On first view of this film I thought it was a horrid waste of time. Afterward though, I thought on it and the original movie, and I found it to slowly make more sense.
The movie does appear to be rushed in many places but I think that the story eventually makes sense. However it opens up for a possibility of a third film to explain the reasoning in this one.
The whole movie is about saving Samantha Darko, not only from the "end of the universe," but from herself. Her character is the inverse of what Donnie was in D.D. She needs to start living her life, other lives are sacrificed for her to do so. Donnie had to die for everyone else to live. When they speak of saving the universe I feel that Samantha Darko has something that she needs to do in the future, something she needs live for.
This is why Donnie had to die, so that she wouldn't perish in the plane crash. This is why when Samantha dies in S. Darko, that she needs to be saved by her friend sacrificing herself. This is why, in the end, she must be led away from the small Utah town where it is going to be destroyed by meteors. She cannot die until she saves the universe. The events I feel are yet to come.
Her character may be more important in the grand scheme than originally conceived in the original Darko film.
This is why I think it is opened up for a third film.
I am sure many fans of Donnie Darko would be very angry with this film, but I've accepted it, as I do with all sequels and remakes that come out these days. I suggest you take it, and run with it. No use complaining.
The movie does appear to be rushed in many places but I think that the story eventually makes sense. However it opens up for a possibility of a third film to explain the reasoning in this one.
The whole movie is about saving Samantha Darko, not only from the "end of the universe," but from herself. Her character is the inverse of what Donnie was in D.D. She needs to start living her life, other lives are sacrificed for her to do so. Donnie had to die for everyone else to live. When they speak of saving the universe I feel that Samantha Darko has something that she needs to do in the future, something she needs live for.
This is why Donnie had to die, so that she wouldn't perish in the plane crash. This is why when Samantha dies in S. Darko, that she needs to be saved by her friend sacrificing herself. This is why, in the end, she must be led away from the small Utah town where it is going to be destroyed by meteors. She cannot die until she saves the universe. The events I feel are yet to come.
Her character may be more important in the grand scheme than originally conceived in the original Darko film.
This is why I think it is opened up for a third film.
I am sure many fans of Donnie Darko would be very angry with this film, but I've accepted it, as I do with all sequels and remakes that come out these days. I suggest you take it, and run with it. No use complaining.