Choke: The Movie

Just wondering cause i can't wait to see it

okay. how many members have not seen this movie?

what i mean is, of all the members here who live near a theater screening this movie, how many of you are losers, how many of us havent seen it even once yet?

i mean, i figured by now we can chop openly about it, but then again there are members who have to wait for the dvd and there is likely to be many losers around here who havent gotten around to it yet..

so, i wanted to do an anonymous poll, because that would seem more effectively accurate
but we c a n t do polls anymore
so im just asking right out
going the honest route

Is saw chuck in Choke towards the end of the movie in the airplane. Did anyone else see him?

I was wondering what else people thought of the movie...

I saw it on Saturday, and my honest review is that is was "fine". Not raving amazing, or earth shattering, but good. It really make me wonder what people who haven't read the book and/or aren't Palahniuk fans would think of it. It had a lot of funny stuff, and stayed with the book on a topical level pretty well (save for the changed ending). Anjelica Huston wasn't as bad as I've heard others say. Kelly MacDonald was a little flat. Sam Rockwell and Brad Henke(the guy that played Denny) were great!

The story lacked a that back-story, inside Victor's head, depth that the novel created. You don't get as involved with his savior complex, or his mother's insanity, or specifically Victor's self-loathing turned to self-acceptance by the end as you do in the book, but I suppose that is better accomplished in the novel format anyway...

I saw choke in theaters last night... I was extremely excited to see it the first night, i had also re-read the book and bought Rant the week before.

I feel as though Choke the movie was stolen from me in a way, because That was what I expected, not what I saw. I understand the movie needs to be adapted for film, but what the fuck, the ending for the book was THE BEST part of the book, and the movie didn't even use it, instead they ruined it with some bullshit on a plane.

I am very disapointed with that movie, because it is such a great book.

I won't go into too much detail but i was sorely disappointed. Visually, everything translated well enough, looked like it did in my head. However, I'm not convinced it translated into as great a film as it did a book. A lot of the cohesiveness was lost, to me, because a lot of the great narration and insight from Victor is missing or rewritten. While it had it's cute moments, and a couple of laughs, but the entire plot line/flashbacks with his mother are completely almost inane, except to sort of vaguely outline her and Victor's dysfunctional relationship, and these were some of my favorite moments in the novel.

Anyone got a car? I'm trying to get a big carpool/tailgate deal going on for those of you in Jersey going to see Choke tonight. Hit me up at NINvana444@yahoo.com.

Peace.

(Forgive me, I'm cranking this out with just 15 min to go before work. I'll try and get a better one out soon.)

I just heard from Fox Searchlight today with an awesome updated theater list for the CHOKE movie release on Friday.

This is a list of all the movie theaters that will be showing CHOKE:

Opening September 26th

* Albany, NY - Spectrum 8
* Albany, NY - Crossgates Mall 18
* Albuquerque, NM - Century Rio
* Alexandria, VA - Hoffman 22
* Alexandria, VA - Potomac Yards
* Alhambra, CA - Renaissance Stadium 14
* Aliso Viejo, CA - Aliso Stadium
* Alpharetta, GA - Mansell Crossing Cinema
* Ames, IA - Movies 12
* Anaheim Hills, CA - Anaheim Hills Festival
* Anchorage, AK - Century 16
* Ann Arbor, MI - Quality 16
* Ann Arbor, MI - State
* Annapolis, MD - Annapolis Mall 11
* Arcadia, CA - AMC Santa Anita 16
* Arlington, TX - Parks/Arlington Theatre
* Arlington, VA - Ballston Commons 12
* Asheville, NC - Fine Arts Theatre
* Athens, GA - Beechwood Cinema
* Athens, OH - Athena 3

I went to a screening of the film back in June but I only recently posted a review with a ton of spoilers explaining in details what they have done with the film.
Keep in Mind I loved the book and have a great deal of respect for Chuck but I really felt that this film was a disaster!

Don't Hold Your Breath: Chuck Palahniuk's "CHOKE"