• Maeve@kbin.earth
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    11 hours ago

    I watched it once, and took the alternate timeline translation. For me the ambiguity makes it more artistic. It means what you want it to mean.

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      That’s fair enough. I tend to look at things overly analytically, and I have a hard time when there isn’t a clear answer, or even potential answer to “why?”

      If every answer is a paradox, and the conclusion happens because “that’s just how it happened,” I feel unsatisfied. I want it to mean something conclusive, even if that conclusive meaning is ambiguous.

      I think a movie that accomplishes this concept more effectively is Inception. The ending is very ambiguous, but there are multiple concrete and logical interpretations. Those possibilities feel exciting to discuss and explore to me personally, while Donnie Darko just leaves me with more questions and confusion.

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          No worries mate, that’s thankfully in the past. I appreciate this brief discussion, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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            Thank you. It’s getting late here, I’m just running out of steam. I’m glad you’re in a better space, and wish you all the best. Perhaps we’ll meet again.

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              No worries, I hope you’re in a (relatively, despite the state of the outside world) good space as well. I wish you all the best, and I hope to meet again. Cheers mate!

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                Thank you so very much. Interchanges like these are like cool, clean oases in a spiritual desert. I too hope to meet again. May you be happy and well.