Adaptations

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A Scanner Darkly

Hey, finally a Philip K. Dick adaptation that's worthy of its source material. Plus it looks really cool. And no one can play drug addicts like Keanu, Woody, and Robert Downey Jr. Why is that? Hmmm. 4 stars.

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V For Vendetta. Not as bad as I feared, but did they have to turn it into a love story? Also, Moore's V wasn't espousing "people shouldn't be afraid of their governments," but the far more radical / anarchist "people should have no governments at all." Still, half a point for Hugo Weaving, who can now add "terrorist" to his list of blind man, elf, dog, computer program, and drag queen. 2 stars.


M E-L posted this on August 16, 2006
It is filed under Print, Screen

It is also indexed with the following tags: Philip K. Dick | Alan Moore | When Bad Movies Happen To Good Comics |

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