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The Butterfly Effect
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:43 pm
Good, bad, mediocre? It got trashed in reviews on RT, maybe unfairly. Just watched it for the first time. I’m no Ashton fan, but he wasn’t his annoying arse usual self in this film. The concept was slick, even if the execution wasn’t perfect. Time travel plots with consequences are far more interesting.
Plus. Peak era Amy Smart was fiiiiine.
Plus. Peak era Amy Smart was fiiiiine.
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Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:46 pm to Athos
The first one? I remember thinking it was surprisingly solid, although I had low expectations with Kelso in a serious lead role.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:48 pm to Athos
Which ending did you see?
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:50 pm to Athos
I really liked the first one. I feel in the majority.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:54 pm to Athos
I thought it was really good.
Surprisingly so.
Surprisingly so.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:01 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
quote:
Which ending did you see?
The one where he goes back and scares the shite out of Kayleigh so when he goes back to the “present” Lenny doesn’t know who she is and she doesn’t know who he is.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:07 pm to Athos
The first one was maybe the biggest example of ever being dragged to a movie by a girlfriend and then saying that was actually pretty damn good afterwards.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:20 pm to Athos
So you got the upbeat ending. Despite the dark ending in the director’s cut, I actually preferred it.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:21 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
Just read about that cut... that’s some dark shite man.
Also. Why wouldn’t he just not have kids? Damn. Just adopt bro.
Also. Why wouldn’t he just not have kids? Damn. Just adopt bro.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:35 pm to Athos
I like this movie a lot. I prefer the director's cut except for the fortune teller part. (I think it's annoying how in movies every legend is true and everyone who claims to have supernatural powers actually does.)
I've heard Ashton Kutcher is annoying in some roles but The Butterfly Effect is the only thing I've ever seen him in so my opinion of him as an actor is positive.
I've heard Ashton Kutcher is annoying in some roles but The Butterfly Effect is the only thing I've ever seen him in so my opinion of him as an actor is positive.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:43 pm to Athos
Didn’t Amy Smart get naked in this movie?
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:57 pm to Athos
I loved it when I saw it as a teenager. It was well-paced, harrowing, inventive. It evoked a lot of emotion from me.
I remember thinking I had to join a frat after seeing it, because that timeline was the only happy one (until it got wrecked by Tommy).
I remember thinking I had to join a frat after seeing it, because that timeline was the only happy one (until it got wrecked by Tommy).
Posted on 8/17/20 at 10:15 pm to Athos
The version i saw in the theater he woke up in the tub. The entire theater busted out laughing. I doubt that was the directors intention. Cool concept though.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 11:07 pm to Athos
I liked it a ton when it came out. I saw it in theaters. I was in high school at the time though, so my judgement might not have been reliable.
Check out some of the alternate endings. I read about them I think on IMDB a while ago. They get fricking dark.
Check out some of the alternate endings. I read about them I think on IMDB a while ago. They get fricking dark.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 11:11 pm to Athos
It's a good movie but one of the darker movies I've ever seen.
Just unsettling and depressing.
And the original ending is in utero suicide infanticide.
I mean the movie kept upping the ante on shite we don't want to see. Women and babies being killed; kids being sexually abused by family members, kids being hospitalized and strapped to a bed for the rest of their lives, losing limbs, suicide by a waitress because she was sexually abused, dogs being killed.
I mean the movie has a cool concept but what the frick?
Why did they have to make it so dark?
Just unsettling and depressing.
And the original ending is in utero suicide infanticide.
I mean the movie kept upping the ante on shite we don't want to see. Women and babies being killed; kids being sexually abused by family members, kids being hospitalized and strapped to a bed for the rest of their lives, losing limbs, suicide by a waitress because she was sexually abused, dogs being killed.
I mean the movie has a cool concept but what the frick?
Why did they have to make it so dark?
Posted on 8/17/20 at 11:48 pm to Athos
Solid movie good performance by Kutcher although he’s a typical idiot Hollywood douchebag.
This post was edited on 8/17/20 at 11:50 pm
Posted on 8/18/20 at 3:29 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
It's a good movie but one of the darker movies I've ever seen.
Just unsettling and depressing.
And the original ending is in utero suicide infanticide.
I mean the movie kept upping the ante on shite we don't want to see. Women and babies being killed; kids being sexually abused by family members, kids being hospitalized and strapped to a bed for the rest of their lives, losing limbs, suicide by a waitress because she was sexually abused, dogs being killed.
I mean the movie has a cool concept but what the frick?
Why did they have to make it so dark?
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Well said.
Just unsettling and depressing.
And the original ending is in utero suicide infanticide.
I mean the movie kept upping the ante on shite we don't want to see. Women and babies being killed; kids being sexually abused by family members, kids being hospitalized and strapped to a bed for the rest of their lives, losing limbs, suicide by a waitress because she was sexually abused, dogs being killed.
I mean the movie has a cool concept but what the frick?
Why did they have to make it so dark?
———
Well said.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 11:09 am to Athos
would have made a great limited series
Posted on 8/18/20 at 3:27 pm to Athos
Surprisingly good movie. I didn't want to watch it, but somehow got suckered in to doing so and enjoyed it plenty
Posted on 8/18/20 at 3:34 pm to Athos
I liked it
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