The Butterfly Effect - Page 2

I've only ever seen the version where he kills himself in the womb and I thought that was a brilliant ending and I kept thinking to myself that is what all the other unborn babies did. I thought the whole film was a very clever idea and any story written about time travel is very hard to pull off without making temporal mistakes.

The Cinema ending was much better. I was highly disappointed with the directors cut. Especially being an Oasis fan where their song blended in perfectly with the end scene and credits.I thought that the whole point that led to the movie cinema ending was that he should be a man and be happy that the person he loves is living a normal life and still alive.

i am not really a ashton kutcher fan but i sat through this and really enjoyed it weird plot but in the end it all comes together

I really enjoyed this movie even though Ashton Kutcher is a tool but he was quite good in this movie

The Butterfly Effect tries to get you believing that memories can be altered if you simply try hard enough. I think it's a great movie.

I personally like the Director's cut so much better and this is why.
In the director's cut where Ashton eventually strangles himself by
the umbilical cord the mother makes a statement like "Oh not again" and turns out that she had miscarriages before that. This leads the viewer to believe that all the children inherited this same "ability" and they all inevitably made the same decision in the end. I believe that the reason they picked the sappy "Hollywood" ending is because a movie is meant to be an escape from everyday life and a viewer doesn't want to see a person trying so hard to reach a goal only in the end to find out they failed. They want to believe that if a person tries hard enough they can accomplish anything. What is contradictory about this is that those movies that choose to get away from the "Hollywood" ending, and conclude the movie with a tragedy or a sad ending are the one's that are rated the highest by the critics.

There are actually about 6 endings, 5 of which are like the "passing each other on the street" ending (theatrical ending). You can see all of them on youtube. But let me add that I consider the unique ending (the self-induced miscarriage) is the best one. He realized that he screwed up the lives of so many people that he loves, and he would rather not even live so that they could be happy. Reminds me (a little) of the movie "Seven Pounds"

Good call on the 7 pounds thing. Similar themes, though 7 pounds seemed a bit more morbid.