A Miata Darkly

I wasn’t so sure I was going to like this movie, but “A Scanner Darkly” pleasantly surprised me on two accounts.

First, I remember seeing a clip of the bicycle scene when the actors were making the talk show circuit to promote this movie when it first came out in theaters. Taken out of context it seemed kind of stupid, but now in the total of the movie it seemed humorous and perfectly captured that feel of the conversation of a group of stoned people. The rotoscope process seemed gimmicky in the clip and again for the full hour and a half of the movie it enhanced the ambiance.

Oh, and secondly, Winona Ryder’s character drove a Miata.