Frank looks terrible, and the movie, by the trailer, also looks terrible. I had hope for this, I am still getting it no matter what cause Donnie Darko is one of my favourite movies of all time, but the trailer just looks awful.

I'm curious as to how they're going to attempt to tie both of the films together beyond Samantha and Donnie's brother/sister relationship.

Hmm, not a promising trailer, but i'll give it a shot.

As a film on its own it may be okay, but as a sequel to a great film, it looks like it is going to be one awful film.

Eh, half the trailer looked decent..

looks good, but i have only seen half of donnie darko

Doesn't the very idea of this sequel, let-alone the trailer, miss the point of one of the most important elements that made the original so brilliant? In a reality so surreal that a jet engine can crash into your living room and the local self-esteem hero is a closet pedophile (two of many events), where obscurity is condemned but violation of the natural order of society seemed to come with rewards, how was a boy plagued with schizophrenia to distinguish the things that truly were real from the things that were a product of his mind/disease - how was a boy struggling with the idea of morality to determine right from wrong? Donnie's schizophrenia, which wouldn't likely be present in his younger sister (even if it is more probable than in the general public), was such a fundamental component that I don't see how they could replicate the idea in a sequel without blatantly creating a story that says, "I was designed for the sole purpose of being a sequel to a tremendously popular cult film." (That's not to say, of course, it couldn't have made a perfectly fine film independently - I fear that like Saw II or Hellraiser: Deader, for lack of better examples off the top of my head, it will be an otherwise intriguing story which finds its least redeeming qualities are the very things that solely exist to try to tie it to another movie/series. Any one else agree/disagree?

Sooo are they doing anything to try and stop the world from ending it looks like all there doing is screwing around.

It's hard to tell, by the trailer, what they're going for with this movie... I'm curious, but only a little bit.

Kinda looks like it might be OK. I'll check it out, but I ain't holdin' my breath. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED Donnie Darko, but this just looks like an attempt to cash in, rather than anything else.

This looks SSSOOOOOO bad. I...I'm stunned. My jaw was hanging open during the trailer because of how fucking awful this abortion of a film looks. Besides the obviously bad acting and special effects, it's just retarded that they're bringing back so many of the themes and images from the first one, when they ONLY worked in the context of the first film's plot, and were actually integral to that plot, not just gimmicks, which seems to be what they are in this new piece of shit. God, normally I don't judge a film this early before its release, but this is such an obviously BAD idea!

It doesn't look too bad but it can't surpass the original in any way. It's also weird seeing James Lafferty in a different role than Nathan Scott, lol. I'm seeing it though, but not expecting anything phenomenal like the first.

The original is such a lightining in a bottle film , truly original and groundbreaking and one that doesn't need a sequel. This just confirms that studios will do anything for a buck. I'll give this a go but don't have any high hopes for it.

I don't even know what I just watched, but I know I didn't feel any semblance of good toward it. Damn, Donnie's sister is turning out to be pretty hot.

Oh u bunch of babies. Give it a fucking shot!

@valgear: That's exactly why they're making it :/ I can't really talk though, I'll probably watch it too.

The original was extremely overrated, which for some reason struck a chord with the hipsters of the world as a "brilliant" and "groundbreaking" film. This sequel looks just as bad.

yet again I can't seem to get exited. good god, bring me something new.

Eh, It looks better then I thought it would. which really isn't saying much. I basically thought it would be some guy with slicked back hair and a suit(a typical Hollywood type) raping frank the bunny well pouring sugar in Richard Kelly Gas tank. Will I see it? Sure. Will it be better then Donnie Darko? Highly doubtful. Will this be a complete waste of everyone's time? for sure. and why is there a half ass frank the bunny. Frank the bunny was Donnie manipulated dead. he has NOTHING to do with Samantha. retarded.

i think they missed by a long shot on this one...too bad...it could have been really good. Maybe it would have been if Richard Kelly was involved.

ummm, no...just no..

In the entire movie they could only get one reputable actor. I'm confused about trying to make a connection between brother and sister when the plot synopsis has already explained that she finds out she was adopted at the beginning of the movie. One of the things that made Donnie Darko for me was how one-sided the experience seemed to be. There was no telling if Donnie was going crazy or not, but here it seems everyone is either experiencing what she is or already believes the world is coming to an end anyway. It seems like little more than an excuse to feature an expanded version of the visual effects from the first film. Also, why would Frank the Bunny Rabbit be in this movie? I don't recall her ever seeing him in his mask in the first film and since Donnie was killed Frank never died and so would have no reason to haunt anyone, let alone her. If Donnie had survived Frank's being here might make sense but its obvious from this trailer that he is dead. Its just a cameo from an actor other than the one who played him in the first film since he sounds almost nothing like the original character. This looks dreadful.

I'm surprised! I thought I was going to hate this movie, but it's starting to look like there might be a small chance I might enjoy this sequel!?

Like REMAKES - FUCK UNWANTED SEQUELS (Donnie Darko should stand on it's own, not be disrespected like what happened with The Crow) as this film looks bad from poor special effects to lack of an 80's soundtrack (significant things to the 1st Film)!

Nope. I would be surprised if their registers a pulse at the theaters. Looks like straight-to-DVD quality. D. Darko is a great film. This, on the other hand, looks way off the mark. It also looks to me that they are using hot girls to be part of the lure to get people to watch. While that's more than great in slasher flicks and the like, a Darko film shouldn't need that kind of thing to get people to watch. It only cheapens it.