Sometimes I Doubt Your Commitment To *DONNIE DARKO* | Reaction

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• FE

  @fearfones385 · 4 months ago

  Pssh one of the most adept understandings of the ending I've seen from a first time viewer or otherwise

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• DR

  @DrJohnnyFever. · 4 months ago

  When I disagree with people I say "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion" and they look confused. Then I know I cannot hang out with them.

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• PR

  @praxistallyogarro · 4 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dViGBl68Cis&amp;t=2217">36:57</a> &quot;Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion&quot; Has been part of my vocabulary for decades. Glad you watched it.

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• NE

  @NephiiWephii · 4 months ago

  you know good things are about to come when the Gyllenhaal siblings are on the same project together

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• MA

  @matttyler8331 · 4 months ago

  In regards to Roberta Sparrow, my theory is that she’s been waiting to get hit by that car for decades. She knew it had to be her destiny to cause that circumstance to occur. It’s why she kept repeating the path to that mailbox over and over. She knew it had to happen, just didn’t know when. She was following the time path set in front of her.

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• RE

  @Reyesm02 · 4 months ago

  Man Jake gyllenhaal really is just one of this generations all timers

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• KI

  @kinokind293 · 4 months ago

  It&apos;s hard to not tear up at the end. Even with the evil Patrick Swayze character weeping at his potential fate. And Frank with the fading memory of what happened or might have happened. This film only exists because the script came into the hands of Drew Barrymore, who was so impressed that she contacted other real, serious actors, who themselves became involved. What an excellent cast! Catherine Ross came out of retirement to do it. Very few first-time viewers understand the plot, but you are very close. I won&apos;t try to explain it, but some things you might have missed (other than the young Seth Rogan): Frank is Donnie&apos;s sister&apos;s boyfriend, and it is him dropping her off and honking the horn right before the jet engine crashes through the house. It is dead Frank from one possible future who is directed (by who, we don&apos;t know) back to tell Donnie that unless he stops it, the world will end on that future date. There is some sort of bifurcation, where the two possible universes branch, and one of them is a dead end where everyone and everything dies. In the semi-last scene we see that those characters who are awake have a fading memory of what happened in the other universe, especially Frank (who&apos;s designing his bunny suit) and Jim Cunningham. BTW, Patrick Swayze was so big a fan of this script that he let them shoot the Cunningham infomercial on his home property. If any film ever did, this one bears repeated viewing. And what a soundtrack!

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• DA

  @daltonio6001 · 4 months ago

  Who else was waiting for her to recognize Seth Rogen 😂

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• PE

  @PeterMilez-j2d · 4 months ago (edited)

  I’ve watched this movie so many times. The Director’s Cut frames the story in a much more structured way, but after repeated viewings I’ve come to believe Donnie has been trapped in a time loop for a very long time, and the film we watch is the loop where he finally chooses to end it by sacrificing himself.<br><br>Each cycle seems to restart when he wakes up on the golf course. To me, that’s why Donnie feels so emotionally aggressive and detached throughout the movie. Imagine being trapped in the same sequence of events over and over for years. Eventually kindness stops feeling meaningful because you already know where every path leads. He’s exhausted by inevitability.<br><br>The girl in white always stood out to me too. She feels like the only genuinely pure soul in the film, someone not completely manipulated by the loop itself. In the Director’s Cut especially, it almost feels like the rest of the characters are trapped in a dream-state, unconsciously pushing Donnie toward resetting the timeline again. Cellar Door, Frank, the pornography ring, all of it becomes part of the machinery steering him back toward the same outcome.<br><br>By the end, it feels less like Donnie “dies” and more like he finally accepts becoming the sacrifice needed to break the cycle.

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• DA

  @DatDutchDudee · 4 months ago

  This movie gives shape to one of the most depressing thoughts a person can have... &quot;What if the world is a better place without me in it?&quot; <br><br>Gretchen is also such a sad character. She says (well confirms when Donnie asks) she only wants to kiss when it reminds her how beautiful the world can be, but everytime they do kiss she&apos;s super sad/afraid. That tells me she uses love/intimacy as a sort of escape, a coping mechanism for her trauma.... and you can say &quot;well thats not the worst sort of coping mechanism&quot; but people who do have that end up in all sorts of horrible situations, not even just because sh*t happens, but because people will take advantage of it.

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• DI

  @DieHard0 · 4 months ago

  An important takeaway from the end of the film is that his life and death had impact and meaning. Although the characters may not remember their interactions with Donnie, they were each touched by the &apos;extra&apos; time. A mark was left on them that they may not understand, but all of their lives have been forever changed. You can see it in the final montage. It&apos;s a brilliant way of showing it without outright telling the audience.

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• LI

  @LighthouseGoblin · 4 months ago

  Mary McDonnell absolutely kills me in this ❤ she’s the maestro of pained smiles

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