Exploring The Bleak Chaos of THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

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This show celebrates Ryan's love for film, games, art and entertainment through personal retrospective analysis that aims to explore what made them so good.

MUSIC:
Hydra by Huma-Huma
What Could Appear by Puddle of Infinity
Where Are My Clothes by The 129ers

[RyanHollinger]

*What crazy movie should I cover next?! Comment below!!* ... Also, that's technically a hint about the next video.

[lulugu]

Knowing that Ashton's brother was critically ill and that Ashton attempted suicide as a young teen in order to donate his organs to his brother, gives his performance in this movie much more gravity to me.

[MrMEOLA]

Just realised the ending I grew up thinking was the real ending.. was the directors cut ending 😧

[merricksilverwolf]

Whats interesting (and incredibly depressing) to note is, that the previous miscarriages of the mom were most likely also the result of time travel suicide

[tituslafrombois]

This is definitely one of those movies where, despite all the flaws, you just have to respect that the filmmakers were absolutely not afraid to GO THERE.

[FISHYFILMPRODUCTIONS]

This movie changed my life. I was in a very dark place when I watched this. I saw the directors cut. It was like 3-4am. I called my mom, kind of rambling, ugly crying. It is my favorite movie, but I dont think I can ever watch it again.

[GoreyBits]

I saw this in theaters, and man it bummed me out big time. The alternate ending is even more upsetting.

[noone]

This movie is such a weird trip. Everything about it is a different kind of unexpected.

[theblackening]

I watched this movie again a few days ago and a subtle but interesting detail I noticed is that the aforementioned "butterfly effect" initially occurs when Evan meets that girl at the bar and she asks him to read her diaries.
Such a simple thing, but it went unnoticed several times... a totally remote, random event, made him screw up.

[nonamedoe]

If I remember correctly, Evan's mother said she had babies before, but they all died during childbirth. Evan was "the miracle" baby.

Combining this info with the director’s cut creates an interesting implication.

[AJegoist]

It's actually hard to believe Ashton Kutcher was so hated at one point that it manage to create unfair backlash to this film. I have nothing but positive memories and opinions of the man from growing up with that 70s show and the occasional news story about his philanthropic work.

[robertphillips]

Director's cut is the most consistent because his mother mentions the stillborns. This implies that the babies before him have experienced entire lives in the same fashion and chose death because it was the only outcome to help those around them. Therefore, Evan must do the same.

[caramip]

I'm pretty sure that in that final scene, Evan's wearing a St. Christopher's medal. This is kind of amazing since St. Christopher is the patron saint of both traveling (like Evan does through time) & epilepsy (like the seizures Evan has)

[vettethewarlock]

So this movie wasnt just a fever dream I had as a kid, it actually exists?

[SuperSeenith]

VASTLY prefer the theatrical ending with the crossing paths on the street, and how bittersweet it is. We're left wondering if he actually recognises her. The director's cut, which AFAIK contains a scene where a literal fortune teller tells Evan he has "no soul", and the infamous suicidal ending, REALLY hits in a far more negative and depressing (to a fault) way. On the DVD I had, on the bonus features, was all the endings available - including an ending where Evan walks past Kayleigh on the street, but turns ands starts a conversation (it was called Happy Sappy Ending). That ending would have been too perfect, as it would have been if he saved everyone and got the perfect outcome. The "two strangers pass on the street" ending was perfect.

[occamsbutterknife]

The first time I saw this movie, it was the director's cut. As someone who struggles with depression who sometimes feels that everyone would be better off without me, the ending made me bawl.

[blacknapalm]

*'If I was so special why did you abandon me? Why did you leave me here to rot?'*
That scene gave me the feels big time </3

[boobootittleman]

The Director’s Cut is so extremely dark & nihilistic. It’s intensely depressing, it’s like if Charlie Kaufman wrote the short story The Sound Of Thunder. Great video Ryan!

[collinsmith]

I'm convinced this movie was made in an alternate universe. It has an energy that just doesn't feel right.

[coreyridgeway]

Mans literally “fetus deletus” himself