Lyte it up 420

Ok, i know there was topics on this in the old forums, but i did a search here and nothing came up.

I simply loved this movie when i saw it, and after searching the old forums, found the explination (http://www.tonystuff.co.uk/darko-spoilers.htm do NOT go there unless you've seen the movie) bought the dvd, saw the extended scenes, found my way through the website, and even bought the book(which is just basically the script, plus the philosophy of time travel book and interviews with the writer/director and jake gyllenhaal.


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I came to my own conclusions about most things, but one thing that still bothers me is what happens to Gretchen in the real universe...on the site it said that Donnie realized he had to close the tangent because everyone he loved would die, and that when closing it that "Everything would be alright", but wouldn't gretchen's mother(the reason she comes to the party all upset the final night of the movie) still happen in the real universe? Wouldn't gretchen be still in trouble, regarless of him saving her in the tangent?

Also which may be related, in 1999 Kenneth Monnitoff(the teacher played by Noah wyle) was killed, and his wife(drew barrymore) sent the philosophy of time travel book to someone named Elizibeth Hartford, since obviously he never gave it to Donnie. I have no idea who this person is, or if it could be Gretchen, since that wasn't her real name anyway...

Course maybe i'm just trying to anazlize it too much...

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