Fantastic yet confusing

Rating: 9/10 (24 October 2018)

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Donnie Darko was a fantastic yet confusing film that revolved around multiple ideas like death, time travel, "God's plan" and the path people choose to take in their life. We are introduce to Donnie, a teen with a mental disorder around "ordinary" people. He is seen as a troubled teen due to his actions from the past. Donnie then introduces the audience to his imaginary friend, Frank, who only the audience and Donnie can see. When first watching the film one would think that Frank is a made up friend due to Donnie's schizophrenia diagnosis.
The director did a beautiful job on camera shots when shooting any type of discussion that occurred between Donnie and Frank. Donnie would be filmed in low key lighting with the camera zoomed into his face. From this the audience could see that Donnie is not really in touch with reality and is not the usual Donnie that we would see in school. The music included helped enhance the film as well, one specific song talked about how time passes by while the audience would see a time lapse of people moving in fast motion.
Overall, the film did well on catching a persons attention even with the bit of confusion that occurred at the beginning. The ending helped tie everything together and was something that was not very predictable. Here, the audience goes through confusion, shock, worrisome and a bit of sadness all while getting to connect with Donnie and see what he is visually seeing and thinking.