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: Not the director's cut?
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this movie, I love the theatrical version, but I really love the Director's Cut! I am disappointed that the Blu-Ray release does not have the longer version on it, which I feel is a much more complete movie.Movie Review: Warning to UK buyers
Summary: 4 Stars
Watch out! Amazon have labelled this as Region-Free. It's not, it's Region A on Blu. Useless...Movie Review: Masturbatory Filmmaking
Summary: 3 Stars
Film student here. This is a good example of a modern expressionist film. In other words, the filmmaker made it for himself, not for an audience. And of the few people who are receptive to it, no two understandings of it are the same and certainly not the same as the filmmaker's since this is basically a look inside his own mind. Anyone who thinks they understand this film only understands it for themselves. I think this movie is interesting for it's bizarre way of provoking philosophical and supernatual wonder, however, do not mistake that and the plot complexity for cleverness. This is not a 'clever' film; it's just one particular filmmaker's canvas strokes which, on the surface, is somewhat random. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) A clever film would be one that has an overall conceptual or narrative hook that keeps all spectators on the same page. (Remember, moviemaking was invented as a communal spectator medium; not a home video stoner gathering on a basement couch with friends.) A film doesn't have to tell a coherent story or even have a story; it just has to be engaging in some way. This movie it worth a shot if you haven't seen it, but I suggest starting with the theatrical version.
Also, the Blu-ray transfer is very unimpressive as far as picture.
Movie Review: Awesome Movie - Transfer to Blu-Ray Not So Good.
Summary: 3 Stars
First I would like to say that this review is more targeted at the Blu-Ray transfer of this movie. When I first found out this movie was available on Blu-Ray I had to have it since it's one of my favorite movies. I already owned the DVD, and was happy with the quality of the video on my up-converting DVD player. I figured the Blu-Ray would have to look better since it advertised as HD 1080p. Unfortunately that was not the case; in fact the DVD looks better up-converted than the Blu-Ray does. How does that happen? It appears the studio did very little to prepare this film for Blu-Ray. If anything they made it worse by trying to doctor it up rather than spend the money to re-master it properly. The movie has a lot of dark scenes which are almost all grainy and not very detailed. The light scenes are not as noticeable but you can still see it unless you're sitting a good distance from your TV. I guess the point I'm trying to make would be to hang on to your DVD until they fix the Blu-Ray transfer. At the new price it's worth buying if you don't already have the DVD, but don't "up grade" to this from your DVD.Movie Review: Amazing Film; Just An Okay Release
Summary: 3 Stars
This is an amazing movie with something for everyone. Even if you don't get wrapped up in the mystery and go to any means necessary to decipher it, it still has a great atmosphere and is extremely well made. Great performance, great script, great directing... With that being said it's only an okay release. The reason I'm saying this is because the special features are not in high def and the second disc is in fact simply the second disc from the Director's Cut release. On the other hand this isn't a complete loss because you do get both versions on one disc so if you're someone like me who enjoys both films depending on their mood it works. However, it's not a great transfer (although it's still better than the standard DVD release) which may matter to some. Once again, it works for me.