February 20, 2006
New A Scanner Darkly Trailer
You know, for the life of me I still can't understand why everyone seems to be so pumped about the new Keanu Reeves flick A Scanner Darkly. Yes, the "animation" style looks pretty cool... but it lost it's novelty to me by the time the trailer ended. After that, it just looks like another Keanu Reeves "What if reality isn't really reality" kind of flick.
Aside from the fact that Robert Downey Jr. is in it, I have yet to see anything to get me excited. Even the new Scanner Darkly trailer hasn't scored any points... and yet all over the web movie gurus (who are much wiser than I) seem to be drooling over themselves at the sight of this. I don't get it.
Anyway, if you want to see the new A Scanner Darkly trailer you can go here.
Posted by John Campea at February 20, 2006 01:03 PM
Comments
Posted by: R. Jackson at February 20, 2006 02:03 PM
Yes, it's not that it's another Keanu Reeves "reality isn't really reality" movie (other than The Matrix, which other ones are there?) It's another Philip K Dick "reality isn't really reality" movie... which is good enough for me. I dug Linklater's Waking Life and I'll definitely be in line for this one.
Posted by: Sean at February 20, 2006 03:24 PM
Looking forward to this because it’s a Philip K. Dick adaption as for the most part those stories of his that have been adapted for the screen have been done pretty well. How ever the Rotoscoping that everyone is so hyped about leaves me cold, it’s the kind of thing that would be a good gimmick for a short film or an advert, but I think any more than that and it’s irritating.
Posted by: Bullet in the head at February 20, 2006 04:04 PM
The poster looks awful.
Posted by: Peter at February 20, 2006 05:51 PM
I was looking forward to this movie, so hyped up about it...TWO YEARS AGO.
Now, with the studio keep bumping it around, by the time it does come out, I'm afraid that if I blink, I'll miss it. Furthermore, I feel that, as Bullet pointed out, the rotoscoping might 'look better' for an ad. Hmmm. In the in between time of the film getting on the studio merry go round, from about two years ago to about now...there have been several commercials, one series of commercials in fact, that use this animated rotoscope technique.
Guess what.
I'm damn sick of it already.
I said... I'M DAMN SICK OF IT ALREADY.
Novelty is great until the novelty is gone.
-D Sealer is on the loose!
Posted by: darren seeley at February 20, 2006 08:09 PM
I really enjoy rotoscope. It gives the movie a dream like atmosphere that you don't get with live action. Think about all the times you saw a live action movie with cgi and it just didn't look right. With rotoscope everything seems a beat off. I makes the movie more creepy for me.
Posted by: Alfredo at February 20, 2006 08:48 PM
I am very excited about it. I loved Waking Life, and Richard Linklater never lets me down.
Posted by: Ginny at February 21, 2006 12:54 AM
The rotoscoping will bug the hell out of me -- I'm almost sure of it. Frankly, I'd be more excited about this film without the gimmick.
Posted by: Dion at February 21, 2006 01:00 AM
I all most forgot: Philip K. DICK RULES!!!!!
Posted by: Alfredo at February 21, 2006 07:14 PM
Come on, this movie has a great cast. Downey Jr., Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson. I think reading this: http://www.thelooneys.com/blogs/alan/ will convince you to go see it.
Posted by: Alan at February 24, 2006 11:33 AM
It's a Philip K. Dick adaptation. I think pretty much everyone who's a fan of his work gets excited whenever something else of his is adapted to the screen. Plus, it's an animated feature using rotoscoping techniques. That gets you all the Bakshi fans and people who want to do stuff like that on their own.