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offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-12-28 20:01 [#01438851]
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the rum diary

Directed by Benicio Del Toro, who also acts, along with Josh
Hartnett and Nick Nolte. Great novel, but I am worried about
this film !


 

offline dopper from Bern (Switzerland) on 2004-12-28 20:03 [#01438853]
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is he that guy in the usual suspects that has that
horrendously funny stupid mexican accent? :)


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2004-12-28 20:04 [#01438854]
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Great novel, but I am worried about this film!

I would make this my sig if this mb was capable of such
wankery.



 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-12-28 20:04 [#01438855]
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del toro and depp are two of my fav actors. i can't think of
a bad film either of this two was in..i have high hopes for
this one :)


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2004-12-28 20:04 [#01438856]
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I liked that book. I thought fear and loathing was good in
both book and movie... I have moderate expectations.


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2004-12-28 20:05 [#01438857]
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Yes and he's the guy that starred with Johnny depp in the
other Hunter S. Thompson Novel


 

offline dopper from Bern (Switzerland) on 2004-12-28 20:06 [#01438859]
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don't get me wrong, i think it's a brilliant film, and i
think he's a great actor, but his accent in that film makes
me piss myself laughing! :)


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-12-28 20:06 [#01438860]
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This film should have been filmed in 1973 or not at all !


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2004-12-28 20:07 [#01438861]
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i'm really looking forward to this film. i loved fear and
loathing, and i really enjoy thompson's books. rum diaries
is one of the few i haven't yet read.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-12-28 20:09 [#01438864]
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It is nothing like his other books. It is more like Graham
Greene (without the thriller aspect!) than it is like that
zany ex-python, one Terence Vance Gilliam !


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2004-12-28 20:12 [#01438867]
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I donno... set one or two other films about and by HST and
didn't think they had actors who could capture the
brilliance and insanity of him. Johnny Depp seems to do it
better than anybody else...

This was a great book. Much more emotional than anything
else I have read by him. My expectations are still moderate.
If its good, then I will be happy, if it sucks, then I will
be dissapointed, but I won't expect it automatically to
suck, cause then I will find reasons for it sucking and I
will be angry at it. All that wasted energy could be better
placed in appropriate places. Like hating cylob.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2004-12-28 20:16 [#01438869]
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That's the nub! I did not find the book wacky in a J. Depp
way. I like Depp and I like his acting - I just hope he
pitches it agreeably !


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2004-12-28 22:37 [#01438928]
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Still much better than bill murray's attempt.

Its the actors interpretation of that person that we are
watching. Thats what makes actors artists.


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2004-12-29 08:05 [#01439111]
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..i think it's meant to make you piss yourself laughing..

find another movie with benicio playing a bigger role, ie
fear & loathing, he's a fucking class actor.


 


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