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'What does a scanner see? Into the head? Into the heart?' From the novel by Philip K. Dick - the sci-fi legend whose works-to-film include 'Blade Runner', 'Total Recall' and 'Minority Report' - comes 'A Scanner Darkly', brought to the screen by filmmaker Richard Linklater with an edgy graphic-novel look.
The time: just beyond now. The place: suburbia. The story: a twisted, funny tale of people hooked on Substance D. And of a government that cheerfully destroys its citizens - their rights, their relationships - in order to save them. Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and Rory Cochrane play strung-out friends terrified of each other and of spies, Keanu Reeves plays a spy who's also one of the friends...until his two personalities begin to split. Enjoy the paranoia. Nobody's watching you. Really.
My Thoughts
That was ... odd. It may be because I dozed off at the end, in the last 20 minutes or so, but I'm completely lost about this. The whole movie feels like a drug trip ... which is probably exactly what they were trying to achieve though! But the ending.. Well I can't comment on it, as I have no idea what happened! One minute, thing were one way ... I doze off for a minute or two ... and then everything is changed! So I guess I'll have to watch it again, eventually, to actually make some sense of it all.
One thing though the animation style is really odd, but interesting. It's actually quite weird to see it all as animated, yet still be able to recognize each actor. But the result is a mixed bag, but might be completely intentional. Sometimes, it'll look almost real, and sometimes, the animated effect will be too strong and you lose details. There's also something really weird going on with the perspective and relative position of objects during pans and zooms. But still, it was nice! Here's an example of what it looks like:
Robert Downey Jr. in this is marvelous. I loved his performance. He is great in the insanity that is Substance D. Rory Cochrane is great too in his portrayal of a close to break down addict.
(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on April 28th, 2008)
Member's TV Reviews
Smallville Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd
Disc 4:
13. Recruit
In an effort to recruit Clark for their football team, Met U sends their star player Geoff to show Clark the "perks" of attending Met U. However, after one of Met U's players dies under mysterious circumstances and Lois is arrested for his murder, Clark discovers that Geoff has super powers and is using them to paralyze anyone who gets in his way - including Lois.
My Thoughts:
This was a good episode... though nothing special about it. I think that this episode was made just for a reason for Clark to quit football.
14. Krypto
While driving, Lois accidentally hits a dog and brings it back to the farm to heal. Clark realizes this is no ordinary dog after the pup lifts up a car to retrieve a ball.
My Thoughts:
Decent episode... nothing to special about it... I think this episode was no more then a nod Superboy's pet dog from Krypton. Even though they really changed it up for this series big time.
15. Sacred
After learning that Jason and Lex are in China searching for one of the mysterious kryptonian crystals, Clark and Lana follow in the hopes of finding it first.
My Thoughts:
This is one of the mythology episodes. Not a great one... but it was good. For the second time... Lana gets possessed by the witch in this episode.
16. Lucy
Lois' younger sister, Lucy, with whom Lois doesn't get along, comes to town and charms everyone she meets.
My Thoughts:
This is just another basic good episode. Aside from meeting Lois' sister there is nothing really special here.
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(From Smallville Marathon on August 10th, 2007)