No worries mate, that’s thankfully in the past. I appreciate this brief discussion, and I hope you have a wonderful day!
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That’s fair enough. I tend to look at things overly analytically, and I have a hard time when there isn’t a clear answer, or even potential answer to “why?”
If every answer is a paradox, and the conclusion happens because “that’s just how it happened,” I feel unsatisfied. I want it to mean something conclusive, even if that conclusive meaning is ambiguous.
I think a movie that accomplishes this concept more effectively is Inception. The ending is very ambiguous, but there are multiple concrete and logical interpretations. Those possibilities feel exciting to discuss and explore to me personally, while Donnie Darko just leaves me with more questions and confusion.
I understand that it has prompted a lot of debate and conversation, which was very likely the goal.
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However, I don’t find any of that information or explanations compelling. The author of that article even admits multiple times that the understanding and interpretation is ambiguous. None of the “why” or the “how” is definitively explained.
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I’m also almost certainly biased to view the message of the movie negatively in hindsight. I’m on the spectrum and struggled severely with my mental health for years, including when I watched this movie for the first time. The fact that the movie ends with his suicide being portrayed as a heroic and noble act had a profoundly negative impact on me for many years.
Strange movie with some interesting philosophy and good moments.
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I never understand what Donnie did to break out of the time loop. It seemed like all of the events of the previous loops still occurred throughout the movie, so why was the final loop significant? What caused him to stay in his bed? Was his death necessary, and if so, why?
No worries, I hope you’re in a (relatively, despite the state of the outside world) good space as well. I wish you all the best, and I hope to meet again. Cheers mate!