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Donnie Darko is one of my favourite movies, kind of like Butterfly effect, where one small change can have such dramatic effect on everybodies lives. There's supposed to be a #2 coming out taken from his sister perspective, looks pretty crap I just don't want them to wreck the first one.
I feel a little vulnerabale admitting this on an internet forum, but there was a time in my life I could identify with the fight club movie.
Followeing the deaths of two close friends in a traffic accident and the death of my Grandmother, who cared from me all of my early life while my mother was in hospital, boxing helped me through. Physically taking punishment and administering pain of my own helped me to cope and although I assume it wasn't the best therapy I did work.
The weird thing was that feeling the pain was better than dishing it out.
I thought I was a freak, until a friend (another boxer) who was out for 6 months coonfided in me saying "I can't wait to get hit in the face."
We're weird animals.
Thanks for sharing Donny, but you are defently not alone; i'm sure a lot of people use boxing as a therapy. Personally it helped me emensly for reasons I am ashamed of, but boxing helped me get through. Getting hit especially, I used to say to myself if I can deal with getting bruised and bloody I can get over this and I did.
I can relate man, strange isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Salty
I know now that I look back at it, just swapping emotional pain for physical pain. But I know I couldn't have done it any other way, which is one of the reasons I love this sport so much.
What the hell are you saying here? Seriously, I think you used several wrong words and I'm confused. I get you don't get fight club, okay, but what does "doing get 90% of it" mean? Are you saying you don't get 90% of it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizaster
If that's the case, I don't see how you could have watched it five times and don't get it. It's about a guy who is so dissatisfied with the life he's led that he creates an alternate persona to give himself meaning. He didn't have the courage to do it himself so he developed some cause that he didn't necessarily believe in to feel like he'd done something. The message is there, plain and simple, don't let the things surrounding you dictate who you are, you decide.
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Originally Posted by liquidWhat the hell are you saying here? Seriously, I think you used several wrong words and I'm confused. I get you don't get fight club, okay, but what does "doing get 90% of it" mean? Are you saying you don't get 90% of it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizaster
If that's the case, I don't see how you could have watched it five times and don't get it. It's about a guy who is so dissatisfied with the life he's led that he creates an alternate persona to give himself meaning. He didn't have the courage to do it himself so he developed some cause that he didn't necessarily believe in to feel like he'd done something. The message is there, plain and simple, don't let the things surrounding you dictate who you are, you decide.
You hit the nail right on the head with this (rep coming your way soon). Having been a long time Chuck Palahniuk fan and fight club probably being my second or third favorite of his books.
You really should read the book. The movie did a good job capturing what it could, but like I said if you really want to get the full effect of this great piece of work read the book.
Just to clear something up. The movie actually flopped in box office numbers. Not til it came out on DVD did it really start picking up momentum and stir and then quickly became a Cult Classic.
I'm actually looking forward to August when Chuck Palahniuks book "Choke" hits the big screen. I really hope they do the book justice.
Indeed it is a crap movie probably one of the most overrated films ever.
I liked the twist ending but yeah the plot for the most part was retarded.