Offbeat B

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

The butterfly effect on E4 wednesday 16th february


I just watched the butterfly effect and decided to blog about it straight away whilst all my thoughts are fresh in my mind. Although its a little confusing and takes a bit of time to get into if you concentrate and keep up with what's going on its actually a really good film. It sure makes you think a lot and raises many questions. One question I kept asking myself was is this a dream or is it real? This is because the film jumps to different times and situations which is why it may be difficult for people to keep up with. The film mainly uses flashbacks often throughout the whole thing.

Its about a boy named Evan Treborn who grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. Evan suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Everytime Evan finds himself somewhere else its always in a different confusing situation. His friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has less of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick!

I actually got a headache watching this and trying to understand what exactly was going on only because it made me think a lot. I do think its a great film to watch though. The way its all been put together is clever. Some scenes are really emotional and sad I nearly cried a few times but I managed to hold back the tears so now my throat hurts a little!

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