Wednesday, March 01, 2006



















Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in Texas?


This is the theory predicted by Lorenz, which translates more technically the "sensitive dependence on initial conditions", is the essence of chaos.

This Butterfly Effect is taken as the essence of this movie.

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Eric Stoltz
Director(s): Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
Genre(s): Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama

This movie deals with the emotionally conflicted Evan Treborn (anagram of Evant Reborn) dealing with suppressed childhood memories. When he is young, he Suffers from blackouts during certain traumatic events in his life. But he maintains some kind of journal that helps him record all the events in life. Celeverly enough he find a way to travel back in time (re-reading old journal entries) to repair all the damages he has done. Moving back and forth from the time it makes you think of Back to the Future kind of stuff.

Every time he goes back to fix his life and returns he finds himself in a completely new life. A perfect example of the butterfly effect.

The first-time directing and writing team of Bress and Gruber take great pains to set each reality apart from the others with various tricks, including a wide range of film stocks and color palettes.

Of all the things the suprise comes in the end, the movie has two ending. The first ending is in the regular movie and the next one comes after the trailing Who is who section.

Directors Cut (single end) is what thats available in the market and fairs much lower than the Theatrical Cut version (dual ending).

All said and done - Unfortunately, it uses such clumsy and blatant storytelling tactics that the message of accepting responsibility and the consequences of your actions is nearly lost.

 
posted by Mark IV S'nathan at 2:07 pm |


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