The Final Cut's HD version, meaning it's the best edit with awesome visuals that made the film feel like new. Oh, and no stupid voice-over ending. I thought that was to be given, but sorry if I had to clarify :)

Perhaps it is given - I'm pretty ignorant. I only asked to confirm that the Final Cut on Blu-Ray is the one I should watch when I'm done reading the book. Fantastic book, by the way.

Yup, Blu-Ray is the way to go. Do Androids Dream is a good book by itself, but judging it as the text form of the movie is really wrong since... well, the movie is a lot better.

Seconded. The film does not follow the book strictly, naturally, but Dick, when he first saw the movie, loved it, and said it captured his work excellently.

That's awesome! I had no idea that Dick held the movie in high regard.
I suppose I should recommend a film that I just saw... a repeated viewing, but still I have to acknowledge The Shining, Kubrick's version. The last time I saw it I was too young and it simply shocked me in terrible ways, but now that I can understand it a bit better it has truly blown me away. In fact, it's probably the best horror film I have ever seen, and one of my favorite films as well.

I just watched Being John Malkovich tonight. I'm really getting into Charlie Kaufman's writing! I still need to see Human Nature and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and maybe give Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind another chance (saw it years ago and hated it).
Synecdoche, New York
Adaptation.
Being John Malkovich
All worth seeing 10 times.

I never understood why reading a book makes the movie stupid, can't both coexist and be good in their own medium? I saw A Very Long Engagement 2 days ago and enjoyed that movie as much as the book.
Its the changes between the book and film in this case that annoy me.
In the majority of cases I'm not bothered, this was just a specific example of changes I disagreed with.
Blade Runner is a good example of deviating from the source material.

Well, in this particular case, both book and movie should never have been released to the public. Shitty writing is shitty writing. But yeah, sure, sometimes sometimes. Sometimes the movie's better, sometimes they're equal, it's just that most often the adaptation pales in comparison. It's especially rare for an adaptation that deviates from the source to be better, because the changes are often for the worse. Often a change from original to cliche Hollywood dogshit.

Fair enough, I haven't read the Children of Men book, but I thought the movie was pretty good. I could see the book being better though, it definitely wasn't perfect.

I saw the new Terminator film last night. While I was very sceptical going into it, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it! Well worth a watch I'd say!
This is coming from someone who loved T1 and T2 but utterly hated T3, if that helps any! :)

The Shining is my favorite horror film too, and the fact that you like it so much indicates Blade Runner might be right up your alley.

I watched Good Night, and Good Luck, which is an excellent George Clooney-directed movie. It's shot in full black-and-white, and it really brings in the atmosphere of the McCarthy ages back in the 50s. Great film. Too bad it was a limited release, it would have sold well if more people knew about it. Buy the movie, it's a great film to keep.

I agree, it is a very well crafted film. It manages to be insightful without being judgemental and despite the serious subject matter it has some funny moments and the script is very well written. It is a very well acted movie and I would also highly recommend it to everyone.

I had no idea the McCarthy guy was actually him in old footage until I saw the credits. That's how good they made the movie.

Yes it is edited so well it is hard to notice. I think they made the right decision in not casting an actor in the McCarthy role, his opinions and actions are on public record and having an actor in that role would likely have diluted the message.