A phenomenal movie, probably the best thing Ashton Kutcher ever did. Forwned upon by stupid frat boys who can't handle Ashton Kutcher trying to do something serious, and always need visual effects to entertain their brains.

Despite this, The Butterfly Effect (2004) is an amazing movie, with real feeling, complexity, message, and unfortunately, some shitty straight-to-DVD sequels.
1: uuugggh "the butterfly effect" sucked, it had message and complexity, and was a great exception for Ashton kutcher, waaaa! I wanted boobies and football and robots in the movie so I didn't have to think! *pouts*

2: Yeah....you're a moron. No comment.
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The butterfly effect is a phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system. This is sometimes presented as esoteric behavior, but can be exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a ball placed at the crest of a hill might roll into any of several valleys depending on slight differences in initial position.
sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory is commonly presented in this. "A butterfly flaps its wings in Japan which causes tiny changes in the atmosphere, which ultimately cause a tornado to appear half way across the world. This is where the term "The Butterfly effect" comes from.
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A band from Brisbane, Australia that has not made a wrong move in making songs as of yet. All great songs.
Best songs include 'Crave' 'One Second of Insanity' 'Black Lung' 'Always'.
by Luke Dyson March 16, 2004
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Australian hard rock band from Brisbane, Australia.

Released their debut EP in 2001 "The Butterfly Effect" which features their debut single "Take It Away", followed up with their debut album in 2002 "Begins Here" which features the singles "Crave", "One Second of Insanity" and "Always". In 2005 they recorded their next single "Phoenix" which isn't featured on any of their albums. In 2006 they released their 2nd studio album "Imago" which debut at number 2 on the ARIA charts, and features the ARIA top 10 single "A Slow Descent" as well as the singles "Gone" and "Reach".
I saw The Butterfly Effect on NYE, awesome Aussie band live and in the studio! Check them out!
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when you kiss a girl on the neck or anywhere that makes her feel butterflies in her tummy...
wait till i get my hands on you. i'll teach your tummy the real meaning of the butterfly effect
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An aussie metal band from brisbane. they are really good live. strong chords and vocals.

and NOT THE ASHTON KUTCHER MOVIE...what a crap-a-thon
"i saw the butterfly effect bout 2 months ago at the albany creek tavern. they were awesome"
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1. The theory that everything that happens must happen; that you can't save one thing without destroying something else. Coming from the idea of a butterfly caught in a spider's web. You can't save the butterfly without killing the spider (through violence or starvation).
(Also personified in the more popular saying, "Live and Let Die")
2. ... Also the name of a movie that portrays the previous definition. Er, I think. I haven't actually seen it. Is it any good? Excuse me if I don't hold my breath...
Stopping the bombing of Hiroshima would most likely have the butterfly effect that would have costed a multitude more lives.
(Please excuse the politically incorrect referance. My most heart-felt apologies go out to anyone particularly connected the the incident portrayed in this example.)
by Supermanchild January 3, 2004
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