Donnie Darko was truly an original and memorable movie. Darko was written and directed by a young and gifted filmmaker named Richard Kelly. The movie struck a massive chord with its intended audience after the studio botched its theatrical run. The DVD sold like hotcakes and was one of my favorite films of 2001. Flash forward to the here and now and we have S. Darko, a pseudo-intellectual wet noodle of a debacle. S. Darko is nearly unwatchable and easily the worst film of the year so far. Poorly acted (most of the miscast young actors stumble around vacantly and able to produce a single emotion), written, and directed, its a miserable movie-watching experience.
S. Darko is about Donnie’s sister Samantha (a broody and sullen Emo) who wanders around with another sneering Emo on a road trip to So Cal. Their car breaks down in a hellish small town in Utah populated by a hunky mechanic (a comatose Chuck Bass from Gossip Girl). Chuck smokes and tries to look edgy and seductive in Hanes white T-shirts in an odd bid to prove his heterosexuality, but he fails miserably, much like the movie in general. The other characters include Iraq Jack (wtf), a totally miscast and awful James Lafferty of the popular CW teen soap One Tree Hill. We also get a dumb cop, freaky Christians and an embarrassed looking Elizabeth Berkley of Showgirls and Saved by the Bell fame, blurting out some of the worst dialogue ever written. The plot has the basic conceits of the first film, minus any kind of menace, style, or wit. The bunny mask is there, the head has barbed wire around it so Iraq Jack can mutilate himself. A gratuitous and gruesome scene ensues. There’s so many holes in the movie, I lost track after 50 or so. At one point meteorites start falling all around and no one seems to notice or care. The combination of the awful CGI and the non-reaction from the dead cast did produce some laughs. At this point I lost the will to keep going.
S. Darko is pure shit. Fans of the original movie deserve better than this turd. This film should have never been made. I lost at least 20 IQ points during this flick. I need to rinse the memory of this flick from my mind forever. I still have no idea what possessed me to watch this movie in the first place, I knew it was going to be terrible. All I can say is they made me do it !
Movie Grade: F-
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Charles
May 15, 2009 -
Wow that bad huh. Not one good thing about the movie?
Garret
May 16, 2009 -
something tells me you began watching this with a closed mind…
Paladin
May 16, 2009 -
We can only hope that the movie makes nothing, but I’m guessing a lot of Emo’s will buy it and think it’s cool. The reality is, when you crap out something off the tail of a great and well-written movie that is about 8 years old; all they are looking for is money.
Donnie Darko was made for the sake of film-making–and yeah, it was pushed as some stupid horror movie when in reality it was a great fantasy-style film.
To all those out there who have not seen Donnie Darko, get the special edition, it’s just a great movie!
S. Darko–trash that was crapped out!
Ccfmds
May 16, 2009 -
I have one positive remark which is that Daveigh Chase is attractive and probably can be appealing in the right role. That’s all I got. This is one of the worst movies in eons. If people feel differently, please feel free to post your mini-reviews or your points.
trippplethreat333
May 16, 2009 -
I agree completely.
i live daonnie darko
Jun 27, 2009 -
dare i say? s.darko was worse than american gothic,there was way to many plot holes not to mention how poorly writen it was,some movies are good because they are bad,this is not one of them it made no sense sober or otherwise,not even stoners would enjoy this