With the return of Mr. pearcider, we decided to make something of our usually nothing-filled Sunday & go to the movies. What to see was the question? A quick check of entertainment.ie, pointed us in the direction of A Scanner Darkly. I had heard of it a bit before as it is a trailer on the Xbox Live Marketplace but I hadn't watched it.
The review mentioned that it was by Philip K. Dick who, even though I don't read, I knew was a popular author of science fiction. It had Keanu "Whoa!" Reeves & numerous off center actors in the cast (IMDB). The review did mention something about an interesting animation style being used but we thought it would only be periodic. In actual fact, the entire movie is done with this quirky, layered, paint effect animation. It's pretty good particularly in portraying the drug induced hallucinations.
Not going to go into the plot at all, I just recommend people go see it as it is well worth it.
Seeing it kind of inspired an idea for a movie night with the likes of Clockwork Orange, Memento, Fight Club, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, etc. Basically a night of head melting.
No comments:
Post a Comment