Exceptional movie making!

Rating: Null/10 (2 February 2003)

Watching this movie, I was reminded of a line from another fabulous movie..."Sometimes, there is so much beauty in this world, I just can't take it"(hope I got that right?) An exceptional movie from all aspects. The acting, from the lead (Jake Gyllenhall-Donnie Darko) to the supporting cast, is remarkable. The direction, the production and the soundtrack are all so incredibly perfect, that I am baffled that this movie did not recieve any award nominations during last year's awards run-in to the Oscars?? Seen a few user comments here on IMdb that compare this film to being the worst film of all time? Wow! Cannot understand if they saw the same film that I and thousands of others saw and loved so much that it is now in the top #100 of all time? I am guessing they were expecting either a Scream/Final Destination kinda slasher flick.. Not sure if I understood all aspects of the storyline, though...It will probably require a couple of viewings before I can finally relish this truly delightful, dark, funny, poignant movie. Something that will remain with me for a long, long time. The DVD version in Australia has the extended/deleted scenes package. In one of the deleted scenes, Donnie and his father Eddie are having a chat and Eddie tells Donnie to be true to what he sees and feels coz the rest of the world who laughs at him are fools, bulls*** artists...Man, I better stop coz there are so many things in this brilliant movie that I could rave on about..non-stop!! This is a must-see for any intelligent individual. A true, modern masterpiece of our times.
10 out of 10, 5 stars out of 5, 100 out of 100..U get the picture, right?