Tonight the gang and I decided to go to the movies instead of hitting the bars and clubs. After much debate, the movie we eventually reached consensus on watching was The Butterfly Effect.
It was a surprisingly good movie, and so as to not spoil it for anyone, I'll keep this review brief and succinct... although that sentence was redundant and really not at all succinct... so I'll have to try harder from this sentence onward.
For those not in the "know", or unfamiliar with the movie's premise, The Butterfly Effect is a good old fashion yarn about the problems with time travel and altering one's past. Even though some members of my group had doubts about Ashton's ability to act in a dramatic role, they were eventually wooed over by his work. He really carried the movie quite well, and no one ended up feeling Punk'd about having spent time watching it. Amy Smart who played "the girl" in the movie was also very good. The way she portrayed different, but sort of the same versions of herself was the best display of temporal acting since Michael J Fox in Back to the Future 2.
Like I said I'm being succinct, so I'll wrap this up quickly. The movie was a fun romp, and I would highly recommend it. Before ending this post though, I feel a need to mention that I made a very witty comment as we were walking out of the theater. I said "So in that new present he created, we never do find out if doughnuts exist in it, so how can we be sure it's right?", the one's that got that subtle Simpson's reference were QUITE amused by it. So feel free to use that line when you watch the movie, you'll impress everyone that hears it.
It was a surprisingly good movie, and so as to not spoil it for anyone, I'll keep this review brief and succinct... although that sentence was redundant and really not at all succinct... so I'll have to try harder from this sentence onward.
For those not in the "know", or unfamiliar with the movie's premise, The Butterfly Effect is a good old fashion yarn about the problems with time travel and altering one's past. Even though some members of my group had doubts about Ashton's ability to act in a dramatic role, they were eventually wooed over by his work. He really carried the movie quite well, and no one ended up feeling Punk'd about having spent time watching it. Amy Smart who played "the girl" in the movie was also very good. The way she portrayed different, but sort of the same versions of herself was the best display of temporal acting since Michael J Fox in Back to the Future 2.
Like I said I'm being succinct, so I'll wrap this up quickly. The movie was a fun romp, and I would highly recommend it. Before ending this post though, I feel a need to mention that I made a very witty comment as we were walking out of the theater. I said "So in that new present he created, we never do find out if doughnuts exist in it, so how can we be sure it's right?", the one's that got that subtle Simpson's reference were QUITE amused by it. So feel free to use that line when you watch the movie, you'll impress everyone that hears it.