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Donnie Darko question

variantvariant Registered User regular
edited March 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I was just watching this again and noticed that there's a small scene where the two teachers (younger guy and girl) are sitting together and the science teacher says "Donnie Darko" and they both chuckle...wtf is that about?

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  • MindLibMindLib Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I interpreted that simply as the two of them sharing the idea that Donnie was a strange but very intelligent student.

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  • ArenowArenow Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    To me it sounded like "What a weirdo, what are we gonna do with him". At the same time it shows the audience that everyone sees he's not a common guy, since they don't even have to explain.

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  • variantvariant Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Oh I guess I can see that, I was kind of wondering if it tied in to the part at the end (when everyone seems to have a faded memory of what actually had happened and that Donnie had finally ended the time loop).

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  • MindLibMindLib Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    variant wrote: »
    Oh I guess I can see that, I was kind of wondering if it tied in to the part at the end (when everyone seems to have a faded memory of what actually had happened and that Donnie had finally ended the time loop).

    Yeah absolutely, make up some weird-ass theory. I think that's what Donnie Darko is for.

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  • Jean Claude Van CalmJean Claude Van Calm 'sup? Awesome Possum.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Uhh, been awhile since I've seen but I think you're talking about the part where they are discussing who vandalized the school after he did the penmanship test. They are laughing cause he is the last person they suspected.

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Jean Claude Van Calm wrote: »
    Uhh, been awhile since I've seen but I think you're talking about the part where they are discussing who vandalized the school after he did the penmanship test. They are laughing cause he is the last person they suspected.

    I agree.

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  • SentrySentry Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    MindLib wrote: »
    variant wrote: »
    Oh I guess I can see that, I was kind of wondering if it tied in to the part at the end (when everyone seems to have a faded memory of what actually had happened and that Donnie had finally ended the time loop).

    Yeah absolutely, make up some weird-ass theory. I think that's what Donnie Darko is for.

    I just want to say, this made me lol.

    But for the record, I agree with the last two posts.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    MindLib wrote: »
    variant wrote: »
    Oh I guess I can see that, I was kind of wondering if it tied in to the part at the end (when everyone seems to have a faded memory of what actually had happened and that Donnie had finally ended the time loop).

    Yeah absolutely, make up some weird-ass theory. I think that's what Donnie Darko is for.

    It should be known that you should never ever look up what the director thinks happens in the movie.

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  • DrFrylockDrFrylock Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Nappuccino wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    variant wrote: »
    Oh I guess I can see that, I was kind of wondering if it tied in to the part at the end (when everyone seems to have a faded memory of what actually had happened and that Donnie had finally ended the time loop).

    Yeah absolutely, make up some weird-ass theory. I think that's what Donnie Darko is for.

    It should be known that you should never ever look up what the director thinks happens in the movie.

    Although if you're curious as to what happens when you rip the last vestiges of a coherent plot from the Donnie Darko concept and things just go apeshit-off-the-rails, you can watch Southland Tales.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited March 2010
    Nappuccino wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    variant wrote: »
    Oh I guess I can see that, I was kind of wondering if it tied in to the part at the end (when everyone seems to have a faded memory of what actually had happened and that Donnie had finally ended the time loop).

    Yeah absolutely, make up some weird-ass theory. I think that's what Donnie Darko is for.

    It should be known that you should never ever look up what the director thinks happens in the movie.
    I never have and I can't tell if you mean that what he thinks is ridiculous, or it's more fun to think on it for yourself, or if you're just being sarcastic.

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  • 28682868 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    ceres wrote: »
    Nappuccino wrote: »
    MindLib wrote: »
    variant wrote: »
    Oh I guess I can see that, I was kind of wondering if it tied in to the part at the end (when everyone seems to have a faded memory of what actually had happened and that Donnie had finally ended the time loop).

    Yeah absolutely, make up some weird-ass theory. I think that's what Donnie Darko is for.

    It should be known that you should never ever look up what the director thinks happens in the movie.
    I never have and I can't tell if you mean that what he thinks is ridiculous, or it's more fun to think on it for yourself, or if you're just being sarcastic.

    What Richard Kelly thinks is not ridiculous.
    It's ridonkulous

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    When it first came out there was a website that filled in someof the story by giving you pages from the book. I wonder if that's still around and whether that was the director's vision?

    I'm still undecided on watching the 'sequel'

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