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Butterfly Effect

11:03 / 29.01.04

Ok, I know right off the bat people have been dissing this because whats his name is in it, but personally I have only seen one episode of the 70's show and nothing else with him in it so I had no preconceived ideas or biases. I never saw any commercials or trailers for the film but a friend described the plot to me and immediately I thought 'sounds kinda like Donnie Darko' so I was curious.
Well, after seeing this film I have a few things to say.
First, its been rolling around in my head for the three days since I saw it and I must say it gets better with time. I really liked the concept and alot of how it was handled. In the theatre the sound (esp. when he time travels) is remarkable; it really sucks you in and assaults you. And alot of the set design and camera work really fit around the story well, enhancing the acting without being cheesy and showcasing about it (ie all of Eric Stoltz's scenes were done wonderfully). However, even though time has somewhat desensitized the effect of it, I left the theatre feeling like I would love to buy the movie and watch it again, except for the really overly unpleasant first firty minutes or so. I mean this movie was so fucking disturbing it was almost unreal at points. All the stuff with the young Tommy character, esp. the scene with the dog, well, I dont know (the young actor who played Tommy, wow! talk about menacing). I know the movie makers wanted to make the past bad enough to make the main character want to correct it, but it really just seemed to be too much too fast. I was so overwhelmed with negative energy that it really made me feel like I almost had to walk out for a while.
Anyone else?

Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo

00:25 / 30.01.04

I loved this movie...it was very intelligent and kept me interested the entire running time. I think it won't find it's audeince until it's on DVD, since the people who would like it are turned off by Kutchner and the people who like him are leaving the theater very very confused.

But I have been TRYING to talk people into seeing it and they just dismiss it out of hand, which I've never heard people do before.

17:57 / 21.02.04

I just saw this movie last night and though tit was great. I too had the apprehensions of watching "Kelso" in a serious movie, but he was great. I agree too,wow did all the actors do a good job or waht. You could feel the negavtite vibe flowing off the screen during many scenes. I have some comments and /or questions about the end.

********SPOILERS BELOW************

After reflecting upon the movie for several hours now, I am tossed over whether "Evan" actually was just insane, and locked up, no books, or if he did all of the time-jumping, parallel reality creating he did.
I am starting to lean towards the "he is crazy" theory. When he makes that last reality shift by wathcing the old home movie, things just seemed a little too pat after that. His personal life resturned to what was almost essentially as it had been in the beginning of the movie, and everyone else ended up happy happy happy. So we see a change in his method of "jumping", a reaction by the "future" Kayleigh to Evan's passing her on the street, even though she had not seen him for probably 20 odd years, Evan's confirmation that Kayleigh turned out "alright". I am thinking perhaps that Kayleigh did die as a young girl, accidently killed by Evan, and was perhaps locked up, diagnosed with schizophrenia or some such by age 13 (the second "age" we see him jump around to and from. He may have inherited the illness from his father and experienced the blackouts because of the illness alone?

19:25 / 21.02.04

These questions are very important to me. I wasn't sure where to post them.
1. Did Superman and Batman lie to protect their secret identities, or did most authors have them just being evasive when asked where they went etc.?
2. Does any of Grant's work on JLA have Superman and Batman lying to protect their secret identities?
3. What are Grant's birth date and time?
4. (This one is a bit longer.) In Grant's New X-Men, what scientific fields does Beast seem to be a master of? Probably genetics and particle physics, but what else? I don't remember if he was a physician & could perform surgery or not. Astronomy? Geology? ??thanks.

P.S. I also appreciate replies e-mailed directly to me at three50125go@aol.com.