decided to rent this tonight. while the movie itself could bring up hours of discussion [or perhaps, twenty-eight days, six hours, forty-two minutes, and twelve seconds worth]: i will not be doing this.

instead, i sit here and reflect that even beyond the bizarreness of the main feature, there is the bizarreness of thirty-plus minutes of footage documenting the movie's rabid fans. that's right, almost forty minutes of my life that i will never get back [barring any time travelling, of course], spent mostly cringing at people hailing this movie as the hugest life-changing event of their existence. yeesh.

the most painful portion was the fifteen minute "documentary" submission by the self-proclaimed "#1 donnie darko fan". that's right, folks, this man filmed himself essentially stalking the cast and crew of the movie, from hollywood to san diego and God knows how many other places that didn't get captured on film, showing just what a stalker fan he is, to win a contest that would land said film onto the dvd release of donnie darko. in my heart of hearts i am hoping that it was done in complete mockery of sci-fi cult fans [in which case, the documentary is hilarious]; however, i'm fairly certain that it was done in complete seriousness [in which case, i fear a world in which people like this really exist].

oh, and the movie was pretty neat i guess.