Choking

Last night I watched the film Choke (Palahniuk -- not that any of you don't know that already).  I was going to actually write a review of it this morning, but before I started I wanted to see what a few other critics had to say about it first.  The first one I came to was a review from the Sundance Film Festival and it said everything i wanted to say.  Read it here.

Basically though, the movie is good.  I would give it a nice, solid B.  Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston, esp. Rockwell, MAKE the movie.  Without them I don't think the film would have been nearly as successful.  Rockwell definitely meets the grunge level required for the film.  Obviously this is a movie so parts of the book had to be left out, but the last part of the book, when the stoning takes place, is left out (Sundance explains that it was because of budget issues) and that was disappointing.

Musically:  the soundtrack is amazing, but, and don't get me wrong here -- I LOVE radiohead -- but they closed the movie with RECKONER off of the new album and it didn't fit.  Lyrically you can bend the lyrics to kind of tie it in with ending, but without that the music came out of nowhere and didn't fit the mood.

Sundance also talks about a crappy score, but to be honest, I didn't really pay attention to it most of the time, so I don't think I can even comment on that portion.  I was too wrapped up in the dialogue.

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Just remember when you see this film, that it is not Fight Club.  They are both good, but also both totally different animals.

Adios.