I've seen that movie about three times, and I've never gotten a sense Donnie was attracted to Elizabeth, even in the looking-at-linoleum sense. Anyone else?
I definitely didn't. Did he assume that bickering siblings wouldn't use the word "fuck" in an argument unless they secretly wanted to? Calling Dr. Freud...
Isn't she some kind of superheroine in Taxi ? Can't she like control taxis with her mind or something? I mean, why else would anyone go see that movie?
I went for Christian Kane, and chose not to walk out because Queen Latifah was really good.
Aside from musical, acting, and comedy talent, I just have to say that I think Queen Latifah is also a very beautiful woman.
Hubba hubba.
Plus, he was an inveterate skirt-chaser (both on-screen and off).
So was Chico (and probably the rest of them). Dick Cavett told a hilarious story about Chico and Tallulah Bankhead meeting for the first time at a party, and everyone was worried because Tallulah was carried herself so regally (although, as the LIFEBOAT cast found out, fond of going commando) and Chico was supposed to be rather crude about his affections/intentions. Apparently, they carried on a very polite, civilized conversation at the end of which Chico came out with basically "I'd really like to fuck you."
To which Tallulah was quoted in reply as saying "And so you shall, you old-fashioned boy."
I only watch the Marx Bros.(and Pink Panther movies) with my dad. I'm never quite sure if I'm laughing at the movies, or at my dad totally losing it.
Ow! You said your dog didn't bite!
"Thet's nut mai dug."
I think the Donnie Darko essay-writing guy got Donnie confused with, say, every het male or lesbian audience member. Cuz Maggie Gyllenhaal is HAWT.
Did he assume that bickering siblings wouldn't use the word "fuck" in an argument unless they secretly wanted to? Calling Dr. Freud...
I think that was a big part of it. Also he thought Donnie's obsession with Frank was a result of his obsession with Elizabeth and her sex life. Oh, and he read it into the part where Donnie says he thinks Christina Applegate is hot, because her character was a big sister.
It was a very strange thesis.
A page or so late, but speaking of Ed Wood and his long-lost film, I watched Ed Wood last week and laughed really hard when they were reading the review of his play, and Sarah Jessica Parker asked, "Do I really look like a horse?"
Yes. Yes, sweetheart, you do.
