When the director divides the screen into quadrants for his big finish, the effect is just laughable -- but then by that point, the movie is too.. Without the true-story conceit, The Fourth Kind would be just another formula horror flick with a couple of passable jolts trying to hold a flimsy story together.. Food for thought that's also a treat for the senses.. As fascinating and intelligent as the movie is, A Scanner Darkly leaves you wishing it might have actually been less faithful in word, ...