Basically DD was fixing a glitch in the universe with what’s called a closed time-like loop where things can loop backwards in time as long as the outcome isn’t changed. Frank was extremely improbable but not impossible under these circumstances, and was necessary to achieve the necessary outcome. Or something like that.
The rabbit is just a manipulated dead, Frank died in his Halloween costume hence the rabbit get up. And anyone who dies within the tangent universe gets to aid the living receiver from a bit of a meta position outside of the loop.
THANK YOU. I have always said this. When I saw the movie, which my friends made a huge deal about, I did go online to figure out what it meant because I thought I had missed something. No, just pretty standard time travel. I had been making it all kinds of complicated other than that because of how notoriously confusing it’s supposed to be, but I was wrong.
I remember watching it and thinking "Oh neat the twist is that we don't know if it's paranormal activities or just an unreliable narrator with psychosis". Looked into it and was just like "Oh yeah, pocket dimensions with time loops and doomsday artifacts are entirely real and a fact of the story" still fun but I kinda liked the ambiguity more.
You missed the whole another point of the movie with religion, fear mongering and overworked teachers. The time travel is not the main theme of the movie imho
As a time travel/science fiction film it's just fine.
As a commentary on religious teaching influencing public education, it's pretty on point. Plenty of adults are put into positions of authority over children that just have no business being there. What I quite like about the film is that Donnie has pretty good parents; it's the other adults in his life that are awful.
You’re not wrong, but I’m not talking about themes, I’m talking about plot in reference to the commenter who said, “…and a plot you can’t understand without opening a Wikipedia page.” I just don’t think that’s actually true and was ultimately a letdown for me.
Maaaan. Long story short, this was the only DVD my buddy and I had for a while. We watched it every single night for 3-4 months and figured out every iota of the plot. Still one of our greatest achievements lol.
I had a teacher who legitimately did this. He had all the boys sit alone, and all the girls stand. One by one, the girls were to decide who to sit next to, while he made creepy comments about their choices.
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u/pikahetti 5d ago
The director is like that one teacher who knowingly sits you with your crush