Friday, May 12, 2006
"Dick"-ing Around
There's a new movie coming out that is a total early 90's flashback. It stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson, and it's directed by Richard ("Dick") Linklater. Jeez, couldn't Dick have gotten one not-washed-up actor involved? Perhaps he is all filled with 90's nostalgia.
It also uses that annoying animation that looks like someone clicked "pen and ink" in Photoshop or something. At least it's not the animation where there's moving stuff all over the people's faces and their eyes get big sometimes and all that. That's so played out.
Oh, and it's called A Scanner Darkly, just FYI. Watch the trailer and all that here.
I wonder if this movie will be any good. It's adapted from a Philip K. Dick story, which isn't a rock-solid pedigree for a movie to stand on. Sometimes it works out (Blade Runner, Total Recall), and sometimes not so much (Paycheck, Minority Report).*
* I know some people will want to swap Minority Report with Total Recall in my breakdown of good-vs.-bad, but to them all I can say is, "Get your ass to Mars!"
There's a new movie coming out that is a total early 90's flashback. It stars Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson, and it's directed by Richard ("Dick") Linklater. Jeez, couldn't Dick have gotten one not-washed-up actor involved? Perhaps he is all filled with 90's nostalgia.
It also uses that annoying animation that looks like someone clicked "pen and ink" in Photoshop or something. At least it's not the animation where there's moving stuff all over the people's faces and their eyes get big sometimes and all that. That's so played out.
Oh, and it's called A Scanner Darkly, just FYI. Watch the trailer and all that here.
I wonder if this movie will be any good. It's adapted from a Philip K. Dick story, which isn't a rock-solid pedigree for a movie to stand on. Sometimes it works out (Blade Runner, Total Recall), and sometimes not so much (Paycheck, Minority Report).*
* I know some people will want to swap Minority Report with Total Recall in my breakdown of good-vs.-bad, but to them all I can say is, "Get your ass to Mars!"
// posted by Margaret @ 5:20 PM 
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Did you see Waking Life? That was done with the rotoscope and while it looked cool, the movie was like a 2 hour synopsis of Philosophy 101. Sometimes enjoyable, mostly not.
I'll probably still go see the damn thing. I loved Before Sunset.
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I'll probably still go see the damn thing. I loved Before Sunset.
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