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Unfortunately, the movie was EXTREMELY underdeveloped, including all the choking stuff.
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Okay so...I read the book about 6 years ago and I thought it was alright. Didn't love it, but I did notice none of the characters were remotely likable. Fortunately for the film version, Sam Rockwell is great. So is Angelica Huston. But their characters are totally cold and annoying. Nonetheless, Rockwell does the dialog a great service...and comes off as fucking hilarious most of the time.
The rock subplot? Wow....they totally screwed that up.
The choking? Jesus. The first scene is brilliant. They did it PERFECTLY. But it seemed to become less the focus of the story, DESPITE being a major, major plot point. Also, with regards to the whole "twist"....Victor goes from not believing he's Jesus to believing he is within 2 scenes...in the book, it was just as ridiculous, but a LOT more gradual and funnier.
Lastly, my MAJOR contention was Kelly Macdonald as Paige. Woooooooooooooo was she HORRIBLE. I mean, BAD. So, so, so bad. Someone might spin it as "Well her character was acting..." but fuck that...she was AWFUL.
If you liked the book, you might like the movie. But truth be told...it's far too strange and vast a book to really do justice onscreen. IMO, it was never a great story, but the comedic stuff was there. In some ways, it succeeds, but in many more ways...it fails. ------------------------------
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