Reviews on movie The Rum Diary (43)

Waiter, rum!

Glass 1.

Rum diary? Great movie. You know, Thompson's book required something that was not just fun and fun, but also serious. After all, all these were written as autobiographical essays, and they should, in addition, reveal Hunter as a person. It is clear that all this is probably exaggerated, and Thompson was not so pure and fair, but that is the essence of Hunter. He jokes, exaggerates, making one big caricature of his life. You see, you need to know that you're watching a film adaptation of a great journalist, not just a comedy about drunks.

Waiter, repeat!

Glass 2.

You know, Robinson must have known what he was doing. He put together, maybe not the most star-studded, but a great cast. Who, tell me, who else could have played Thompson's impersonation but Johnny Depp? Tell me who? Right, nobody. Johnny knew Hunter personally, so there was no doubt about it. But the chicest of all here, of course, Mobergovsky Ribisi ... Oh, I mean, Ribizievsky Moberg, you know what the hell. The rest of us are good.

Waiter, another drink! Will you? Two!
Glass 3.

And there's humor, too, so you don't tell me. You remember that moment... ooh! She says, ha, during the day she works as a garbage truck driver... ha ha ha ha ha ha... and in the evening she turns into a psychic ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Psychic, I heard, yes! Ahahahaha, that's what I call humor!
Waiter, three more Roma!

Glass 4-5.

Oh, you know, this Thompson guy was a big-ass. Just stuffed up with shit. But genius, there's nothing you can do. And you know the point of the movie, buddy? Don't you understand? I understand. Meaning! Do not drink rum, his friends are only trouble! Oh! Like I said, like I said! Genius, there is nothing you can do about it. We-e came down to rivers and high-ways... We-e... Oh, yeah, what am I saying? The power, he says, is not in rum. Force! The power is true! So let's get to the truth!

Waiter, more! How did the rum end? Let's get out of here, buddy, we don't think we're happy here! And yes, pay for me for now, or I, it seems, this job (ic) on the salary left. I mean, Anyway, okay.

Johnny Depp is already a brand, a logo, a trademark. One hundred percent guarantee of the success of the film and frantic box office. How can you deny this almost absolute truth?
Easy. The movie Rum Diary. Depp does not go for such roles - licked and kind. The main character is an unsuccessful journalist fighting for world peace, pursuing the true goals of Greenpeace conservation. Can't believe it? Here I am, too.

For two hours, the viewer tries to understand the meaning of his wanderings, friendship with a dead alcoholic and the owner of a doorless car. His character is very poorly spelled and played in principle. The viewer can not understand the disordered life of the protagonist, in his life priorities, goals ... even the eternal drunkard has an idea - to give his life for rum.
It lacks dynamic, good music (besides Frankie Miller’s After All) and distinct accents. What did Robinson want to say? That you can't live high on rum and eye drops? I don't think. That the most important values in life - love, honesty and kindness - always conquer the world of the evil and the rich? Not either. The fact that Depp is filmed in this picture, and the creators do not care about the rest? Maybe.

The main slogan “Everyone on the verge of a foul” predetermined the fate of the picture and its creators – they fouled, flew with the production and failed.
4 out of 10

Here the main thing is not to look, here the main thing is to understand. It's not even a movie, it's a piece of Hunter Thompson's soul. I’m sure Johnny Depp understood his friend well and played exactly as Thompson would have liked.
Someone will think that the main character is an adventurer who easily gets involved in various adventures, so long as life does not seem bland. But it's not. Paul Camp is an ordinary man with his weaknesses and virtues, who is tired of turning a blind eye to all the injustices that life shows him. It is easy for a person to succumb to temptation and equal the majority, but Camp plunges headlong into the water again and again to awaken himself from the all-consuming disease of humanity called self-interest. Behind a sometimes cheerful and reckless way lies a person who painfully experiences the self-destruction of society. It was before, it is now and it will continue after us. For thousands of people who have come to terms with their faint existence, there is only one who will tell them the truth. Hunter Thompson tried to do this, and the heroes of his stories like Rum Diary continue to do this.
It’s just that there are moments in life when you begin to understand Camp more and you increasingly agree with Hunter Thompson about his beliefs in life.

10 out of 10

It is very rare to spend two hours with such pleasure. The Rum Diary turned out to be a long-awaited bomb that tore apart the heavy cocoon of problems and worries. I'm serious! Despite the flurry of domestic political, personnel and a lot of other problems, this film did not load me one iota, but, as I said, awakened to life.
One of the reasons for the awakening was the mention of Hunter Thompson in the dedication to the film. This immediately made me understand that this is not a commercial move and not just a film, but a tribute to a great writer, the founder of gonzo. To work on such a project, I think, was an interesting and responsible matter - suddenly some important detail will be missed? However, if Hunter could see this picture, he would undoubtedly consider it a worthy adaptation.

Rum is a kind of lubricant of the film, which allows you not to think about how many minutes have passed and how many are left. I really liked how the newspaper office was presented, in which the main character Paul arranges to work. Some dilapidated, clothed in the basement light, a room in which for some reason, too, rum turbidity is felt - may be the result of a false-creative atmosphere. How to think through the character of the characters and the color of the surrounding space to divide the sunny Puerto Rico into a dark and light zone? Oh, you have to see that.

In the film, you can also laugh from the heart. For example, a scene in a diner where Paul and his friend stumble upon a nuisance that soon entails a chase. To clarify: wildly funny chase, with original author's humor. Then there is another hilarious scene, which follows almost the previous one, where the same Paul and his friend lead their blue car in an extremely exotic position, humbly jumping on each other.
Between humor and serious problems there is alcohol, hallucinations, and this happens so skillfully and unpretentiously that you fly somewhere into oblivion. The atmosphere of the film is conveyed not without the merit of the composer Christopher Young, whose musical accompaniment made the picture even fresher, as well as numerous producers who invested in their work, first of all, a sea of respect for Hunter.
Smoothly transitioning from the composer and producers to the cast, I want to draw a parallel between Johnny Depp - producer (one of ...) and Johnny Depp - the lead actor Paul Camp. Knowing in advance that Depp and Hunter were close friends and Johnny probably could even think like Hunter, it wasn’t surprising that he could figure out which Paul his friend meant. And he played it brilliantly, without exaggeration.

Giovanni Ribisi was pleased in the role of Moberg. Probably the second bright character after the main one, although he is a secondary hero. Moberg, an avid lover of high degrees and hallucinations, and a reporter at the same time, already says a lot, right? It is difficult to describe it in ordinary words - this character was frightening at first, then irritated for 15 seconds, and most of the film was pleasant and I wanted him to stay in the frame longer.
Aaron Eckhart was disappointed. Though he looked rich and captivated by the “sea of money,” he was still an empty character whose movements were somehow too playful. I can't say anything bad about the other actors.

Special thanks to Alexander Bargman (voice), who perfectly copes with his difficult task - to make American heroes adapted to the Russian audience. And I would like to note that the voice of Alexander perfectly fits almost all the characters of Depp – Paul “Roma diary” is no exception.
The general impression and results. The most important thing in any film is the atmosphere. The “Roma Diary” has it and moreover, all this is poured with a good portion of alcohol, which gives the picture an unforgettable spatial gonzo-chic, and it was he who was characteristic of Hunter.
The film looks easy and without any tension, as if you read a book and see a picture in your head.
Gold.

10 out of 10

I have long wanted to see this picture, since the moment I heard about its release on screens. I finally succeeded.

I will say right away, knowing on the basis of what material the film was made and feeling the immense love of Depp for Thompson was waiting for a completely different one. I was waiting for the continuation of the crazy, powerful, drive Las Vegas. And the first shots of the film, with the heavy-hungover face of the main character, only strengthened my hopes, expectations and forebodings, but...
Either the members of the film crew grew up (I’m all about the same Depp), or the producers tried to make a “cinema for everyone” from absolutely not mass source material, or maybe I got old myself?
In general, it turned out to be a rather measured, calm and predictable story in which the mad alcohol-drug frenzy went somewhere far into the background, the rebellious spirit was exhausted to the banal theft of someone else’s yacht, and the inner experiences of the heroes are hidden from our eyes and cut out as unnecessary. The question is, “Where is the rum?”

But it's not that bad. What really pleased the picture was the picture (pun intended). You're just transported to Puerto Rico in 1960! I always wondered, “Where did they find all this?”, although it is possible that it still remains there, on the islands of the Caribbean basin. The color scheme of the image is very well selected, you seem to be considering an old family photo album!
In general, I do not think that time wasted, it is still worth watching this film, just do not expect too much from it. “Wow!” after watching, I unfortunately did not say.
7 out of 10

I understand that Depp and Hunter were friends, and I understand that it has been five years since the death of the chief gonzo journalist at the time of the release of this film. But what was Johnny Depp’s motive for playing this role, I can’t understand. It is clear that this is a kind of tribute and description of the personality biography, but it is the approach in the game that I do not understand. Sometimes there was a shadow of a thought: "So who is Hunter here?" Depp is unobtrusive and at the same time somewhat modest for Gonzo’s ancestor. My respect for Hunter S. Thompson is great. But watching the movie, I saw Depp, not Hunter.
Despite all the above, the film left me with a rather pleasant and positive impression. There were quite atmospheric and colorful moments. Sometimes there are doubts about what to put for a particular film, but here the assessment is unambiguous.

I almost recommend it.

7 out of 10

Puerto Rico. It would seem that here it is, Paradise - blue sky, bright sun, many beaches and alluring sea surface. But who is interested in this, except for a stupid look at the world of stupid tourists floating in their own juice? Only those who own this illusory Paradise, which has closed the palisade of multi-storey hotels with chic views from the eyes of local aborigines who do not understand why someone else is in charge in their home country. And the main character of the Rum Diary, Paul Camp, who has not yet achieved anything in his life, moves to this cursed Paradise with the goal of starting life anew, giving impetus to the boat of his own possibilities stuck in the viscous slime of daily cynicism.

That's just the place to start new beginnings and get rid of alcohol addiction Paul chooses a very strange. A schizophrenic society consisting no longer of individuals, but of simple individuals of the genus Homo Sapiens, who have long lost hope of seeing any light ahead and wait for the collapse, drowning rotten dreams in high-grade alcohol. This society is easily ready to accept in itself the same outcasts, but is not able to give birth to the desire for action in the person seeking it.
The screen adaptation of the bestseller “Rum Diary”, born thanks to the famous gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, attracts at first the image of the main character, looking through the fog of alcoholic intoxication and an excruciating hangover gnashing in the brain at the surroundings, which he categorically does not suit. The dominance of the “big white sharks” and just a naive fool on the local recreation areas who do not see beyond their own nose and for whom it is necessary to paint the allegedly existing “charms” of these places only generates an even greater cynical understanding of the futility of everyday junk, from which the main character, on the contrary, sought to escape.
And it would seem that this is a good screen drama, which should take the viewer with the depth of emotional emptiness of the characters in a place where only money lives. But this is only at the beginning, and the illusory first impression quickly passes, giving way to surprise at the realization that a story that began so well turns out to be unexpectedly superficial and straightforward. Appearing from scratch in the main character changes in views look unnatural, especially when you consider the number of dead thoughts that hovered in his brain at the beginning. The reasons for despair, accumulated somewhere inside, suddenly evaporate, the evil irony and cynical grin of the creators are very weak and inept, and the hostility of the protagonist to the world around him suddenly turns into some incomprehensible state, hovering without a point of support incomprehensible where.
And when the end comes, there is a strong feeling of dissatisfaction in the soul, because you realize that this is not how it should have ended. And it is not a question of whether the main character deserves such a finale, whether it looks unnatural to him. The fact is whether the film itself deserves such a finale, in fact merging the entire drama into the waters of the Caribbean. And what's left of it? The ageless Johnny Depp with his wonderful charisma, the confidence and proud profile of Aaron Eckhart, scarlet lips and the alluring figure of Amber Heard and the wonderful in his psycho-drug image of Giovanni Ribisi. Where is the film, the impression of it? They drown in the ocean waters, not even going to leave anything to the unsatisfied viewer.
"I thought you were in a bind - I defeated willpower" ©

Yeah, I'm biased! I love re-reading Hunter Thompson, which is a mystery to my legendary friend Wova. You see, he doesn't understand how I can like a man with whom I have nothing in common? I can't explain it myself. But that's not the point. I was waiting for the film adaptation of The Rum Diary, as this is the best book in Thompson. And I respect Depp, the adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and I loved the trailer.
Some films were scolded, others praised. I was calm when I started the CD. Surprised after the first episode, discouraged in the middle and upset in the finale. Our relationship didn't work out. I did not feel the loneliness of the main character. I didn’t feel the rhythm of the world around me. I saw the rum, but I didn't see the diary.
The script seemed raw, the direction was boring, Depp was tired. Loved: the sea, nature, cars, the photographer performed by Michael Rispoli and Amber Heard in itself. Like a lively pin-up girl. The most important plus is a great soundtrack. Thank you to Christopher Young.

Yes, and who is this Bruce Robinson, director and co-writer of the script? Is there anyone better than you?

In short, during the film my wife looked at me perplexed, I groaned, looking for bright spots, original phrases of Thomson. But in the end, I was forced to admit to myself that I would not keep the film in the collection, which can not be said about the soundtrack. Boring me, boring.

6 out of 10

To some, the Rum Diary will seem too long or untwisted. Unsaid to some. Others will see in them too sparkling face of Johnny D, covering everything else.
But. . !
Damn it, baby, it's Puerto Rico! A country of small opportunities in small businesses, timid attempts to introduce very serious drugs and excessive amounts of alcohol already introduced. And also sun, rum and white men in white with straw hats ... and some other people, in general, in what mother gave birth.
This is an island where the intelligentsia ego is so inflated that it easily displaces Johnny Dee from the frame, allows you to use a lot of substances and eventually turns into stripped “Aborigines”, forcing you to get on a fun boat and row, row far away from the drunken nightmare there.
That's exactly what it is. The spirit of Puerto Rico (and Florida and half of Latin America) is surgically transmitted here. The director refrained from an extremely high proportion of frenzy, at the same time did not bother in vain. It turned out to be true.

Let's drink to the truth, amigos!

The comedy retrodrama Rum Diary is an adaptation of the autobiographical novel by the famous gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson, whose works are full of hallucinatory visions and a stream of consciousness (as, for example, in Passion and Hate in Las Vegas). There is nothing like this in the film, the novel is filmed neatly and has a large share of anti-Americanism in its structure (in fact, because of this, the film suffered a fiasco at the box office).

Johnny Depp's character, the ever-drunk journalist Paul Camp, arrives in Puerto Rico and gets a job at a local newspaper. Everything that begins next, it is better to look for yourself, because our hero, having learned all the charms of heavenly life and seeing the reality of ordinary people constrating with it, turns into a nonconformist, a fighter with those who live at the expense of others, parasitizing on the body of society. But despite the rather heavy theme, which few viewers will see when watching, the film is incredibly beautiful. The picture of the operator Dariusz Wolski is simply breathtaking, the era of the 60s is transmitted with documentary accuracy.

All the actors of the film play just amazing. Each image is remembered, ranging from the always dissatisfied editor-in-chief (Richard Jenkins), always drunk and high Moberg (Giovanni Ribisi) and ending with the beautiful heroine Amber Heard, who imbued the tape with sexuality.

Of course, the film "Rum Diary" can be seen as a purely entertaining movie, but after watching there is an extremely unusual aftertaste, because the film makes you think about your place in the world and how you can change it alone.

9 out of 10

It is a great pleasure that the director Bruce Robinson took up the film adaptation of the novel “Roma Diary”, the author, writer and journalist, a bosom friend of D. Depp, “Hunter S. Thompson” (who called him not otherwise as “Colonel Depp”), who told the world about the adventures of people belonging to the epistolary genre and unrestrainedly biased to the use of a strong alcoholic drink (from 45 to 75 °) under the name of rum, whose film freedom is not a pirate of the age, but a s in the Caribbean, if he does not live in the world of the sea, by the way, and does not likes, and does not have a greens in the Caribbean, by the sea, but is not a new age, and the way, but is not a pirates, who is a s in the Caribbean, and does not likes in the world of the world of the Caribbean, and the Caribbean, by the sea, by the way, but is not a pirates, and does not have a new age, by the way, but is a .
“R.D.” cinema is rather passing and disposable, but interesting, noticeable and funny, and, by the way, comedy is cleaner than those in which Ben Stiller and his “campaign” rival in the entertainment shop Adam Sandler got tired of flashing. Separate respect to the authors of the picture for the superhumorous scene of the trip in the miracle machine Depp on top of Rispoli: you can laugh until you fall + very lively humor, thread laid along the entire film narrative: cockfights as a way of earning a magazine-dumpsters, shelter-hat, as the personification of the refuge of a fugitive-writer from glamour and one-sidedness, the local flavor of the tropical island of Puerto Rico (" rich port), drowning not only in green vegetation, but also in the sight of a rogress and an ocean odor.
Oh, Johnny D! It's been a long time since I've seen you without a little annoying dreadlocks, pirate layered uniforms and a compass in my hand. What can I say? You just changed the Caribbean Sea to the Antilles all the same, which, undoubtedly, succeeded in hurrah, even if instead of the "island-turtle" - Tortuga - the island of Puerto Rico, instead of bottomless sands - the crowded beaches of the town of San Juan, instead of dreadlocks - stylish glasses of the 60s, and instead of the Black Pearl - a snow-white yacht. Any changes for the better, but you still vote with the voice of the charismatic Alexander Bargman, try to joke with the cute tricks of a mobile and beautiful face, absorb the same almost pirated rum and hope to seduce the island beauty with a scarlet mouth - the bride is not a cute charmer Will Turner, but this time a greedy businessman-corrupt suit and moccasins on the barefoot. Did you find at least 3 differences? I am, yes, and great! Johnny was forced not to become pale-faced, but to remain tanned, toned and toned on the stunning beauty of the island. A stink on soap? Nope! Soap on the gel!

Also, we will not be lazy and weigh a grand curtsey to other actors who have skillfully reincarnated into the residents of the paradise of the United States in the face of the stunning Michael Rispoli in the role of a balagur, a kind fat man, drunkards, a life lover; different and therefore always interesting Giovanni Ribisi in the role of a local fool-sage, living on the principle of "we will wake up" and really come in a quiet, a girl, who is not exploited by her skin, of course, and does not love her beautifully, with her hair-beared eyes, but with her eyes, he does not love her hair / brows /b>
For those who do not read the novel “R.D.”, its film version appeared, which you can watch at least once, if you are a fan of films from the life of adventurers on your 5th point, who made a “big noise and gam”, as according to one version of the linguists-researchers, the word rumbullion is translated, from which the word rum originated. You can also rejoice in the incentive to get rich and go to dream of unlimited freedom of thought and action on the magnificent island of Puerto Rico, where rum pours down the river, the ocean dreams of your embrace, salsa awaits carnival, and dreams take on the clear outlines of a reality in which the passion to live, create, write and love for all this knows no bounds.

The Rum Diary is the creation of the great publicist Hunter S. Thompson.
The book has finally been filmed and is pleased with its success.

The fact that the main character is played by Johnny Depp, previously known for the film of the same genre “Fear and Loathing in Last Vegas”, is a trump card of this project. It also captivates the fact that the director adapted the story to his understanding and slightly remade the essence. It is safe to say that we have the same book before us, but with some improvement.

Now the movie. It is quite interesting, the dialogues are not far-fetched, but as if they sound from that time. Landscapes are captivating with their beauty. A sea of rum, a sea of girls, a lot of money that revolves around the main character, but here’s the bad luck – he can not catch luck by the tail. He's trying, but he can't. It seems to wander between reality and sleep, now and then absorbing tons of alcohol. On the way, he has a girl whom he desperately desires, but cannot implement his plans. This is a kind of designation of the main idea of the film – happiness is not so easy to achieve.

Along with this, we see the magnificent acting, sparkling humor and Brazilian spirit, which breathes the whole picture.

A great film, for those who are attracted by the life of a journalist, saturated with daily hassle and running. It is a story of easy money and complicated relationships.

7 out of 10

Because it looks in one breath.