Finally got around to watching the director's cut of Donnie Darko. Overall I think it is an improvement on the theatrical release, especially with the addition of the pages from the Philosophy of Time Travel interspersed throughout the film. It makes it a little easier to understand what is going on and the film feels more like it makes sense.

Two changes bothered me though. One was the changed graphics as time is reversed and the montage during the party. They reminded me a little bit too much of Robocop and Terminator. The other thing, which, for me, really let the film down was the changing of music from Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon to INXS - Never Tear Us Apart in the opening scenes. I've blogged previously about how I really enjoyed the opening scenes to this film and I just didn't feel that INXS gave the scene the same magical quality that the original did. It is a shame, because it let down what was otherwise a really good Director's Cut.