the added depths of the directors cut

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2006)

i first watched Donnie Darko when i was about 14 years old, i was with a lot of my friends as i have having a birthday sleep over. at first i grew tired of the film and became easily distracted by my friends. but what i do remember is the ending of the film and thinking "what the hell just happened?" a few year later i saw the DVD for the film in a shop for cheap. needless to say i brought it straight away hoping that with a few more years of wisdom and an empty room i would understand the film. i watched it many times before i even fully understood what was happening. after this i still kept watching and discovering many secret philosophies and hidden meanings within the film. i was taken over by the film. after my parents worked out my obsessions for the film they decided to buy me the directors cut for Christmas. i was glad of this as i wanted to know what was going on in the directors head when he made this film. but before i did this i decided to watch the film with the added scenes, i wasn't expecting much but from this but i thought i would give it ago any way. i am glad that i did this, the added scenes and passages from Roberta sparrows book answered so many of my questions and helped me to understand so much more about the time travel aspects of the film and the meanings behind certain actions. along with this the added scenes opened up so many more questions and ideas within my head. the directors cut just takes the film to a level of deepness that is never ending. even now when i watch the film for the 100th time i an amazed by the story. enjoy