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

Never saw it, but for THAT price I'm thinkin' I have to...is it good?

The curious Chrisisall

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:48 AM

If you liked V for Vendetta at all, yeah, pick it up.

Besides, if you don't care for it, you can pawn it off on someone as a christmas gift, lol.

-F

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:59 AM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
If you liked V for Vendetta at all, yeah, pick it up.

I did, so I will.

The faith-in-Frem Chrisisall

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:59 AM

Double double toil & trouble
a stange computer makes my post double

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 8:42 AM

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a stange computer makes my post double

Ah, the mighty plague of stangeness rears it's head once again, and this time it infects YOU!

Bwahahahahaha

-F

PS. You had *that* one comin now, didn't you ?

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 8:48 AM

I've been stanged.

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 2:38 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Most definitely buy it. I've seen it twice through Netflix, and I've had it on my wish list at amazon for a long time but I thought its inital release price was a bit steep. For $4.99 I might just pick up two copies.

Also, have you read the book? Probably Philip K. Dick's strangest novel, and that's saying a lot.

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 4:42 PM

Got it- will watch it 2nite. Back with a review 2morrow.

The stange Chrisisall

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:05 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Never saw it, but for THAT price I'm thinkin' I have to...is it good?

The curious Chrisisall

I loved it.

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

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Friday, December 5, 2008 5:48 AM

Man, was that a good flick! I loved the part where Keanu fought all of those Agent Smiths!
Oh wait- wrong movie...

No, A Scanner Darkly was thoughtful & measured, a very textured character piece. The acting was excellent from the entire cast, and it was funny to see Woody Harrelson in it- he & Keanu once had a friendly tussle concerning whether Keanu really did know kung-fu after makin' The Matrix (turned out he did!

).
I liked it a lot, it was similar in tone (for me) to A Clockwork Orange, except that I didn't hate the protagonist. The druggie-talk/logic was hi-larious.
And it looked great.
A genuine keeper!

The whoah Chrisisall

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Friday, December 5, 2008 6:04 AM

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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

I loved it.

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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Friday, December 5, 2008 6:20 AM

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

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

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Trolls Against McCain

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi

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Friday, December 5, 2008 8:20 AM

STORYMARK

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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Friday, December 5, 2008 11:16 AM

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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Friday, December 5, 2008 11:56 AM

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

Definitely.

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

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.

The 9 volt Chrisisall

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Friday, December 5, 2008 12:03 PM

STORYMARK

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

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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Friday, December 5, 2008 12:10 PM

OUT2THEBLACK

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

I loved it.

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

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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Friday, December 5, 2008 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by out2theblack:

No 'I' in GATTACA...

Noted and fixed in initial post.

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Friday, December 5, 2008 3:14 PM

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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Friday, December 5, 2008 3:23 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

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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Saturday, December 6, 2008 6:14 AM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

The real meat is the story

Yeah, that was the part that got me to watch it three times now...

The music too Chrisisall

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 6:22 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

The real meat is the story
Yeah, that was the part that got me to watch it three times now...

The music too Chrisisall

Really? For me it was Christian Bale

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

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Trolls Against McCain

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 6:24 AM

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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

Really? For me it was Christian Bale

You are SO gonna buy Dark Knight on Tuesday, aren't ya?

The new release Chrisisall

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 6:26 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

Really? For me it was Christian Bale

You are SO gonna buy Dark Knight on Tuesday, aren't ya?

I will add it to Shaft, American Psycho, Reign of Fire........

The new release Chrisisall

Duh!

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

Trolls Against McCain

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 8:09 AM

OPPYH

I haven't seen A Scanner Darkly, but I am a huge fan of Richard Linklater so I'm going to have to see it at some point.

Three of my favorite Linklater movies:

-Dazed and confused

-Slacker

-Before Sunrise

Do you guys dig his work also?

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Saturday, December 6, 2008 10:39 AM