Lauren Kelly Vinette it kills me inside

@@billy5939 actually they both become better if not spent childhood together. either evan dead or alive

I know for a fact she would have

11 years ago i let my girl go for this reason i came to terms over the year i was hurting her a lot... maybe when we're old and gray we try it again

@@topwargear I understand your pain. Sometimes doing what's right can feel painfully wrong.

I felt kinda sad after the ending of the first they never knew they existed until a lot of years later

+Marco Mark I feel like it was the best ending. Although I'm a huge sucker for the ending where they wanna go out for coffee (as cliché as it was) because after all the shit they went through I feel like they both just deserved it. The stalker ending I also liked because it wasn't a straight up happy ending, it just showed that Evan still loved her and wanted her in his life, even after it seemed like it was never meant to happen he still went chasing after her. The stillborn ending was unbelievably depressing as fuck but in all honesty the directors cut did tell the best and most powerful story, and ended with evan making the hugest sacrifice imaginable so his friends and family could live happy lives. Overall if you gave me a choice for what was considered the true ending, I'd probably say either directors cut or theatre ending, but I do love the theatre ending and felt it was the most satisfying. It shows that Life has consequences and some things aren't meant to be, but it also shows that things aren't totally bleak either. It had the best balance out of the endings because while it's still sad, Evan and everyone else in this timeline clearly are living much better lives than if Kaylee and Evan met as kids.

+allwalledup Evan wan't the only one who made such a sacrifice. His father and grandfather tried the same thing, and his stillborn siblings succeeded. I agree that it's sad that way but it's also best. The other versions don't quite work because Evan keeps all his actions secret from the people he loves, and that unfairly distances him from them. That's why he doesn't deserve Kayleigh and the other guy does.

+thefulfox time is a flat circle

lupash As opposed to square circles?

Agreed!

I never have listened to the opinions of movie critics

Mostly because of the bad press garnered by the leading actor

movie critics are idiots. movie critics gave black panther a 10/10. note i dont think BP is bad but 10/10? give me a break

@@randomguy4781 facts the movie critics just loved it because it was basically an all black cast. They just are virtue signaling trying to make it out to look like they the most politically correct perfect people to ever exist.

Me too I was contemplating life I thought I WAS crazy.

Well, i just watched the director's cut, and said "What the ???" The movie is all freak!

Just like the Berenstein and Berenstain Bears.

Dude that’s like -2 dimensions. (So high right now)

Hahahha saaame

Yeah, me too. I'll show this to my friend since we both watched the director's cut. Eases up a little bit.

Someone else here said they didn't like that ending because it implied he wasn't meant to exist at all, because "everyone has a place in the world." I like that quote. I'm glad the director's cut isn't the canon ending.

You have no place in the world.

So do I.

I know that feel bro.

Daaaaaaaamn. That's right... she did have 2 other still births... so they could have had the same butterfly effects , and killed themselves....🤯🤯🤯🤯(mindblown)

What is really crazy is that during that ending when she's telling the story, she said she was pregnant 3 other times instead of 2, so she's talking to a whole other person who may in fact end up going through it as well.

@@shawnd507 as i understood it and based on what imdb says, she's referring to her forth baby she had with her new husband (chuck?). the new babygirl broke the family curse (you can see Andrea, her new husband and baby outside the house in the directors cut after evan killed himself; 7:39)

@@ingridrnilsen Oh, right on. I didn't catch that part.

@@shawnd507 Whatever the ability is carries on through the male descendants in the family so his grandad,father and two miscarriages. It is probable that the two miscarriages could either have been different guys entirely rather than Evan as if it were Evan being reborn after the last two times, then the new child Andrea has wouldn't have been a girl but Evan again

Nah ending 4 makes the most sense. It ties in with the fact his brothers also went back to kill themselves. Ending 1 is just for people who don't want tragedy 😛

oh wow the brothers going back to kill themselves never really crossed my mind!

Shanes Channel That would have left room for a second and third movie showing what the previous brother and sisters life was like. The ending for those potential movies would have been repetitive though.

those scenes, where the viewer learns about the 2 fail births and other scenes related to the directors cut are left out on the other ending versions. I never watched the directors cut of the movie. I watched the theatrical one (first ending), so it seems the best ending to me.

@UC9_b80gXbR-8ZOBvzrNu4Ag they could've still done that without Evan doing it too it still makes sense without that horribly depressing piece of shit

haha same here!

lupinmodz dude same I only REMBER the first one until I rewatched the movie and saw where he killed himself in the womb

i just know there are 4 different endings ...... i love ending 1 the most!

Literally just happened to me to and I looked it up and here I am!

haha just happened to me

Momento is right up there and even Angel Heart

@@DMalltheway Except that Momento gets massive love now. People have come to appreciate it. This movie is not really appreciated for how good it really is. I liked it when it first came out and watched it multiple times even with all the hate surrounding it.

I love dark city

there have been sequels or spin-offs or something so it wasnt that underrated actually. that being said, this movie is underrated af.

I wouldn’t go that far there are questionable moments in this movie tho I think it was very entertaining and had a lot of thought put into it

and evan had learnt a lesson he burnt all the stuff that get him to the past

metallavery But then it leaves a plothole. What about him never having a lifeline? No soul? He was never meant to be? No, the idea of him realizing he needs to never have existed is sad, but imo the best. But to each his own.

earp1673 I agree with you man. Plus, we have to look at the other two miscarriages. Is it possible that those two babies had the same powers, and that they grew up and wrecked their timelines and took the same route Evan did? Or, maybe Evan's dad caused the deaths of those other two babies to try and stop the curse, but couldn't bring himself to do it to his wife a third time, hence Evan was born. Just watched the movie again with the stillborn ending. I think that one is the best. In the ending where Evan sees her in NY and just keeps walking, that doesn't take into account all the brain damage he sustained. However, in that ending it's safe to say that the ONLY jump he actually made was to threaten Kalie, and after that never did it again, undoing the brain damage. I still say the stillborn ending leaves the least plotholes.

Tony Mirabella He couldnt get the photo albums after he got stuck in a timeline where his wife didnt mess with him. So the third baby probably just went on living.

baby is septate living after birth. Still in a parall universe he could have been still born or smothered, but yet exsisted in another. here but not here,

U sure it was Jason that said that. I thought it was the guards

@@thechillmaster5836it was Jason bro

Please repent and find YHWH Elohim and keep the commandments in Exodus 20 and Leviticus 11 Please read Exodus 20 and pray for forgiveness 2nd Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” [37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:37-40 Please read the book of Jonah, Matthew, Exodus you'll have the information you need. 😅😂😊

@@Lolirock971 seeing how you’re religious fanatic, your username checks out.

​@@Lolirock971literally no one asked

Yeah. The song, the editing, the emotion, everything makes this the best ending by far for me. It's just so powerful and memorable.

I am surprised that this movie didn't get higher ratings. After watching all the alternate endings, I also agree that the theatrical one where Evan and Kayleigh make eye contact, both stop, think, turn around, then keep walking is the best ending. AND the Oasis song from 2002 "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" makes adds a great touch. But maybe with the song by Oasis being played over top of the other endings, they also would seem to work well. Credit to Oasis, they are an awesome band. IF the damn brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher would have gotten along better, they could have surpassed the Beatles in their fame! That is what many critics have said about the powerful songs by Oasis.

True

but just ... ahem... *MAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

Nah. Wrong. Baby finally realising he wasn't supposed to be in this world is the most impactful one.

You're absolutely right. I've recently had to come to the realization that calling someone crazy just because we don't understand something is never a good idea. When you go through something first hand that makes others view you as crazy, it changes your entire perspective; especially if you can actually see how crazy you seem, but know full well that you aren't.

Since you watch this masterpiece of a movie. Play the game Life is Strange.

The power to control TIME is an amazing power.

yep I'm trusting to get it

its just a movie. In real life crazy people are crazy. dont compare dramatic movie to reality

16dylan2 Life Is Strange?

ThePraetor that's what i came for :p

ThePraetor AHah, after playing Life Is Stange, wanted to watch this movie again !

+OminousStrike me too just finished episode 4 and i cant wait for episode 5 but at the same time i dont want it to end.

+16dylan2 also Silent Hill : Book of memories (although not so good game)

she wouldn't be happy with evan in the sorority path because tommy was still abused.

@@avril7527 Hence why Somili said "if only Evan had told the dad to be good to both kids"

@@Mithcoriel yes ! that would of saved everything.. or maybe not..

I think the way that the story went with his connection to keileigh, tommy and lenny sets up for the fact that he was always fated to fall short in his “corrections.” Tommy was fated to either hate Evan or never know he existed, their father is bound to abuse someone no matter what, and Evan is forced to learn his lesson with his power and correct it all. I agree the scene of keileigh walking alone is so powerful, I think the director meant for the theatrical cut to seem like the most satisfying one for Evan specifically, even if he doesn’t get the girl. He uses the power to right all his wrongs and make the girl he loves truly happy, which is a depressingly beautiful and selfless concept.

The whole movie is about showing how everytime he changed something it made something else worse lol

SirVolcy yeah i agree but isn't Evan with someone? As he's walking out the building he tells the person on the phone that they can get soup then he call her hon, so I'm guessing he is in a relationship, if not already married.... Edit: (9/3/18) (yeah guys you right he did say mom) I'ma posted the endings in a list from best to worsted. 1st: Second Ending - love at first sight, God giving them another chance. 2nd: Theater Version - More realistic 3rd: Third Ending - It could happen too 4th: Forth Ending - tf they just killed off the main character.. as a baby.. in his mother's womb 😱

JR137 I thought he was talking to his mom on the phone and said “mom” not “hon.” Maybe I misheard, though.

JR137 he said mom

SirVolcy true but at the same time the whole flow of the movie proves that you can't force something no matter how much u try to change it. A happg ending would've been cool though, just doesn't seem to fit for this film

Yeah, third one doesnt seem fit for this film,Because the message from this movie is “something gotta be sacrificed to change fate" . What would that be?his legs?his life? or this love?

i agree, but over all the DC gives you more to think about than just an "Happy ending" or atleast semi-happy

Alex R. True, but I did prefer to have an ending that somewhat happily resolved the plot after so many fuck ups by the main character.

I thought the director's cut was a cheesy happy ending to start with with Evan and Kayleigh getting married, then I realised it was a different guy marrying Kayleigh and Evan had snuffed himself out in his mother's womb.

same here. i saw first ending when i first saw movie, then this time the directors cut. the director's cut as sad as it is the best for the movie.

***** that doesnt even make sense.

I liked the theatrical ending the most, the one with oasis song, i think it fits perfectly with scene and its so overwhelming but maybe it's bcuz I saw that one when I first watched this movie on tv. I honestly hate Director's Cut ending bcuz it's so tragic and morbid.

@@petraleopold2713 Me too

@@brierichardson8462 :)

This should be the top comment

@@petraleopold2713 the director’s cut ending was meant to be the original ending but test audiences weren’t happy so they filmed a different ending where Evan upsets Kayleigh where she would end up living with her mother along with Tommy which meant she didn’t have to suffer abuse at the hands of her father and Evan and Lenny burns the journals never to alter time again,then fast forward to the future Evan is a therapist and he pass by Kayleigh and they stare at each other but he keeps walking. I honestly prefer the happy ending where Evan meets Kayleigh and they introduce themselves and go out for coffee

and it was... the DC ending is the only that make sense, sadly for Evan

The one where they go on their separate ways is the real one some things are better left dead.

Bro, the theater's original version was exactly that: the original ending. It doesn't matter what the director wanted; the original writer of the story is the one who decides what is canon, and that would be the first ending.

wow. i understand why jeremymd said break and i understand why goblinhk is going on with his comments.

+goblinhk wow, "triggered" there buddy?

So true 😂 lol

I thought that was the worst ending. It makes you think what's going to happen

He ruined her life again I guess. Destiny won.

No, we don't know her life will be ruined. It leaves the door open. It is entirely possible for someone like Evan to learn from his mistakes, and not do it again.

Negan's Evil Twin That’s why it’s up to the viewers to decide what happens next.

Same i literally just found out from watching it again on Netflix I was so confused and had to look it up

I saw it as a teenager in ‘04, and the ending was that he lived and ignored Kaylee. First time seeing that he died in the director’s cut. I saw it in theaters.

​@@ese_JONNYX3I watched it today on tv with that dieing ending so i was confused about other endings ,i guess on Netflix which i dont use and other sites are different endings

I saw it as a teenager back then (2004), then I watch this movie again today, got super confused because I don't remember that ending at all, it goes back to the womb holysht. Back then I only remember he saw her as an adult and let her go.

but no matter what he did somebodies life was messed up afterwords.

devmyster925 to be fair the stuff he did he messed up if he made correct choices he could easily fix stuff but remember every time he went back he had moments to try and correct it and almost every time he made a fatal error. by that if he planned out what to do and think of possible outcomes before he went back he could fix some things

OMBseabass I agree but what Evan should have done was go back to the time where the mail box exploded. Do not give his friend the piece of metal shard but still give his motivational speech...This in turn will probably avoid one killing the other, and the dog being saved. But again the baby and the mother would still have died. Too bad he did not go back to that memory again and tried to change it again to avoid his hands being blown off. It seemed in that instance though the mail box exploded a lot faster then before since the mother was still halfway in the lawn. But since there is no real measure of time here since its a quick flashback, I guess it was overlooked.

2Pac Remix he couldn't go back because he never wrote it :/

The point isnt who's a bad guy, but there are choices & sacrifices.

would be like shutter island ;)

Sensei .Takagaki omg i though the same as you when the doctor said that, i was like ''omg, if this ends here, im gonna love that movie so much'' 'because left all open... and would be nice imagine if he really had a mental problem and everything was just part of his brain or if everything was true... that would blow minds and i'm pretty sure it would make the movie more interesting. Well, I really like it anyways

Sensei .Takagaki That would be interesting, but I wouldn't like that. I hate those ending of whether it's real or not, whether it was just a dream. It's quite cliched.

Rosandi Minyety They made 2 movies after this soo they knew it was all real :)

megagrifonumon well that's truth:p

I've already seen the first version so many times... But I just got done watching the directors cut and I did exactly what you described.... Just sat there looking at the credits

I downloaded the movie where he kills himself. When the credits started rolling i was like "Well this is retarted.

i did the same too,. i was just staring at the screen and trying to absorb all that happened in the movie,. i didnt know there's a happy ending till now..

Did the exact same thing. Kept staring at the credits...

And i just did the same today

Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen Not my exact fav but definetly top 20.

Top 5 of all time

You will probably love the mind-bender movie "Identity (2003)" and "What Dreams May Come"

A Thousand times

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😭 or just friends

And this is why to think I "had to" be monogam is hurting my brain. Just to finally dont let me have even one relationship because... You know...

Guys. Just to add here. It kinda shrills me out even thinking about it. Hope, everyone get what they deserve.

+Rocco Hunter The title fits the story perfectly. Somewhen in the movie I thought „Hey, that's the butterfly effect... oh, right, that's in the title.”

+Rocco Hunter HAHAHAHA! TRUE STORY =D!!

Manuel Medina =D

The baby is about to be born, it is alive, the older version is in control of the whole situation, this would be her third stillbirth because her previous pregnancies did exactly the same, killed themselves.

K Smith All the endings were good, but to me at least, the theatrical/final cut on the dvd fit the best. He really learned something from all of this and we get the clear ending that him and Kaley are happy. The Director's cut definitely had kind of a shock factor to it but Evan never came across as the type that would kind of give up like that. That ending turned it into a noble sacrifice kind of story, and it just didn't feel too fit..The audience really likes Evan from start to finish. The others all had great appeal and mystery to them, but I argue that it would show that didn't learn anything from his experience. Even though we kind of want him to pursue Kaley again, we respect more of the fact that he refrains, for the first true time in the narrative.

Shaquille does not get it at all lmao.

Also, the father is still in the picture. He would probably use his ability to stop it. Additionally, the two still born kids probably were born and had the ability, but most likely killed themselves like he does in the director's cut.

Riley Courter Indeed, it put a conclusion on the father aspect but audiences wanted Evan to learn. It makes me think of the original ending to Fatal Attraction, where Michael Douglas's character is wrongly arrested for Glenn Close's murder.. As Close described it, it was a homage to film noire, but audiences wanted Douglas to actually defeat her.

Not exactly 😂, I mean they could’ve just scheduled the coffee date

He clearly did not care about his mom's feelings at all.

Its brutal

Best ending, though. I wish i could do that!

Actually, that is after he changes things in the prison and gives Lenny the piece of metal and Tommy is killed. It's to insinuate that she went down a much darker path after Tommy was killed and she met Karl while hitchhiking, which is why we see her as a strung out junkie prostitute.

No, that's the wrong one. It's when she runs away and becomes a prostitute. She takes a grey hound type bus to meet Evan in the sorority/frat future.

torn- B-I-a-S You and I think alike. I usually prefer the movies to end with the bittersweat endings or the downer endings. But in this case, no. I preferred the first ending.

Altruism is a bitch

@@michellesmith9256 I think the first ending is by far the most depressing. He fixed everything but is still afraid that he’s a poison to her. He should get the girl and ride off into the sunset..

i agree w you, i like the theatrical ending the most too

@@petraleopold2713 bro can you explain me why in the first ending lenny dont remember keitligh. Like they just stop talking to each other as a kids. Thats it isnt it?

@@Magrodik every ending is different bcuz its in different universe, reality

@Happy Little Accidents with Jason Avery exactlyyy

The way he turns back to look just as she turns back away. So brilliant. Like Orpheus and Eurydice

That's exactly what I was thinking. She would chain smoke even more having three stillbirths. If I were him, I'd go for the ending where they walk past each other. He'll find someone else.

The suicide ending shows that his mom meets another man (who does not carry Evan's father "curse") and they have a baby girl, who is perfectly normal as her father is normal too.

Facundo Bazzi Yeah but, she still would of had to deal with another child lost during delivery.

Connor Spencer Its going to make a loop his mom is going to be known as the women with 1000 stillborns

Connor Spencer It looks like it was a girl that was born after him. Maybe the gene for time traveling was in the boys, so the girl would live a normal life.

+Connor Spencer Exactly

+Connor Spencer correct but wrong at the end, after evan kills himself he is the last and only still born, notice that his mom has a new husband with a daughter, evans dad possessed the ability to rewrite his history but he`s gone now and his trait is only passed down to males in the family notice that evans mom has a healthy baby girl so this ends the never ending stillborns

+Connor Spencer the true ending most likely giving a neverending stillborn childs. So this is a logical explanation. It could be that the director made another ending is to stop the loop.

Well she said the only reason that she didn't move in with her mom was because she knew Evan was in the neighborhood and she wanted to stay because she knew if she left she would never see Evan again. Also it makes more sense for when the father tried to kill his own son, if there was a way out where his son could live a happy life I doubt he would have tried to kill him. It only makes sense if Evan was just never meant to exist in the first place and it would be best for everyone in his life

I think the DC was the best. Sometimes life is cruel.

it was you all along....

the stalker ending, lol.

@@BearWindAppleyardthat’s your interpretation I guess. Mine is that he didn’t follow her, just tapped on her shoulder to talk

LITERALLY THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST DEPRESSING ENDING

yolo214 damn you just destroyed him like that? Merciless

I’m proud of u. Don’t know if an opinion of a random person means anything to u. I do hope so. Life is all about those decisions that brings in good overall to others in this world. U brought something positive somewhere and created more positive ripples. In a larger scale u did really well. I hope u appreciate that

Spiderman lol

So sad, but that is True Ending: 『Life is not always rosy』

Yea and she will never know he sacrifised himself for her.

It's a good ending but I think the theatrical ending suits the rest of the movie a little better

The original (theatrical version) was the best. 2nd one would’ve been the best if they had just ended with them talking instead of a date

the real ending fits bc it means the other 3 brothers had the same thing happen to them. the theatrical ending isn't bad but deff doesn't fit with the palm reading and stillborn points.

@@Brain-washed2 the palm reading and stillborn stuff isn’t in the original version at all. So it fits in that version

@@dalkay yeah… bc they cut those parts out of the original story so it would be more palatable for theaters…

Ayyyy I got that.

never go back in time and fuck up things :V !!! LiS brought me here :3

I got the joke, i'm happy. x)

WeepingOdin That was cringey as fuck. But I'll let it slide.

Bae over Bay right?

Ill save you lady!

Name Required baby: WAAAHHHAAA

Im saying though!! That made me mad! Like save her but maybe step away from the mailbox?? 🙄

he acted like a moron with 0 IQ

What annoyed me was that everytime he made these mistakes he could go back to those moments and do it a little bit different. Like why couldn't he go into an entry before they blew up the mailbox and just not do it. And then after he kisses Kayleigh later on. Instead of using any kind of blade he can just promise to Tommy that he won't see Kayleigh and then he can report Tommy to some form of police or see Kayleigh in secret. And then for the whole "My dad never hit me, he saved it all for Tommy." He could have just threatened the dad again except this time threatened the dad into not touching either of the kids.

The moral of the story is no human being can play god. You can't change one thing for the better without sacrificing another.

orichic51 That may be the best conclusion. There're many times I've asked myself "If I could go back to the past and change it, would it really better than now?". I think now I understand the title of the movie "The butterfly effect".

***** You know the butterfly effect is based of the principal that if you went back and for example killed a butterfly the present would be verry different then it should be. Thats why its called the BUTTERFLY effect. :P

Rionsic That's what the movie wants us to think about. It's hard to predict a small thing like a butterfly or even we killed a butterfly, there would be appearance of new effects: "the bird or rat effect" for example :D.

Rionsic Wrong.'' It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world'' - Chaos Theory. That's why movie is called like that. He went back to change one little thing, but in the end there is no little things. Every action leads somewhere. I mean - title is from Chaos Theory, nothing to do with butterfly killing.

Agreed. Just because he forced her to go live with her mom doesnt change the fact that he still has that ability and can still pass it down. Thats why the directors cut is the best one and explains that his brothers probably went back to kill themselves as well.

tragedy happens regardless of what evan does. maybe if he is never born kayleigh gets hit by a car, etc. etc. anything could happen

See again when his killing himself and listen to his mother ''i was pregnant *3* times'' that say if Evan don't born,there's gonna be another one who can have the ''curse''

Fernando Rigoberto de las rosas de liniers not with the mom no. It was passed down from his dad and his dad going into the psych ward was supposed to end that effect leaving him as the last one, but it didnt.

That's right.But i heard the mother telling ''i was pregnant 3 times'' so the trouble there is: The third son was Jason's son too?

Fuck u😂

LMAO

“All around me are familiar faces...”

i just watch that before the butterfly effect AHHAAH

😂

I felt the urge to respond to that for some reason. I like the directors cut ending the most although it's a bit strange how he would have killed himself. I tried to explain this to myself like this: every time his life changes, he still has all the memories, scars and skills from all the other lives. Like the new sex moves, the marks on his palms when looking like jesus. So it is possible that somehow he would be able to strangle himself to death because he already knows how to move his limbs. But one thing I can't explain is how he can actually die by being choked as a fetus. But otherwise, my favourite movie!!

oh okay so it actually is possible, i understand now. good everything worked out with you!

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***** I did, slimey

***** I did, slimey

Well it wasn't the baby's mind controlling that action though of course, it was adult Evan's mind behind the wheel just the same as it was when he took over other younger version's of himself. From that perspective it isn't far-fetched as it is in line with his ability.

I agree. The suicide ending is corny imo

Not only possible but from what I understand about 'Parallel Realities/Timelines' that ALL of these outcomes can and will happen. Since there are unlimited 'Realities' then there is an unlimited amount of outcomes.... If you can 'Think It' then it happens. We create our own realities. Time is NOT linear. Time is the Eternal Now. Linear Time is a 3rd Dimensional Construct. Everything happens at the 'Same Time'. Because we are all Quantum Beings and we are so much MORE than the 3D Vehicles (Bodies) that we reside within.... Our Spirit/Soul is vast. Much more than we realize... Makes my brain hurt....LOL

OldDood My brain just jizzed.

Still, Time should only flow in 1 way :D

+Filsoh The first time I've seen the DC was lastnight. And in any other version of the movie, the physic scene never happened. I agree that it did make everthing alot more interesting though. Still think the theatrical version is better nonetheless.

Absolutely. The happy theatrical ending is for the mindless movie-going droves who the studios thought needed a happy ending to like the movie. The director's true intent is what is seen in the director's cut.

@@neogeo8705 No it's not. Here's the director stating the Happy Sappy ending is the real one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r82DjJCBvazFg6c.html Also, the "Happy Sappy" ending isn't that happy either, but also bittersweet, as Evan had to erase all of Kayleigh's memories of him upto that point.

Except the psychic part was a deleted scene and so was her telling him about the stillbirths

yes, definitely some suicide romatisation there. not the best message to send out to easily affected and emotional unstable people.

@cool dre, they did! It's called 'a wonderful life!'

In defense of him, that fortune teller planted the idea

+Lyn GiraffeLover The Directors ending is sort of a sad pardox that his life is emnt to go threw it over and over again

+TechNOGeek Reviewz A few people think that for some reason it only happens with the guys in the family, hence the alternate universe where Evan's parents have a girl and the time traveling ends with her. So maybe there is a possibility of a good ending in the director's cut?

@Mareena O'Neil *alternate timeline. Also thats not Evans father with his mother. The time traveling ended with Evan.

Ive watches this movie by far the most than others but where the fuck they talk about stillborns? Only in the directors cut ending or not?

​@@lt.e The director's cut apparently has a scene where the mother mentions the stillborns to Evan, and also a scene where a Gypsy fortune teller tells him he has no soul and shouldn't exist. EDIT: Found them: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5OdapZ8qNbIYX0.html

noob

Vanessa Cunha I totally agree with you!

I know your post is 9 years old, but I just want to say that the most "Realistic" ending really is the Directors cut. As long as he exists, he and Kayleigh can get back together. Remember that child version of Evan has no idea the intentions of Adult Evan. In "Reality" what he did at the birthday can be explained away by the blackouts and he can make up with Kayleigh. However.... if he dies... he can't ever see her again. Just saying.

Also was it me or after he killed himself the dialogue changed the his mom says that she had stillbirth 3 times?? Then does it mean all his brothers/sisters lived their own life and then killed themself as its best ending? It's kinda sad and pretty sure it all came to them when they saw something about stillbirths

I watched on TV and was theatrical ending :P Maybe in your country is the other ending :)

Мөнхтэргэл Оюунбат only the brothers killed themselves, the butterfly effect time travelling thing only affects males, she had another baby after Evan a girl and her life was normal. But yeah the dialogue changed in the ending where the baby was stillborn.

Zack FirstBornTriplet Oh shit then that's pretty cool, thanks for clarifying mate

Not all critics panned the film but it does happens that critics sometimes overpraise or subestimate something that the general audience dislikes or likes. However critics are not your enemy. They try to give you information about movies as to what to expect without revealing to much. Try reading a review, not just look at the score. (I emphazise that I do not think critics are always right but that a lot of them know what they are talking about due to the fact that they have seen a lot more movies then most of us and thus have a greater basis for comparison.)

It was due to the bad press of the lead

It's not a paradox, not with the particular time travel/timeline logic of this story.

A baby killing itself in the womb is the most boss thing ever dude, come on. Erasing its own existence to give others a chance at a happier life is the most selfless act of love. Plus I figure Evan was pretty sick of life by that point, keep in mind he was around 20 years old but lived though several different timelines, retaining memories of all lives lived. I'm sure the ones where he had no arms or was butt-raped in prison didn't exactly leave a pleasant taste in his mouth, or anus. lol

same for me, I got a pirated dvd and got the directors ending. Loved it because it ties in with the fact that he had 3 other older siblings who died in the womb so they probably did the same thing. oh also *another

See i just saw the directors cut ending for the first time and thought WTF then immediately had to see all the different ending. I had seen the theatrical version where he kind of notices her and keeps walking away. I like the directors cut ending way equally maybe a little bit more. Both are good endings the only ending I did not like is the happy ending where they stop and talk. It was just stupid and a forced happy ending there is no way she would no him.

actually chain smoking had nothing to do with her still born/miscarriages. I know that you mean that if she would chain smoke then there is a possibility that her third child would also be a still born or result in a miscarriage. However, it seems the memory issue only affects boys in the family. The father and grandfather were both affected. It seems the last child was a female, so she would not be affected by the memory issue/disease. Now how does this factor into the other two still born deaths before Evan? Simple, the other two still born babies were both male and suffered from the same disease as Evan and their father and grandfather. Both lived their lives and went back and killed themselves just like Evan for the same very reasons. That ties the whole male gender aspect as the disease with the whole reasons as to why the mother keeps having still born pregnancies. As for the father, it seems he could not change anything again since he was institutionalized and did not have access to his photo album anymore. His father most likely got stuck in there by changing a event and then when the present caught back up to him he woke up there just like Evan did.

I agree with most of your opinion, as it is my general standpoint. I prefer the theatrical ending over any of the others. However, that being said, I cannot help but notice that, since this is a movie, what you said will remain just that - an opinion. Allow me to offer another perspective that you do not appear to have touched on. I am specifically referring to the "open ending," which although I dislike isn't entirely what it appears to be based on what you said. Take a step back for a moment and look at the whole movie. Evan can change fate. By thinking of only what he wants, he is ultimately making a sacrifice for his changes in each jump. Fate isn't necessarily set as "Evan will screw up someone's future" but rather "Evan will screw up someone's future if he keeps thinking of only himself." Sure, you can argue that he's trying to save these individuals, but it's really only because he cannot accept the fact that it is his fault. By taking action, he is running from guilt and running from each reality when what he really needs to do is stay and accept blood on his hands. Evan ultimately does exactly that by going to the party and removing himself from Kayleigh's life. In this way, he technically has mustered up the gonads to finally let her go. Everything that comes after is no longer an issue, so it's really not so terrible that he walks after her in the "open ending" because he has already absolved himself/ let her go. Could that not be his fate - to have what he let go, rather than never having what he tried to hold on to? But wait, let's forget about Kayleigh and co. for the moment. Let's think about what Evan also did - he burned the memories. Is this movie really about letting Kayleigh go, or is it more about Evan letting his "gift" go? He made the ultimate sacrifice by burning his books and other time-traveling paraphernalia and can (as far as we know) no longer jump back. He has accepted that not only is he not meant to change the past, but to live with the future whatever it may hold. He is literally taking and accepting responsibility for however this timeline turns out, and will no longer run from the reality around him. This is Evan's ultimate redemption for not only himself, but his fathers before him. That's it. Thanks for reading. Unless you TL:DR, in which case I think you should read it.

i agree i like the directors cut ending for the fact it ties into the plot and everything about what the psychic said and is kind of more artistic, but i think i like the original ending better because he actually lives and everyone else still keeps happy lives, including his mother having her "miracle baby." definitely prefer the theatrical ending.

jamesfan2 re: the possible endings that were filmed, I guess I like the open and happy endings best

+jamesfan2 Then his dad would take it out on something else, or someone else. For every action to save someone, there'd be some sort of sacrifice for that happiness.

+kannequi // so what, his children went with his ex-wife at the end, does that mean he abused other kids? -.-

Zorro del Demonio or got his life together and married someone else

That wouldn't have saved Lenny from going insane after blowing up the woman and baby.

When I watched the movie today it ended with the Theatrical cut ending. It was a good ending, but after watching the directors cut I felt strong emotions. Whenever I show someone this movie I will make sure that that is the ending. It is so powerful.

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***** No way. I saw the Theatrical cut ending back when I first saw this movie, and that ending is sooo much better than the directors cut. Way better music, and a more pleasant ending than him killing himself

The happy theatrical ending is for the mindless movie going masses, a mindless happy ending just for the sake of a happy ending. The director's cut is the ending the director intended or preferred. S

The director cut IS deep but i think the Theatrical cut is truest to his character. Evan could have stayed with no arms no legs n the movie woulda ended there too