http://www.amherstlane.com/a-scanner-darkly/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:13:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.amherstlane.com/a-scanner-darkly/#comment-624 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:49:34 +0000 http://www.amherstlane.com/a-scanner-darkly/#comment-624 This was a pretty good movie. I definitely applaud Linklater's ambition for this project. The rotoscoping and animation is some of the best that I've seen on the big screen. I've heard some comments by people as to why he even bothered with the animation. Some scenes were done so well that the reality showed through, and they might say that the animation was uneccessary in most places. Well, to that I say it was definitely necessary. The movie is about drug use and its affects on the mind. The dreamy and unreal quality the animation adds to everything, is a good reflection of what it is like to be high all the time. Most noticeable was the way the environment and background constantly moved and skewed out of perspective. Phillip K. Dick was a heavy drug user and most of his writing centers either around that or the paranoia that comes from it. The movie wasn't life changing by any means, but I think Linklater hit pretty close to the mark on this one. -Tony This was a pretty good movie. I definitely applaud Linklater’s ambition for this project. The rotoscoping and animation is some of the best that I’ve seen on the big screen. I’ve heard some comments by people as to why he even bothered with the animation. Some scenes were done so well that the reality showed through, and they might say that the animation was uneccessary in most places. Well, to that I say it was definitely necessary. The movie is about drug use and its affects on the mind. The dreamy and unreal quality the animation adds to everything, is a good reflection of what it is like to be high all the time. Most noticeable was the way the environment and background constantly moved and skewed out of perspective. Phillip K. Dick was a heavy drug user and most of his writing centers either around that or the paranoia that comes from it. The movie wasn’t life changing by any means, but I think Linklater hit pretty close to the mark on this one. -Tony

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