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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Suno_Regin on April 05, 2006, 09:12:16 pm

Title: The Butterfly Effect
Post by: Suno_Regin on April 05, 2006, 09:12:16 pm

At first I thought this would be some boring family video, but it turned out to be the best movie I\'ve ever seen. If anyone wants a summary, I\'ll dig one out, but has anyone else seen it? =P It\'s a movie with a good plot, without any cheesy special effects like people hanging from wires or whatever.

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Post by: dorbian on April 05, 2006, 11:07:10 pm

i\'ve seen the movie yeah :)

The plot is alot better then the name would make you think.
definattly something you should see if you like sci fi thriller strange movie thingies.

-Dorbian

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Post by: Suno_Regin on April 06, 2006, 12:47:36 am

I think the name of the movie was the name of his...what do you call it? Brain disease. XD

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Post by: dragonfire999 on April 06, 2006, 02:17:09 am

The name should have been Chaos Theory, seeing as that is what it was based on. But the name is based on the Chaos Theory anyways.

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\"Something as small as the flutter of a butterfly\'s wing can cause something as large as a tsunami half a world away\" -Chaos Theory

Anyways, i have said for a while that it is my favorite movie. Excellent cast, excellent plot, and just enough emotion to bring it all together.

 Wiki!  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect)

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Post by: Suno_Regin on April 06, 2006, 02:26:19 am

I only rented it, but I thought it was \"Something as small as the flutter of a butterfly\'s wing can cause a whirlwind across the world\"

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Post by: dragonfire999 on April 06, 2006, 02:47:52 am

It was one of those things, i just gave the example. i dont know it exactly. :P

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Post by: StarsAndBars_1018 on April 06, 2006, 04:15:18 am

That movie was just. . .crazy.

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Post by: zorbels on April 06, 2006, 06:10:26 pm

I liked The Butterfly Effect alot myself. One of those I would watch it again and know I would enjoy it. :)

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Post by: ou8i8uo on April 06, 2006, 06:38:58 pm

I liked it but thought that was one screwed plot for the main character. I\'m glad it ended the way it did. Seems theres a moral there somewhere.

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Post by: Baldur on April 06, 2006, 07:05:05 pm

Yeah, though I didn\'t see it as a GOOD end :/
It took me half the movie before i knew what was going on Oo

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Post by: Cyl on April 06, 2006, 08:27:37 pm

Hmm, I have heard of that film, goot things only, but never seen it myself.

The famous Chaos Theory, the slightest manipulation in the start settings can cause enourmous changes in the end. The butterfly effect is a nice picture used to imaginate the principle of chaos theory, however, even smaller differences might cause even more tremendous events.

The slightest difference in angle might totally change the picture of a camera that projects it\'s picture onto a monitor which itself targets, suddenly a short ray of light becomes infinite.

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Post by: Valbrandr on April 06, 2006, 08:59:13 pm

It was alot better then I ever thought it was going to be.  I would buy it if I saw it cheap enough :).

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Post by: Suno_Regin on April 06, 2006, 09:16:01 pm

I watched it a second time (both the director\'s cut and theatrical addition) and it was much easier to follow. When he blacks out in his childhood, those times are when his self in the future goes back to try and change everything, but what he experienced is just his adult form trying to see what he didn\'t know happened when he blacked out. The major changes came later on. I especially liked how much each thing changed. Katie went from his girlfriend to some hooker, and Lenny went from a paranoied kid to Katie\'s girlfriend.