The Rum Diaries
This movie is hands down my favorite movie
off the year and one of my all time
favorites. Starring the newly divorced
Johnny Deep as a Hunter S. Thompson alias
and Giovanni Rebisi "that guy" off friends
who famously dumped singer "Cat Power" for
a hot super-model. With such a high
calibre of actors on board this film hauls
serious crankability. Theres also a fat
guy who's a follower reporter off the two
mentioned who rounds out the posse all of
which work at a falling newspaper in
Puerto-Rico. With all the trashy columns
that this trio writes it's worth noting
that Giovanni doesn't write one article
throughout the film. As the papers
religious reporter he takes it upon
himself to experiment in black magic
subsequently becoming infatuated with Nazi
extremism that seems him constantly scream
his head off and never bath, ever.
The movies name sums up this film in it's
entirety as there is almost no one who
stays sober for any amount of time. But
can you really blame there lack of
sobriety because hard working reporters
get seriously hot on a tropical island
it's a well known phenomena that results
in excessive rum drinking constantly. I
know i'd personally prefer to die drunk as
well because if I'm going to be killed by
the poverty ridden inhabitants by their
much loved machetes i'm gonna need a few
drinks before hopping into the void. Most
of the drama of this film unfolds in a
"slum village" apartment in a horrendously
poor area. The classic "cock fights" in
their neighborhood also portray the simple
things in life. For instance like making a
slick grand or two off a stupid rooster
that has been breed to be twice the size
of any dog.
To all the mainstream movie lovers this
film isn't a trashy film so if your the
person who doesn't know who Charles
Bukowski is I'd insist that you avoid this
film. It would just be wasted on you.
Hell, It might even keep you up at night
because you know what you might actually
have to think for yourself after watching
this film. Remember this isn't some
sanitized Spiderman 8 3d epic that cost
500 million dollars to make. Instead this
is a real film shock horror and its about
real life and how one man triumph over all
the sober highly strung academics that
infest journalism. It's important to
remember Hunter S. Thompson is a man that
aimed to destroy corruption with a pen.
One mans fight against societies shadowy
ideals was always doomed to drunken
failure, nevertheless he did remarkable
well. The subtext of this film could be
summarized in Camus sense of the absurd.
But for the more adventurous folk out
there aka Auckland Uni -- Arts Students,
this ones for you. Sorry, Engineering
school you have about as much chance
making sense of this film as describing
the intricacies of Hydraulic dump truck
levers in an interesting fashion. But then
again you might rise to the occasion and
comprehend the clearly insane nonsense
that is this stunning film.
Moss Bioletti
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