The Butterfly Effect *SPOILERS*

[SagaLore]

We rented The Butterfly Effect last night, and that it was an awesome movie. The DVD had two sides to it. Last night we watched Theatrical - but there is also a Director's Cut version.

I want to know what the differences will be if we watch the Director's Cut. Alternate scenes? Extra scenes? Different ending? Huh?

 

[AzNmAnJLH]

critics hates it... my co-worker loves it... enough reasons for me to go out and rent it myself

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: AzNmAnJLH
critics hates it... my co-worker loves it... enough reasons for me to go out and rent it myself

It is a great movie, a couple of parts made us jump. I don't care what some others are saying, the acting was good and so was the script.

 

[UnoSigmaPi]

I just watched it last night, and I thought is was a really good movie. There are difference like extra sences, and a different ending.

 

[Nocturnal]

I know what the directors cut is. It had a different ending. Since you did not post "SPOILERS" in your thread title I do not want to give it away. If you want to PM me I'll tell you there.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I know what the directors cut is. It had a different ending. Since you did not post "SPOILERS" in your thread title I do not want to give it away. If you want to PM me I'll tell you there.

Okay done. You can post it now, but I'm going to go watch it so I won't read the spoilers until after.

I'm going to also play this with DTS. Last night we played it with Dolby Digital, both options on the DVD.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

PM or post it... I got mine through netflix, so I was only able to see the directors cut.

 

[Zee]

can you post the director's cut ending please? I only saw the happy one where the boy told the girl he hates her

 

[Nocturnal]

I'm certain he goes back in time to kill his mom while she is giving birth thus causing him not to be born. This is what I heard lol I'm not certain its the truth but it does sound reasonable.

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: UnoSigmaPi
I just watched it last night, and I thought is was a really good movie. There are difference like extra sences, and a different ending.

what is the other ending?

 

[GonzoCircus]

This is a very popular movie with fools.

 

[cerebusPu]

actually..he kills himself while in her womb.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I'm certain he goes back in time to kill his mom while she is giving birth thus causing him not to be born. This is what I heard lol I'm not certain its the truth but it does sound reasonable.

LOL no, I have the directors cut, he goes back and causes a fourth miscarriage, remember she said she had 3 before, makes a bit of sense now huh? He kills himself like the three before him to ease her pain. Now what happens in theatrical lol. That I don't know.

 

[SagaLore]

Wow did that suck.

Note to all: Theatrical release is great, the Director's Cut totally ruins it. Those extra scenes just don't blend in with the movie, and then the ending makes you wish you hadn't seen the movie. I had flip the dvd back to theatrical and replay the last scene just to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

Directors cut.

He goes back to the womb and strangles himself with the umbelical cord.
- His mom then gets remaried and has a normal kid.
- His girl and her brother don't get screwed up because they both go live with their mother. The girl said something about how she didn't go live with her mother because she wanted to be near him, but since he wasn't born, she left her father.
- I don't remember what happend to the other kid, but I guess he was fine.

Now can someone tell me how the theatrical version ends?

 

[imported_Nacelle]

Doh, I forgot to watch the theartical version on the other side of the disc.

 

[cerebusPu]

in the theaterical version, he meets the girl at some very young age and says to the girl:

"i hate you. dont come near me or else iwill kill you and your whole family" and the girl runs to her mother crying.

everyone grows up happy and it fast forwards to him being an adult and see's amy smart while walking on the sidewalk, but decides not to get together with her.

 

[bozack]

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
in the theaterical version, he meets the girl at some very young age and says to the girl:

"i hate you. dont come near me or else iwill kill you and your whole family" and the girl runs to her mother crying.

everyone grows up happy and it fast forwards to him being an adult and see's amy smart while walking on the sidewalk, but decides not to get together with her.

damn, should have flipped the disc

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: bozack

Originally posted by: cerebusPu
in the theaterical version, he meets the girl at some very young age and says to the girl:

"i hate you. dont come near me or else iwill kill you and your whole family" and the girl runs to her mother crying.

everyone grows up happy and it fast forwards to him being an adult and see's amy smart while walking on the sidewalk, but decides not to get together with her.

damn, should have flipped the disc

Yea, if anybody watched the Director's Cut on accident, then you watched an awful version. Just the deletion of those few scenes and the alternate ending totally changes your perception of the movie.

I think that is why so many people dislike this movie, they accidentally watched the wrong one...

I wish they hadn't included the Director's Cut on the rental.

 

[tboo]

Originally posted by: GonzoCircus
This is a very popular movie with fools.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: tboo

Originally posted by: GonzoCircus
This is a very popular movie with fools.

That is a very popular comment with snobs.

 

[TMPadmin]

Haven't seen it yet but what was his method of time travel? Someone told me he would focus on his journal?

 

[Doggiedog]

I only saw the Director's cut and not the theatrical version.

Damn. I thought the director's cut would be better. I'm not going to rent it again though.

 

[Turfzilla]

That movie was amazing. There were some brains behind that movie.

 

[skace]

Hmm, strangling himself with the umbilical cord is odd but does explain for the other miscariages. I liked the original ending! Very cool movie. I loved seeing the explanations for his blackouts during life, like the one in grade school!

Talking about it makes me want to watch the movie again..