Chapter 561 Science Fiction Movie
Butterfly effect, a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon may trigger a tornado in Texas, USA. This is a chaotic phenomenon.
Although he can no longer remember when this was the content of geography class, Anson can remember that the time when he really had a profound experience of this phenomenon came from this movie:
" Butterfly Effect".
The movie tells the story of a young man named Evan, who had a bad childhood. He once got into great trouble, so that his childhood was full of terrible memories; but in fact, he only vaguely remembered some terrible scenes. , these scenes have been haunting him and affecting his normal life.
On the advice of a psychiatrist, Evan began to record trivial life in a notepad, but accidentally discovered that he could go back to the past through the notepad.
Slowly, he remembered that he had made many mistakes in his childhood.
So, he fantasizes about using his current consciousness to sneak into his childhood body to make up for the harm caused to people by various mistakes, especially in the hope of getting together with the girl he had a crush on back then.
However, he discovered that his repeated changes across time and space could only make the real world worse and worse, like a butterfly effect.
So, what should he do?
Although there have been a series of movies before and after that have focused on the butterfly effect; this movie truly shows the possible consequences of the butterfly effect in detail, and it is an outstanding presence among many works.
When the movie was released, as Edgar’s colleagues judged, because the movie was too brain-burning and profound, it failed to awaken the audience’s resonance, which seriously affected the market response of the movie and was unlike those who were ahead of the times in history. Like science fiction movies that are not understood or even distorted and criticized, the box office performance of "The Butterfly Effect" is not worth mentioning.
"Blade Runner", "RoboCop", "Black Hole Frequency", "12 Monkeys", "Pre-Destination", "Lola Run", "This Man is from Earth" and many more This is true for science fiction movies.
However, gold always shines.
After time polishing and precipitation, as well as the waves of experienced movie fans, those excellent works will eventually win their own light.
The same is true for "The Butterfly Effect". Although the box office performance was disappointing, the movie was very popular in the video rental market. Those niche science fiction movie fans exclaimed that they were so late and highly praised the movie.
Thanks to the film’s subsequent profits and excellent reputation, the film company saw business opportunities and actually restarted the film, filming the second and third parts one after another.
Although the next two sequels were just continuations and the quality was appalling; the fact that the series of films was able to develop into a third film shows the far-reaching influence of the first film.
Twenty years later, when people count down "niche" science fiction movies, the name "Butterfly Effect" is still indispensable.
Now, the film is in Anson’s hands——
A little bit excited.
Among countless movie types, science fiction has always occupied a place. It may be an exploration of the past, the future, the spiritual world, or the outer space. While showing imagination, it is also an exploration of the universe. An excavation and extension of human beings themselves.
Anson also hopes to star in science fiction movies.
What's more, "The Butterfly Effect" is slightly different from other science fiction movies in that it is an excavation of itself.
"Alien" is the fear of monsters in outer space, "Terminator" is the fear of the end of the world with artificial intelligence, and "Blade Runner" is a reflection on the development of human cloning technology.
And so on and so forth.
As for the "Butterfly Effect", the perspective is inward, not focusing on the destiny of mankind and the development of science and technology, but focusing on the individual and thinking about the destiny of the individual - have you ever regretted it? Have you ever wanted to change a past mistake? If I hadn't said those words and made another choice, would my life have taken a completely different path?
I’m afraid everyone has thought about this thought at least once at some point.
Anson is no exception.
In fact, more than once.
In his previous life, days and nights after his father disappeared, when he was tossing and turning all night long, he stared at the ceiling and couldn't help but think like this.
It is precisely because of this that humans are always particularly obsessed with time machines.
In "The Butterfly Effect", Evan had such an opportunity and did so. The repetition and pull of those emotions, the impact and torture of those experiences are not just regrets, but often a complex and complex taste.
Anson still remembers that enthusiastic fans interpreted the movie from different angles and aspects. One of the discussions focused on Evan's motivation:
If Evan really liked that girl so crazily that he would go back to the past through the notepad again and again at all costs, even if he was shattered to pieces, then he had never found that girl all these years, and seemed to have a happy emotional relationship.
Anson thought, maybe that is an obsession.
If there is no chance to change the past and there is no possibility of realizing that relationship, then keep a distance, silently bless, retain the beauty of your youth, and focus on the youth and innocence of first love.
But after having the opportunity, I couldn't help but magnify the beauty and potential happiness, as if that was all the possibility of having an ideal life, so I made a desperate move like a moth to a flame, and finally evolved into a kind of Obsession.
The so-called obsession is often without reason, at least on the surface there is no reason. The real cause and effect relationship is hidden inside; but it becomes the criterion of a person's behavior and completely destroys a person's reason.
Just like the "butterfly effect", you become obsessed regardless of it.
Perhaps, the only pity is that the movie was not able to present such an emotional context, nor was it able to present the character's psychological struggle.
On the one hand, it is because the director must focus on the rhythm of the narrative.
After all, the movie is still a commercial work aimed at the box office. The thinking and discussion of the movie itself are already philosophical. We can no longer risk driving away the audience and continue to sacrifice rhythm, so the director puts all the real space for thinking. At the end of the movie.
Naturally, there is very limited room for development of emotional arcs for the characters.
On the other hand, it is the actor's understanding of the role.
In such a story that focuses on the butterfly effect and is based on human beings' own reflections on tragedy, destiny, and life, if the actors are not able to understand this complexity and pathos, they will naturally not be able to show their limited ability in front of the camera. The space is given layers through performance.
In fact, the paranoia of the character "Butterfly Effect" reminds Anson of the man played by Daniel Day-Lewis in the multiple Oscar-nominated film "There Will Be Blood" who is so blinded by greed and desire that he becomes obsessed. The character, if you dig deeper, his soul is complex and diverse, and it can show how an ordinary person finally evolves into a devil.
The difference is that the devil in "There Will Be Blood" has his hands covered with blood, while the devil in "The Butterfly Effect" finally aims the sharp blade at himself.
Unfortunately, this movie failed to make the characters shine like "There Will Be Blood."
(End of this chapter)