Rocketer

There are people in this world who just don't get it. They agonize about questions most people have a handle on once they stop smoking dope and get jobs. "I Heart Huckabees" is a movie by and for such hapless, feckless dolts.

I've said all anyone needs to know about this movie but the IMDb minimum for a comment is ten lines. So here are a few more lines that I hope will you will find valuable:

I don't have all the answers about life and existence but I do know this much. Life is too precious and short and sublime to waste 106 irreplaceable minutes of it watching "I Heart Huckabees."

My rating of 6 is for the straight movie. As an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 I'd give it a 9 or 10. Along with "Mole People" it's one of the funniest MST3Ks I've ever seen.

People who don't like shlocky 50s sci fi and horror films just don't get it. This whole kooky genre is a wonderful window into the culture and mores of the time. They're not just entertaining in their own right (if you approach them with the right attitude), they're information-rich documents that help explain a bygone era. Your grandparents watched them in the movies, your parents watched them on late-night TV when the only thing on late night TV was corny old movies.

Watch "Teenage Frankenstein" and its ilk and you won't be scared but you'll get a great history lesson and a laugh or two.

Donnie Darko isn't merely a bad film but a genuine stinker. It's animated by the kind of sophomoric musings contemplated by kids sitting around a dorm room smoking pot late at night.

Instead of a plot it offers merely a series of puzzles. (What's with the guy in the bunny suit? Will the world really end in 28 days? Is Donnie really schizo?). Instead of character development it offers the touchstones of adolescent angst that movies geared to teens have plumbed for generations (the school bully, the inept grownups who run the school, uncool outcasts and so on).

That IMDb users could rate it so highly is a sad commentary on the state of our culture. But then again, these are presumably the same people who think The Shawshank Redemption (#2) is a better film than say, Shadow of a Doubt (#185).

If you don't believe me when I tell you how bad this film is you could always see it for yourself and form your own opinion. But don't say I didn't warn you: You're risking an hour and 53 minutes of your life you'll never get back.