room. ELIZABETH (into the phone) Part of the reason I took a year off is to be with you It's implied she's talking to Frank, but since she is never on screen together with him I can understand why people miss this, myself included. The first time I also missed the fact that Frank drove right past Donnie in the beginning.

Maarten Martens
>>114595862

Yeah I missed that too at first, I only realized when I listened to the (very interesting) audio commentary tracks. When the family has to sign the papers we can see him in the background in a black suit. Because this whole event is such a mystery they keep a close eye on things, including the Darko family.

Maarten Martens
>>114552573

His name is Bob :) George talking about an alternate universe and waking up from a vivid dream right before watching Donnie Darko is almost eerie. Also George guessing the jet engine before it showed up... I find it kinda funny...

joejud1017

I don't know if you guys mentioned it, but the little sister plays Samara in the Ring

Maarten Martens

A couple of notes regarding some of the things you mentioned while watching (mostly from listening to the available audio commentary) - The cult classic thing is because of its limited release in theaters and on top of that 9/11 happened, with the falling jet engine being unfortunate timing. Another reason why the film became 'damaged goods' was because of the Columbine shooting, which gave Donnie shooting Frank a bad connotation. - The font is called Harem, which Richard Kelly was afraid he had to change because of 9/11, because it looked 'arabic' (his words). - The teacher (Drew Barrymore) giving strange vibes when Gretchen has to pick the cutest boy, as well as the scene with dr Monnitoff saying "Donnie Darko" and her saying "I know", is part of the manipulation that is going on in this alternate universe. Frank is manipulating Donnie to help him on his path to save the world, but the people around Donnie also help/guide him, even if they don't know it. His teacher writing Cellar Door on the chalkboard is part of it, as well as many other subtle hints. - There is a lot of (religious) symbolism, from Donnie being a savior to Jim Cunningham being the 'anti-christ'. Notice how when we see Cunningham on the golf course he steps in front of the sun, creating a halo around his head, while his head is in the shadow. Even his initials are J.C. Another reference is the talent show, where Cherita is performing her dance bit that is called 'Autumn Angel'. Like an angel she is around Donnie (listening in) and she cares a lot about him but doesn't interfere. After Donnie says to her that one day everything will be better for her, she is the only one who is smiling in the end montage. These details are what makes this film so good. - About Donnie laughing in the end. Kelly confirms this film is made ambiguous on purpose, because this is what he says during that scene "He's laughing because for one of two reasons. He's laughing because: One, he thinks that it was all dream, he thinks that it was this long absurd dream and he's so relieved that it was just a dream and that everything is gonna be okay....Or he's laughing and he's smiling because he's enlightened, he's meant to go out this way, he's been given a vision that inspired him. And that horn honking is Frank, who is, suddenly they're remembering what happened the past 28 days, and he's saying like "get out of bed man, we did it, get out of bed". And he doesn't listen, or he doesn't hear, and it's too late." So the audience gets to pick what happened, I love that so much. You could even make the argument that George made, that it could be all in his head. It's what makes me keep going back to this film and discuss it with others, because I love to hear what their theory is. Thank you so much for watching this film, it was a pleasure to watch your reaction!

Maarten Martens
>>114606909

I think the fan website http://www.donniedarko.org.uk/ does an excellent job of exploring these things as well as giving an explanation that follows the 'rules' of the film, which are mainly taken from the director's cut. Kelly made it clear that both versions coexist next to each other, as companion pieces. So one film does not exclude the other or is more 'true'. I'm also very curious if the recap video brings up new talking points, and I'm sure they will watch Donnie Darko again sometime in the future, or else in an alternate universe :)

Bennett Holleman

Kitty pushes cultist nonsense while opposing actual education, just like far too many local school board members in the US.

Paul Mix

SO glad you guys reacted to this, as this is in my top 5 movies. I gave both YT & Patreon versions a like, as I'd really like to see more like this, and as George acknowledged, that can mean a smaller audience. I'd love to see you guys react to PRIMER.

Paul Mix
>>114559602

Yes, and THAT's a movie I want to see Simone and George react to.

Paul Mix
>>114563048

Mary McDonnell is one of my favorite actors. She has this absolutely heartbreaking smile while conveying great emotional pain with her eyes.

Noe Ramirez

Another great Jake Gyllenhaal film is Nightcrawler. He has a ton of amazing performances but I believe that movie is his best. Also Bill Paxton is briefly in the movie and I always love when he is in things. Rest in peace Bill.

Gary Fixler

I agree with Simone. I also felt like the kid at the end was more mature than he looked. His thoughts didn't seem like a little kid's thoughts, and he didn't speak the way a little kid would, at least IMO.

Middy

I remember watching this as a kid and thinking it was super pretentious, along with any diehard fans of it. Still rings true, honestly.

Tenn Seven

I'm pretty sure the plural of "paradox" is "paradoxicesses". :P

Joey Johnson

One of the trivia tidbits listed for this film on IMDB is that this is Seth Rogan’s first feature film. Which means the first sentence he uttered in the movies was “I like your boobs”. I don’t know why but I find that fittingly hilarious

William Moffett

Time Travel movies make me feel dumb. Especially since I don't believe in the concept of physically going backwards in time.

Ludovic Ligot

Now you could watch "Southland Tales" (the second Richard Kelly's movie). I think it's a great one, but many people would disagree... Totally crazy story and characters... but so difficult to understand in a single viewing !

Gunnar Rea
>>115241839

I don't believe in magic, but still enjoyed Harry Potter.. Don't let reality stop you from watching movies :P

punterjoe

When I think of this movie, I lump it together with titles like Dark City & Repo Man. They're really impossible to adequately describe & must be experienced. I guess that's why they all fall into the 'cult classic' bin. BTW - is that a rabbit or a pooka? Totally off topic, a completely different Jenna Malone movie you may enjoy is Saved (executive produced by Michael Stipe) & co-starring Patrick Fugit, Macaulay Culkin & Mandy Moore. It kind of takes the piss out of evangelicals, but in a surprisingly empathetic way.

China Andronicus
>>114566227

No, there is an actual actor named Graham Greene on the show. Just not the same person as the amazing author they’re discussing (a very favorite of mine).

Amelie W

Funny story, I saw an ad for this movie on the inside of the back cover of an imported videogame magazine I bought at some point between 1995 aand 1998. I gave up the magazine to a secondhand shop in 2001, before I saw the movie, when I wanted to unload a bunch of comic books and junk, but I remember the ad well. This blue tinged image of a moody, empty movie theater with only a young man and a person in a weird rabbit suit sitting in the chairs. That's my only ghost story, and nobody believes it. But I know it happened because of how my memory works. It's hard to maintain a continuous sense of the order of events, but I'm still there, in my large room on the second floor in my family's house out in the country, with the rot-wood balcony I wasn't allowed to go out on and the ancient armoire I inherited along with the room from the old lady who used to live there before she slipped and died on the front lawn, and everything. This house we moved out of in the summer of 1998. This is where I read that magazine and saw that ad, as a matter of fact. But if you believe George guessed that bit about the jet engine, you may believe me. Maybe a bit late to talk about this, but it may be interesting to know this movie honestly used to have a kind of magic about it, back in its day. Donniedarko.com had a big, tricky, many-layered puzzle for the audience to dig themselves into the mythology created for the movie with. The ultimate prize, which I never managed to unlock myself, was the text of the book The Philosophy of Time Travel. You can look it up if you want to understand everything about what's going on in the movie by reading like 10-20 pages of extremely specific directions for Donnie as he finds himself the living receiver of this tangent universe. My advice, though, don't look up anything else. There's a director's cut, and a DVD commentary with the director, and a sequel, and they're all crap. If it's too late to avoid any of those things, then try to ignore them. Imagine that there's only this movie, and the pretend book. It's so much better that way.

Joshua Bloom

You should watch the directors cut, it shows pages of the book written by Roberta Sparrow and explains more about some of the more enigmatic parts of the movie. Give it a watch!