I'd heard about the film online, heard that it was a film I needed to see and that it marked the debut of what might end up being a really talented director. I'd heard that Jake Gyllenhaal turned in a star-making performance, and that the plot was twisted, freaky, and right up my alley.
But after the film debuted at some film festival that year I'm relatively sure it was Sundance , I'd forgotten all about it until a friend of mine showed up at my house one night bearing an armful of forties and a well-worn DVD copy of the film. He said, "You gotta see this thing. Two hours or so later, I remember drunkenly calling up a handful of my friends and asking, "Have you seen this Donnie Darko movie?!
Something about the film really appealed to me, and I found it to be endlessly rewatchable that said, be aware that I'm the type of cat that'll watch the same movie three times in a row if I really, really like it and instantly quotable: claiming that someone was being motivated "by fear" rather than love, of course became a commonly heard thing amongst me and my friends after we'd all seen the film. In the past decade, Richard Kelly has failed to make a movie as good or remotely rewatchable as Donnie Darko , but God love the guy for trying.
I wasn't a raving fanatic for his Southland Tales , but I'm also one of the people that'll defend the film in a bar fight. As for The Box , well, I'm not sure what the hell happened there Kelly lost me early on that one, but I stuck with it to the bitter end, always sure that some bit of genius was lurking around every corner, ready to redeem all the silly bullshit that had happened before it.
Jake Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, has gone on to become one of our hardest-working, most-beloved actors he was damn good in this year's Source Code. As for Donnie Darko as a film , well , I hadn't seen in about two years before the Blu-ray arrived on my doorstep for review, but I was eager to give it another spin: the last time I'd seen it, I'd watched the "Director's Cut" of the flick, and I hadn't been amused with the changes that Kelly had made.
As far as I was concerned, the changes Kelly made to Donnie Darko were all for the worse. The soundtrack had been toyed with, for one thing, and that astounded me: that opening scene-- where Donnie rides his bike back home from the lonely mountain-top stretch of road where he mysteriously awakes one morning-- had been perfectly cut to an Echo and The Bunnymen song "The Killing Moon".
I recall that I rejected the "Director's Cut" almost immediately based entirely upon that switch , so when the opportunity to watch the film again after two years arose, I figured that was a good thing. Perhaps I'd be a little older, wiser, and less likely to reject Kelly's "Director's Cut" than I'd been when I first saw it. If you'd like to cut to the chase with me, I discovered that, yup, I still prefer the original version.
This is a tricky bit of criticism to level at a film, as both versions were produced by the same mind. I'm not the director, and Kelly surely had a reason for making the change. After the critical success of his first film Moon, director Duncan Jones has gone on to prove that he is not only the sun of a famous musician, but also an accomplished director.
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Don't miss out on these great deals. See Today's Deals ». Movie finder. Halloween Kills 4K. The title role in Donnie Darko is given to Jake Gyllenhaal, who manages to tread the line between intense and over the top very well, much better than expected. This kind of role is often lessened by actors who push too much to come as weird, whereas Gyllenhaal is able to pull it off and rarely steps too far over that line.
His range is tested often and he usually handles himself well, but he does slip a little in some scenes, I think.
Even so, Gyllenhaal nails the part most of the time and going by his previous work, I never expected him to. I think it speaks volumes about his talent however, as he can now work in both comedic and darker, more dramatic pictures, thanks to his versatile skills. This is the same 2. The movie, being very dark in both tone and nature, appears to be a bit murky. This is by no means a bad transfer, but compared to some of the other high definition titles out there, it does pale by comparison. Even reserved scenes have good presence, but in those handful of moments where the soundtrack calls for power, it arrives in spades.
But the real draw here is in the subtle touches, which helps build atmosphere, bolster tension, and create mood, all of which is skillfully done here.
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