And wants to give their take on it? Obviously- there will be spoilers here...
What was your idea on why billboards and eventually back projected pictures of Chuck appeared in all the windows? It was the apocalypse- right? I liked the idea that it was an actual worldwide art installation. That the whole human experience was being represented by one fairly average person. Maybe even picked at random.
I was thinking there would be some significance to it being him throughout the film. That maybe he had touched everyone's lives in some way.
I looked online and they referenced the Walt Whitman quote: 'You contain multitudes'. That Chuck's individual death- from a brain tumor coincides with the death of the entire world. Which- in effect does presumably happen for us individually. Our world may well end when we do.
But then, it made less sense to me why his image would seemingly start appearing in reality for everyone living. Especially if he wasn't wandering around to see it. That would have made more sense to me. That we all (delusionally) experience a worldwide celebration of our lives when we are close to death. I interpreted Donnie Darko like that. That he got to experience things he'd wanted- even though he was dead. But, this seemed to be really happening- without anyone knowing who he was.
I wondered if he had somehow deliberately or inadvertently caused the apocalypse. I wondered if that secret room in the house had something to do with it.
Anyway, I still enjoyed the film, despite not really understanding it! How about you? What was your take- if you've watched the film or maybe better- read the Stephen King novel it was based on. Bad really- I've enjoyed so many films based on Stephen King novels but haven't read any of them.
What was your idea on why billboards and eventually back projected pictures of Chuck appeared in all the windows? It was the apocalypse- right? I liked the idea that it was an actual worldwide art installation. That the whole human experience was being represented by one fairly average person. Maybe even picked at random.
I was thinking there would be some significance to it being him throughout the film. That maybe he had touched everyone's lives in some way.
I looked online and they referenced the Walt Whitman quote: 'You contain multitudes'. That Chuck's individual death- from a brain tumor coincides with the death of the entire world. Which- in effect does presumably happen for us individually. Our world may well end when we do.
But then, it made less sense to me why his image would seemingly start appearing in reality for everyone living. Especially if he wasn't wandering around to see it. That would have made more sense to me. That we all (delusionally) experience a worldwide celebration of our lives when we are close to death. I interpreted Donnie Darko like that. That he got to experience things he'd wanted- even though he was dead. But, this seemed to be really happening- without anyone knowing who he was.
I wondered if he had somehow deliberately or inadvertently caused the apocalypse. I wondered if that secret room in the house had something to do with it.
Anyway, I still enjoyed the film, despite not really understanding it! How about you? What was your take- if you've watched the film or maybe better- read the Stephen King novel it was based on. Bad really- I've enjoyed so many films based on Stephen King novels but haven't read any of them.
