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Post by just a fan on Jan 18, 2004 21:11:58 GMT
Awwww, go to www.cdwow.ie ok so you've probably been there already but I seen a Donnie Darko DVD for €7.45 last night. So there! And all other cds were 13.95, you see, it all makes sense But erm, yea, i gotta get me the Donnie Darko dvd now. Rock on Frank the rabbit!lol yeah i watched it yesterday. was the best movie ever now have slight obsession with donnie
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Post by feedme on Jan 18, 2004 21:13:33 GMT
Awwww, go to www.cdwow.ie ok so you've probably been there already but I seen a Donnie Darko DVD for €7.45 last night. So there! And all other cds were 13.95, you see, it all makes sense But erm, yea, i gotta get me the Donnie Darko dvd now. Rock on Frank the rabbit!lol so here is my understanding of it "Donnie Darko is about a teenage boy that is destined to die. His life is going to end when a jet engine from the future crashes through the roof of his home and kills him. This is God's design for him to die. In order for this to take place, Donnie must live an entire month in a tangent universe (taking place after the date of his predestined death), while a deus ex machina (the bunny rabbit) aids him in triggering events that will allow God's plan to unfold correctly. The tangent universe begins as soon as Donnie meets the human-sized bunny rabbit Frank (the deus ex machina). This occurs after he went to sleep on the night he is supposed to die. The tangent universe is a fictional existence that was created so that the events could happen to allow the jet engine to crash into Donnie's room. While the tangent universe is taking place, the original world is on hold and will not continue until the proper events happen. In the movie, the tangent universe exists for a period of 28 days. All people that he meets and interacts with are the manipulated living (they're not real). There are two individuals within the universe that are the manipulated dead: Donnie and Frank. Frank is a guide to help Donnie reach his death, and Donnie is there to take the steps that are needed for him to die (of course, this is all unbeknownst to him). Within the tangent universe, Frank first tells Donnie that he must flood the school. Donnie does this and as a result he meets his girlfriend, Gretchen Ross. Donnie's strong feelings for Gretchen are important, because it leads him to killing Frank (after Frank hits Gretchen with a car). If Donnie would not have killed Frank, he would not have someone to guide him in the tangent universe - thus Gods' plan could not take place. Another thing that Frank convinces Donnie to do is to burn down Jim Cunningham's house. After doing this, Cunningham's Child Porn Ring is exposed and Middlesex parent/teacher Kitty Farmer, is forced to stay home - causing Donnie's mother Rose, to take the Sparkle Motion junior dance troupe to Los Angeles. There are two things that are important about Rose Darko being in LA; 1) It enables her kids to throw a party, which leads to Frank driving to get beer - and eventually hitting Gretchen, and 2) it is Rose's plane back from LA that looses the jet engine. If Donnie does not burn down Jim's house, the bunny rabbit would have never appeared, and the jet engine would have never travelled back in time to kill Donnie. The last event that takes place in the movie is the most important - the plane crash. When the plane loses control, the jet engine breaks off. It then gets caught in a wormhole that can lead it back in time. Donnie's teacher Prof. Monnitoff referenced that it would take something of great speed to go through the wormhole and a single jet engine without hindrance would indeed be fast enough to do this. As soon as this happens, the tangent universe ends, and the real world resumes. As soon as the real world continues, the jet engine from the future crashes into Donnie's room and kills Donnie Darko. All steps to carry out Donnie's death were completed, and everything went the way it was supposed to. This is why the origin of the jet engine cannot be identified at the beginning of the film, since it is from the future. And the wormholes that Donnie sees protruding from everyone shows their fates, since they all slide ahead of their respective person. When Frank warns Donnie that the world will end in 28 days, it is not without a sense of irony - everything does seem to come to a 'closure' in the tangent universe (Cunningham is convicted of child porn, Gretchen dies, Rose's plane loses control), but in the real universe, it is in fact Donnie's world which is coming to an end. In summary, Donnie Darko is a boy that must be lead through a series of events that all pave the way for his death. The bunny rabbit guides him throughout the movie and gives the film an 'Alice in Wonderland' essence with the whole 'follow the rabbit' scenario. Frank the rabbit is a significant character in the movie because without him, Donnie would have never done the things that he did and his designated death would never have taken place. God's plan would've thus been cancelled out. Donnie Darko is a reflection of fate - he is following a path that must happen for he must die. What would happen if God's ideas were false? Some do say that if God is proven wrong then it can erase all existence. One can only speculate..."
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Post by gremlin on Jan 18, 2004 21:14:40 GMT
Indeed it is one hell of a film! It shouldn't have ended!!! ok anyway, the website makes a bit more sense now and also my brother has a skeleton top like Donnies.....
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Post by gremlin on Jan 18, 2004 21:19:09 GMT
Yes Glenn, that would be the basic jist of things......although ti doesn't seem that complicated when watching it...
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Post by feedme on Jan 18, 2004 21:21:45 GMT
Yes Glenn, that would be the basic jist of things......although ti doesn't seem that complicated when watching it... glad you liked told ya it was good...usually when i recommend a movie they say its shite
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Post by just a fan on Jan 18, 2004 22:04:49 GMT
this week i have listened to loadsa stuff, in particular
Kings of leon - california waiting ...lots delays - long time coming
and then various matchbox 20 and radiohead songs
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Post by feedme on Jan 18, 2004 22:13:15 GMT
this week i have listened to loadsa stuff, in particular Kings of leon - california waiting ...lots delays - long time coming and then various matchbox 20 and radiohead songs reminds me to get that kings of leon album..''never gonna get it like it used to be''
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Post by Jock on Jan 18, 2004 23:20:22 GMT
omg was tortured last night. was forced to endure christina aguilera by the girls that were in my car!
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Post by feedme on Jan 18, 2004 23:22:57 GMT
omg was tortured last night. was forced to endure christina aguilera by the girls that were in my car! >:(ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh diirty girls
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Post by Jock on Jan 18, 2004 23:25:27 GMT
>:(ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh diirty girls dont i know it! ;D
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Post by feedme on Jan 18, 2004 23:27:46 GMT
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Post by Jock on Jan 18, 2004 23:32:25 GMT
;D
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Post by feedme on Jan 19, 2004 0:05:18 GMT
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Post by Jock on Jan 19, 2004 0:17:00 GMT
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Post by feedme on Jan 19, 2004 0:22:11 GMT
so what the picture was..amm you met a few ''friendly girls'' had a casual drink decided you fabcied your chances with one possibley 2 ...invited the said girl to a disco escorted her to your place had saic=d so sex hope it was protective my man ...and had a good time doin that
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Post by Jock on Jan 19, 2004 0:24:39 GMT
nah im afraid it didnt get that far! but i did get three kisses while i was out that kept me happy! ;D also this in a car does not work!
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Post by feedme on Jan 19, 2004 0:28:17 GMT
ahh well and yes i know this dont work in a car.. ::)well the fun is in the chase eh?? ;D
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Post by Jock on Jan 19, 2004 0:36:34 GMT
ahh well and yes i know this dont work in a car.. ::)well the fun is in the chase eh?? ;D it does wonders for the confidence when you pull a good looking girl! plus i hadnt had a kiss in 2 wks so it was much needed!
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Post by feedme on Jan 19, 2004 0:42:12 GMT
8-)cool well done its good to meet other ppl esp when youve hadnt a kiss for that long
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Post by Jock on Jan 19, 2004 1:11:54 GMT
8-)cool well done its good to meet other ppl esp when youve hadnt a kiss for that long i dont know.. i think i need a girlfriend.. what you think glenn? this playing the field is no use sometimes!
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