A Scanner Darkly, this week $4.99 at Bestbuy...should I get it?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, December 13, 2008 07:08
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

I loved it.

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I just may get there, but I've only seen it once so far...Hey- I just this moment realized another movie I'd compare it to in terms of quality that I have come to love: Gattaca!


The comparitive Chrisisall

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I had to watch it a couple of times to get everything, but it was great!

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Good movie. First time I saw it, was after ingesting some... magical fungus thangs.... not exactly something I'd recommend for this particular movie, even if it was thematically appropriate.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Yep, that's the "power trio" allright, V for Vendetta, A Scanner Darkly and Gattica, all sitting in a tight little cluster on the top shelf of my DVD rack - Equilibrium and Demolition Man are a good fourth and fifth to backstop with, but I been too lazy to dig em up, lol.

-F

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Yep, that's the "power trio" allright, V for Vendetta, A Scanner Darkly and Gattica

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Definitely.

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Equilibrium and Demolition Man are a good fourth and fifth to backstop with

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I would substitute Matrix for Equilibrium, though, Bale's little paranoia movie left we somewhat wanting in the realism department...'Gun-Fu'? I'd buy that we were all batteries first.


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Originally posted by chrisisall:
'Gun-Fu'? I'd buy that we were all batteries first.

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But it's soo fun to watch.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

I loved it.

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I just may get there, but I've only seen it once so far...Hey- I just this moment realized another movie I'd compare it to in terms of quality that I have come to love: Gattica!


The comparitive Chrisisall

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Just a note...

No 'I' in GATTACA...

The name GATTACA occurs in genetic sequences because there are only 4 letters available...

A , C , G , and T.

It's an awesome , underappreciated , subtle , and cerebral film...

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Originally posted by out2theblack:

No 'I' in GATTACA...

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Noted and fixed in initial post.

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Chris, what the draw for me in Equilibrium was, has naught to do with the whole gun-fu biz.

Being emotionally muted and watching all the trouble folks feelings getting the better of em caused in middle/high school, for a time I really did think that *was* the answer.

I grew out of it, realizing our humanity is a treasure rather than a weakness, and many years later got to see Equilibrium - which made it's impact all the more striking when combined with "Wow, and once, I was stupid enough to think that would work, too..."

The real meat is the story, and the gun-fu stuff is just a gratuitous add-on to widen it's appeal to the action movie crowd - I'd rather that they spent that time and effort on his backstory, like what happened with his wife and kids in more detail.

Still a good flick though.

-F

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I may give Equilibrium another chance one of these days. It is one of only two movies that I got from Netflix that I never finished watching. Can't remember the other one right now, which is probably a good thing.

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