The movie started with him waking up in the middle of the road, his family would wonder where he was. And then later in the movie, he'd just wake up in the golf course and have no memory as to what happened. But still, that movie was wierd, I still don't know why Frank was talking about the end of the world. I may have gotten confused and stuff, I only just now watched the director's cut version.
Oh, and the thing about the time machine had to do with all those paragraphs that they'd throw at you. It was something like using metal and water, which is why Frank made him flood the school and throw an axe into the school's metal mascot. That's what I was thinking anyways.
The foresight ability has to do with that watery line that comes out of people during those parties and stuff. He somehow predicts that movement line and people just magically follow it.
And actually, can I seriously not talk about the ending? I mean, Donnie Darko is such a popular movie, not discussing the meaning about the ending is like trying to hide the ending to starwars episode 3! Everyone knows about it! C'mon man, I should have been the last person to watch this movie
(or not, how good was Donnie Darko? Do you think almost everyone has seen it yet?)
'Tis true 
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