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SUNDANCE ’08! Max Rebo And Droopy McCool On Morgan Spurlock and OSAMA, KILLER AT LARGE, GONZO and CHOKE!

i am trying by ragingdrunklove	Jan 20th, 2008 08:18:02 PM
i struggle a little bit at completely understanding the choke review but i am slapping my head eventually. also i am very entertained.
About Time We Got Another Chuck P Adaptation by skoobyx	Jan 20th, 2008 08:23:32 PM
They sure dropped that 'Survivor' option in a hurry after 9/11 I consider 'Fight Club' the best movie of the last ten years. I wonder how this one will pan out.
O' No by harold_maude	Jan 20th, 2008 08:38:52 PM
the osama movie was bad, ah' i can't believe that spuock is acting like a little turd, guess i'll have to see it anyway.
GONZO by EvilGeek1	Jan 20th, 2008 08:46:10 PM
I'm a Thompson freak and I don't know what to make of another documentary about him. He was more of an idea than simple flesh and blood so to try to prod into his life story (yet again) seems futile. He lived a very convoluted life that cannot be properly transfused to film. Probably good for Thompson noobs, but most likely a waste of time for all the real Raoul Dukes out there...
I'm over Palahniuk by Giphangster	Jan 20th, 2008 08:47:11 PM
After seeing "Fight Club" and loving the hell out of it, I went out and read "Survivor." And I was hooked. I ended up reading just about everything he's done, and for quite awhile I was really enjoying it. Then the redundancy of his novels started to really, really wear on me. How many times can you pen the same exact character under a different name? How many times can you write stories that are WAY too similar to one another? Just because he's different (or WAS different) and can write a quality story doesn't mean he's a good author. It means he found a formula that works for him and is now milking it for everything its worth. That doesn't make you a good author. In fact, it makes you quite the opposite. Palahniuk is the god damn Dean Koontz of satirical fiction.
Those reviews... by Massage...Bored	Jan 20th, 2008 09:20:38 PM
...were damn near unreadable. Do you guys proof-read any of these things before posting them?
Interesting about the obesity epidemic by samsquanch	Jan 20th, 2008 10:04:58 PM
I'd like to see that. But what does evolution have to do with it? No one believes in evolution any more, do they? praise the lord.
Is this Aint it shitty movies? by skywalkerfamily	Jan 20th, 2008 10:06:03 PM
What's with all these reviews of movies no one will ever see?
stop saying "I" by krycek08	Jan 20th, 2008 10:33:21 PM
I have to say... I did this... I did that... I have opinions...blah blah blah review the movie again without talking about yourself plese.
OH... MY... GOD by Varakor	Jan 20th, 2008 10:36:32 PM
you mean he didn't find osama???? ah well... nothing on that donkey punch film?
He was looking for Obama! by skywalkerfamily	Jan 20th, 2008 10:42:07 PM
Not Osama. The joke was on us.
How the hell could you not like the book CHOKE? by Cruel_Kingdom	Jan 20th, 2008 10:58:30 PM
Boggles the mind, but that's just me. I personally think CHOKE ranks right up there with FIGHT CLUB. But since Moriarty had me banned last time I challenged him on something, I will refrain from speaking out further. (Kind of Orwellian, no?)
I'm also really enjoying these Sundance reviews by IndustryKiller!	Jan 20th, 2008 11:33:57 PM
It really is one of the most exciting times of the year for people who like good movies. One or two of the movies that get mentioned often go on to be on my favorites list in a given year. Douche bags like skywalkerfamily I'm sure will have a good time making up drinking games to Transformers for years to come, but the rest of us can appreciate quality.
Finding Osama by Gungan Slayer	Jan 21st, 2008 01:02:51 AM
I can't believe how there were people out there that really thought that Spurlock actually finds Osama bin Laden in this film. I mean, come on people, wtf? lol
I hear that, Gungan. by samsquanch	Jan 21st, 2008 01:50:00 AM
Remember all the tough guys who were saying that Spurlock was a 'traitor' for not shooting Osama in the head? That was a bright day for American youth.
Palahniuk by Jarek	Jan 21st, 2008 01:54:08 AM
I don't understand how anyone can criticize that he writes the same novels over again. Granted, Choke and Fight Club are similar in ways....... but I dare you to come up with a thread (beyond the most superficial things) that make Survivor, Lullaby, Diary, Haunted or Rant even remotely the same.
Yes, we can really appreciate quality by skywalkerfamily	Jan 21st, 2008 02:11:46 AM
like the 100th knockoff of Fight Club, or some random teen that uses drugs for two hours.
I hated CHOKE too by Dmann	Jan 21st, 2008 02:21:42 AM
Always thought the book felt like a rough assemblage of ideas thrown away from FIGHT CLUB, SURVIVOR and INVISIBLE MONSTERS.
OSAMA by Sovikos	Jan 21st, 2008 02:27:08 AM
I didn't think he'd find Osama, just because I just heard about this movie on Thursday.... but thought maybe he'd come close, or even get a phone call with him! haha... I want to know what the image was that was shown, that he didn't want to be shown?
I don't think by comedian_x	Jan 21st, 2008 02:48:02 AM
he writes the same novels over and over again, but he does use the same voice for the characters. They are all cynical, depressed, and decidedly post-modern.
why didn't Survivor get made instead? by thinboyslim.	Jan 21st, 2008 03:02:23 AM
and don't say 9/11 like a rudi giuliani nervous twitch coz they all ready made films directly about 9/11, so what now? nobody can ever film planes crashing or about to crash or plane hijacking? survivor is an amazingly good story so would someone man-up and make it already!
Giphangster, I was over Palahniuk too... by beastie	Jan 21st, 2008 06:21:44 AM
... but his newest, Rant, is somewhat of a departure. While keeping the things we love from his previous novels (pacing, disgusting situations) he was able to change the characters, and offer a very interesting semi-sci-fi story. Read that. I think it is actually his best.
Palahniuk = Hack by m_prevette	Jan 21st, 2008 07:10:18 AM
If you're 19 years old and don't know who you are or what you want in life, you probably think he's "cool" - once you grow up you realize Fight Club was bullshit and so is everything else he's "written".
m_prevette by thinboyslim.	Jan 21st, 2008 07:31:01 AM
i bet you shop at IKEA
Palahuniuk through the ages by Series7	Jan 21st, 2008 07:52:15 AM
Saw Fight Club went out and read Survivor, then Invisible Monsters (probably his two best). Then read Fight Club and Coke. Lets face it Fight Club is a much better movie, in the book the whole idea is lame and beaten into your skull to hit rock bottom, even Chuck admits that the movie is better then the book, because it made it cool. Then Lullaby and Diary came out and they were ok, kind of similar. Then Haunted came out and it was horrible, trying to take the idea of what created Frankenstien and Dracula and do it all by yourself, if he had got help from his friends and made a series of short stories then it probably would have been something amazing. It turned up being Palahuniuk for dummies. I thought I had out rebelled my Chuck P phase. Now Rant comes along which I am still trying to get through, it was a big change for Chuck, its just not that engaging of a story. And it comes off as a redneck Ellis novel at times, though I could see it being a movie, its like a documetary as a book. I really want to see Choke though because I feel the whole better then the book idea with that one. Can't see it happeneing for Survivor.
Kelly McDonald is manky girl. by wowsah156	Jan 21st, 2008 08:46:58 AM
Kelly McDonald is a manky girl. She will always be the girlie who sucked off James Bolan , in Stella Does Tricks. Kelly is nothing. Hey Kelly did you know i used to bully your husband Douglas Payne in Woodfarm High School in second and third year? Yeah. Its because of my bullying that he pushed himself to be someone in that crappy band "Travis". Do you know what type of music Travis makes manky girl Kelly? Music for victims. Manky. Tell Douglas i was asking for him Kelly.
IndustryKiller! by AnimalStructure	Jan 21st, 2008 12:19:58 PM
Quality? You're joking right? Sundance has become synonymous with studio shit. Name the last film that was "discovered" because of Sundance. The whole festival is a sham.
The film of your mom and the seven dudes, AnimalStructure by Cruel_Kingdom	Jan 21st, 2008 02:42:09 PM
That was the last film "discovered" at Sundance.
Great review of Morgan Spurlock! by quadrupletree	Jan 21st, 2008 03:02:10 PM
"a piece of fluff that seems more of a self-aggrandizing wink and nod to Spurlocks own sense of self" ROFL! That's exactly what I think about everything this hack has ever done and exactly what I expected from this film...
Cruel_Kingdom by AnimalStructure	Jan 21st, 2008 04:44:14 PM
Thank you sir for proving my assertion that you are indeed 14 years old.
Choke=Fightclub????? by drowningpigeon	Jan 21st, 2008 07:29:03 PM
ok
Choke=Fightclub????? by drowningpigeon	Jan 21st, 2008 07:30:52 PM
Ok he didnt go to the meetings in fight club to meet and pick up women he went to get away from everything and let everything out. And whats not to like about choke thats a good book?
Supersize me = dud by Series7	Jan 21st, 2008 08:27:57 PM
Yeah that acclamied documentary only tells you that if you order obscene amounts of McDonalds you will have problems (seriously who orders $12 worth of food except for those already obese or stoned, when they go to McDonalds). You learn more in the 20 minute interview with the Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser then you learn in the entire Supersize me documentary. Too bad they decided to make a dumb movie and call it Fast Food Nation. Though should have made that a documentary and made a dumb movie about a guy who eats nothing but McD's for 30 days to impress a girl.
Reading these reviews gave me a headache by Vanderhorst	Jan 21st, 2008 08:53:33 PM
Do you guys pseudonyms so that later you don't have to feel bad about having written such aggravating, poorly constructed reviews? I mean, I don't want to be insulting here, but I think if you took a little more pride in yer work and took a little time, we would be spared episodes like the following sentence: 'The filmmakers spend a lot of time embellishing the legend of Hunter S. Thompson at time with out giving it any meaning beyond "oh haha, that crazy guy." and since the movie is already to long I could have done with out these charms as I and probably anyone else who is gonna watch this movie saw Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, we already know these stories.' Please, keep up the work, but take some more time, maybe proofread? I know it's Sundance and it's crazy but that came out less coherent than a drunk-dial text message.
Reading these reviews gave me a headache by Vanderhorst	Jan 21st, 2008 08:54:11 PM
Do you guys pseudonyms so that later you don't have to feel bad about having written such aggravating, poorly constructed reviews? I mean, I don't want to be insulting here, but I think if you took a little more pride in yer work and took a little time, we would be spared episodes like the following sentence: 'The filmmakers spend a lot of time embellishing the legend of Hunter S. Thompson at time with out giving it any meaning beyond "oh haha, that crazy guy." and since the movie is already to long I could have done with out these charms as I and probably anyone else who is gonna watch this movie saw Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, we already know these stories.' Please, keep up the work, but take some more time, maybe proofread? I know it's Sundance and it's crazy but that came out less coherent than a drunk-dial text message.
Wasn't Secretary a sundance discovery? by Lost Jarv	Jan 22nd, 2008 05:02:02 AM
Just asking.
Wasn't American Movie a sundance discovery? by Cruel_Kingdom	Jan 22nd, 2008 10:37:17 AM
Just asking.

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