Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like! For this Arts Explorer I watched Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko : which is about "a troubled teenager, Donnie Darko, escapes death when a jet-engine crashes in his bedroom, because he follows a giant bunny leading him outside. The bunny, called Frank, tells him that the world will end in 28 days. As the final date comes closer and closer Donnie is drawn into an alarming series of events that may or may not be a product of growing insanity" (Mio, 2001).
The following is the chat I had with a friend after watching the movie:
me: hey u
ok lets talk!
Aisha: ok
so the movie shud have been PG 16
and it used to many inapproprate language
me: maybe it was and we didnt check the rating
Aisha: and it was scary
me: lol we should have checked first
Aisha: and the ending wuz a total flop
me: lol!
yaa it wass scarryy
especially that rabbit bunny woman
Aisha: and i didnt understand wut wus up with the dude at the end
me: what dude?
Aisha: the guy who donald ddarooo shot
how did he end up being the bunny
it wus soo confusing
me: ohh yaa
i didnt get that either :S
that was confusingg
and remember that old woman
Aisha: she wuz scary
me: they totally didnt show her story properly
Aisha: and at the end she was still walking when the car ran over the dudez girlfriend
me: ya.. thats what i'm sayingg i didnt quite understand her role
:S
anywayss so yaa explain me that ending again
Aisha: so remeber how when the cycatrist asks the guy why hes ruining his life
me: ohh and ya i was telling u before.. it was all those things he feared that he ended up doing
Aisha: and y is he listening to the bunny
me: lol the bunny's name is frank!
Aisha: yaya
listen
and then the donald dude says im have to listen to the bunny bcuz he saved me
me: ya
Aisha: at the end we find out that in the beginning when the bunny called the dude out he was saving his life
me: ya but i thought the countdown was like for the end of the world or something?
Aisha: and at the end the bunny lets the donald dude sleep bcuz he shot him
me: what was all that about then?
Aisha: ya the countdown wuz for how long donald wuz gonna live for
and when the last day happened he died
and...
me: what?!?! thats confusingg
Aisha: my thinking wuz confirmed by this movie
95%on teenage guys have disgusting messed up wrong minds
and all think of the same nasty stuff
me: loll!!
haha
ok the movie was about emotions and how to handle them
soo ya it makes sense :P
Aisha: yup
Balance does not have to be limited to art. In this movie, the balance was directed towards emotions and how to regulate them. When an imbalance of emotions happens, the flood can be so strong that you may lose control, despite your better judgment.
In order to function at your best, it’s important that you learn to balance your emotions. Learning how to express upset, hurt, anger without condemning others, without blaming, without alienating others will help you fit in with others, create relationships, make choices based on what you need and want. Same goes for children, they need to be shown/taught how to express themselves without hurting others; they can be provided with alternate ways to expressing themselves, for example art!
Balance does not have to be limited to art. In this movie, the balance was directed towards emotions and how to regulate them. When an imbalance of emotions happens, the flood can be so strong that you may lose control, despite your better judgment.
In order to function at your best, it’s important that you learn to balance your emotions. Learning how to express upset, hurt, anger without condemning others, without blaming, without alienating others will help you fit in with others, create relationships, make choices based on what you need and want. Same goes for children, they need to be shown/taught how to express themselves without hurting others; they can be provided with alternate ways to expressing themselves, for example art!
References
Mio. (2001) Plot Summary for Donnie Darko. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 21, 2011 from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/plotsummary
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