Good movie, once you look into it.

Rating: Null/10 (31 December 2003)

Spoiler I've seen negative comments about this movie posted on here, and I can't believe it. I mean, yeah, this movie is weird. I'll give you that. But it'd take a small minded person to bash this movie. It's weird, and maybe thats a turnoff, but the weird aspect makes you think about it... about maybe that you're missing a message. And when you start to realize what some things mean, and a few pieces fit together, its a great realization. Maybe I'm too much of a fan of Stanley Kubrick, but I'm wondering just how important each of the characters are to the story. I get the general point: Donnie Darko was a person chosen by whomever to save the world... and he had to let the path of the "end of the world" play itself out to see what needed to be done. And when the skies began to open up, and Gretchen died, he knew that he couldn't let that jet engine miss him, or else everyone would suffer. So he found his way to time travel back 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds and saved the world by sacrificing himself. Donnie is a true hero, and anyone who misses that needs to open their minds. Wonderful movie. Besides, Jena Malone is pretty cute. And then there's Jake Gyllenhaal for the ladies, so who can argue with this movie?