Thinking of watching Donnie Darko.

[ThinClient]

This movie seems to have a rather large Internet following and I'm curious about it after having seen it mentioned and memed so many times but I'm Catholic and was absolutely terrified by The Exorcist in the mid seventies, so I am generally refraining from watching movies about demonic possession and the likes. I will not watch DD if this means having nightmares for the next year.

Opinions on this movie please? I enjoyed Eraserhead last year and rewatch it occasionally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMTrbAG7vW0

 

[Remobz]

I thought it was more or less boring except for the awesome soundtrack. Never bothered to watch it more than 2 times.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Ironically it was room 217 in the book (The Shining, not DD)

 

[SagaLore]

Watch the theatrical version rather than the directors cut. they had to change the music at several points for DC, just doesn't flow as well IMO.

Yeah the DC sucks, watch the theatrical. The DC loses some of the mystery and is far less effective.

KT

Oh I didn't know this. :hmm:

 

[zinfamous]

Oh I didn't know this. :hmm:

Me neither. I'm not sure which one I watched first. I'm pretty sure I watched the DC the second time, and I was very underwhelmed.

After that second viewing, I really couldn't understand what I loved about it on the first viewing.....it could be because I was blazed out of my gourd the first time. :hmm:

 

[quikah]

Me neither. I'm not sure which one I watched first. I'm pretty sure I watched the DC the second time, and I was very underwhelmed.

I don't even know what it is about the DC that messes it up. The opening song change just soured the entire movie for me. The theatrical version opening is so good with "The Killing Moon.". There are a few extra scenes that don't really add anything, some extra special effects.