Time travelling and destiny

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 2002)

This a great movie about time traveling and destiny. In the movie we follow Donnie Darko during, what he believes to be, the last few days of the existence of the world. During these days he is accompanied by a rabbit he tells him how to spend his last days on earth.

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This movie really is about how Donnie beliefs he should spend his last few days on earth. In reality the rabbit is Donnie. The rabbit is the vessel that Donnie chooses to travel back in time. He does this to teach himself to travel in time. This skill will allow him to fulfill his destiny. That is, to find his soul-mate and reaffirm the relationship with his mother. See, if one can travel in time, then it does not matter when one acquires this skill, because you can travel in time. Donnie uses this irregularity of time traveling to fulfill his destiny.
Donnie dies due to an airplane engine falling on his house. Nobody seems to know where the engine comes from, but in reality the engine also comes from the future. In the last few minutes we see his mother and little sister in an airplane that experiences turbulence of some sort. Most viewers think that the airplane is a vessel that allows them to travel in time. But this is not the case. We do not this in the movie, but in reality his mother (and probably his little sister as well) dies in an airplane crash in the future. This is why she is not upset that Donny has died. She understands that he has fulfilled his destiny in life.
The rabbit steers Donnie during his last few days in his life. The rabbit is Donnie himself. God has allowed Donnie to go back in time and extent his life in order to let destiny prevail. 'Grandma Death' knows how to time travel. In reality she has died as well. Donnie's English teacher and his Physics teacher are being used by the rabbit to help Donnie to learn how to travel in time. These teachers are not dead, the simply contain valuable information that can help Donny.
Everybody dies alone.
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