I enjoy watching the psychological thriller film ‘The Butterfly Effect’ (2004). This film interests me as I also have an interest psychology and this film portrays many aspects of confusion within the brain, making it a psychological thriller. The Butterfly Effect is about someone who lives their life trying to do right by everyone, but eventually realizes it’s not possible without someone getting hurt in some way or another. I know this is a thriller as everyone seems to be an innocent victim of some sort in at least one part of the film, keeping suspense and enigma throughout. The film keep the audience questioning themselves and constantly wondering what is going to happen next. Throughout the film, there was a lot of use of low key lighting, unless when there was a sudden flash of bright lights. The bright lights make the low key lighting seem all the more dull. Also, because the entire film is based around someone trying to make everyone happy, he has to constantly go back to change things, causing a lot of disorientation of time. Many times montages were also used to show what has happened to someone and how or why.
I like how the film begins and ends with the same scene, making the audience understand the scene more.
I also like the quote used at the beginning "It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon half way across the world - Chaos Theory". This quote in itself shows the lesson the Evan learnt throughout the movie, the hard way. In my opinion, this quote simply suggests that that every little detail in life is important as they all have a repercussion somewhere along the line.
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