Wednesday May 21, 2003

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I saw Donnie Darko last night. I LOVED it. Actually, I have a better appreciation for it now than I did shortly after it ended.

The soundtrack was wonderful. They played all the music that Changed My Life when I was a teenager. That music opened my eyes to the world I've been a part of since 1992. It was so cool to hear bands like Joy Division, The Church, and Echo and the Bunnymen on top of the weird story.

I didn't get it, but spinoza reassured me and said that a LOT of people didn't really understand it. I may watch it a few more times to see if I can pick up a pattern.

As I thought about it today, I was left with a good feeling. I think it was the music coupled with the early high school years of innocence and discovery. Sometimes I wish I could go back to that, knowing what I know now.
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koleeta:
You know, I haven't seen the movie but I was at Best Buy the other day and I saw the box and I was thinking about buying just to see what they hype was about (1 out of every 4 profiles I read on SG have it listed as their fav. movie) then I read the back. The summary was something like this: theres an evil bunny that torments this one kid in high school and there are a bunch of actors and actresses who have done a lot of other movies who are in it. And then i thought REALLY? an evil bunny? I don't know about that, sounds pretty bad. so i still haven't seen it.

Is it really that good?
knecht:
Donnie Darko was recently the midnight movie at the Coolidge Theater here in Boston. When I went to go see it, halfway through the movie, someone in a big pink bunny suit walked in front of the screen and then up the aisle towards me. He sat in the seat directly in front of me and kept turning around to look at me. If everyone else in the theater hadn't been laughing, I would've been seriously freaked out. Actually, I still was freaked out. After about two minutes, he got up, put his fuzzy pink paw on my shoulder and then walked out.

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