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DickfaceChillah
01/13/09, 11:19 AM
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51903

Yo, it's fucking coming along! I can't wait. This is hands down Hunter's best book (it's not up for debate), and I am so glad they're finally putting it into production.
drudo182
01/13/09, 11:51 AM
First comment on the site:

Posted by: Njosnavelin on January 13, 2009 at 12:33:56

...followed by the next Batman film.

LOL.
IAmNietzche
01/13/09, 01:15 PM
Fear and Loathing... is his best book and it isn't even close. The Rum Diary is good, but it was written when he was young and hadn't really developed his voice yet.
Rummy23
02/14/09, 10:54 PM
If you don't know Thompson, then you're a lost cause. If you do know him, then you'd know he never wanted to be a gonzo journalist. He wanted to be a fiction writer. Journalism just paid the bills. Rum Diary stands as his only full-out fiction novel. This is the book he always wanted to write, to define himself as as a writer, that's why it took him so long to publish it. Thompson is not Raoule Duke, no matter how much you wish he would be. This book and, hopefully movie, is about a kid trying to find his way, trying to find his voice, and taking a couple detoures and off-ramps on his way to legend. We are not in fear and Loathing territory. We're barely in Hell's Angels territory. Rum Diary is about a man of ambition trying to find his place in this messed up world. Don't expect anymore, and don't expect any less.

- GF
Smash Adams
03/29/11, 06:04 PM
The adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's 'The Rum Diary,' starring Johnny Depp, has finally secured a release date of October 28th, 2011. FilmDistrict will distribute. Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins and Giovanni Ribisi also star

http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/03/29/the-rum-diary-release-date/
projectmayhem16
03/29/11, 07:47 PM
Fear and Loathing... is his best book and it isn't even close. The Rum Diary is good, but it was written when he was young and hadn't really developed his voice yet.As someone who has read both books I can say that that's an erroneous statement, I think that yes, they aren't even close, just that you're misapplying one for the other. I've seen you say that Wild at Heart is the best Lynch and now this. Discomfited is an adequate word for my feelings on all of that.
DickfaceChillah
03/29/11, 08:52 PM
I don't even remember saying this, but I stand by my statement whole-heartedly. And FINALLY, a release date.
ilikesound93
03/30/11, 07:27 AM
I don't even remember saying this, but I stand by my statement whole-heartedly. And FINALLY, a release date.

WHY did you change your avatar?!?:sadangel:
Smash Adams
03/30/11, 07:59 AM
WHY did you change your avatar?!?:sadangel:
hush you, his new avy isn't scary
DickfaceChillah
03/30/11, 11:59 AM
WHY did you change your avatar?!?:sadangel:

Cause my other one still had a Christmas hat on it. I don't think we can be best friends forever who occasionally quote each other on Absolutepunk.net anymore if you don't love my new one.
DickfaceChillah
03/30/11, 12:04 PM
hush you, his new avy isn't scary

Changed it just for you, babe.
ilikesound93
03/30/11, 12:30 PM
Cause my other one still had a Christmas hat on it. I don't think we can be best friends forever who occasionally quote each other on Absolutepunk.net anymore if you don't love my new one.

Then get the original without the christmas hat. I loved it...:-(
DickfaceChillah
03/30/11, 02:24 PM
Then get the original without the christmas hat. I loved it...:-(

It was a scanned picture from an issue of Fangoria from the 80's that I have like 12 GB worth of. It'll take forever to find it again. It's lost, darlin'!
ilikesound93
03/30/11, 06:44 PM
It was a scanned picture from an issue of Fangoria from the 80's that I have like 12 GB worth of. It'll take forever to find it again. It's lost, darlin'!

You ruined my life.
DickfaceChillah
03/30/11, 07:58 PM
You ruined my life.

You're not the first teenage girl that has said that to me.
projectmayhem16
03/30/11, 08:06 PM
Your new avatar is creepy enough to sustain my love, Dickface.
DickfaceChillah
03/30/11, 08:30 PM
Your new avatar is creepy enough to sustain my love, Dickface.

<3

Maybe the story behind it will creep everyone else out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_Boy
projectmayhem16
03/30/11, 08:49 PM
Don’t set fire to the forum with that thing.
evvandflow
05/13/11, 01:19 PM
pretty excited for this, one of my favorite books.
Kyle Huntington
08/26/11, 06:26 AM
Trailer has been released, looks good:

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Shakriel
08/26/11, 07:27 AM
I liked the trailer, excited for this.
Losthope182
08/26/11, 08:00 AM
Figures I'd be at work when I see a trailer has been released. Excited to finally check out some footage though. Can't wait to see this movie; I wish I had time to read the book again, but I know that I won't.
Smash Adams
08/26/11, 11:39 AM
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810077951/video/26430834
and here's the trailer in hd
Chemical Love
08/26/11, 11:50 AM
Looks good.
CstSnow
08/26/11, 12:05 PM
Definitely excited for this, I'm teaching a Lit into Film class in the fall and have worked the book and a class trip to see this in the theatre into the lesson plan.
I am Mick
08/26/11, 03:27 PM
Loved the book, trailer looked decent. Amber Heard looks super hot as Chenault
popdisaster00
08/26/11, 04:14 PM
This looks like a LOT of fun. I will be seeing it.
meeotch
10/28/11, 10:28 AM
Surprised there hasn't been more talk about this around here.

Anyway, I was hoping for the best but the reviews are incredibly mediocre. Still want to see it.
Chemical Love
10/28/11, 10:48 AM
I think it looks great. Hopefully it delivers.
Losthope182
10/28/11, 10:50 AM
Pretty excited to check this out. Probably not going until next weekend, though. There's only one other person I know that has read the book and wants to see this so I'm going to wait and go with him.
TJ Wells
10/28/11, 03:35 PM
Enjoyed it quite a bit. Sort of lost me in the last thirty minutes, but definitely recommend it. The eyedrop drug scene is definitely end of the year list worthy.

"Your tongue is like an accusatory giblet!"
I am Mick
10/28/11, 07:14 PM
I loved the book, I was excited for this for a while but previews aren't getting me all that excited. and no Heard n00dz? what. Chenault was naked like 80% of the book.
TJ Wells
10/28/11, 07:46 PM
I loved the book, I was excited for this for a while but previews aren't getting me all that excited. and no Heard n00dz? what. Chenault was naked like 80% of the book.
There's a couple quick shots.
Plus155
10/28/11, 10:03 PM
I'm a big Thompson fan, and I loved Fear and Loathing. This movie did nothing for me.