My synopsis for a great movie

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT - Ashton Kutcher wants to be taken seriously so badly it hurts. So does this metaphysical mess of a movie, a pseudo time-travel drama so complicated it takes the last ten minutes of the show (as agreed enthusiastically by a reliable friend) just to establish the gimmick. And a gimmick it is.

Adolescent Evan Treborn has blackouts. Terrible things happen with alarming frequency -- his best friend's father is an alcoholic kiddie pornographer whose abuse turns his son into a brutal psycho and his daughter into a suicidal wreck -- and he can't remember a thing.
When Evan grows up to become Kutcher he discovers he has the power to travel back to those blank moments and change the fabric of time, or at least restitch his part of the quilt.

Unfortunately, every change reverberates through other lives as well. As he keeps rewriting the grim drama, playing God with the best intentions and the most ill-prepared plans, his hoped-for happy endings always twist into horrible tragedies.

His childhood sweetheart (Amy Smart) becomes a junkie hooker. A boyhood chum turns juvenile murderer. Evan himself beats a man to death in a rage and becomes fresh meat in a maximum-security prison. Each nightmare becomes darker, shrouded in a shadowy gloom.

I first watched the movie in the theatre with a couple of friends a few years back, without an idea of who or what it was going to be about. The gang had been debating over Gospel of John, and I was pro for it since I never did enjoy Krutcher flicks. Yet I was aware of the chaos theory and the fact that Krutcher is going for the switch in roles sadly fascinated me. So Butterfly Effect we watched, and we left the theatre both impressed and glad we chose this one. At the same time we were laughing our asses off when Don left this comment as the credits rolled, ' I dont get it, so who is John?' ( that idiot really did )

A month later, as always after every good movie, I was curled up in front of my computer watching the show again on DVD. This time I noticed splices that were vaguely dissimilar or entirely absent from the threatical one (there was a naked woman lol but relax its PG honest ) and amazingly, the ending was completely different. ( this version better yet ) Soon I found myself watching and re-watching the show with friends over the next 2 years, not what I usually would do - I collect good shows yea but I didnt really have my sister's sick habit of intensive rewatching before this . I wanted people to watch this being the charismatic and generous me =D. The last time was with Vernon and just like everyone else he enjoyed it.

So all this being said, I suggest you approach me for the DVD and I will be glad to share. Jin Hao's loaning it for the week tho but you can try your luck. Who knows I may have copies. No actually I don't. I'm not that crazy.

To Ashton Krutcher: Give up comedy acting. This and The Guardian were a hit.