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Two Readers Cough Up Their Thoughts On CHOKE!

by hike499	Sep 6th, 2008 02:06:13 PM
I am still looking forward to this.
Still by hike499	Sep 6th, 2008 02:06:30 PM
looking forward.
meh... by Mr.Meanie	Sep 6th, 2008 02:09:38 PM
Saw it at sundance earlier this year. Wasn't great...wasn't bad. Kind of forgettable.
Saw it in Chicago.. by Harold-Sherbort	Sep 6th, 2008 02:13:26 PM
..on wednesday thanks to this site. I thought it was great! Sam Rockwell definitly deserves to get bigger roles. For a first time director, Clark Gregg did a good job. It felt a little lite, but I think if it had gotten too heavy, it just wouldn't have worked. As it is, it's a 3 out of 4 for me.
CHOKE is not that good by mefrog	Sep 6th, 2008 02:14:25 PM
Saw it as well. Uninteresting. Plain. No creativity behind it, and the fact that the plotline shares too many similarities with Fight Club doesn't help. Mildly amusing, at most.
One-Note Nihilism? by hebrokeaway	Sep 6th, 2008 02:32:32 PM
Read Palahniuk's later novels (particularly Rant) and I doubt you'd consider them nihilistic. That's one of the things bothering so many of his former fans: the novels and lead characters are less anarchic and more about trying to rebuild.
I'm a big Palahaniuk fan, and Choke wasn't my favorite book by dr sauch	Sep 6th, 2008 02:56:50 PM
Someone needs to make Lullaby or Haunted. The latter, in particular, could be done as a horror anthology and could be just fucking amazing.
I liked the book Survivor by bottombrick	Sep 6th, 2008 03:01:20 PM
I can never get through the other ones, I find them so tiresome.
Really? by Thorstrongstone	Sep 6th, 2008 03:09:13 PM
".....a venue that quickly filled with the smoke of all those people who can't wait to ruin others' lungs." I thought that this was a review, not an expose on how Jedi lacks a fucking backbone.
Another big Palahniuk fan.... by DiscoGodfather	Sep 6th, 2008 03:18:22 PM
...who has enjoyed the later works as much as the early ones. Except Lullaby, strangely enough... maybe I need to give it another chance. After all, I didn't like Diary until I read it a second time. I still havent read Rant or Snuff, but I really want to despite not hearing good things about the latter. But I agree, Survivor would make a fantastic movie, it just plays out so well. Though the ending might be a problem.
hebrokeaway by mrbeaks	Sep 6th, 2008 03:35:53 PM
That's encouraging. Maybe I'll give him another shot. I can't deny his talent as a writer.
I liked the book. by fastcars	Sep 6th, 2008 03:37:33 PM
Saw a preview a while back, didn't seem like it captured the book's tone. Too breezy.
no word on the score??? by deadyounglings	Sep 6th, 2008 04:12:48 PM
did these screenings have a temp track or the final score i wonder. i'd think most people, especially the palahniuk crowd, would be just as excited for new radiohead material as the movie. i am!
You know what Chuck book I'd like to see? by DOGSOUP	Sep 6th, 2008 04:31:48 PM
Fugitives and Refugees. Yeah, yeah? Think about THAT.
I am still looking forward to this by Broseph	Sep 6th, 2008 04:44:23 PM
I really think i'll like this,but i thought i'd really like pineapple express and didn't.either way i'm still paying to see this and sneaking in to red eye
excuse me eagle eye by Broseph	Sep 6th, 2008 04:45:10 PM

survivor please by lex romero	Sep 6th, 2008 04:48:07 PM
Choke was ok, though i agree with the reviewer that it felt meandering and unfocused. Survivor is the book we need to see an adapatation of. Could be awesome.
Lullaby should be made into a movie? by Neil_the_Sheep	Sep 6th, 2008 04:48:49 PM
Damn right it should...I really like that one...but to be fair...I haven't read any of Chuck's books that I didn't enjoy on some level.
skeletor mixed with a basketball by juice willis	Sep 6th, 2008 06:52:26 PM
that's some mean shit, man.
Soundtrack. by Harold-Sherbort	Sep 6th, 2008 06:59:55 PM
I guess this would be a spoiler.........there are two Radiohead songs used in the movie. The one at the end is track 7 of In Rainbows. I can't remember the name of it right now. It's used really well. Of course, I think any Radiohead song can make a scene personally. Look at the beginning of Vanilla Sky, or Southland Tales. Excellent use there as well.
awhaaaa??? by deadyounglings	Sep 6th, 2008 07:14:48 PM
shut the smurf up, oh man is that disappointing. i read they were doing the whole score! are you sherrrr that wasn't a temp track? http://www.darkhorizons.com/ne ws08/080813h.php
radiohead link again by deadyounglings	Sep 6th, 2008 07:16:33 PM
sorry, smurfed that one up big time http://www.darkhorizons.com/ne ws08/080813h.php
linkss by deadyounglings	Sep 6th, 2008 07:18:11 PM
ok just take the space out from between e and w, i'm thick. someone please delete my bullshit :-)
You know what? by Harold-Sherbort	Sep 6th, 2008 07:32:13 PM
Come to think of it, there was what sounded like a musical reworking of said track, right before the final scene. As far as the whole thing, I don't think so. I was too busy being excited in my pantalones from all the face fucking, reverse cowgirl,and all the other crazy sex shit going on in the movie to notice if they did the whole score.
Book was good...Trailers for this have been... by WhinyNegativeBitch	Sep 6th, 2008 07:35:48 PM
...Terrible. Beyond awful. Just sitcom tone.
Ms. Dunst and other actresses by the podosphere	Sep 6th, 2008 07:40:39 PM
In fairness - and perhaps some cinematographer can explain this - women who have unusually large craniums in relation to the rest of their bodies actually come off quite well on film. Kirsten Dunst - I've seen her in person, and the contrast in her case isn't even that extreme - is by no means alone. Salma Hayek's got a tiny tiny body compared to her noggin, but man does that work on the big screen! Kirsten's talented. It's not her fault her cranial/skeletal proportions are non-standard.
Lullaby would not make a good film. by Reelheed	Sep 6th, 2008 07:42:16 PM
I enjoyed the book but it's waaay too Stevie Kingesque to make a film out of. Unless it was cheap and straight to dvd. Eventually to be given away free with Sunday papers. Looking forward to this tho.
fight club? by BadMrWonka	Sep 6th, 2008 07:51:17 PM
if it was the same screenwriter adapting, or the same director, or even if there were one actor overlapping, I could see it, but there are none of those things here. so why on earth does EVERY reviewer keep comparing these 2 films that have basically NOTHING to do with one another except that they're both derived from books by the same author?
The only thing they.. by Harold-Sherbort	Sep 6th, 2008 08:08:01 PM
...they have in common, is that both deal with serious subject matter with dark humor. Don't go by what they're showing online. It is a fine movie that doesn't dissapoint. Just don't expect Fight Club 2...at all.
And the self-help groups? by half vader	Sep 7th, 2008 02:51:31 AM
You didn't read any of that stuff up there, did you Wonka?
I want to see a capable director take on Rant. by beastie	Sep 7th, 2008 11:39:33 AM
That was the only Palahniuk book that I've enjoyed thoroughly since Survivor. Everything in between is entertaining, but didn't do much for me on a thought provoking level. I want to see someone with a grisley style do Rant. I'm thinking Eli Roth, but with better symbolism.
I for one thing Kirsten Dunst has a rather striking skull by smackfu	Sep 8th, 2008 04:30:37 AM

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