Clubkid said:

hey, no need to get all jack black in a wrecka stow about it, it's just an opinion! just like poor lil' ol creepy carrie done tole her momma, EVERYONE'S GOT 'EM!

that said, i wouldn't call 'donnie darko' my favorite movie ever. maybe my favorite movie of that YEAR. all i know is, i didn't feel insulted by the plot, i cared about the characters, i ADORED the old hag gym teacher (who is also excellent in the very fun and very overlooked movie 'sordid lives'), and anything that gets katherine ross off her ass and in a film is just okay by me.

so if all that puts me at the uncool kids table or whatever, then great. i'll sit there eating my cardboard pizza and apple brown betty with pride, brazenly applying my bitterscotch flavored chapstick with all due pride an' shit, etc.

Anxiety said:

You mean Apple Brown Peggy...

Byron said:

hey, whoever's apples you wanna brown is your business.

Anxiety said:

Bea Arthur, Peggy Hill...I have unique tastes in women..

Case said:

I prefer the Directors Cut in every respect other than the 2 main changes in
music placement. I still think Echo & the Bunnymen's 'Killing Moon' was a better
opening track for the movie than INXS's 'Never Tear Us Apart'. I know that
Richard Kelly had always originally intended to use the INXS track, and that the
sequence was shot and choreographed to it, and I also see the reason for choice
of track too. But IMHO 'Killing Moon' just had the right 'edge' and slightly
uneasy atmosphere to start the film off. It just seems to set the tone better.

The new placement of the track in the directors cut to the exit from the party
scene certainly works and makes narrative sense, but they only use a small
instrumental portion of the track from the 12" version, and it's a shame to
lose the lyrics because they're actually quite apt. Also it was a shame to
relegate the Church's 'Under the Milky Way' to just hearing it in the background
on the radio while Donnie and his dad were in the car.

Personally, I'd like to edit my own version of the movie using the Directors
Cut, but putting 'Killing Moon' and 'Under the Milky Way' back into their
positions on the original theatrical cut, and maybe adding 'Never Tear Us Apart'
in the background of the family meal near the beginning or somewhere similar.

BorisFishpaw said:

Damn...I love how "Under The Milky Way" plays during the party scene...it makes the scene so haunting, sad and disturbing...

My sister loved this movie and even had to go out and buy the DVD, which she got pretty cheap. She really isn't a movie buff either, so I doubt she'll get the directors cut but I would like to see it. I wouldn't buy it but might rent it if it was available (which it won't be). That is a case of a movie that really had a life out it's DVD release.

Byron said:

I agree.
It just shows how some 'compromises' that are made to an artists original vision
can actually turn out to be improvements.


Another really odd thing with the party scene in the directors cut is that when
Donnie opens the door to his friends there's no music playing (a bit odd for a
party!). Whereas in the original theatrical cut there's an obscure rock track
playing (Proud To Be Loud by the Dead Green Mummies). Other than these soundtrack
changes, I much prefer the Directors Cut, as all the additional scenes really
add depth to the supporting characters, especially Donnie's family and his
psychiatrist.