New 'Choke' Trailer

So there's been a new Red Band trailer for Choke released. It looks a lot, lot better than the original trailer. Maybe it will be all right after all. Anyway, here it is. NSFW.

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'Choke' Trailer

So a day or so ago the trailer for the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's Choke went online. You can view it here.

This is a prime example of how an adaptation can ruin a great book. Well, maybe not a 'great' book, but a good book. From the looks of it, the comedy fails miserably at transferring to the big screen and just comes off as tasteless. Is it Sam Rockwell's delivery? A big part of me thinks so.

It's for reasons like this I don't want to watch the movie Lolita. Loved the book. Love Kubrick. But from what I've read, Kubrick destroyed the script he asked Nabokov to write for him, and I think the movie will ruin my love for the book. Not that Choke is in the same ballpark, but it's the same sport.

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Today I finished 'Choke' by Chuck Palahniuk. His writing style never ceases to amaze me. It's kinda creepy how a lot of his stuff is inspired by real life experiences. I guess as I get older I'll have more material to work with. Hopefully.

I don't know if I liked this one better than 'Invisible Monsters,' but it was better than 'Fight Club.' Apparently it's going to be made into a movie with either Heath Ledger or Ryan Gosling in the lead (Victor), and I really hope it's the latter.

Don't know what I'm going to read next. Maybe either 'Catch 22' or the first random cheesy fiction book I find at the bookstore. I'm also reading 'Heart of Darkness' again. And trying to polish my short story from a while ago. Funny how I'm doing all this and neglecting my 6 page paper that's due on Wednesday.

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