‘Choke’

July 11th, 2008 in Action, Actors, Adventure, Book-to-Movie, Comedy, Movie News, Movies, Trailers

Fight Club was a hard movie for me to sit and watch while Ed Norton beat himself up.  The characterization both Brad Pitt and Norton was phenomenal. 

Now, Choke, based on a book by the same author of “Fight Club,” seems to me a similar movie where I am going to have a hard time taking in the whole story of this guy who is basically immoral. 

Just like Ed Norton’s character, I had a hard time being empathetic. But Norton’s craft gave me a reason to watch the Fight Club. 

Angelica Houston stars in Choke, which may prove a redeeming quality for me to watch the film.  I love watching Houston work on film, a true artist.

All in all, Choke is a guy movie, just like Fight Club is a guy movie. The themes don’t interest me. 

I can understand why some one would want to see Choke. If you take a look at the trailer the acting is very real and smooth. The story line is very easy to understand and follow, and the characters are funny, but do I want to spend close to two hours with them.  That’s a tough one to answer.

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(2 Comments)
  1. Liz Says:
    July 12th, 2008 at 12:31 am

    I don’t think you can characterize either Fight Club or Choke as “guy movies.” Fight Club especially might seem that way on the surface, but it contains themes that can be interesting to anyone. Unfortunately, it’s a very misunderstood story, mostly because people don’t bother to read the book.

    Choke is a fantastic book. I don’t mind that Palahniuk’s main characters are immoral; in fact, it’s an essential part of his storytelling. Seeing into the heart and soul of someone who is broken interests me, because we are all a little bit that way. I can understand why it makes some people uncomfortable, but I think they’re missing out!

  2. Kenna McHugh Says:
    July 12th, 2008 at 1:14 am

    I see what you are saying that Fight Club themes can be understood by anyone — particularly the inability to face self, setting up a counter personality that is not real (spoiler).

    I didn’t read either book but your points are quite understandable.

    Besides as we all know, books are always better than the movie.

    Yes, we are all a little bit broken, yes makes us uncomfortable — but is it upbeat? entertainment?

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