Donnie Darko

Rating: 8/10 (23 October 2018)

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Donnie Darko is definitely one of those movies that you have to watch at least twice in order to understand everything that is going on. After I was able to clear up the plotline and twists I was able to appreciate everything that the director did in order to confuse and entertain the audience. The use of special effects and unique lighting is what made this movie stand out to me the most. The invisible wall used in the film made it clear that everything going on was happening in his head and the director did it particularly well in the bathroom scene because of the match on action. Donnie was clearly communicating with Frank but the sister was unaware of Frank so it seemed like Donnie was talking to himself which made him seem terribly ill. The attitude and good acting of the family really made it hard to figure out what was going on, was it Donnie's mental illness or was there some kind of sci-fi action going on. The director also put a creepy spin on the film when he showed Frank out of focus and at weird angles because we knew that in Donnie's everyday life there was the lurking halloween costume haunting him. It was then up to the viewer to figure out if Frank was really there or was he just with Donnie in his mind. The last thing that made this movie stand out was the use of irregular sounds that made it obvious when Donnie was having one of his episodes. The tone changed when Frank was in the film and it really immersed the audience in what Donnie was experiencing.