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11/07/09
Fellahs, just because you don't "get" a genre film doesn't mean there's nothing there to be had. #thebox
11/07/09
Listen to the Kelly's commentary on Darko and then tell me about his "mythos"
He readily admits he was out to make some cheeseball sci-fi movie and not some masterpiece as some have suggested.
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Sorry for the somewhat demeaning 'dear' by the way, but it was a bit condescending of you to assume I wasn't aware of Kelly's lack of involvement with S. Darko and was a bit annoyed by it.
11/06/09
I never got around to seeing Darko until last year. I still managed to go in rather blind, but even then, it didn't floor me. I can see how it would appeal to a disgruntled teenager, but as a movie, it was merely okay.
That said, I loved the cameos (especially Swayze), and until they go ahead and ruin it with taking the head off, the evil rabbit costume was one of the creepiest things on film in a long time.
Evil rabbits are evil.
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Just because you don't like something doesn't mean everybody that does falls into a specific stereotype.
I'd also like to note that I loved Donnie Darko, but hated Southland Tales.
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I always had a question about the Rock's roll (get it?) was he suppose to be the anti-christ? Also why did his back tattoo bleed right before he died?
Count me among the people that liked the movie, I don't understand but if it's on I will end up watching it. #thebox
11/06/09
It took watching all the deleted scenes in Darko, plus watching the movie a couple more times before I had it all figured out, though your analysis makes it even more clear. However, while I found the mythos to be interesting, it probably only accounted for half of my enjoyment of the film, maybe less. The rest of the enjoyment came from the individual plots unwinding: Darko and Frank, the school teachers fueding, the Darko family working things out, the pedo getting busted, etc. Plus, that '80s where captured so thoughfully.
I haven't seen Southland Tales, but from the reviews maybe it was missing this "other half," as in enjoying the characters and subplots.
I may see The Box afterall, as I didn't know it was directed by Kelly. #thebox
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Really.
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11/05/09
If you read them then watch the movie, the story makes sense (though it's still weird) the characters have interesting arcs, conflicts are resolved and questions are answered. If you only watch the movie, then weird characters do confusing things for no reason and then the world explodes.
I like the idea of Southland Tales as a Tangent Universe. In fact, since the splitting point isn't aver really defined, I like to think that it is a continuation of the tangent from DD, if Donnie hadn't closed it off by sacrificing himself.
I can't wait to watch The Box. #thebox
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11/05/09
I loved "Donnie Darko", but I feel now that Kelly got lucky. After viewing the Director's Cut...it was a different, less special movie. The only mythos I care about is the original Darko that knocked my socks off. #thebox
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'Southland Tales' is terrible. I saw it in the theater, and then watched it again on dvd to make sure I didn't miss something. A couple scenes that are fun/interesting, and one or two good ideas buried beneath an avalanche of creative mistakes. Kelly's direction of the actors is a huge miss, and their histrionics take you completely out of the story. The movie goes in a thousand different directions. The 'Making Of' interviews on the dvd have a couple good laughs. Buffy gives this long speech telling what the film is about, and it's full of pretense, big words, and kool-aid-drinking certainty. And then Jon Lovitz is all, "I have no idea what this film is about, it makes no sense, Richard told me my motivation from scene to scene and I just did my best." #thebox
11/05/09
Good stuff.
His part really didn't make any sense though. Its amazing to say in a story that doesn't make any sense that you can actually have a character who's part makes even less sense.
Its also amazing you saw this in theaters. It was only in a handful and didn't last long in those.