Donnie Darko And Tim Burton Are No Longer Lovable

Two gothic treasures have lose their dark splendor , according to the Onion AV Club . When asked which pop - culture artifact they ’d fallen out of erotic love with , the Onion AV Club editor in chief finger Donnie Darko and Tim Burton .

The Onion ’s Claire Zulkey has bad news about the one Richard Kelly film that most people still seem to suppose is good :

Boy did I feel differently about Donnie Darko the last meter I find out it , compare to the first time I saw it . Upon first viewing , I was enamor by the mix of themes of suburban wickedness , genial illness , teen angst , and skill fiction . I love how unpredictable the plot was , and the 2d time through , I enjoyed looking for hidden significance I had drop . I also thought it was fabulously witty cast to have Patrick Swayze as the self - righteous pedophile . And I was part hypnotized by Jake Gyllenhaal and James Duval ’s cuteness , and the soporiferous lustre of Gary Jules ’ binding of “ excited World . ” It only took a few more viewing to totally exchange my nous . The knickknack of the musical style - mixing wore off , and suddenly what seemed so meaningful reminded me of my attack to be “ deep ” in high school . Plus , once I bed what was coming plotwise , I realized that the plot itself was n’t really that strong a story on its own ( just attempt summarize it to someone who has n’t seen it ) , which also leave me loose to realize that some of the acting in the movie , specifically Drew Barrymore ’s , is kind of rotten . And while I ’m at it , I ’ll argue that the Tears For Fears translation of “ disturbed World ” is better in the end anyway .

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Meanwhile , Sam Adams pretty much eviscerates Tim Burton

who has managed to disembarrass his work of anything mistily inventive or personal while still maintain up the facade of being the goth kid who sits alone at lunch . Sleepy Hollow did it for me , a lifeless man of hackwork so uninspired that it conduct me to query not only whether Burton had any good films leave in him , but whether I ’d been wrong to like the unity I did in the first place . I ’m genuinely afraid that if I rewatched Ed Wood , I ’d see it not as an affectionate paean to an outlandish visionary , but as a condescending portrait of a Hollywood nonstarter who miss Burton ’s science at mainstreaming his fantasy . Even allow aside the stillborn Planet Of The Apes and Mars Attacks ! , Burton ’s last two decades score an almost unploughed progression toward ego - parody , a appeal of spiky - hairy heroes with pa issues and kohl - rimmed eyes . If I were a strong man , I ’d skip over Burton ’s imminent desecration of Alice In Wonderland completely , but a combination of stubborn promise and pathologic curiosity compels me in spite of myself .

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