Choke - Sneak Peak 2008

[joeyboulregard]

i didn't care for diary, it was kind of boring. but survivor...number 1 of all of his books. then probably choke or invisible monsters.

[EntropyGuardian]

Survivor is definitely his best in my opinion. His latest, Snuff, is probably the absolute worst.

[vampirewithHIV]

Diary was pretty boring.

[iluvpunk]

SO EXCITED.

or sexcited. mwaha.

[bradical2001]

top 5 books by chuck

1.choke

2.Diary

3.Invisible Monsters

4.Fight Club

5.survivor

[Dogstolmychi]

hmm...I'd have to say Rant or Snuff is #1.

[kilikena21]

yeh! rant is good! and like completely mind-blowing lol.

[circusfreakus]

or

1. choke

2. fight club

3. lullaby

4. haunted

5. diary

[flood1980]

Ummm Rant I didn't like too much. Way fucked up. WAY.

[passehl]

its not any more fucked up than any of his other books.

[theemurf]

I've only read a little bit of rant so far, but there's a movie i'd go to see if they made it.

I love Palahnuik!! Dunno how to pronounce his name though

[forrestlumps]

Rant would be amazing on film if done correctly.

Its pronouced Pollenick

[mattjam114]

Choke is my favorite book, and Palahniuk is by far the best satirist out there, but i hope the movie doesnt ruin it, as it always does. Looks good though, im definately gonna see it.

[umblebee]

oh hell yes. i loved this book. sam rockwell is perfect for the main character. cant wait.

[kilikena21]

he is perfect, he made the movie sooo freakin funny.

[brokenlock037]

i remember by the third page in i was like "this could be a really interesting movie." then, i visited barnes and noble about three days later and saw a little sticker on the book (choke) saying "soon to be a motion picture." i thought it would be really disappointing...but after seeing some of the trailers...i'm a little bit less disappointed. none of the characters looked like i imagined them though...except for paige...a little bit...

[ironlung1028]

sam rockwell is an awesome actor!!

[Danigrlxox096]

I love this book.

I cant wait for the movie to come out!

[GeekisKhan2003]

The thing is, it's getting great reviews. It's probably a lot better than many people think it will be.

[dlr1213]

I read this book on a road trip, and to all of you people who are saying that it doesn't look like a very good movie, I say this.

I don't think Chuck intended on having it made into a movie. It's not as if there were that many climactic moments of the book, to make an interesting movie out of.

It's not that the director is doing a bad job...it's that Choke is probably just a really hard book to convert into a movie. There I said my piece.

[littleaschick]

but why would we need the second fight club? tho, I agree, I imagined it all much darker... probably, we should just wait and see what is the whole thing like, may be it all kicks off outside trailer?? :)

ooooh, and i cant wait for snuff, UK book release in august x

[bizmonkey007]

It's been a while since I read choke, but to all those thinking it's should have a similar look and intesity like fight club, you have the wrong proclivity. As I remember, Choke had more levity to it. While Fight Club had a quasi-manifesto about society and revolution, Choke was a more humorous buddy piece if you will about a con-artist/sexaholic and his dipshit friend. Fincher did a great job of bringing the book to life, but I'm going to be patient with this one.

[GeekisKhan2003]

I agree. It definitely shouldn't be like "Fight Club".

However, if ou'll remember, it does have a bit more darkness to it than just a buddy comedy (although it is probably Palahniuk's funniest work). Victor has the whole idea of "what Jesus would do."

Also, all of the flashback parts with his mother are pretty dark.

[liquedation]

it is an indie flick get over it

[Deadite369]

I'm so pissed that they set the release date back :/

[NineLegend]

Almost done reading the book right now. Wow, after you see the movie you see the charaters in the book differently. I will never imagine any of the characters looking like this. They are taking this book and blowing steaming stool on it. Look at fight club. Without a doubt it measures up to the book. This... this is a meager attempt.

If this is getting sold to Fox, they should do a complete overhaul and get some better actors and a director like Fincher.

God, Please let this not be real.

[crazyyace]

yeah, i completely agree with you.

i read the book and i was fascinated with all the characters and of course, the story. but, after seeing trailers a couple minutes ago, i was completely disappointed. ]:

chuck palahniuk knows thats this movie isnt gonna do very well.

[smictague]

I'm hoping that this is just a "rough version" of the film. Not only does this guy look like he has no idea what even went on in the book, but his idea that he could be the only one to make the film is wrong. The movie is darker and more complex then what he makes it out to be.

[dawnwoodradioone]

did this guy even read the book?

[kvanvelz]

He is the only one who should not make it

[kvanvelz]

FUCK! I loved the book...why is he ruining it...this movies looks AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[goyathlay7]

Fuck really looks so bad... it's so sad to me look at this. When i read the novel i've tought it was very visual for a motion picture. Now someone came and fuck it... I'll be sad this afternoon...

[coldairsurprises]

from the clips ive seen of this movie, i have been very dissappointed.

it looks like a made for tv movie, what the hell. there seems to be no creativity in filming it, i mean come on look at fight club and you'd know.

[LegeZiel]

The screenwriter is a f-cking moron.

Where in heaven's name does he get the idea that he's the only one to make the movie?

[KenFroehlig]

Why would you take a Palahniuk novel and make it into a film that looks aesthetically like "The Breakfast Club" - it's light, it's 80's looking, and it's NOTHING like the book.

[theblahs]

I was looking forward to this movie, but the screenwriter is so fucking obnoxious I want to punch his teeth in.

What a shit choice actor for Victor and Denny to.

[srb4887]

I agree. I don't know where he got the idea that no one else would want to turn it into a film and I really don't know where he got the idea that he's the one for the job.

[blackmariah22]

i really fucking hate the screenwriter. ugh. he's pissing me off.

[jewkike99]

It'll be interesting to see someone else's take on the book, but I have to agree that I don't think it will be able to do it justice.

[orangeroyal]

the book is nice but this looks like total shit. i mean if i would imagine it the worst it can be it would look like this. compare this to fight club and you see even more how shitty this looks

[thumble360]

i was hoping david fincher would direct this.

[ickinsane]

oh man this looks so bad "hey lets pick the worst actor ever and have the movie looking a lot lighter then it is" Damit this was a very dark book. and i know im going to see this movie and i know im going to hate it. but at least i read the book before this dumbass destroyed it

[chasch]

I found the book was a copy paste from fight club (same author), now the actors from the movie just look horrid.

[Jbourne372]

I can't really think of any similarities between Choke and Fight Club. Different tones, different themes, different personalities. The only thing the two have in common is the writing style, and that's just because it's Palahniuk's voice. Every author has a voice that makes their books easily identifiable, but these similarities rarely lead to the work as a whole being a carbon copy of previous novels.

tl;dr Same voice, different content.

[funkymusicluvr]

and chuck palahniuk has such a distinctive writing style, hes an amazing author.

[ritualfunk]

the book is great, the movie looks horrid

[rrp6119]

That movie is going to be amazing. The book is great.