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10th December 2008, 10:39am
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| Choke
I tend to post film reviews when I think that there's a really good film out there you shouldn't miss, and this is no exception.
Choke is directed by Clark Gregg, and I would be lying if I said that the main reason I wanted to see this was anything other than the fact that he directed Fight Club, which again was taken from a Chuck Palahniuk novel. I'll admit to never having read either Fight Club or Choke, so I can't compare this film to the book, but I'm going to seek it out anyway. The various reviews I've read have said that the two are fairly different.
So anyway, Choke focuses on Victor, (Sam Rockwell) a smart, sex addicted bachelor who devotes a large portion of his life to looking after his mother Ida (Angelica Houston) who has severe mental problems, and nine times out of ten doesn't realise it is he who is visting, calling him by the name of family friends or the family lawyer. He and his best friend Denny (Brad William Henke) work in a medieval...
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10th December 2008, 3:45pm
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| | Al Queda Pish
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| Re: Choke
Aye, I've seen that. Might knock it, one day. Pure desire to read some Easton Ellis today. Anything but INFANTILE AMNESIA UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH.
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10th December 2008, 3:51pm
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| Re: Choke
Rant is fucking excellent.
Still think Civil Twilight is one of the best things Palahniuk has written.
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10th December 2008, 3:53pm
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| Re: Choke
No read that. Hate this title, keeps putting me in mind of Poke 
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10th December 2008, 4:05pm
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Originally Posted by CHUCK LIDELOL Aye, I've seen that. Might knock it, one day. Pure desire to read some Easton Ellis today. Anything but INFANTILE AMNESIA UGH UGH UGH UGH UGH. | Rules of Attraction, American Psycho and Less Than Zero are all in there. I've got Lunar Park with me though, switching between that and Fast Food Nation just now.
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10th December 2008, 4:08pm
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| Re: Choke
I think it was the Informers I wanted to read, for some reason. That and the Rum Diary. Can't read anything for fun the now anyway, not really.
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10th December 2008, 6:45pm
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| Re: Choke
Brilliant film, loved it! | |
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12th December 2008, 8:31pm
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| Re: Choke
I didn't think it was that great.
Thought it was awright.
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23rd December 2008, 9:30am
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| Re: Choke
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Originally Posted by Zooropa I didn't think it was that great.
Thought it was awright. | Agreed, not that big a fan of the book either so I'm not sure why I bothered with the film. Kelly MacDonald is a terrible actress. | |
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23rd December 2008, 6:51pm
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| Re: Choke
Think it was that or Four Christmases.
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23rd December 2008, 8:45pm
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| Re: Choke
COYSL WTFYM?
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11th February 2009, 4:10pm
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| Re: Choke
this movie was pish. watchable, but pretty pish. totally not anywhere near as good as the reviews above say it is... | |
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11th February 2009, 4:11pm
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| Re: Choke
I'm telling you watch the Rickson Gracie film Choke. It's much better!
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11th February 2009, 4:15pm
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| Re: Choke
i will. | |
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