The Butterfly Effect was a movie that I had never seen before. When prompted to create a list of aspects that would cause this film to be considered “contemporary” literature, I was honestly quite confused. However, after the movie started to play I realized exactly what I was supposed to be searching for; topics in which would not have been proper in the past. There are abundant examples of social issues that have been taboo in the past (some of which still would be considered frowned upon). The three controversies that I felt most contributed to the contemporary-ness of this movie, as well as its screenplay are as follows: the parental complexes that cause a lack of pleasant upbringings, the presence of various mental and psychiatric issues,
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There are also some that have not been discovered yet. Psychology and Psychiatry have been around since the end of the 1800’s, but up until the middle of the 20th century, was more a concept of science, and less of humanity. In spite of that, we are starting to become more accepting of unstable behaviors and because of that we see such things more often in the media. The Butterfly Effect seems to be one of the few movies I’ve seen that deal heavily with subjective problems of the mind, as opposed to just briefly mentioning psychosis. There are countless scenes in which the controversy of mental health are widely depicted. For example, in two of the parallel universes, Evan’s friend, Lenny, experiences traumatic incidents in which cause him to become mentally ill. Another example is the fact that Evans own father is in an Asylum of some sort. And my final model from the movie is Evan himself. Evan goes through many psychiatric sessions and tests. He is undiagnosed, but there are talks of schizophrenia, as well as definitely having Dissociative amnesia. All of the above citations show exactly how much mental health is showcased in this one film. Still, one must ask how big of a role the actual Butterfly effect itself plays in the contemporary aspect of this
There are also some that have not been discovered yet. Psychology and Psychiatry have been around since the end of the 1800’s, but up until the middle of the 20th century, was more a concept of science, and less of humanity. In spite of that, we are starting to become more accepting of unstable behaviors and because of that we see such things more often in the media. The Butterfly Effect seems to be one of the few movies I’ve seen that deal heavily with subjective problems of the mind, as opposed to just briefly mentioning psychosis. There are countless scenes in which the controversy of mental health are widely depicted. For example, in two of the parallel universes, Evan’s friend, Lenny, experiences traumatic incidents in which cause him to become mentally ill. Another example is the fact that Evans own father is in an Asylum of some sort. And my final model from the movie is Evan himself. Evan goes through many psychiatric sessions and tests. He is undiagnosed, but there are talks of schizophrenia, as well as definitely having Dissociative amnesia. All of the above citations show exactly how much mental health is showcased in this one film. Still, one must ask how big of a role the actual Butterfly effect itself plays in the contemporary aspect of this