Is this film smart, or is it stupid?
It's well made dumb. I had to explain this to you because you're an Appletard who can't think for himself.
>>223430215It's a good depiction of a high IQ schizopath. I don't think it appeals to outright dumb people. Mid and up yes.
>>223430215If you're wondering whether it took intelligence to write, perform, and film this movie then yes.
It's meh.Watch once cause everyone sucks its dick to see what the hype is. Never watch again.
>>223430215it's very high iq
>>223430215It’s smart but still it’s a lame movie
>>223430215I used to pretend to like and understand this movie in high school to seem deep. I cringe every time I see it because it reminds me how I would bring it up completely unprompted.
>>223430215Its a smart way to depict a simple idea.
i miss swayze
Sparkle magic.
I watch for she
>>223430215It's legitimately dumb solely for the reason that this cringe edgy rabbit is in it and then became the moscot of this movie.
>>223430627>>223431213>>223432501IN THIS HOUSE, RICHARD KELLY IS A HERO, END OF STORY
the 4-D depiction of space time is locked to the earth as a reference frame. in reality we are flying through time and space even if you never leave your seat. therefore the film is dumb
>>223432547I liked Southland Tales and even The Box.
>>223430215The directors cut is awful and ruins the movie. It works way better when you don't know what's going on, overexplaining it just takes so much away
stupid people think it's smartsmart people think it's stupid
it's comfy
>>223432599what do mids like you think
>>223430215With the directors cut it's smart.
it's a shitty teenage flick. it's okay if you like it when you're 15, but that's it.
>>223433267stupid people think they're smart and smart people think they're stupid so i think it's smart
>>223432589Same. His movies always have some enigmatic metaphysical framework underpinning all the action. I think categorizing his films as smart or stupid is the wrong angle. More like how comfortable can you be with the unknowable?
>>223430215its smart from the perspective of someone who has watched a few youtube videos on none scientific physics or someone who has studied physics but had some funny ideas about it
>>223433348>playing chessers
>>223433287With the director's cut it makes sense.
>>223432598what were some differences? i never saw it but felt like i understood the movie even as a teenager
>>223430215It's a brilliant film that was obviously created by someone whose IQ is at least 30 points higher than /tv/'s average.But seriously, Richard Kelly is a legit genius.
>>223432465She cute
>>223430215Really depends on which version you watch
>>223433784Among other sound mixing and adding back in deleted scenes it features title cards/text overs that hold dumb peoples hands and just outright explain the mystery.
>>223435218The Box is one of the most underrated films of all time
>>223433833>Richard Kelly is a legit geniusWhy? Donnie Darko is the only halfway clever thing he wrote. The Box or Southland Tales were pretty generic
>>223435275He wrote and directed Donnie Darko when he was 25yo. That's all the evidence you should need.Makes Kane Parsons look like a drooling retard by comparison.
>>223430215It remains underrated.
>>223433784Interspersed in the director's cut are quotes from an in-universe book that explain the events in gay scifi prose full of capitalized nouns, like "when the Event occurs to the Subject, the Synchronization begins" or whatever. It's lame.
>>223435299He didn't write Donnie Darko. His budding screenwriter friend did. Kelly stole the script when he died in a car accident. He also wrote the draft for Southland Tales but Kelly had to finish it himself, which is why it and everything else he ever made is shit
>>223430215It's a weird and unique movie, pretty worth watching just to vibe with it.
>>223435218because 9/11 broke his brain. but southland tales is still very good in its own schizo way. haven't seen the box.
>>223430365>schizopathThis right here. It's a schizophrenia movie. It's not a movie you want to try and figure out with logic.
>>223436258>it was actually marcia lucas. source: my assyawn
>>223430215>Why are you wearing that stupid anon poster costume?
I don’t know. I didn’t understand it.
>In August 2026, while announcing the release date for a literary sequel to Donnie Darko that he authored titled The Philosophy of Time Travel which takes place during the first fourteen months after the movie. During the announcement, Kelly revealed that there are plans for multiple feature film sequels in development at that time. The filmmaker detailed that the first installment would adapt the novel, with intentions being that the original cast will return via vocal performance with the release being animated through the use of motion capture technology. Kelly stated that a live action movie set decades later would follow, after having spent years mapping out how the story will continue.[97][98]guy will try to run on the success of this singular film until he dies
>>223436572only because nobody wants to fund the pile of new scripts he has written since. him and shane carruth would have both been beloved auteurs if they weren't stuck in the era of hollywood that hates white men. incredible waste.
>>223430215I can't decide whether this is underrated or overrated, but it's definitely not appropriately rated. It's either a hackjob or a work of genius.
>>223430215It's neither. It's just a movie that succeeds in pulling off a certain atmosphere. You either find that entertaining or not.
>>223430215it's a high iq, low agency kind of movie, embodying the "gifted underachiever" archetype.
>>223435299Thats not shockingly young. Most directors did their masterpieces in their 20s. A lot of musicians did their greatest work still being a teenager
>>223437084hear hear. high iq movie, i don't know.but definitely heart wrenching movie (director's cut included) for high iq ppl.
