Great movie to start to the New Year

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2004)

Let's start with the title "The Butterfly Effect", throw in a simple cool tag line, "Change one thing. Change everything." Then, throw in a killer Trailer with Staind's "it's been a while", and some cool sequences and you just sold your movie before the release.
I went into this movie like I do most movies opened minded, yet after seeing the trailer to the movie, the anticipation was there, and that's when disappointment pokes it's ugly head in and might ruin the experience. That never happened. Filmmaker brilliance for the architect of the trailer, gave you just enough without giving anything way. Suprisingly, the format of the story didn't go as planned, yet there was a reason for it. Basically the childhood is explained a lot more thorough then first expected, but all of it for a good reason. As much as I would like to go into detail about Evan's abilities, that's for you to find out, but you will walk away understanding it. Promise. Another aspect of the movie that I liked, in this is in reference to time travel and changing the past, is that Evan kept trying, despite how things appeared to get worse, he kept trying, unlike the movie "The Time Machine", where as Alexander goes back "one" time after creating the time machine, and assumes he can't change the past.
This movie is solid and the actors give really good performances. I'm sure the biggest with drawl about people's hesitation to see this movie is Ashton Kutcher, but he pulls off in a really good performance. Don't judge this movie before you see it, go see the movie for what it is, good entertainment. 8/10
Enjoy
Zoo