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First of all, I REALLY enjoyed looking at everyone's thoughts and ideas, and if I watch this film a few more times, I may adopt and adapt some of them to fix my own theory about it.:)

However, there is one key thing to me that I haven't seen mentioned:
The scene when Donnie walks Gretchen home,
Gretchen: Donnie Darko? What the hell kind of name is that? It's like some sort of superhero or something
Donnie: What makes you think I'm not?

Does that suggest that he knew he would have to die to 'save the world' well in advance before he actually did? This then shows incorrectness in the idea that he has the power, but not the knowledge, as it may be suggested he has both, quite early in the film.

Also, the scene in the cinema, where Frank takes the mask off and we notice his lack of a right eye:
Donnie: What happened to your eye?
Frank: I'm so sorry.

He then doesn't answer the question.
If I recall correctly from watching, when Frank gets out of the car in one of the later scenes, his right eye is normal. Then [according to Wikipedia], Donnie shoots Frank in his RIGHT EYE for killing Gretchen. This would support the idea that Frank is from the future [Donnie: Where did you come from? Frank: Do you believe in time travel?] as he is apologizing to Donnie in advance for later killing her.

Could this be a factor for Donnie's maniacal laughter before he dies? He quickly scans all of what Frank ever said and finds it amusing. However, some of the other points about this part are very plausible (Schizophrenia, Belief in God, and that the events were a dream [which I liked the idea of and commented] and found the dream amusing.)

I am open to any criticism, but if you are to put down my ideas, remember that they are just ideas compiled from others' comments and my own. Also, I would like to point out that I finished watching it for the first time almost exactly an hour ago.:)
Much love.