Kevin's Watch

Several times I asked myself, why am I watching this? It seems to be going somewhere, but can I really stand to see Winona Ryder trying to look 25 again? or Woody Harrelson in that awful wig??

The ending was so moving, it made it all worthwhile. And I guess the film derived cred for me from the "in memoriam" trailer section.

I don't think I liked the visual effect. What did anyone think of the film?

I love Dick's story but I couldn't watch it. I tried real hard, but like Beowulf that type of CGI made me so sick to my stomach I had to stop.

It's not CG, it's rotoscope animation. Animators literally trace over real film. That makes the animation seem really uncanny and smooth. I thought it was a wonderful film, and the closest anyone has come to expressing Dick's style visually. (Awesome as Total Recall, Blade Runner, and Minority Report were)

Whatever it is it made me just as sick as Beowulf.

Haven't bothered. Love the book, hate the style of the movie, can't imagine that it manages to capture any of the book's impact.

Loved it. It was one of the only films I love as much as the book. Especially because it didn't leave out, or add, any details.

I tried to watch it three times. Fell asleep all three times.

Cail wrote:Haven't bothered. Love the book, hate the style of the movie, can't imagine that it manages to capture any of the book's impact.

One Dick fan to another, It really does.

But then, I really like rotoscope animation, so hurm. (but I did frigging hate Waking Life, but it was mostly for narrative reasons. To be specific, the absolute absence of one.)

Well, I do love the Dick.....

I'll have to give it a shot.

I thought it was a great movie, though I'm not sure if there's really a point to it...

My wife hated it, of course. She just found it depressing.

The Dreaming wrote:One Dick fan to another, It really does.

I really like PK Dick as well. I have it from a reliable source that hardcore fans of Phillip K. Dick refer to themselves as "d*ckheads". I thought that my source was kidding but was quickly and adamantly assured that it is true. Regardless of the truth of that, I am glad that here at KW folks stick to names like THOOLAH and THOOOTP.

AjK wrote: I have it from a reliable source that hardcore fans of Phillip K. Dick refer to themselves as "d*ckheads".

I don't think it would be a stretch for me or Cail to take that title

How do people I just met know what I read?

I liked it for the ending as well. But what made this movie interesting for me was the rotoscope animation. It makes for a great study in hands and human gestures for someone who enjoys drawing when you slow it down or stop it.

I jumped in here thinking we were going to discuss the book!

I just love the book.. It's definitely in my top 10 books EVER. It's quirky, funny, crazy, amazing and entirely moving.. And I loved the movie as well.. There was some disparity between the book and movie (as 2 characters had been morphed into one) but nothing essential.

I can't believe Rigel thought there was no point to it.. Was he not watching? It had as valid and powerful a point as A Clockwork Orange.

Though I tried to get a friend to watch it one time but it wasn't the animation that put her off, it was Keanu Reeves.

I read the book not too long ago for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed it. You can tell the author was a junky himself.

--A

ninjaboy wrote: I can't believe Rigel thought there was no point to it.

What would you say the point was, if you don't mind my asking?