Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: One Of The Best Movies
Summary: 5 Stars
As most people do, I think this is a great movie. I've seen it several times over the years, but decided to buy the blu ray version despite mostly bad reviews for the transfer.
As far as why the movie itself is so great, it's unique, there's a lot to figure out, and many of the theoretical physics type of topics such as time travel are interesting to a lot of people anyway.
The blu ray has both the theatrical release of the movie and the director's cut. Each of them explain what's going on in different ways really. The director's cut version explains a lot of things which the theatrical release leaves more open ended. It explains by showing the pages from the time travel book on the screen between some of the scenes. However, I personally like the ending of the theatrical version better. A lot of "helpful audio" is present at the end of the theatrical version, but not there in the director's cut.
As far as it being on blu ray, I disagree with those saying not to buy it. Most places sell it for close to $10, including here on Amazon. The transfer seems BARELY better than the DVD version to me. However if you don't already own BOTH versions of this movie on dvd, why not spend $10 to get to have both on one disc and compare them back and forth? Then I still believe it has SLIGHTLY better picture quality also.
So if you own BOTH versions of the movie on dvd I guess skip it. But otherwise it's easily worth the $10-$15. The movie itself is one of my favorites of all time.
The director's cut mostly just adds in deleted scenes already on the original dvd abd then overlays those time travel book pages, but it also has different music, added audio, removed audio, a little more in way of deleted scenes, etc... It's different enough to be interesting to anyone who loves the movie. The music is better in certain places in the theatrical release though, so I still rate the theatrical as the better version.
Movie Review: Warning: This film seriously messes with your head!
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is hard to classify and I am still trying to digest and classify it 24 hours after seeing it. It is disturbing but not in any horror sense. Like the film "The Fountain" you must be patient and see it all the way through before you will really understand it - and maybe not even then at least at first. This is a sleeper in that you probably won't come to true clarity and understanding until after you have slept on it overnight. I guess the best way to sum it up, as much as it can be done, is to call it a psychological time traveller story, but that hardly does this film justice.
Originally I put off buying this as it sounded like a horror film with all that that possibly entails. I am not a horror fan, nor like gore. I am glad however I took a chance and bought this film and watched it. Unique doesn't even begin to describe this film. Rest assured the R rating is mainly for extremely strong language. There is no graphic violence or gore involved, nor any nudity or sex, whatsoever. The disturbing part comes from anticipation and not understanding what you are seeing here.
It is a profoundly unique well done story and no scene can be anticipated in advance as in many other Hollywood films. It is not hard to understand now why this is such a cult classic!
The Blu-Ray Directors cut is very high quality, extremely crisp, and the sound excellent. The soundtrack is really good and I really like the "Mad World" song and have since bought the soundtrack separately just to have it and some other unique tracks as well.
If you are a fan of films like "The Fountain", "Pan's Labyrinth", "The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Dark City, "12 Monkeys". "V for Vendetta", "Man from Earth" and other similar type cult films this would be one to add to your film collection. Highly recommended!
Movie Review: Eh, What's Up Doc?
Summary: 5 Stars
The dark, seemingly evil rabbit in "Donnie Darko", the movie written and directed by Richard Kelly, may stick in viewers' minds as much as Bugs Bunny stuck in mine as a child. And, at the end of your first viewing, you too may be asking "what's up doc?"
Tom Keogh, who wrote the review of this film for Amazon, stated that this movie is unclassifiable. I don't necessarily agree with that view. Although it is part drama, part romance and part teen movie, it is primarily science fiction, with a sub-category of time travel. Keogh goes on to add that "Darko" is stunningly original--with that I do agree. Richard Kelly seems to be able to aptly create a David Lynch-like atmosphere that will keep the audience watching--and guessing--until the end.
Jake Gyllenhaal does an admirable job in the title role and is supported by an ensemble cast, including his sister Maggie, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Mary McDonnell (and even Ashley Tisdale in a small role). Jake is able to give "Donnie Darko" the needed dark off-centered, delusional, mind set that shows in his eyes in the distant haunted stare he conjurs up at just the right time during the story.
When it comes to eerie, mysterious science fiction flicks, you'll have a hard time finding another one nearly as good as "Donnie Darko". If you haven't checked it out, now's the time.
Movie Review: Great for Original Theatrical Darko fans
Summary: 5 Stars
I would say the #1 reason to buy this movie is that it contains the original theatrical version. Before I upgraded to blu-ray I bought the DD Directors Cut on DVD, and was very dissappointed about the changes to the film. Scenes were shifted around, and even worse, the soundtrack was different.
Visually, the DD blu-ray is no better then a DVD that is upconverted to 1080i, but for someone who doesn't have the original theatrical release and is looking to add to their blu-ray library, you can't go wrong with this. I will also note that it DOES contain the Director's cut so the converse is true. If you only have the thedtrical DVD and you are looking to see what the Director's cut it about, you also should buy this blu-ray. Though I prefer the theatrical version, the Director's cut is worth a viewing just so you can make up your own mind!
Movie Review: Great Movie, Awesome Blu-ray
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, if you have not seen Donnie Darko you should definitely check this movie out. One of my personal favorites, and it's sincerely a cult classic. Basically this Blu-ray is a 2 disc (One Blu-ray, one DVD) Directors Cut Edition if you didn't know. This is chock full of special features, and a very insightful commentary with the Director Richard Kelly and the lead Jake Gyllenhaal.
-*Positives*-
-Great Plot
-Phenomenal cast
-Tons of special features
*- Negatives-*
- Quality is similar to the DVD release
- Second disk is a standard DVD
- Second disk is just special features
If you love a good science fiction movie, be sure to BUY this Blu-ray.
P.S I recommend checking out the #1 fan Darkomentary.