This movie is basically a waste

Rating: 1/10 (18 August 2002)

This movie came highly recommended to me and now I'm questioning their judgement of movies. Maybe I have spoiled myself by watching great films such as Waking Life, Barton Fink, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Legend of 1900, Amelie, Illuminata, The Red Violin, etc. Those movies all had the three important aspects going for them: a good story, a good ending, and a good purpose.
Donnie Darko comes out at you with a character that is mentally disturbed. For those of you not familiar with characters that are a little strange, Donnie Darko's character might seem like a breakthrough to you. You people have been watching too many "Oscar caliber films"! Donnie Darko is not a good story. It is a bunch of random events that leave little character building for anybody but Donnie and oddly enough, the bunny. If you think about it, you could have come up with a bunch of random events involving a mentally disturbed character and come up with a movie similar to Donnie Darko in about a week, tops. Stop and think about the different emotions that any character besides Donnie's showed if you have seen this film. If you haven't seen the film, just watch for any character change at all, this will probably entertain you through the boring parts, I guess I should just say the movie.
Donnie Darko has a horrible ending. Think about the ending for a second. I don't think Donnie does anything in the ending himself. Also, the ending should repeat over and over again with different endings given the story line we are given. Just think about it for a second. People who haven't seen it, get ready for a pretty bad ending. Donnie Darko has no purpose. Well, I guess maybe that's a lie, it does have a purpose. I've never been a big fan of movies that are out just to be weird and get people names in the business. Seriously, what else could have been the purpose? The whole moving point behind the movie is based on a premise that cannot exist. I won't say anything more because I don't want to spoil the film for people. Even though the film is bad, Donnie's actor turns in a wonderful job and the other characters do their best to the script's ability. Check this film out, but your not going to like it.