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Apr. 8th, 2008 02:29 pmThe Butterfly Effect (2004), Eric Bress. April 4, 9pm. View count: One.
The Big Sleep (1946), Howard Hawks. April 7, 8pm. View count: Two.
The Butterfly Effect is a terrible movie I hope to never see again. I don't know why I watched it in the first place. It would probably be nice if Ashton Kutcher fell down a well so we would never have to worry about him trying to play a 'serious' role (or financing a movie whose 'serious' role he wants to play) again.
This one was supposed to be a riff on the Bradbury short story (parodied in that Simpsons Halloween episode) where a man goes back in time, accidentally steps on a butterfly, and changes his present thereby. Instead, it was stupid and morally obnoxious. The protagonist was originally supposed to be, honest to krishna, named 'Chris Treborn' (move the T one space to the left). He sprouts implausible stigmata and [SPOILER] dies to save a couple of people, I guess. ARGH.
Like Anaconda, this movie did not deserve to have Eric Stoltz. I wonder why that poor man keeps having to do these terrible things.
Also if I have to watch another non-BTTF movie where a timeline ostentatiously changes around a rules-exempt protagonist I will become a supervillain called Killer Clock. See if I don't!
The Big Sleep is, in contrast, quite excellent and fun. My favorite part is where Humphrey Bogart throws the younger sister out of his office.
The Big Sleep (1946), Howard Hawks. April 7, 8pm. View count: Two.
The Butterfly Effect is a terrible movie I hope to never see again. I don't know why I watched it in the first place. It would probably be nice if Ashton Kutcher fell down a well so we would never have to worry about him trying to play a 'serious' role (or financing a movie whose 'serious' role he wants to play) again.
This one was supposed to be a riff on the Bradbury short story (parodied in that Simpsons Halloween episode) where a man goes back in time, accidentally steps on a butterfly, and changes his present thereby. Instead, it was stupid and morally obnoxious. The protagonist was originally supposed to be, honest to krishna, named 'Chris Treborn' (move the T one space to the left). He sprouts implausible stigmata and [SPOILER] dies to save a couple of people, I guess. ARGH.
Like Anaconda, this movie did not deserve to have Eric Stoltz. I wonder why that poor man keeps having to do these terrible things.
Also if I have to watch another non-BTTF movie where a timeline ostentatiously changes around a rules-exempt protagonist I will become a supervillain called Killer Clock. See if I don't!
The Big Sleep is, in contrast, quite excellent and fun. My favorite part is where Humphrey Bogart throws the younger sister out of his office.
