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FEBRUARY 26, 2004 - Page 6 FEATURES "If you could have a date with anyone, who would it be, why, and what would you do?" 1. Katie Hickey, sophomore 3. Ryan Melhorn, senior "I would want to go out on a "Johnny Depp. because not. "Anna Kourrukova, because only is he ridiculously hot, but he date with Colin Farrell, because he she's athletic and hot. I'd let her seems like he would take me on an is a great actor and looks like a play some tennis. and I can't say really cool guy. That sounds exciting and original date. It would whateise ..." cheesey, but I would want to go be cool to go skydiving on our date, be an opportu- because it would to the Baltimore Aquarium and nity to get close to him." then ride the paddleboets. As for after the date ..." 4. Kristen Clark, sophomore "Kenny Chesney, because "Angel Teves, Muscle maga- he's good to look at, and I wouldn't "I would go out with Josh zine model. I mean, have you seen get bored at dinner. I'dgo on a glass Groban because he 'Seems like a her? She's awesome! I'd do some- bottom boat tour someplace in the nice, down-to-earth kind of guy. I'd thing really romantic. I'd probably Caribbean. Then we'd have a late like to have him sing to me, and send her a rose the first day, and a dinner near the beach." I'd want to go to the zoo and have rose with-a poem on the second, and a picnic." then on the third- I'd send hera rose 3 stars for Big Fish with a note asking her to meet me at a nice restaurant or in a park for a picnic or something." JEFF CABINESS DeVito and Steve Buscemi as STAFF WRITER ''Win a Date" - delightful colorful friends Edward Tim Burton's "Big Fish" is helps along the way, offer a film that certainly has its heart memorable performances. KATRINA CULLEY very attractive and famous for each other. To add a little in the right place. Adapted Crudup does the best with STAFF WRITER movie star needs some good more confusion to the mix, from author Daniel Wallace's what his role gives him, but When I set out to see PR to give his career a boost. Rosalie's long-time best friend, "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic never gets a chance to 'shine "Win a Date with Tad So his agent and manager run Proportions," it tells the story the way he has in the past. Hamilton," 1had high hopes. a contest entitled, "Win a Date Pete, finally gets the courage to of William Bloom (Billy Rounding out the cast is Hel- I had heard that the movie with Tad Hamilton." The girl profess his love for her. Rosalie Crudup), a young man who has ena Bonham Carter in a dual was fantastically cute, that it who wins, Rosalie, played by is forced to choose between her Hollywood hunk and her best been raised on a steady diet of role as a one-eyed witch and made you leave the theater Kate Bosworth, a naive, friend. his father Edward's (Albert Jenny, a woman from smiling. After sitting through twenty-two year old from a The story is a little cheesy, Finney) tall Edward's past. possibly the longest previews tiny West Virgi~ia town, is tales and ad- In a piv- known to man, "Win a Date flown to Los Angeles to go the cast doesn't include a lot of ventures. otal scene with with Tad Hamilton" finally out with Tad. She never ex- "big names," but the movie is While these Crudup, appeared on the screen, pected the date would go so genuine. It provides a little slice of hope for everyone who has stories de- Carter, as The basic plot is this: A well or that they would fall ever loved. lighted Will- Jenny, reveals iam as a what Edward child, he was probably "Butterfly Effect": Kutcher soars eventually doing all the feels cheated years he was SARAH BLACK experiences blackouts and standing portrayal of the events out of a real away as a trav- STAFF WRITER cannot remember certain that Evan experiences through relationship eling salesmen. events in his life. It is not un- his special gift. and tries to Her explanation pro- The Chaos Theory, also til he is in college (and after However, one or two ir- reunite with his now dying fa- vides one of the nicest and known as the butterfly effect, he reads journals that he kept. relevant characters in this ther in a last ditch effort to truly emotionally understated is a physics term explaining as a young boy) that Evan re- movie keep reappearing, understand the man. Through moments in a film that is oth- certain occurrences in this alizes he can modify the past though they have no real im- a series of flashbacks in which erwise boisterous and overt. world. to change and improve the pact on the outcomes. And a Ewan McGregor portrays the "Big Fish" has a sweet In the first screen of present. Yet, he also discov- warning: certain scenes in this young Edward, the audience message about how what we "The Butterfly Effect," the ers that every time he alters movie are very disturbing. sees some amazing exploits create in our imaginations is opening title of the movie in- his past, there is always a ter- If there are any critics that include a giant catfish, a just as real and important as forms viewers that "a butter- rible, unwanted result. who have doubted Ashton town resembling the afterlife, a anything else. However, fly flapping its wings in Asia Neat special Kutcher's acting ability or act- werewolf, massive floods, a Burton does not dig much could result in a hurricane t his ing potential, this movie puts conjoined singing duo, and a deeper than that. For nearly halfway around the world." offer all doubts to rest. Kutcher does bank robbery. 20 now, he has been direct- In simpler terms, small an outstanding job in this Together, Finney and ing films with visual de- events can have enormous drama/suspense movie. He McGregor adeptly portray Ed- lights that please audiences. consequences, which is the proves to be a decent actor, ward Bloom as a charming That's obviously working for chief lesson in this movie. worthy of any acting job that man, despite the fact that he him (during its opening Ashton Kutcher plays comes his way. This film is a mayor may not be the habitual week, "Big Fish" earned a the role of Evan Treborn, a BIG step up from "Dude, purveyor of B. S. that his son respectable $60 million). young man with an extraor- Where's My Car?" This film l perceives him to be. The rest Now it is time for Burton to dinary, but dangerous gift of should open a lot of doors for of the cast, which includes Jes- raise the bar and craft a film being able to go into the past Kutcher. sica Lange and Allison Lohman that is a little more challeng- and change it. As a young as Edward's wife, and Danny ing. boy, and as a teenager, Evan