Hey Marth.
I saw 'Donnie Darko' very recently, for the first time, and yeah, I loved it, it's a very good movie if you manage to see beyond the 'cheesy piece of crap'. In my opinion there are a few outlooks to this movie, but Donnie's process is the biggest one.
Leaving the time traveling aside (Donnie time travels all the time between 'parallel worlds'), what Donnie is doing through out the whole movie is finding his own purpose/ reason to live. If you payed attention, you noticed that he isn't quite satisfied with the life he's leaving, but in the end, after all the time traveling, when he understands that in order for his family/friends/girlfriend to live he has to die, he finally makes piece with his life and accepts it as good thing.
Now, he having to die might be a little to much for what we're willing to accept for our own lives. I don't think many people lives' purposes is dying to save others (or maybe it is?), but the important thing is looking inside yourself to find your purpose, your reasons to live (or die) and make piece with it or be happy about it.
There is A LOT more to see and review on 'Donnie Darko'. I'm not a great movie reviewer myself, but if you're truly interested, first watch the movie again with a more open mind and then go to the IMDB forums. There are plenty of theories, explanations and reviews. If you don't mind the geeky comments and 'crazy' theories, you'll enjoy reading that. At least I know I did.
Hope that helped.
Fernando
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