"Every living thing on Earth dies alone."

I recently bought Donnie Darko off of iTunes because I had some sort of weird gravitation towards it. That seems to happen to me randomly with a lot of books, movies, and music - and usually I'm not disappointed. To go off on a quick universal tangent real quick, I had some strange pull towards Carlos Castoneda's "A Separate Reality" which ended up affecting me in an extremely poignant way. And, that's exactly what Donnie Darko did to me.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that Donnie Darko is my favorite movie of all time. It combines all of the elements I love about stories - a thick plot, constant twists, mindf*cks, and strong characters. The thing that put this movie over the top for me is that the ending did not explain everything. I had to think about it for like five minutes before I figured it out. This is a constant criticism of the movie for most looking for fault with it, but I really find it enjoyable to put the pieces together myself rather than being force-fed the information through the movie. It's like they dropped tiny little hints of a big picture and allowed us to pursue these thoughts further to connect all the dots. Anyways, I'm not going to spoil this movie for anyone. I would however like to point out the things that straight up chilled me, delighted me, or brought me to tears.

First of all, Frank.

When I first heard his deep, dark voice echoing throughout my speakers, I literally froze. It was so immensely disturbing, yet, completely intrigued me. And then, upon first seeing him, I jumped. Now, I know I seem like a total chicken, but I'm really not. I love scary movies. But I usually don't find things very scary. But for some reason, a sadistic bunny with prophetic messages to pass on disturbed me to my core. But in a good way. I love Frank. I don't understand him completely, but that's part of the movie. The movie is as twisty as his relation to it.

The last scene of the movie made me cry. I know I sound pretty stupid, but I don't cry during movies really. As soon as she waved to Donnie's mother, I just kind of started crying. It was a very poignant scene for me.



Anyways, that's all I really wanted to point out. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is curious about watching it. It will pleasantly surprise you.