A Scanner Darkly

I have been waiting to see this movie for over a year now. They kept pushing back therelease date, and i finally got so see it. was the wait worth it? for me, no. Was it a good movie? Yes. Did i want it to be more sci-fi and less Naked Lunch? yes. So i wasn't really in the mood for naked lunch two but this is kinda what it was. is that bad? fuck no i just wish i had known going into it that there wasn't much scifi. It was marketed like there was.

Keanu was good. Robert Downey jr. was fucking rad, Woody Harelson was great, and so was winona ryder. The overall story was definately a trip and i really like the fact that somebody is still making movies like this. they aren't cookie cutter, they have some balls, and the theater was PACKED. it could be because it was a 4 in the afternoon on a sunday and there is only one theater in town playing the movie. it is only playing on 217 screens around the country. It made over a million this weekend.

It feels like Waking Life was a test for this movie. They did a lot of crazy experimental things in waking life and they didn't hardley do anything in Scanner. The Scrambler Suits were rad i guess but the movie wouldn't have been nearly as cool in live action as it was with this roto-scoping technique. it gave it a very sureal feeling.

over all i really did like this movie it just wasn't what i was expecting.

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