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The Butterfly Effect (Infinifilm Edition) | Year: 2004 Classification: Drama Directed: - Eric Bress - J. Mackye Gruber Actors/Actresses: - Ashton Kutcher - Melora Walters - Amy Smart - Callum Keith Rennie Excellent DVD This DVD is incredible. I really mean that.<BR> If you saw the movie in theaters and liked it, or even if you didn't, you should get this DVD.<BR> The director's cut version of the movie has an alternate and much 'darker' ending to it. It takes the movie one step further than the theatrical version did and really proves that THIS is the one true resolution to the problems Evan has caused. You will never look at the movie the same way.<BR> In addition, it has tons of bonus infinifilm features; including deleted scenes, directors commentary, documentaries and much more. It's definitely worth the money to truly experience this great film.<BR> While you're at it; check out the book. It's almost exactly like the movie (since the book was taken directly from the script), but it fills in a lot of holes and questions you may have about the story.<BR> And don't listen to the biased reviewers. I don't particularly care for Ashton Kutcher either, but I still feel he gave a strong performance as a serious character. Even if he didn't, the story is so entertaining that it wouldn't matter! So ignore them.<BR> Just get the DVD already! :-) Amazing movie, great dvd Butterfly Effect revolves around Evan, who since childhood has experienced blackouts that break some of his memories. Some of the things that haunt him from his childhood are seemingly vanished from his recollections. From childhood he has kept a journal of his everyday life. He discovers that by reading these journals he learns to recall his memories and even to change them in order to alter history into a way that suits everyone, although he finds out that every choice he makes affects a loved one in ways he never could have predicted. Ashton Kutcher gives a good performance in this movie and shows he actually has talent. Infact most of the cast is great, switching from characters with different personalities as Evan changes the events of his past. The critics panned this movie when it was released, but it really is a film worth checking out. If nothing else, it will make you think about a lot of things, mainly if you could change your life and affect those around you, would you? The dvd is packed with many extras. You get 2 versions of the film--theatrical and director's cut. The ending in the director's cut was shocking and disturbing and still is. I still think it was fitting and it is the better ending. Just be prepared to deal with a much more dark ending that some would prefer not to see. It is great to have both versions on one disc though, and with some good extras I recommend picking this one up. It is not a movie you can love or hate. It really is too dark of a movie to give it either of those titles. But it was a mind-blowing film in my mind so I think you should at least rent this movie and judge it for yourself. Excellent Film---Believe It Or Not! The first time I ever saw Ashton Kutcher was the very first episode of "That '70's Show"---a show that I fell in love with right away. As it went on to become one of the best sitcoms in the past ten years, I at first saw star Topher Grace as becoming the superstar of the bunch. However, as the third season began, I began to realize that Ashton Kutcher was the valedictorian. As terminally clueless, and childishly impish, stoner Michael Kelso, the former straight-A college engineering student has created one of the most memorable sitcom characters of the modern television era. His impending superstardom seemed more & more destined to be. By the beginning of the year 2000, I was wondering when his first movie would come out. By the end of the year 2000, my question had been answered, though not my prayers. As Ashton's film career began with the incredibly unfunny DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR?, I shook my head with disappointment at how the lowest-common-denominator mindset of Hollywood was going to drag him down along the forgotten road of Typecast Alley. I missed the few other comedies he did afterwards (TEXAS RANGERS--2001, JUST MARRIED, MY BOSS'S DAUGHTER--both 2003), but after viewing my DVD rental of THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT (2004) last week, I was disappointed no more. THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT shows the beginnings of Kutcher's hopefully-maturing career-turn as a real all-around actor. This isn't an Oscar-caliber performance, but he brings a real heart & soul to his portrayal of a young man whose future seems inexorably bound to his past---a past to which he discovers he can return at any time in order to affect his present. Evan tries to fix what went wrong in his life; however, in doing so he creates unintended consequences for himself and his beloved Kayleigh (a radiant Amy Smart, showing real depth of character here). This DVD shows both the original 113-minute Theatrical Version and the full 2-hour Director's Cut. I saw only the latter version, which is said to be the superior cut. I have not yet seen the original, so I am unable to compare the two versions. I will just say for now that the Director's Cut had a similar effect on me as the incredible Adrian Lyne-directed 1991 psycho-horror flick JACOB'S LADDER (1991): both films begin as strangely perplexing, but develop a strangely hypnotic and engrossing quality as well. As much as I wondered what the *beep* was going on, I just couldn't take my eyes off the bizarre action unwinding onscreen. And then *THE ENDING*---> Unexpectedly blindsiding, it pulls the previously indecipherable clues all together, and makes total sense out of senselessness, order out of chaos. Funny that the central theme of THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT *is* Chaos Theory! Although it displays some of the more unpleasant qualities of a conventional horror flick (foul-mouthed youngsters doing things they have no business in doing, cute dogs existing purely for the purpose of being sadistically put to death), there Excellent DVD This DVD is incredible. I really mean that. 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