S. Darko

[UncriticallyAcclaimed]

This movie had potential, but it failed. It is a useless unnecessary film based on the world created in Donnie Darko. Nothing new is brought to the 'Donnie Darko realm'. Instead it leaves you with even more questions than you have going into it, and the questions left unresolved pertain to this story only. This does not deserve to be called a sequel to Donnie Darko. It dies as soon as it starts breathing. I was thinking during the first 40 minutes or so that this movie does not deserve the terrible rating and reviews it has gotten... Then I watched the rest of it and understood. The only thing keeping this film at the generous four/ten star/rating is some of the dialogue which I found amusing.

4/10

[Deadite]

Terrible movie.

[Nausicaä]

Yep, dreadful and pointless sequel.

[Monkeypunch]

I kind of feel like it had potential, but then it just copied the first one a bit too literally with the time travel elements. I loved Donnie Darko because it was one of the most bewildering movies I'd ever seen at that point. Things happened that were odd, but the director didn't explain them, leaving it to the viewer to suss out what was going on. I hated that S. Darko (and the Donnie Darko directors cut) held the viewer's hand and said "okay, they are time travelling." If S. Darko had been it's own thing with a strange groove to it, then it could have been good. Why are most sequels just remakes of the original? Is that what studios think we want?