Donnie Darko.
A couple of weeks ago when she was in town, my sister feigned surprise when she learned I hadn’t seen the movie Donnie Darko. We were discussing one of the songs used in the film, “Mad World” by Gary Jules, which I had downloaded a couple of years ago when I saw it being used in a commercial for a video game, of which the name escapes me right now.
I had heard of the movie, only because I would always get it confused with Donnie Brasco. I even remember a friend of mine renting Donnie Darko in her Netflix, and when she asked me what it was about, I told her it was an awesome movie with Johnny Depp and Al Pacino about the mafia. She said she started watching it and she didn’t like it at ALL.
I started going through the free movies on my On Demand service the other night, and I saw that it was one of the movies I could watch for free. I figured it had to be halfway decent, so I started watching it.
I’ll just say, that after watching it, WHOA. (Exactly how Joey Lawrence said it on Blossom.) It was a movie where it felt like I had to pick up the pieces of what had happened. And it was also the first time since I was five that I had a hard time sleeping after the movie was over. And it wasn’t because I was scared. (Really, I wasn’t). I was trying to put my mind around what I had just seen.
I’m not sure I can recommend Donnie Darko as a movie to watch … but I’ll just say it’s somewhat fascinating. I will round it up with a cheap, positive review had I written it when the movie had came out, and just to try to get a quote on a DVD or a poster.
“An awesome, mind-bending look at teenagers going through life in 1980s suburbia. Richard Kelly, the best director of this genre since David Lynch, weaves an incredible tale. Two thumbs up!”
