Rum Diary (Depp + Thompson) ==> trailer

[Morris Schæffer]

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[Kurosawa Fan]

That is one fantastic trailer. :lol:

[number8]

First Johnny Depp movie I'm interested in in... how many years?

[Raiders]

Bruce Robinson? Wow.

[Watashi]

That really doesn't look any good at all.

[Irish]

The book is pretty much unfilmable. Prose is good but the story is slight. Really slight. Wondering how they turned this into a movie.

[number8]

Bruce Robinson? Wow.

Yeah, I find this kind of thing fascinating. I wonder if it's going to be a comeback of sorts.

[number8]

The book is pretty much unfilmable. Prose is good but the story is slight. Really slight. Wondering how they turned this into a movie.

From what I heard, Depp brainstormed this movie with Thompson himself for like 10 years until he died.

[bac0n]

I'm there. I loved Johnny Depp's turn as HST in Fear & Loathing.

[ledfloyd]

yeah, wats is silly.

[Rowland]

I like that Depp appears to be playing Thompson as more of an actual human being than his comparatively cartoonish portrayal from Fear and Loathing.

[DavidSeven]

Looks sort of whatever. I love Thompson's prose, but I hate hearing it in Depp's voice-over film narration. It just doesn't have the same quality.

[MadMan]

I don't know if this will be better than Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but that's irrelevant considering how funny that trailer was. And I love Johnny Depp playing HST. Maybe its just me (and yes I have read Fear and Loathing-but not Rum Diary).

[Qrazy]

I like that Depp appears to be playing Thompson as more of an actual human being than his comparatively cartoonish portrayal from Fear and Loathing.

I don't like that, I don't like that at all.

Something about the trailer for this film gives off a shallow vibe to me. It seems interested in surface qualities (the girl, luxury) rather than interested in commenting upon those qualities... which is odd coming from Robinson or Thompson. Hopefully it's just the trailer.

[Grouchy]

Something about the trailer for this film gives off a shallow vibe to me. It seems interested in surface qualities (the girl, luxury) rather than interested in commenting upon those qualities... which is odd coming from Robinson or Thompson. Hopefully it's just the trailer.
I understand what you mean, but trailers are made to sell movies, not to describe them.

I trust this film. Or at least, I hope it's good.

[Ezee E]

Meh....

[ledfloyd]

I don't like that, I don't like that at all.
it's in accordance with the source material. the rum diary isn't nearly as caricaturesque as fear and loathing. it almost feels like HST riffing on hemingway.

[Skitch]

Unfilmable? I think it may be one of the more filmable of Thompsons works.

I think some people should stick to what they do best. Lucas should work on Star Wars till he's dead. Scorcese should make mobster pictures forever. And Johnny Depp should play Hunter Thompson the rest of his life.

And I totally agree with you 8..."first Depp movie I've been interested in since..."

[eternity]

Lizard tongues? Isn't this story drug-less?

[Irish]

From what I heard, Depp brainstormed this movie with Thompson himself for like 10 years until he died.

That smells of PR. Have a hard time imagining Thomspon spoke about this book over the course of 10 minutes toward the end of his life, much less 10 years.

[Qrazy]

That smells of PR. Have a hard time imagining Thomspon spoke about this book over the course of 10 minutes toward the end of his life, much less 10 years.

Well if you think it's so then it must be true!

[Irish]

Well if you think it's so then it must be true!

Herpa derp!

Not your best effort, Q. Try again.

[Spinal]

What's so unlikely about Depp and Thompson discussing a movie adaptation? They were friends.

[Qrazy]

Herpa derp!

Not your best effort, Q. Try again.

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[Qrazy]

But seriously, as per usual you're just talking out of your ass.

"That smells of PR. Have a hard time imagining Thomspon spoke about this book over the course of 10 minutes toward the end of his life, much less 10 years."

The book wasn't even released until 1998 so he definitely spoke about it in the last decade of his life. As to whether or not he and Depp discussed it...

Hunter S. Thompson wrote the novel The Rum Diary in 1961, but the novel was not published until 1998.[4] The independent production companies Shooting Gallery and SPi Films sought to adapt the novel into a film in 2000, and actor Johnny Depp was signed to star and to serve as executive producer. Nick Nolte was also signed to star alongside Depp.[5] The project did not move past the development stage.[4] During this stage, Hunter S. Thompson became so frustrated as to fire off an obscenity-laden letter calling the process a "waterhead fuckaround".[6]

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[Irish]

What's so unlikely about Depp and Thompson discussing a movie adaptation? They were friends.

Nothing. But there's a world of difference between that what 8's a post implied (I made the assumption that he was paraphrasing a source).

Saying Thompson 'brainstormed for 10 years' implies that not only does he approve of the current film but was in some way actively involved in it's production. That's what I think smells.

[Irish]

But seriously, as per usual you're just talking out of your ass.

You're having trouble making a few distictions:

- One, the use of hyperbole for effect. We won't go into that here, but you may want to sign up for a course in English (that's E-N-G-L-I-S-H) composition at your local community college to learn more about it.

- Two, Thompson writing a letter to the producers in 2000, 2001 is a world away from 'actively brainstorming for 10 years' with one of the principals of the film.

- Three, Thompson was obviously writing the letter to the current producers. Why would he do that? Because he stood to make enormously more money on the option should the film actually get made.

- Four, your post refutes an argument I wasn't making. So who is talking out their ass again?

Ah, yes, that'd be you. But yeah, as a consolation I was really impressed you went to the effort of digging up that old mimeograph. /golfclap

[Spinal]

Nothing. But there's a world of difference between that what 8's a post implied (I made the assumption that he was paraphrasing a source).

Saying Thompson 'brainstormed for 10 years' implies that not only does he approve of the current film but was in some way actively involved in it's production. That's what I think smells.

I still don't see what was misleading about 8's post. We all know that Thompson is dead. Thompson's 'approval' at this point is irrelevant. Few people were in a better position to know Thompson's mind than Depp. Depp is a powerful enough figure in the film world to have significant influence on production decisions. I'm missing the part where 8 makes a huge leap.

[Qrazy]

You're having trouble making a few distictions:

- One, the use of hyperbole for effect. We won't go into that here, but you may want to sign up for a course in English (that's E-N-G-L-I-S-H) composition at your local community college to learn more about it.

- Two, Thompson writing a letter to the producers in 2000, 2001 is a world away from 'actively brainstorming for 10 years' with one of the principals of the film.

- Three, Thompson was obviously writing the letter to the current producers. Why would he do that? Because he stood to make enormously more money on the option should the film actually get made.

- Four, your post refutes an argument I wasn't making. So who is talking out their ass again?

Ah, yes, that'd be you. But yeah, as a consolation I was really impressed you went to the effort of digging up that old mimeograph. /golfclap

I responded directly to the words you wrote down and then buried you.

But for your benefit...

8 said Depp and Thompson brainstormed this movie... as in The Rum Diary. Not necessarily this particular production of the film, but certainly the source material given that they worked on an earlier production together with Depp as exec producer and Thompson taking an active approach to making the film.

Did you ever read the letter? Thompson brought Depp onto the project.

Thompson spoke about The Rum Diary both the book and film within the last decade of the film. Your point is refuted. The end.

[MadMan]

Take this lame shit outside, yo. Stop ruining the fucking thread :|

[Irish]

I still don't see what was misleading about 8's post. We all know that Thompson is dead. Thompson's 'approval' at this point is irrelevant. Few people were in a better position to know Thompson's mind than Depp. Depp is a powerful enough figure in the film world to have significant influence on production decisions. I'm missing the part where 8 makes a huge leap.

I disagree that it's irrelevant. There's money and credibility and authenticity in endorsements. (There's money going the other way too, like the difference in a biography written by Kitty Kelly and a biography written by David McCullough.)

Using Thompson's name in this way is a hook. It's morning talk show fodder. Given its release date, the movie is positioned to be taken seriously, so I think there's a great deal of marketing value attached to saying or implying Thompson was involved beyond a completely superficial level.

I tend to doubt the assertion because the book is slight, cast off when Thompson was young. It was published for the same reason Spielberg made Crystal Skull, Joseph Heller wrote a sequel to Catch 22, and Kurt Vonnegut shat out Time Quake in the sunset of their careers. For the money.

Given Thompson's health and state of mind during the last few years of his life, I have a lot of trouble believing that he paid much mind to this early work, one that he was so unconcerned with that he let it go unpunished and unread for over twenty five years. That doesn't seem to be the actions of someone who would be so creatively concerned with it that he'd "brainstorm for 10 years" over the movie.

[Irish]

Did you ever read the letter?

"If you people don't want to do anything then cough up the option & I'll talk to someone else."

That's the most substantive part of his rant and outside of attributing the role of quasi-producer to himself, it shows you where his real interest lies. They don't make the movie, Thompson doesn't get the back end of the option. Period, end of story.

[number8]

I don't understand. They were good friends. They hung out together a lot. One was making a movie based on his friend's story. I would think the ridiculous thing would be to assume they DIDN'T talk about the movie a lot.

[Skitch]

I picked up Thompson's ashes and used a Ouija board to ask him what he thought. He said to chill out.

[MadMan]

I picked up Thompson's ashes and used a Ouija board to ask him what he thought. He said to chill out.I bet he also told you to smoke his secret stash hidden behind the piano.