[b.miller]

actually I found the animation extremely suitable to this particular story... My main problems that have been springing up are mostly with the script... Granted i saw a pretty early cut back in March and apparently the script is a lot better than what I saw but... it's like it was missing several pieces, mostly of character, so you have this pretty confusing plot thing and you're always distracted by the visuals anyway but I never felt like I got to know any of the characters... which is odd for a Linklater movie. I dunno, maybe it was tweaked to the point of cohesion but it kind of fell apart for me the longer i went after seeing it.

I think they decided to animate the film though just for the scramble suits alone. The style of animation is actually much more realistic and consistent compared to Waking Life... and the scramble suits are done as well as they possibly could be I think. It's by far my favorite aspect of the film... and fits the story perfectly and the movie perfectly... Just wish it was a little more... and i say this very carefully.. overt in its meaning. I haven't read the story but I hear that the drug stuff is pretty front and center... and it's really as much about the drugs as it is about the paranoia and dark future and blah blah blah... The drugs aren't completely out of the picture in the movie but they are definitely not dwelled upon much either.

As an interesting side-note... I heard that Charlie Kaufman's script had this set in the future but it was circa-70s future... would've been really interesting I think, but can see why Linklater opted for a more contemporary timeless feel since there's already so much going on with the animation.