Ever thought of going back to the past to change things and maybe even alter the present??
Well...I guess everyone's seen the entire
Back to the Future series 3 times over and over (on TV....) or the movie
The Time Machine. How about that brainless Van Damme movie,
TimeCop??
The Back to the Future series certainly dealt with the idea of time travel in a lighter note, though there is a bit of mess when you get to Marty McFly travelling to the past then back to the present(which is actually the alternate present) then back to the future, thus resulting in an alternate present again because of an alternate past caused by.........on...and on.......Haha, you get the point, dun you?? True, there's a bit of a fright when you realise you could actually get attracted by your own mother in the past...and then your dad wouldnt meet ur mom, and then you wouldn't exist at all... "Oh no, Crap!"
Let's look at the Time Machine concept. Well, it seems that when you're meant to die, you're meant to die huh. That God has a plan for all of us, so when our time's up, there's just no way to prevent that from happening. Maybe you can only alter how you'll die, but plainly said you'll still die afterall. Sad sad loser that character Guy Pearce played...
Yeah..These movies really deal with the fact that altering your past could, and almost always seem to alter your present whether you like it or not.
Anyway, you might be wondering why in the world am I talking so much about time travel..? Hah, of course I'm like your weekly movie critic/ reviewer. So, here's what inspired me to talk about time travel. It's the movie
The Butterfly Effect.
In case you haven't watched it, you should (whoever's reading this blog).
It deals with this guy (played rather well by a usually-not-so-serious Ashton Kutcher) who can travel back to his own past and alter events in his life, all this by staring hard at the pages of a journal which he has kept since he was a child. The spooky thing about this thriller is how it seems that no matter how he goes back to change his past, at the end of the day something bad will always happen (either to himself or someone he loves). Really chilling too, cos it's rather realistic and really puts things in perspective for yourself and your own lives.
And in case you're wondering what the title of the movie's got to do with the movie. Here's the story behind it...
It seems that the flap of a little butterfly in one part of the world can ultimately lead to a gigantic tsunami at another part of the world. Sort of like a Snowball effect too. Basically it ties to the movie about the often disastrous effects that altering your past can have on your present life.
