Donnie Darko

When Donnie and his dad are talking in the car - just before they almost run grandma death over - a clapperboard is reflected in the window behind Donnie's dad's head.

The unmarried Jim Cunningham wears a wedding band throughout the film.

According to 'Richard Kelly (II)' (qv), this is an element of his untrustworthy and mysterious nature.

While in the car with his father, the passenger side mirror can be seen outside of the window.

During the back and forth shots between Donnie and his father, the mirror noticeably changes angles.

When Donnie finds the.

45 pistol in the closet the hammer is not cocked and the safety is on.

It is impossible to engage the safety on a.

45 unless the hammer is cocked.

And there is a screw or pin visible in the rear left side of the slide which does not exist in a real.

During the Life Line activity in Mrs.

Farmer's class, Cherita answers her question card by placing an "X" on the chalkboard.

When Donnie is called next the "X" that Cherita placed on the board is barely visible, like it had been half-erased.

The movie is set in 1988, but license plates, book editions, news photographs and products from 1989-1999 appear throughout.

These anachronisms fit in with the movie's themes of time travel and altered realities.

(Chapter 4 even mentions how things from the future, such as Mayans having arrow heads, are symbols of future being brought to the past - these anachronisms are on purpose.

) When the students all write "They made me do it" on the board, Sam Bylen is followed by Donnie Darko.

Cherita Chen wrote between those two, but the original cut skips her moment.

It is restored in the director's cut.

When Donnie is talking about time travel with his science teacher for the first time, the slinky around his neck changes positions from behind the collar of his shirt to around his neck when the camera switches between frontal and rear angles.

When Donnie's science teacher begins talking about Roberta Sparrow's book, Donnie puts the Slinky around his neck.

The camera cuts to Donnie taking the book and cuts directly back to a rear angle of Donnie to show the Slinky still taut around his neck, which it would not be if he had released his grip on one end of it.

The name of the high school is "Middlesex," which would obviously be abbreviated "MHS" for Middlesex High School.

Immediately before Donnie's time travel conversation with his teacher, we see the top of the entrance of the school.

There is a stone cross there with the letters "IHS".

However, "IHS" is catholic acronym from Greek name of Jesus (Ihsous) and is commonly placed on the crosses.

This letters aren't supposed to be acronym for the name of the school.

While discussing Watership Down in class (1:33 approx.

of Director's Cut), Donnie calls his English teacher Ms.

Farmer.

The character's name is Ms.

Pomeroy.

Farmer is the gym teacher.

Middlesex, VA, is mostly flat and does not have hills as depicted in the movie.

The movie is set in Middlesex, VA, meaning that cars should have Virginia license plates.

There are several cars that have California license plates instead.

This is my first review, and I've chosen Donnie Darko (2001) because it is one of my all-time favorite movies. Why?

I know I'm in the minority here. I know that this movie is a cult classic and has gotten rave reviews that's the reason I watched to begin with--well that and the fact I thought it was a time travel movie.

"The dreams which I'm dying are the best I've ever had..." Most of the authorities reviewed Donnie Darko as a psychological thriller.

The movie is clearly a vehicle for young actors to show their stuff to industry insiders. Like an extended audition, the plot is unnecessary, the continuity irrelevant and the ending is only needed to let people know the audition is over and they can leave.

A highly rated movie with rave reviews? How could I resist?

I just don't see any reason why I should promote this to anyone.. just watch it!

Donnie Darko is a good movie with a great and unique storyline that is very creepy and filled with weird and unusual.I thought it was enjoyable,but it certainly isn't my kind of film,a lot of the dialogue was really unusual and the characters,especially Donnie's,personality is often depressing,I can definitely see why some would love this movie but it isn't something I would want to watch again and again.

This is "an edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face with his dark destiny," according to the promotional verbiage for the film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as "a delusional high school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past and deadly predictions for the future." This description hardly scratches the surface of "Donnie Darko".

A masterpiece to say the least. I have no words for how much I love this movie.