The other night, I willingly rented a movie I had already seen before–a very rare occurrence for me, not only because I don't usually watch movies twice, but because renting a movie from Blockbuster totally upsets the financial savings of having Netflix. Oh well.
The movie is Donnie Darko (2001), and the re-released Director's Cut (2004) is well-worth the extra 20 minutes. After watching all 133 minutes of it, we flipped over to the “Movie w/Commentary” section of the DVD and started watching/listening again. Lo and behold, the commentary was actually so interesting that we couldn't turn it off.
That's right, we watched the entire movie AGAIN. Most DVD commentaries are boring, manufactured, and practically censored in my opinion, but this one pitted Kevin Smith (aka Silent Bob, writer and producer of such classics as Clerks, Mallrats, and Dogma) against Donnie Darko's now-30-year-old director Richard Kelly. It basically made for a full-length, no-holds-barred improv movie critique, full of comedy, F-bombs, and random references to beer and pussy. All while maintaining an element of intellectualism and serious critique.
So if you haven't seen the movie, check it out, and you'll see why it's #94 on IMDB's Top 250 (user rankings). And don't blame me if you end up watching it for 5 hours.