Donnie Darko
DIRECTOR’S CUT: This reminded me what a truly great 5/5 movie means. It provoked deep thought where others have failed. My review doesn’t focus on the movie, but on a singular theme that I had lots to say about:
Fear is not the opposite of love. Fear and love exist side by side and as one. One fears because of protecting things held dear, things they love. On a spectrum, fear and love exist together, which leaves the opposite end blank. On this spectrum I see hate and ignorance being the antithesis of love and fear, yet still hate and love are so similar and so similarly passionate. Hate, though, comes from ignorance, which is only fear born of a lack of knowledge.
Traversing life seeking nothing but unconditional love is as far from the human experience as we can stray. Comfort is such an interesting feeling because while it is associated with love, it can be found in pain, sorrow, grief, and misery. But then all of these are even purer forms of love; truly unconditional if there is such a thing. How can this feeling be so broad yet so concise? This is the paradox of human emotion.