Just perfect...

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

OK so this movie is terrible and the acting is terrible. The effects are rubbish and it doesn't make much sense no thought has gone into it because its similar in that the world will end they've tried to copy the original but mess it up and tear it apart they clearly didn't think of making this the amazing sequel it could be and random hauntings are thrown in whereas in the original there's just frank you expect it to be more than it is , don't do what I did and think it will be amazing like the original because it's not I quickly realised this is because it's not the same writer or director and I know Donnie died but I shouldn't of bothered with it as Jake's not in it I don't think you could ever make a sequel to Donnie Darko it wouldn't be good enough I know you may have ruled out Donnie Darko after seeing this * BUT* don't just don't bother with this stay well clear and watch Donnie Darko instead -that movie will be worth it i promise!

this movie was completely boringly sad and confusing. It contained scenes that were disjointed, and had no meaning. the only reason i gave it a 1 instead of a 2 was its only redeeming value was watching Daveigh Chase pout. I was excited about this movie because D darko was one of my favorite movies. However this is a lousy sequel. They tried to make this just like the original, arty and deep but instead it came up extremely short and shallow. It took all my will not to turn it off.As i said before, it was fun to see all the ways Daveigh Chase could look pouty, pretty and hipster like but that got old quick.

Admittedly, I really wasn't expecting this film to be that good. The fact that it went straight to DVD only made me feel more skeptical and the only reason I ended up watching the film was because it was given to me. Thank God I didn't spend money on it. This movie takes all the good bits of Donnie Darko and tries to make a new movie out of them. However, the ending result is not an excellent film but feels more like a fan made feature. This may have something to do with the fact that Chris Fisher, director of the first film, had nothing to do with the sequel but nevertheless, the film does not stand on it's own. Some sequences actually feel like you're watching a deleted scene from the original film. The plot has essentially been copied from its predecessor, complete with the world ending, wormholes, time travel and even Frank, although he's represented by a metal mask. The acting does not redeem the film either. For most of the movie's running time, Daveigh Chase looks like she's struggling to show emotion. and for the most part, her and Brianna Evigan spend most of their time running around in skimpy dresses and shorts and alternately time travelling. They also share a line that is easily the worst in the film; it's only said two or three times but each made me wince. A hint is that it uses the word immaculate. The supporting characters are by far the most interesting, although that isn't really saying anything. Jackson Rathbone, as local science nerd Jeremy, is adorable and plays his role as the awkward geek fairly well, although he goes through a transformation at the end that is more than a little bizarre. So, for those Donnie Darko fans out there who have been contemplating seeing the movie, save yourself the pain. S. Darko is not worthy of bearing the moniker "a Donnie Darko film." This isn't a sequel to Donnie Darko; it's a rip-off, sucking all the parts out of the original movie that made it brilliant and dumbing them down. Save yourself the one and a half hours. Just don't bother.

Spoilers due to weird personal opinions ANGLE 1 Blu-ray makes more demands on one's system than DVD, but for St Trinian's 2 and Heathers it seemed worth having a go. Reading around, I got the impression that some individuals had got Blu-ray to play on less expensive hardware by converting the video to more easily playable forms. Does some software consider reworking Blu-ray to be improper? I soon ended up with Trinian's that were bloated. Get to view Blu-ray S Darko, it ended up as just a bit torn. Jitter abounded. If some people have success with this then others discover that things are not so simple. ANGLE 2 The original Darko dives into subjects that are not talked about openly, they are covered with taboo. There is a story there, one that had me watching it several times even though the acting did not feel too real, my perception was askew? The story has a lot of veiled symbols and an SF commentary, but I tended to ignore that side and look to what I understand as the real story, shown by my personal relationship with the taboo. I tend to view the bad stuff that Donnie did as unreal, a paint job explained by the symbolism of the misdeeds. I note that Donnie has a remedial education gap re personal hygiene. I can relate. Darko 2 as a fan thing made by a very different production team, not unheard of. Their understanding of the story is a bit different to me and their ways of dealing with taboo typically does not have the class that the original had, but I can still watch the first two thirds comfortably and that helps me to rethink just what my opinion of the original is now. The early breakdown, Sam in the road, that definitely helps me re the very start of Donnie. ANGLE 3 In my early days of DVDs, some actors stood out. I was in my early days of enforced male to female and looking to girls was proper and Daveigh Chase, being a rising star in the horror world, was one who I looked to. I only watched Donnie because of her. I experience her and Sparkle Motion as having a central role. I find the dance scary. I find the glimpse of a lookalike to Shannen Doherty, Girls Just … and Heathers, just before the engine fall as scarier. Soon I was wondering if Daveigh was getting her roles because of her name and despite the fact that she could act, but Spirited Away says that is not a bad thing. I was tangled by a past of being a believer in old time religion and chasing David was a real issue to me. I did keep my thoughts to myself and am several thousands of miles from where Daveigh lives. Soon I was hearing messages that Daveigh had been born in Utah, that she had the Utah religion, that she liked to live and work there. She appeared to move from features to acting in TV series. A fan picture of Travelling Pants having her as highly plump, somehow I felt a need to calm my fan interest and to look elsewhere. I have not considered any other actor to have a chasing David link. Camilla Belle, just a wide range of interesting stories, the early ones set a standard. Only one of my most recent fan dreams, Yasmin tooth fairy, has ended up with fan pictures showing her as really fat. I currently look to Trinian's. ANGLE 4My favourite horror of young Daveigh, her as the star, is Beethoven 5. Yet re-watch it soon after torn S Darko and it actually felt empty, a watchable void. Beethoven 5 has Daveigh riding a bus to town with her dog, her staying a month in the town of Quicksilver with her uncle, a certified grease monkey. A story of ghosts and robbery and of various forms of justice prevailing. My torn S Darko seems to quote bits of this and other stuff of hers that I know, but is not a direct quote. In S Darko, a Silver Nitrate production, she is trying to emigrate from Virginia to Hollywood, just (Corey's dad's?) car breaks down in small town Utah. A slightly similar car tries to kill them, later. She does not enter town with a large St Bernard but with Corey. She ends up by not heading to Hollywood or even staying in Utah, but returning to Virginia instead. Scary stuff, given my past. So, the car likely belongs to Corey, my interpretation is likely askew. ANGLE 5 There is amazing scenery, set as the countryside around a village in one of the main Utah valleys. From the IMDb locations page this is three areas close to Salt Lake City. Echo, with detail from Delle and Magna. ANGLE 5+1Heathers, I find the region 2 DVDs I have purchased to all be a bit fuzzy compared to the clearest DVDs. The Blu-ray region 1 was my attempt to solve that. It is now obvious that the Blu-ray version has the image quality that one hopes for. I now need to be able to view Blu-ray reliably. The S Darko soundtrack appears to point to Heathers at one point and to me that is the same ball park but a different game, The quote might relate to some detail in these two rather than a global comment. ANGLE 5+2 Get to know this further and I now respect this writer's view as deeper than my own. I find that this does help me to appreciate the original better, despite the weaknesses.