The Butterfly Effect

Two and a half stars out of four. This movie started out interesting, and perhaps now I have a little bit more respect for Ashton Kutcher. However, about two-thirds of the way through the movie, I was ready for it to end, so much so that I actually picked up the case and looked for how long it was. It wasn't on the case. It's an interesting and thought-provoking concept, but should have ended differently. By the way, I watched the theatrical version, but I'm told the director's cut has a better ending. Basic Synopsis: A guy who is repressing several traumatic memories from his past finds a way, by reading his journals, to go back to those repressed memories and change the events that occurred. By doing so, however, he dramatically changes the present that he is living in.

The Butterfly Effect

Babel

Three and a half stars out of four. This is a movie for mature audiences, and I'm not talking about the graphic nudity that is in it. It will take a mature, intelligent person to appreciate the complexity of the plot and the message behind it. The only reason I didn't give it four stars is because I felt that some questions were left unanswered in one of the plots. Yes, there is more than one plot in this movie. There are three. Basic Synopsis: An American couple is travelling in Morocco when the wife is shot through the bus window. At the same time, a Mexican woman takes the two American children she is in charge of across the border into Mexico without their parents' permission so that she can go to her son's wedding. Also occurring at this time is the plight of a deaf-mute Japanese girl as she tries to cope with her handicap while living in Tokyo. All of these seemingly unrelated plots are in fact connected in some way.

Babel