no. If so, the ending of the film is meaningless.
About the ending: There are four in total.
(1) The ending of the director's extended version The
protagonist saw the family movie that the mother was about to give birth to the protagonist. The protagonist who entered history decided to end it all by himself. He grabbed the umbilical cord with both hands and ended the life he was about to start.
(2) The ending of the theatrical version The family movie that the
protagonist saw was the first party to know Kelly, and the protagonist returned to the former protagonist and scolded Kelly, he and Kelly did not become good friends, and the custody of Kelly and Tommy Also obtained by the mother. After work, the protagonist encounters Kelly on the street, but does not recognize each other.
(3) The ending of the theatrical version As
before (2), the protagonist meets Kelly and turns back to chase after Kelly.
(4) The ending of the theatrical
version It was the same as (2) before, but the two met in the end.
2. Because of killing Kelly, the future of the protagonist should not have a process like "university and prison, amputation". The doctor said that the protagonist always mentioned that he shuttled between university, prison, and amputation because he was always indulging in the pain of killing Kelly in order to make his heart feel better. Is the protagonist not mentally ill?
In the part about the doctor in the film, when the protagonist came back, it was the moment we saw him come back with all his memories completely. Before he came back completely, his memory should be gradually recovered. For the doctor, the protagonist gradually came into being. Different fantasy, for the protagonist is to gradually restore memory, we see that the time in the film is when the protagonist completely restores memory.
3. Why can the protagonist go back to the unborn time through video?
People in the protagonist's family can return to their amnesia or unconscious state through diaries, photos, and videos. The photos found by the protagonist at the beginning of the film and the doctor's statement that his father was looking for photo albums and his grandfather's death certificate can all prove this. When he is not born, he is in a state of unconsciousness and no memory, and the protagonist can go back to when he was not born through video.
4. Why did the doctor say that there is no diary?
Since he accidentally blew up the heroine, there is no later life clips, no diaries. In the end, I can only go back to the unborn time through video recording.
5. There is a narration at the end that says "after three stillbirths", how to explain?
Previously, the protagonist's mother said that he should have had 2 older brothers before, so it seems that the protagonist's 2 older brothers may have the same fate as the protagonist. The protagonist is stillborn for the third time.
6. The number of diaries?
Fewer and fewer, my mother brought diaries to prison, only two; when amputation, only one (written before amputation); when the doctor, no. The butterfly effect changes the past, and the number of diaries changes accordingly.
7. Is it the protagonist who asked Fat Lenny to kill Tommy, otherwise how could Lenny ask, "You knew it would go wrong when you gave me that weapon"?
It was definitely not the protagonist who let the fat man Lenny kill Tommy. Tommy asked Lenny to place the detonator before. Therefore, the death of the mother and son was a huge blow to Tommy, causing him to faint immediately. After that, the protagonist handed Tommy the sharp weapon and asked him to cut the rope on the bag to rescue the puppy, and said to him: "This will at least reduce your guilt." Lenny saw that Tommy was going to burn the puppy, and added The detonator thing, the hatred of Tommy soared, so he killed him on the spur of the moment. As for how Lenny would ask later, "You knew something would go wrong when you gave me that sharp weapon"? Many people will reflect on the wrong things they have done, because it is indeed the weapon that the protagonist handed to Tommy, and Tommy will naturally have doubts about this.
8. How many times have you gone back to the past without changing the future?
4 times.
(1) Reading a diary in the dormitory, suddenly returned to the scene where Tommy burned his dog, and asked "Where am I", but the dog was still burned to death.
(2) There were some ideas of trying it out, and it turned out that he did return to the scene of the explosion, the cigarette butt burned a scar on his stomach, and "brought back" to reality.
(3) When I went back to painting, I injured my hand, left a scar, and "brought back" to reality.
(4) When I went back to the kitchen to get the knife, I was awakened by my mother.
The above situation can only be interpreted as the fact that things are too small to have a sufficient impact on the future direction of development, and thus do not change the future.
9. How do you explain the murder picture you drew when you were a child?
The picture of killing when he was a child was of course the future he painted when he went back, because at that time he already had the idea of killing two criminals, so he painted that picture before going back to stab his hands and leave scars. This also explains why when he was a child he didn't remember why he drew that picture at all, because it was drawn by him in the future; in the same way, when he went back to the kitchen to get a knife to destroy the explosives, his mother came over, woke up and didn't I remember why I took a knife, a meaning.
10. Why did the protagonist's father kill his son?
Because he knew that the more he changed, the worse it would be, and so would his son, and that he might hurt his wife, so he was determined to kill his son.
11. When I went back to painting, why did I hurt my hand and didn't change the future? Is it inconsistent with the butterfly effect?
Two questions:
1. In reality, if you pierce your hand so badly, you will definitely go to the hospital. According to the butterfly effect, this point will be infinitely magnified enough to affect the future, but the future will only leave scars, is it illogical?
2. In addition, the protagonist hurts his hand to leave a scar for his cellmates to see, so that the cellmates can trust him, help him get back his diary, and let him change the past so that he doesn't have to go to jail now. There is a problem here. Now that we have returned to the past when painting, why only use this opportunity to leave a scar instead of doing something different from the past but enough to change the future when painting? That way he still doesn't have to go to jail.
This question is also the most controversial among netizens. It can be explained in this way that this chance to go back is similar to the chance that my mother stopped me when I was about to destroy the explosives with a knife. Both opportunities are not opportunities that can definitely change the future. Both of them will go back to the past, but neither can really change the future. That is to say, the short-term lost memory of painting can only give the protagonist a chance to change the future, but it can only leave him with two scars. It's just better than that time with a knife in the kitchen to destroy the explosives, because that time mom stopped him and there was no chance. In the same way, due to the shortness of this opportunity and various objective factors, he can only leave scars. It seems that he understands this very well, so he asks the inmates to see his changes in order to gain trust.
12. Can parallel universes explain The Butterfly Effect?
Despite this, some episodes are still unexplainable: for
example: why he was hypnotized by the doctor, why he couldn't recall, which caused the first nosebleed; another example: the cigarette butt fell on his clothes, and burned a scar on his stomach, if this time Going back changed my childhood, leaving a scar on my stomach, so why did I find out after seven years; similarly, going back changed my childhood, pierced my hand, leaving two scars on my hand, why in front of my cellmates The face only appeared, then there should be scars in childhood? Where did it go? Is it to abandon the process and only look at the results?
The answer can be found in parallel universes. First, look at how many times the protagonist has gone back to the past:
(1) Reading a diary in the dormitory, he suddenly returned to the scene where Tommy burned his dog, and asked "Where am I", but The dog was still burned to death.
(2) When he returned to the scene of the explosion, the cigarette butt fell on his clothes, and a scar was burned on his stomach. The detonator exploded, and Lanny was frightened. When he came back, he found that there was indeed a scar on his stomach.
(3) After Kelly committed suicide, she read the diary and returned to Kelly's basement. Kelly's father asked them to take off their clothes. Evan told him that they should love Kelly, stop touching Kelly, and care more about Tommy. , came back, with Kelly; killed Tommy; went to prison.
(4) In prison, when I returned to painting, I painted a picture of murder, then stabbed both hands, returned to the prison, there were scars on my hands, and took back the diary.
(5) When the dog was burned to death, he gave Lanny a piece of tin and asked him to rescue the dog. His words moved Tommy, let the dog go, and Lenny killed Tommy. When I came back, I saw the miserable Lenny.
(6) When he saw his father, he asked his father how to change the wrong things. His father said he would kill his mother if he went on like this. He said that he had seen his father's postcards and he could change what happened. Thing, his father wanted to kill him. Back, Kelly became a depraved drug addict and prostitute.
(7) When he returned to the explosion, he saved the woman and child, went back to the dormitory, found that Lanny was in the same room, and Kelly was having sex with him, found that his arms were disabled, and found that his mother had lung cancer.
(8), went back to the kitchen at home and found a knife, ready to destroy the explosives, that time his mother stopped him from going back to the dormitory, nothing changed.
(9), go back to the basement of Kelly's house, get the detonator, ignite the detonator, but kill Kelly, go back to the hospital, go to the doctor, and ask for his diary, the doctor said that there is no diary at all.
(10), watch the video, go back to the mother before giving birth, and kill yourself. Kelly is very happy, Lenny and Tommy are also very successful, Lenny and Kelly are married.
We now define the above 10 situations of returning to the past as 10 different but parallel spaces (1-10 spaces), plus the original space in the film (defined as 0 space), a total of 11 spaces. Take a look at the development process:
0 Space: A total of 13 years in the film, including 6 years of childhood with frequent amnesia. Reading a diary in the dormitory, suddenly returned to the scene where Tommy burned his dog and asked "where am I", but the dog was still burned to death. Because I went back to the past, said a word, and changed the future, I came to 1 space.
1 space: basically the same as 0 space, although he came to 1 space, because he has the memory of 0 space, he is a person in 0+1 space. Since the protagonist only said one sentence in the process of coming to the 1st space, it has no effect on the whole process. The only change is that there is a memory in the protagonist's brain that can be returned to the past by reading a diary. After reading the diary, he returned to the scene of the 0-space explosion. The cigarette butt fell on his clothes, and a scar was burned on his stomach. The detonator exploded. Lanny was frightened. There is indeed a scar.
2 space: basically the same as space 1, although he came to space 2, because he has the memory of space 0+1, he is a person in space 0+1+2, but there are multiple scars on the protagonist's stomach. Note that this explains why the protagonist of Dimension 2 only found out after seven years that there was indeed a scar on his stomach. Because he in the 2 space has no experience of being burned, so he has no scars before. He in the 1 space came to the 2 space through the amnesia fragment of the 0 space, and he has a scar in the 2 space in an instant. Because Kelly committed suicide, read the diary, and returned to the basement of Kelly's house in space 0. Kelly's father asked them to take off their clothes. Evan told him that they should take care of Kelly, stop touching Kelly, and pay more attention to Tommy. Come back After that, came to 3 spaces.
3 space: Due to the change of Kelly's father, the whole space is completely different from the 2 space. Although he came to the 3 space, because he has the memory of the 0+1+2+3 space, he is a person in the 0+1+2+3 space, and the memory of 0, 1, and 2 is instantaneous. It was implanted in his brain in 3-space, so he had a nosebleed. In the 3-space he was with Kelly, his accent and walking posture changed, because he was no longer a 3-space person, he was a 0+1+2+3-space person. Later he kills Tommy; to prison. In order to make the cellmates believe him, when he returned to the 0 space to paint, he painted a picture of murder, and then stabbed his hands. After returning, he came to the 4 space.
4 Spaces: Basically the same as 3 Spaces, except that there are multiple scars on the protagonist's hands. The reason is the same as when he burned a scar before. In the 4th dimension, he had no scars on his hands in his childhood. In the 0+1+2+3 dimension, he stabbed his hands through the amnesia clip of the 0th dimension and then came to the 4th dimension. Friends, take back the diary, go back to the zero space when the dog was burned to death, give Lanny a piece of tin and ask him to rescue the dog, his words moved Tommy, he let the dog go, and Lenny killed Tommy. After coming back, come to the 5th space.
5 space: and 4 space is very different. Laney kills Tommy, and the protagonist sees a miserable Laney. The memories of 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 were instantly implanted into his brain in the 5-space, so he had a nosebleed again. Back in space 0, when he met his father, he asked his father how to change the wrong things, his father said he would kill his mother if it continued like this, he said that he had seen his father's postcard, he could change what happened, His father was going to kill him. After coming back, come to the 6 space.
6 space: basically the same as 5 space, but the protagonist has multiple memories of his father wanting to kill him. Kelly becomes a depraved drug addict and prostitute. Through the conversation with Kelly, he planned to save the woman and the child, so he returned to the 0-space explosion, saved the woman and the child, returned to the dormitory, and came to the 7-space.
7th space: Because of saving the woman and child, 7th space is completely different from 6th space. The memory of 0~6 space is instantly implanted into 7th space's brain, so he has a nosebleed again. The protagonist's arms are disabled, and he finds out that Lanny is in the same room, and Kelly is having sex with him, and he finds out that his mother has lung cancer. The protagonist decides to change all of this, so he asks Lanny to show him the only diary, so he goes back to the kitchen of the 0-space house, finds a knife, and prepares to destroy the explosives. That time, his mother stops him, so he returns to the dormitory, Comes to 8 spaces without any changes.
8 Space: Basically the same as 7 Space, except that the protagonist finally understands why he took a knife for no reason after an hour. Since nothing changed, he asked Lanny to continue showing him the diary, go back to the basement of Kelly's house in space 0, get the detonator, ignite the detonator, but kill Kelly, return to the hospital, and come to space 9.
9 Dimension: Because of Kelly's death, 9 Dimension is completely different from 8 Dimension. I went to the doctor and asked for his diary. The doctor said there was no diary at all, and he was sick. In fact, at this time, his brain in 9 Dimension was instantly implanted. The memory of the 0~8 space, so the doctor will know that the protagonist often says that he shuttles between universities, prisons, and amputations, and calls it the protagonist's fantasy. Due to Kelly's death, he did not keep a diary in 9th space, and his brain was dying. He couldn't go back to the past through the diary as before. Hearing the doctor say that his father was looking for photo albums just like he was looking for diaries, so he realized that people in his family could return to their amnesia or unconscious state through diaries, photos, and videos, so there was a paragraph at the beginning of the film, and the protagonist decided to go back to the state through video. past.
The movie has 4 versions of the ending here:
(1) (extended version) Back to 0 space before the mother gave birth, killed herself and appeared in 10 space.
(2) (Theatrical Version) Returning to Space 0, the party where Kelly met Kelly for the first time, the protagonist scolded Kelly, he and Kelly did not become good friends, and the custody of Kelly and Tommy was also obtained by the mother. Come to space 10.
(3) (Theatrical Version) Same as above
(4) (Theatrical version) Ibid.
10 Space: (Extended version) Since the protagonist of this space was not born, Kelly is very happy, Lanny and Tommy are also very successful, and Lanny and Kelly are married.
(Theatrical version) (1) After work, the protagonist encounters Kelly on the street, but they do not recognize each other.
(Theatrical version) (2) After work, the protagonist encounters Kelly on the street and turns around to chase after Kelly.
(Theatrical version) (3) After work, the protagonist meets Kelly on the street and recognizes each other.
Personally, I think the extended version is what the director wants to dedicate to the audience.
In addition: I was hypnotized by the doctor, and I couldn't recall what happened. The reason for the first nosebleed should be: the amnesia in the 0-space is to be used by the protagonist in other dimensions to change the future, so in the 0-space The protagonist can't open the 0-space amnesia clip, the brain can't bear this pressure, and the nose bleeds.
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