I recently watched this too and don't quite get it. Maybe I need to watch it again. Can someone explain the ending to me? Or is it supposed to be up to interpretation? I had never seen it before. I thought it was good, funnier than I expected too, but a little crazy.
When I first watched Donnie Darko, I thought it was a time travel movie. Seems I was wrong. It was one of those movies that had lots of easter eggs and hidden stuff on the internet. Basically there were two realities, and Donnie was the "chosen one" and he had to save the realities, but in doing so, he killed himself. I'm being very general here as I don't remember all the stuff, but it is worth a look up on the internet and then another watch. There is a lot going on in that movie, and the fact that the movie is pretty good without even realizing what the plot is, really speaks about how well done it is.
He chooses to time travel as such to save his girlfriend from dying. The version I watched seemed to have images from Granny Deaths space book and these gave a lot of explanation, I can't remember if these featured in the movie I watched originally tbh. But everybody he affected showed signs of remembrance in the now new reality, Frank touches his eye, Jim the paedo is racked with guilt and according to the internet, he kills himself a week later? Yet Grechin his girlfriend is seen asking a boy who died and not knowing him. There is a great site explains it all, I will try and find it. https://www.looper.com/117919/donnie-darkos-ending-explained/
Yeah, I didn't realise and was thinking I am sure I have never seen that before, it sure helps in the understanding of it lol
It won't be, Marvel hasn't really had a Mary Sue character in any of their movies. Capt. Marvel is badass and will be punching through space ships like it's nothing. EDIT: They've also done a great job with all their female characters. Not sure if you've seen them all but look at Black Widow, Gamora, Hela, etc.
Captain Marvel is an important movie for Marvel. It will set up ENDGAME and you would have to assume she will carry the franchise in it's next phase. Hopefully they do a good job with her. I love Brie Larson, so I am on board. Don't know much about the character or her history or her villains. She definitely seems bad ass.
'The Lookout' with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. What an underrated unappreciated gem. Jeff Daniels is stellar. I loved this movie and that's why you all should, too. There were parts where I was sitting on the edge of my seat. High School hockey superstar has an auto accident, goes into a coma, and is never the same when he emerges. He becomes a late night janitor at a local bank and gets convinced to joining in a heist. He writes everything down to remember things (as do I at times). Having been in a coma I deeply related to this movie (pun intended), because yeah, you're never quite the same. "I HAVE THE MONEY, I HAVE THE POWER!"
Jeto watched that trailer, looked great and decided to watch it and I can’t find it anywhere! Not Netflix, not On Demand, nothing. May have to watch it on YouTube.
It's an independent film so it's kind of hard to find. Independent films is where Joseph Gordon-Levitt always excelled. The scene where the bank robbers make a blind Jeff Daniels kneel in the snow to be executed . . . well, I won't give it away. The movie is part 'Fargo' and part 'Memento' with none of the black humor.
Dammit tried to watch it on YouTube but the framing was off. Saw the car crash but didn’t want to watch a bad version of it. I’ll find it.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part was a pretty good movie. Not as good as The Lego Movie or The Lego Batman Movie, but it is fun and heartwarming for all ages. Bring the family, have a decent time, then go home. All the kids had a lot of fun in the theater and were dancing at the end. There wasn't enough Batman, but hey, there never is!
'The War Zone' directed by Tim Roth (1999) with Ray Winstone and Tilda Swinton. I was so shaken I couldn't sleep all night. The level of denial when it comes to sexual abuse, especially incest, is mind-boggling. It is such a powerful, depressing, and uncomfortable film, but I think it's something that everyone should be made to feel uncomfortable about. Everything about it is bleak, suffocating, stifling, and miserable. The landscape. The house. The lighting. The sullen son. The withdrawn sister. The suspicious wife. And the BIG, big, reveal, I almost vomited. This was an extremely personal movie for Tim Roth as he was a victim of sexual abuse from a child to his teen years . . . by his grandfather, who also abused Tim Roth's father. I can't help but admire people who stop protecting the people who harmed them. Everyone is different. Some people do better addressing it once and never talking about it again. Some people talk about it, heal as best they can, and transcend. Some people are left a pile of smoking ruins and never recover or stop punishing themselves. To me, in some ways, sexual abuse is worse than murder. It steals your soul, your humanity, your sense of safety, your sense of trust, your ability to form committed relationships, and on and on it goes. Be prepared to be compelled to watch while also being compelled to turn away. Two other films that left me staring at the ceiling in the dark unable to sleep was 'Just, Melvin: Just Evil' (documentary) and 'Deliver Us From Evil' (also a documentary) about Father Oliver O'Grady. All three films are very important as far as I'm concerned. A mix from 'Just, Melvin'. It's such a devastating movie. So many wasted lives, although a few made it and managed to do far better than just tread water (none of whom are shown here).
Back to Ray Winstone, 'Sexy Beast' with Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane. Another heist movie. I loved it. Ben Kingsley is a manipulative fckn psychopath with no conscience or remorse about anything. He's a former associate during Winstone's life of crime (Winstone 'retired' and is out of the game). Kingsley uses a personal brand of twisted psychology and threats to force Winstone into another gig where his skill set is required. The relationship between Winstone and his wife (a former pornstar) is very poignant, He really loves her, and Kingsley exploits it to a painful degree and it becomes part of the game. Kingsley as Don Logan is so chilling and hateful, lol. See it. Ignore the tinnitus inducing quality of the trailer: There's a profanity compilation of Kingsley as Don Logan, but I didn't post it because it left out a bunch of good ones. That aside, He says fck and cunt a minimum of 250 times throughout the movie with a boatload of insults. Here's a taste:
If you like Ray Winston, catch The Proposition with Guy Pearce, Danny Huston and a cameo by John Hurt. Extremely violent western set in the Australian Outback. Great flik highly recommend.
'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' (2007). Sydney Lumet's last hurrah, and what a last hurrah it is. Crime/noir/thriller/drama, it's so fckd up and great. A robbery gone bad, and things get really bad really fast. So much tension, so much suspense. The acting is beyond top notch. Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei. I just thought of it because Albert Finney died. RIP. See it. You won't regret it.
