Watch the Theatrical Cut, preferably more than once. Try to puzzle it out for yourself. Accept that you'll never fully understand it. Donnie Darko is a weird, imperfect, surreal movie, but if you give it a chance, you just might love it.
Watch the Director's Cut and the DVD commentary. Look up explanations online (which for the most part, have no basis in the original film). Have all the ambiguity explained away for you. Donnie Darko is a sci-fi movie with arbitrary rules, where boxes need to be checked to fulfill certain requirements.
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There are two ways to approach this movie:
Watch the Theatrical Cut, preferably more than once. Try to puzzle it out for yourself. Accept that you'll never fully understand it. Donnie Darko is a weird, imperfect, surreal movie, but if you give it a chance, you just might love it.
Watch the Director's Cut and the DVD commentary. Look up explanations online (which for the most part, have no basis in the original film). Have all the ambiguity explained away for you. Donnie Darko is a sci-fi movie with arbitrary rules, where boxes need to be checked to fulfill certain requirements.
I know which one I prefer.