Post by Pincho Paxton on Aug 22, 2020 9:39:11 GMT
Whenever I read about this movie, somewhere on the page will be "The movie doesn't make sense." Even Jake Gyllenhaal says that he does not understand the film.
The film does make sense!
In fact I may as well include Sucker Punch in this explanation, because both movies use the same sort of story.
The story is about using the Butterfly Effect to change a snippet of time. The butterfly effect means that everything you do has cause, and effect. So if you go back in time, and kill Hitler then there is no World War 2, and a lot of people that would have died are then alive, and all of the children that they would have had now exist, and their children now exist.
Donnie Darko exists in a timeline that is altered by his actions, and then erased again afterwards. So for example a paedophile is caught out for their actions in one timeline, but in the second timeline they only realise the consequences of their actions, and how it effects others. Each person that Donnie interacted with in a temporary timeline has a huge effect on that person in the permanent timeline, and fixes things about that permanent timeline. Donnie even saves a life by altering things about time that lead to a fatal accident.
It would probably have been easier to understand if the film showed all of the changes at the end, but is also fun to work out anyway.
If the movie did wind forwards, and show you the two alternate timelines continuing into the future you would see such things as Donnies Little sister being led away to a dance competition accompanied by a paedophile...
A/ In timeline one before Donnie made the paedophile see the error of his ways his little sister was in danger.
B/ In timeline 2 she is safe.
Anyway the same thing happens in Sucker Punch. A girl's actions alter a temporary timeline, and the changes that she makes carry on into the permanent timeline. For example she takes a chef's knife in the temporary timeline, and the chef can't find his knife in the permanent timeline. In Sucker Punch there is an amazing camera pan that goes through a mirror to the other side, and it is as though there are two real worlds at each side of the mirror. Donnie Darko also has mirrors, and reflections as part of the theme.
Interestingly Jena Malone is in both movies, and is the girl that dies in both movies.
Like The Matrix, these movies seem to mean something about Simulation Theory. In simulation theory there is no real timeline, so you could test the Butterfly Effect for real. You could repeat a timeline such as 1955 to 2065, and find out what impact each person has on that timeline. So I believe that Donnie Darko, and Sucker Punch have a realistic meaning that works with real lives.
Pincho Paxton
The film does make sense!
In fact I may as well include Sucker Punch in this explanation, because both movies use the same sort of story.
The story is about using the Butterfly Effect to change a snippet of time. The butterfly effect means that everything you do has cause, and effect. So if you go back in time, and kill Hitler then there is no World War 2, and a lot of people that would have died are then alive, and all of the children that they would have had now exist, and their children now exist.
Donnie Darko exists in a timeline that is altered by his actions, and then erased again afterwards. So for example a paedophile is caught out for their actions in one timeline, but in the second timeline they only realise the consequences of their actions, and how it effects others. Each person that Donnie interacted with in a temporary timeline has a huge effect on that person in the permanent timeline, and fixes things about that permanent timeline. Donnie even saves a life by altering things about time that lead to a fatal accident.
It would probably have been easier to understand if the film showed all of the changes at the end, but is also fun to work out anyway.
If the movie did wind forwards, and show you the two alternate timelines continuing into the future you would see such things as Donnies Little sister being led away to a dance competition accompanied by a paedophile...
A/ In timeline one before Donnie made the paedophile see the error of his ways his little sister was in danger.
B/ In timeline 2 she is safe.
Anyway the same thing happens in Sucker Punch. A girl's actions alter a temporary timeline, and the changes that she makes carry on into the permanent timeline. For example she takes a chef's knife in the temporary timeline, and the chef can't find his knife in the permanent timeline. In Sucker Punch there is an amazing camera pan that goes through a mirror to the other side, and it is as though there are two real worlds at each side of the mirror. Donnie Darko also has mirrors, and reflections as part of the theme.
Interestingly Jena Malone is in both movies, and is the girl that dies in both movies.
Like The Matrix, these movies seem to mean something about Simulation Theory. In simulation theory there is no real timeline, so you could test the Butterfly Effect for real. You could repeat a timeline such as 1955 to 2065, and find out what impact each person has on that timeline. So I believe that Donnie Darko, and Sucker Punch have a realistic meaning that works with real lives.
Pincho Paxton