This movie reminds me of a mentally retarded athlete trying to compete with the "real" athletes on the Olympics (not the Paralympics, though! The real ones) in 1500-metre-run: while everyone his job, he is running in circles, but at least 50 times or so, and everyone is "proud" of him, that he at least did not fall.I don't really want to vote for it, because it is clear that the producers had no money, but I also suspect, that who ever wrote the script, must have been as high as the protagonist: totally dumb protagonist(s), over-simplified motives (like anyone would kill him-self for getting a boner in school) and a total lack of logic; you name it, the movie has it. The part with the tampons is something that speaks for itself (and that is imbecility). But I will vote it, since I don't understand how the majority could give this "special" movie such an extraordinary good rating.I really don't feel like it, but I guess I have to go into the time-travel part of this. First of all: I am not quite sure if there was any "actuall" time travel "really" happening in this movie. It all could have been a bad trip (since the protagonist often affirms to be high, when asked about it, which would at least explain, his narrow-mindedness). He even is telling the homeless guy (which really is the best "thing"/actor in the movie; I gotta admit that with some other reviewers, that mentioned it. He seems like an inscrutable, crazy-genius professor from the future.) that the chair is not an actual time-machine after and even just before traveling through time again. Seriously: WTF? Is he really just that high that he doesn't know anymore what's real or not? Now to the part with time-travel logic: jeez, that one really is landmark, when it comes to lack of logic for time-travel stuff. First of all: how come that he is opening the window for his past-self (therefore interacting with his self past) but is never seeing his time-traveling self when he travels back just minutes to undo the mistakes he made (which is, by the way impossible, for nearly all time-travel theories, except the spread-sheet one, but we don't talk about that one since it is used for mainstream-flicks mostly: yes I am looking at you, Back to the future...) And why doesn't any action he made in the past has any consequences at all in the present? And why is the homeless guy telling Art one time, that changing stuff in the past is harder than changing them in them in the present, but some time later he tells him, that is he changes minor things, the outcome could be unpredictable (the so called butterfly effect)? And why is the homeless guy remembering Cody but not Art; or is he just pretending? And was that Gothic-girl on the bus, supposed to be Jody? Questions upon questions, which will not be answered, I guess, because I actually believe that the director did not ask them for himself (or was not capable of doing so...)So why 2 Stars than, you ask? I do appreciate cinematography (that was the only thing that did not look completely cheap), as well as the basic statement, that you gotta let your loved ones go, in case you are really loving them (should this be the message, the director wanted us to know, which I am not quite convinced, he was).
... View MoreInner city homeless teenage boy in love with inner city almost homeless teenage dropout who also does some prostituting and drug abuse on the side. The boy is a depressing little guy who likes to take drugs, spaces out, has homeless friends, distrusts authority and lies an awful lot! One day while breaking into his girlfriend Cody's apartment, he finds her unconscious. Ambulance guys suddenly come in, we don't know who called them. They ask him how long has she been out and he lies and says she just let him in (again with the lies).She ends up in a coma in the hospital and is near death. This low IQ scum just doesn't get it and goes into denial. Somehow he ends up in a homeless place that has a sofa chair. The sofa chair turns out to be a time/space machine. You tell it where you want to go and it does it.He goes back to before "Cody got messed up" and finds that she was embarrassed with her period during gym class. After two or so failed attempts to get her tampons he finally succeeds in doing so. Why he thinks Cody going through her period made her quit high school and go on drugs is anyone's guess.The movie is somewhat endearing and heartwarming. He is guessing on what's up with his druggie girlfriend and going back in time to try to "save" her.The movie is mildly interesting how Art tries to fix her past to fix her present and goes through all kinds of nonsense to handle her. But it's one of those time travel stories that has changes just make things worse. The final "twist" was predictable, but cute.It's like a director pretending to be a Kevin Smith movie using a sofa chair time machine, with Tenderloin bums as movie stars.Mildly recommended.
... View MoreThis movie was not even one of the sequels to Butterfly Effect. It was the same movie. Protagonist lived but may have well died because his love was gone. Then again, what you do not know does not hurt you. I thought that the lead actor Jay Baruchel overacted . Sarah Lind was fine in her role as Cody. Art ,our protagonist was not a likable guy at all. I did not see it in his personality that he would be unselfish, especially the way he changed the Christmas Party and hurt Helmet the way he did. That was just downright mean. The film was uneven. I mean finding a recliner that was a time machine. I thought that was just silly. I also did not understand how the hospital could not find Codys last name when she was paying rent and utilities in an apartment. Loose ends like that got to me. I did not like Art , he came across as just very belligerent . Maybe if his childhood was explored a bit, I would understand somewhat of why he turned out to be a druggie. The movie was entertaining but really for not the right reasons. It was silly. Watch it but do not pay for this. If I paid to see this my rating might be a pt or 2 lower.
... View MoreI loved this movie great characters and great cinematography i suggest seeing this movie! good job Mr ray. I love Jay in this movie. He was very funny with his comedic takes. Sarah was also very good. I loved the scene at Christmas it was very well down. Kudos to the writer. This movie did pretty well in Vancouver. I saw it twice and every time i liked it more and more. It wasn't what i thought it would be though. I expected it to be just a movie. But its more then that. It shows the dark side of the beautiful Vancouver. There wasn't any over the top stuff it was all very realistic. The part where she is talking with Jay and she then walks away and gets in a car with a guy is very powerful. I love this movie!
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