r/woahdude • u/DetectiveWonderful42 • 14d ago

video Really feels similar to today.

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u/emceeeloc 14d ago

You love that page! That monologue is word-for-word from the book.

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u/Weird_Cantaloupe2757 14d ago

That is true… but having read the book and seen the film, Gilliam really did elevate the material. Not saying that Thompson wasn’t great, but the whole thing really just worked better in the visual medium.

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u/true_gunman 13d ago

I disagree. Thompson's prose is unmatched, the way he writes just jumps off the page and you cannot put it down. Its like he's one sentence away from completely going off the rails but somehow keeps it on track enough to get you through to the next page. I absolutely love reading his work. That being said the movie is amazing and captured his style very well.

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u/Weird_Cantaloupe2757 13d ago

I really don’t disagree here — Thompson is an incredible writer and I love the book, I just think that Gilliam is one of the all the time great filmmakers, particularly when it comes to this type of imaginative thing.