THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
The Butterfly Effect is a psychological thriller about a man who discovers the power to go back in time via journals he used to write as a kid. He goes back in time several times in order to fix things in his and his friends lives.
I was really hooked into this film, as I was as a kid when I first watched it. I generally am hooked into psychological thrillers, you would think that I would not rate them as one of my favourite genres, after learning that my favourite films are generally along the lines of films children's animations, high fantasy and historical fiction. I was very happy watching this, so I suppose you could say my emotion was happiness. I absolutely adore all that weird crazy stuff that makes you think, and The Butterfly Effect definitely makes me think. The story lines, to me, are absolutely brilliant the way they interconnect with each other. It really got me going, right from "hmmm that was a bit weird, I wonder what happened there" to later on in the story where you find out what that was where I was all "Ohhhh that's so cool how they pulled that off!!!!"
The lead character Evan (played by Ashton Kutcher) is one interesting fellow. He was likeable enough to the point where I wanted him to achieve the goals set out to him in the film. He comes across as a very caring person, judging by a lot of the story's content. He cares for his friends, and wants them to be well and happy. That is a thing that I really cherish if someone is that type of person.. Multiple times he does his going back in time to change the future thing to help his friends get the most of their lives in the best way possible, and that was something that really reflected on me.
The whole film engaged me, it was one of those rare films that you just start watching and BAM suddenly it's over and two hours have passed and you didn't even realise. Everything from the different characters of the characters, to the internal timelines, to the events, ohhh it was just so entrancing. There was not a single moment in the film that caused me to disengage while watching it.
Whoever the writers were for this film (IMDb says J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress) did some brilliant writing pre-pro for this. This sort of storyline would require a great deal of sorting out to make sure it all fits. There are many times when even just the slightest thing in one scene would create a great deal of trouble in regards to continuity in another. They've completely stopped all the loopholes, so that is really a great strength to the film. I can't really think of much weakness. Perhaps the mother character could be a weakness. For all the story makes her out to be such a vital part of the story, she's not really in the film that much. If she were such a vital character, would you not think to show her in the film more?______________________
This took me a week to write up. Are you happy now, Patrick?
I was really hooked into this film, as I was as a kid when I first watched it. I generally am hooked into psychological thrillers, you would think that I would not rate them as one of my favourite genres, after learning that my favourite films are generally along the lines of films children's animations, high fantasy and historical fiction. I was very happy watching this, so I suppose you could say my emotion was happiness. I absolutely adore all that weird crazy stuff that makes you think, and The Butterfly Effect definitely makes me think. The story lines, to me, are absolutely brilliant the way they interconnect with each other. It really got me going, right from "hmmm that was a bit weird, I wonder what happened there" to later on in the story where you find out what that was where I was all "Ohhhh that's so cool how they pulled that off!!!!"
The lead character Evan (played by Ashton Kutcher) is one interesting fellow. He was likeable enough to the point where I wanted him to achieve the goals set out to him in the film. He comes across as a very caring person, judging by a lot of the story's content. He cares for his friends, and wants them to be well and happy. That is a thing that I really cherish if someone is that type of person.. Multiple times he does his going back in time to change the future thing to help his friends get the most of their lives in the best way possible, and that was something that really reflected on me.
The whole film engaged me, it was one of those rare films that you just start watching and BAM suddenly it's over and two hours have passed and you didn't even realise. Everything from the different characters of the characters, to the internal timelines, to the events, ohhh it was just so entrancing. There was not a single moment in the film that caused me to disengage while watching it.
Whoever the writers were for this film (IMDb says J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress) did some brilliant writing pre-pro for this. This sort of storyline would require a great deal of sorting out to make sure it all fits. There are many times when even just the slightest thing in one scene would create a great deal of trouble in regards to continuity in another. They've completely stopped all the loopholes, so that is really a great strength to the film. I can't really think of much weakness. Perhaps the mother character could be a weakness. For all the story makes her out to be such a vital part of the story, she's not really in the film that much. If she were such a vital character, would you not think to show her in the film more?______________________
This took me a week to write up. Are you happy now, Patrick?
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