I hated, hated, hated this movie. You know that friend back in high school who tries his hand at writing his own comic book- short story- kind of thing and then asks you to read it and tell him what you think? Well, A Scanner Darkly was a lot like that, only with a budget and a green light from people who didn't have the balls to tell Richard Linklater that his piece of shit story sucked gigantic rhinoceros balls and that just because they animate the characters with that trace-over Capitol One commercial graphics and for about 4 seconds it looks kind of cool, it doesn't mean that there will be anybody in a sober, non-stoned state of mind that will enjoy this film or even be able to get into it. Everyone in my household is now dumber for having watched the whole thing. I award this movie no thumbs up and may god have mercy on Linklater's soul.
Even though I was reluctant to make an attempt to see this movie, I went ahead and pushed play on this DVD cause Before Sunrise was the best and how much can you go wrong with a cast like Robert Downy Jr, Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, and Winona Ryder all in the same movie? ...Well, pretty wrong as it turns out. What a bloody waste of time. Maybe I missed something while I was trying to stay awake during this movie but "A Scanner Darkly"? What the hell is that? This movie was like some kind of sick,tasteless joke played on anyone who has followed Linklater's career and liked what he's done in the past (with the exception of ' Waking Life' which I thought was retarded). After this movie ended, I was actually angry at myself for sitting through the whole thing and not shutting it off after 5 minutes. Seriously, I was in a bad mood, angry at the movie for making me feel I wasted my Monday night. JP had to cheer me up with cookies. It was bad. Really, really bad. I hated it. Screw this movie.
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