The most beautiful film ever made on the history of the earth.

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2009)

Donnie Darko.
Richard Kelly once made a masterpiece. And this was it.
Donnie Darko follows the signature character. Oddly enough called.. Donnie Darko. We learn early on that this boy is disturbed, and has problems with home life, and social life. One evening, Donnie finds himself awoken by a mysterious voice, which he follows to a golf course. Stood on the golf course is Frank, a rabbit. Frank tells Donnie that the end of the world is coming.
SPOILER---------- as this is happening, a plane engine falls through Donnie's bedroom. Luckily he wasn't inside. Could this be a final destination thing? Donnie obviously doesn't die, and from that point karma becomes a bitch and his life is turned upside down. The only good thing is Gretchen. A new student to Donnie's school, who takes an active interest in him. Donnie goes about his life, however Frank still appears and tells Donnie to commit crimes. Mentally unstable? You'd think so. This mystery comes to a head on Halloween, the night that the world is supposedly going to end. On this night, Gretchen is run over by Frank, who turns out to be a teenager in a rabbit costume. Consumed by guilt and mentally unable to take this, Donnie shoots Frank and steals his car driving to the place we began on. In the middle of nowhere he sits and watches the world end. This is all really and happening to him. But as the world ends, a portal opens and Donnie goes through it back to the night that we were first introduced to Frank. And as he laughs, we realize that he is pleased that he is about to die. Hes pleased with the knowledge that he met someone he loved, and he lived his life, even if he has to go back and end it all for someone else to live. With the knowledge of Gretchen never knowing him, he turns off his light and goes to sleep. For the last time.
The way we know this, is that when Gretchen pulls up on her bike outside the Darko house, she and Donnie's grieving mother have a moment of recognition. A sign that they know that each one of them cared and loved him. Even though Gretchen supposedly never knew Donnie. END OF SPOILER--------
As it is, this film to me is perfect. It took me a lot of viewing to come to this conclusion, and god knows I'm probably wrong. But this is how i see it, and it causes me to adore this film.
Richard Kelly? I love you.