I just saw this movie that came out in 2006 called Southland Tales by the writer/director of Donnie Darko. This movie was crazy as hell has anyone else seen it.

MAN this film looks so interesting. I wish I had netflix so I could watch it this weekend. How did you get a hold of a copy of it?

i've seen it. It is one of the most unusual films i have ever seen. It gives off a feeling of being cohesive, but i definitely didn't get it...on any level really. I thought that some scenes were good, and funny and many were satirical, but as a whole, i didn't get it.

Brain, you can buy it at Target, Best Buy, Borders... anywhere, really.

Richard Kelly is a great filmmaker. He always does films that are unlike any others and I think "Southland Tales" is definetly one of his classics.

I actually just found out my local library has a copy of it on hand, which means I will be picking it up immediately. I love my library

i bought it used at Hollywood video for like 10 bucks, but i got it for buy 2 dvds get 2 free. Im at work and a bit busy, but Ill let you know what i thought about the film just as soon as i get a quick second.

I got the ending and the idea of the film, but i didn't get how all the characters came together or even why some of them did what they did at all. I will say the mood of the film was amazing... the score only enhanced that weird feeling in the pit of my stomach i got when thinking about the world they showed us. Its definitely worth a watch, but don't have your girlfriend or a friend who doesnt like "filmmaker movies" watch it with you because they will be pissed at you lol. Did anybody get how everything came together? Let me know please its driving me nuts.

while i thought the movie was pretty lame,

someone on an imdb board suggested it was about a new messiah...like it was a birth of A NEW new testament....

its been a while since i seen it so i dont remember much, and i wasent impressed except for the rocks acting...

I haven't seen it, but from what I hear, it's nearly unwatchably bad.

And Donnie Darko was a lame movie.

I think Donnie Darko is beautiful.

I'm going to go ahead and say that calling it lame is contrary to general good taste (Nearly everyone will admit that this film is great, brilliant, or at least thought-provoking)


I guess I could be coming from a skewed perspective because Donnie really was a landmark film for me. Its not in my Top 10 but it was the first film to show me:

1) What it is like for a film not to hold my hand and walk me carefully through a straightforward and spoonfed narrative.

2) That it is okay not to completely understand or follow a film.

3) That it is okay to spend weeks trying to wrap your mind around a storyline and tie up loose ends until your mind can rest in peace with something resembling a personal interpretation.



Donnie: Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?
Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

Word, Brain.

*snaps...*

Yeah i understood that by joining one mans soul twice they were detrhrowning god and taking over as the new messiah but i still cant grasp why they initially chose the rock's character for this honor. I also cant figure out how half these story-lines made sense or were part of the plot unfolding.

Yes the movie was a mess, maybe too much of a mess for its own good, but the acting was pretty decent... the whole mood of the film was definitely cool and the parts of the story that did make sense i think were amazing. I bought it and ill say its worth another watch, now that i wont be trying so hard to understand what's going on maybe it will somehow fall into place if i just let it flow the second time.

Ya I pretty much laughed through this entire film. At first I wondered why there were so many stars in a Richard Kelley film (not saying his movies are void of big names, but this was more than usual), then I realized that this movie would have been absolutely no fun to watch if there were no big names delivering the rediculous lines. I'll start by saying that this movie went over my head, mostly because I dont even think Kelly even knew what the hell he was talking about.
I lost all hope in this film being enjoyable on a film appreciation level when I saw Justin Timberlake wording the lines to "All these things that I've done"- The Killers. So when the end came around I was already viewing this movie as I do all the low-budget horror films I see, with a pen and paper in hand so that I can do mystery science theatre on it later.
The ending was jumbled, and even though I never thought it possible, they were able to portray "The Rock" as Christ.

I won't say avoid this movie at all cost, because its different and a prime example of how not to make a postmodern film. If you want to see some of Kelly's finest work stick with Donnie Darko, because while its ending is also confusing as hell, you will actually want to try and make sense of it.

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Donnie: Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?
Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

Anyone who thinks this line is deeply profound is 13 years old.

I never claimed that line was deep or profound. That is just a moment in the film that really struck me. Not that the meaning is intellectually groundbreaking, but the delivery is great.

Consider this similar to how I have no idea what creativity or value you see in a stereotypical bad guy flipping a coin to decide whether or not to shoot someone in the head with a compressed air gun.

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