The Pitch: Phillip K. Dick’s short story about a man in a changing reality is brilliant and includes some very cool imagery that would translate well to film. I have no idea if it’s been translated with this adaptation, but George Nolfi (in his first stint as director) is a great writer, and Matt Damon is one of the best working actors today. Pair him with Emily Blunt, toss in Terence Stamp and Anthony Mackie with a heavy dose of science fiction, and I have no idea why you wouldn’t get excited.
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It's just replacing bad claymation with bad CG. ;p
Dick's story was a weird and unsettling tale of suburban late 50's banality turned inside out.
Dick was interested in challenging perceptions while still remaining comic and satirical.
The movie meanwhile - is a love story, about "soul mates", where our protagonist is no longer a downtrodden kafka-esque figure, but a ... um, hunky powerful Matt Damon-esque figure.
Why did they even bother buying the rights?
That doesn't mean the films themselves aren't worth watching, just that they're not the book - and this isn't the usual "It wasn't as good as the book" moan, this is a "The only relationship to the book is that it may have been used to prop up the editing table" sort of moan.
Now THAT story, they would've got right.