Jorge A Gallegos's Photos

Where the train and BART meet

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Que.... le paso... a la chunky?

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This was expected: Reading the book of one of my most favoritest movies of all times was just a matter of time. I was hesitant to go ahead with this during the first few pages because time and again I've read books and then seen movies (or vice versa) and almost every time the book would be oh so much better than the big-screen adaptation it is almost a joke. Not this book though. I was surprised when I saw Sin City a few years ago because the movie is almost an exact animated copy of the original graphic novel... I applauded the way the producers agreed to tackle that one. However it was still a copy, and there wasn't that much room for improvement they way they did it. Fight Club is awesome in this regard because the book dictates what steps and what situations shape the story, but they are not tied together, there's room for improvement and the adaptation to the screen's constraints (time, actors, etc) is seamless. I have mixed feelings about this because the movie is just as good (if not better) than the book. The way I was reading the book it felt as it was the storyboard for the movie I remember watching hundreds of times. Both stories (book and movie) develop in almost the exact same fashion but sometimes in different contexts. Some times things would happen sooner rather than later in one with respect to the other, but the end result is mostly the same. And I say mostly because both endings differ greatly. In the movie Project Mayhem comes to success while in the book it doesn't and something else, something almost surreal (as if the whole thing wasn't enough) happens to the narrator. By the way there are some spoilers in the above paragraph. I put no warning because, seriously, if you haven't watched Fight Club I say screw you, you should do it. It's a goddamn jewel among all of Hollywood movies.

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Gabe and Tycho from PA fame, horrible pic but this is the nearest I could get

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Yep. Is that season :)

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One word comes to mind when I think of this book: Sexual. Not sexy, not porn, not nastyness. Sexual. And most of the book is not even about sex. But the sexual tension is present at all times. And when it is actually about sex the author approaches the subject in a very matter-of-fact way. It's not as corny as, say, twilight (I can get that from the movie teasers and the like) but it is still very very simple-minded. That is, you won't think very hard about the implications and/or worry about the inner details of the vampires with this book. It is intended to numb your brain a little, it is enjoyable, yes, but far from deep.

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This pic would suck less if it had some sunlight... will try that again later

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