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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 !
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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? :)
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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.
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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 :)
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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.
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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
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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! :)
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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 !
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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.
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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 !
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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.
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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 !
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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.
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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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