Monday December 06, 2004 
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Holes in the Water
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Monday December 06, 2004
Another movie based on an old Philip K. Dick short story; others include Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Screamers (based on Second Variety), Total Recall (based on We Can Remember It for You Wholesale) and Minority Report (based on... em... The Minority Report). I haven't seen or read all of these, but like Total Recall and Minority Report, Paycheck has to do with the interplay of time, memory, free will, and the future. In this case, the philosophical question at hand is: does knowing what will happen in the future cause that future to come to pass? In one instance, for example, does knowing a war will happen cause the know-er to strike pre-emptively, thus causing that war to happen? Interesting question, but wrapped in a goofy enough plot (the evil military-industrialist uses a laser to make a lens perfect enough to see into the future, which is something I would have expected from Dr. Evil but nobody any less campy) with wooden enough acting to take a lot of the fun out of it. Total Recall and Minority Report are alot more engaging because you give a rat's you-know-what about the protagonists. Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman somehow manage to have less chemistry than Ben Affleck and J Lo or Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner. On-screen chemistry, in any case. Kathryn Morris has a bit part, as she did in Minority Report. (Maybe she's a PKD fan?) We need to get her a real role in a real movie; she's tremendous in Cold Case. Not the worst flick I've seen, but not worth blowing your whole paycheck on it either. (2004-12-06 15:05:49.0) Permalink Comments [1] Check the archives for entries dating back to the dawn of recorded history (June 14, 2004). |
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