Donnie Darko? Give me a BREAK!!!!

Rating: Null/10 (18 July 2004)

I just rented Donnie Darko based on people saying The Butterfly Effect can't
compare. Well, I just wasted two-plus hours of my life on that crap. Donnie Darko is the kind of movie people watch and force themselves to enjoy to think themselves "deep" and intellectually-superior to everyone else. That movie
never MOVED. The Butterfly Effect NEVER STOPPED MOVING. It had a point -
there was emotion - strong emotion - you actually felt something for the
protagonist who, despite all his best intentions, just couldn't have his cake and eat it and have everybody else have their cake and eat it, too. His life was TRAGIC, and he had to sacrifice the one thing he loved most to save it. I don't know what this movie DIDN'T have. The one thing I couldn't find on discussion boards was WHY exactly people liked Donnie Darko. Interesting... I mean, the comments I find that slam TBE could be applied to any movie a critic wanted to slam. And the filmmakers did all this with not the biggest budget. All I have to say is I was thoroughly entertained and think this is the first DVD I've rented that I couldn't stop watching until I'd watched ALL the versions and ALL the special features.