The Rum Diary is what I like to call a cursed film.
It's technically a prequel to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but Depp's performance and the filmcraft here are inferior in almost every way and the story isn't as engaging or out there. It's very dull and clinical compared to Gilliam's film.
Also, this is the one movie where Amber Heard costars alongside Johnny Depp... this might have been the film set where they met, and we all…
A neat, albeit disturbing documentary companion-piece to the well-regarded HBO miniseries featuring eyewitness interviews and haunting footage that hadn't been seen previously of people dying agonizing deaths and animals being born with grotesque mutations and deformities caused by radiation and fallout to further indict the USSR's handling of its long-term nuclear power plan. All those rubles saved on cutting corners with nuclear plant design and lax safety regulations will never make up for the numerous lives lost or otherwise ruined by this horrific tragedy.
"I FUCKING LOVE THE F-14!!!!
I WANT TO DESTROY MIGS WHILE BLASTING DANGER ZONE AND MIGHTY WINGS ON LOOP!!!!!!!"
I'm gonna be honest, I wasn't all that excited for this one. For one thing, it's yet another belated sequel to a movie from the 80's, and it was supposed to come out like three years ago, and the director had only done mostly average movies up to this point, and the first Top Gun was mostly a product of its…
