I like John Waters a lot better as a personality/public speaker than as a filmmaker.

I just got back from seeing Donnie Darko: the Director's Cut. I never saw the original, so I don't know what's different.

Wow, that is one f*ed-up film! And I mean that in a good way.

One question though, are we supposed to believe that everything that transpired was some kind of collective dream?

Not exactly. The dreams (and jet engine) are just what's left of what was real (but untenable) when it collapsed back into tenable Universe (and, therefore, back in time).

At least that's my understanding.

Well, since I posed the question I've been reading the IMDB forum on the movie and now kind of get what that was all about. But the nagging question seems to be when and why did the Tangent Universe come into being? Did it start when Donnie woke up on the road? Or at some point after?

Well, it was certainly in place when he saw creepy -bunny-guy. I'm tempted to think that that's where it started, as he woke up from the tangent in bed with the engine about to crash through the roof, and awake.

I may have to go and see it again.

I went and saw The Princess Diaries 2 today, finally. I gave up on finding anybody to see it with me (all of my friends who would do so being already in college and, thus, not in this town) and went alone.

To the 2:20 matinee.

Luckily, I like little kids. They completely don't annoy me. So that was good. Though I caught a few suspcious glances from the protective parents. Guess it's weird for a 21-year-old guy to go to that kind of movie by himself on a Saturday afternoon.

I thought the movie was really cute. Completely silly, of course, but silly with heart. I completely enjoyed myself. It made me happy.

Anne Hathaway is gorgeous, and I now want to see Ella Enchanted even more than I did before. Question: does anybody else think she looks like Amber Tamblyn? (or vice versa, I guess). I noticed the Mia/Joan resemblance all the way through this movie.

And it was nice to see Callum Blue as someone respectable, rather than All "Dead Like Me" roguish.

There was also a trailer for First Daughter which looks bad, but in a cute sappy way. I kinda like Katie Holmes, and I kinda like Marc Blucas, so I'm definitely planning on seeing that one because I also kinda like bad teen movies (if you couldn't tell).

Cereal:

"Incredible movie. Feels like you've been mentally fellated."

That is the best IMDB summary review I've EVER SEEN. For an upcoming movie called "Havoc," apparently.

Saw Garden State.

Hated it. I didn't walk out, but I haven't come that close since Howard the Duck.

The first time I saw Home Alone and Office Space I thought they were funny and well done. The second time I saw them I thought they were just sad and mean. Garden State is mostly just sad and mean, with some unconvincing schmaltz at the end.

I saw Secretary, which was very interesting. It wasn't totally what I expected, because Maggie Gyllenhaal's character wasn't this stereotypical "Ooh, spank me! Yes!" person: the movie was about her discovering this new kink, and how she deals with it. It's very sad at points. It's not the type of relationship that normally gets portrayed in movies, so that was cool, and I really liked how human the main characters felt. The movie doesn't place judgments on their lifestyle. Also, Maggie Gyllenhaal deserves all the accolades she received for her performance. She conveys so much of her character through her face and body language.

I also just finished watching Darkness Falls. There is nothing at all remarkable about Darkness Falls. It doesn't suck enough to be funny; it's merely as mediocre as they come. And Emma Caulfield doesn't get to crack one joke. Actually, I don't think there's a single joke in the entire movie. Unless you count the entire movie, in which the villain is the Tooth Fairy.