The Butterfly Effect

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This is an incredible film. i had never even heard of it until my best friend, Jason (fromthemirror) told me about it and offered to bring it with him when he visited me this past week. One night, we sat on the couch and watched it. i was pretty much taken aback. Ashton Kutcher actually CAN act? WOW! This film would be great for a psychology and/or a philosophy class. It was done so incredibly well. i highly reccomend it. i saw both endings of the film and didn't much like either of them because i wanted him to get it all in the end...but the fact that he didn't actually added to the beauty and complexity and messsage of the film. i guess i SHOULD give you all an idea of what it is like... Ok, a boy suffers from selective amnesia. He completely blanks out at events and is unable to recall what happens. He keeps a journal and writes in it every day of his life from the time he is 7. He keeps these journals all his life. One day, he finds that if he goes back and reads what was written, he can time travel to that point in his life and make changes. He tries desperately to fix his life and the lifes of his friends, but he only succeeds in making things worse. He eventually finds himself in a mental hospital and goes back in time one last time to make his final changes.