FYI: There are some mild spoilers.
There are movies out there that are far more horrible than Butterfly Effect 2, and I feel this doesn't fall into that category.
Sure it's not perfect, what falls flat with the sequel isn't the acting, or even the way the characters interacted with each other, it's the movie's inability to delve more into the powers as opposed to just dealing with the consequences of it (and it's likely due because we've seen what it is capable of in the original). The little research Nick did on alternate realities in association to migraines and finding a newspaper clipping of Evan's father's sickness was a good touch but like I said, I wished they had explored that angle further.
Instead, they took the romance angle, which was fine but they could've done more. At the end, it gave me the distinct impression that Butterfly Effect 2 was a setup for something else. As if they needed to show this movie before really getting into something more.
And Eric Lively is a capable actor, and Erica Durance did well with the material she's given. It ain't rocket science so I don't hold them to standards of the critical kind. I'm just glad that I wasn't rolling my eyes at their scenes much like when I did watching Cursed or Alone in the Dark.
There are movies out there that are far more horrible than Butterfly Effect 2, and I feel this doesn't fall into that category.
Sure it's not perfect, what falls flat with the sequel isn't the acting, or even the way the characters interacted with each other, it's the movie's inability to delve more into the powers as opposed to just dealing with the consequences of it (and it's likely due because we've seen what it is capable of in the original). The little research Nick did on alternate realities in association to migraines and finding a newspaper clipping of Evan's father's sickness was a good touch but like I said, I wished they had explored that angle further.
Instead, they took the romance angle, which was fine but they could've done more. At the end, it gave me the distinct impression that Butterfly Effect 2 was a setup for something else. As if they needed to show this movie before really getting into something more.
And Eric Lively is a capable actor, and Erica Durance did well with the material she's given. It ain't rocket science so I don't hold them to standards of the critical kind. I'm just glad that I wasn't rolling my eyes at their scenes much like when I did watching Cursed or Alone in the Dark.
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