Letterboxd — Your life in film

Donnie Darko may need a second watch to fill understand, it was hard to put together the timeline until the very end. I suppose Donnie ends up as a hero and his mind was the time machine. His Mind knew about Frank which saved him and Gretchen. I suppose we spend the whole movie expecting Donnie to kill one of his friends or family or them all but instead he saves them and kills himself. I’m not 100% sure on…

The story for this wasn’t too relatable but the characters were easy to watch and the soundtrack is perfect to each scene. Edgar is on par with Tarantino on the needle drop in this movie, parts of the movie are dictated by the music which connects us to Baby. My favourite part was after Baby and Debbie have dinner, after she get out of the car, Baby’s ringing ears start again showing us that when he’s with Debbie he is…

Ed Norton is one of the greatest actors to never win an Oscar and this movie - despite coming out in 1999 - tackles modern day issues on racism in America and the deluded mindsets of white supremacists. It shows that each man is equal and is so relevant to today. Which in a way makes you feel awful because nothing has changed in 22 years. This is the perfect commentary on past and present America and should be shown…