Thoughts on "Butterfly Effect"

Taya 2022-01-15 08:01:54

After reading it, my first thought is that only by not coming to life can everyone be happy. But then there is a question, can we choose not to come to this world? Even if we have the super power to go back to the past like the movie protagonist Evan, can we change the will of God without being born? I think this shouldn’t be The theme of this film. So, what is the meaning of this film? Why is it named the butterfly effect? ​​We can see that going back to the past and changing one of the details will change the destiny of people in different directions. A little bit of inadvertent minor changes, from then on to a different fork, can't look back. This should be the reason why this film is named the Butterfly Effect. But the significance of the film is not limited to the explanation of the chaos theory of the butterfly effect. It seems to imply such a problem: if you want to make the status quo better, and have the opportunity to revisit the unsatisfactory places in the past, the ending Is it possible to become perfect as you wish? The film also seems to give the answer: when an assumption has a tragic ending, trying to change them from the beginning will often backfire and lead to a more tragic ending. This should be the main idea of ​​this film. There are infinite possibilities in life. We can only experience one of these infinite possibilities. We always think that if the past was not very good, we will live better now, but the fact is often that if the past is really not that way, your Part of the goal is achieved, but worse things may happen to yourself or the people around you. Because you are not God, you cannot let things develop in the direction you set. Even if you have the superpower to go back to the past, you still cannot lead the future to your blueprint, and cannot accurately control the direction of your destiny. When you are happy to achieve a certain wish, there will always be another regret waiting for you, and there will always be things you did not expect to happen. Because there is always the accidental flap of butterfly wings, no one except God can grasp this. The occasional flap of a butterfly's wings will bring a hurricane thousands of miles away. A change in detail may bring a completely different destiny. If we cannot predict or avoid when and where butterflies will flap their wings, we cannot predict or avoid which details in our lives will bring us great changes. So we have to believe that existence is reasonable, and that you and everything around you are the best. Don’t regret that you have taken a wrong turn in life, because every choice you have made is the result of countless antecedents and countless details under the background of time and space. There is an unchangeable inevitability, and this is God’s destiny for you. The best arrangement made. Don't be magical It is better to want to change the past, and to accept the reality and move forward is always better than indulging in the fantasy of changing the past. Our existence will affect the people around us, and the existence of people around us will also affect us. This is just like the words in the Bible: All things work together. You can hardly say which kind of influence is good and which kind of influence is bad. Everyone's destiny is interlocking cause and effect, so don't blame yourself too much, and don't try to end perfectly. Since we can’t choose not to be born, take everything that has happened and will happen as a necessity and accept it with pleasure. Look forward and don’t look back! Because changing the past may make today worse, and cherish it. Now, it is possible to make tomorrow better!

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The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations quotes

  • [first lines]

    Mother in the Park: Alright, Josh. Time to go.

  • Sam Reide: Thanks, Goldburg, you're brilliant.

    Harry Goldburg: Brilliant. Yeah, okay. Thought you were gonna say "sexy." But hey, that's okay. No problem. Still gonna have a good day.