The plan was to relax and watch a movie, just watch a movie, while I had time off during spring break. What happened was, as usual, I watched a movie while I graded papers and folded laundry. So the movie wasn't exactly the total focus of my attention. But after the first few minutes of watching "A Scanner Darkly" I realized this movie wasn't going to require my full attention. I "got it" pretty quickly.
The movie stars Keanu Reeves, Robert Downy, Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, and Rory Cochrane (who?*) At first the animation-drawn-over-real-people trick was pretty interesting. But after a...
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