What's so good about it? I admire some of Hunter S. Thompson's writings, but I am leery of seeing them botched.
His essay right after 9 / 11 was about as prescient as Noam Chomsky's. Few are in that league.
If you've ever seen Thompson's demeaner, Depp nails it. Apart from Empire and Jedi, FALILV is my all-time favorite movie...and mainly due to Depp. He is Thompson in that film.
@ the part where he's in the club doing acid in the bathroom with Flea, and then he comes out and sees THE REAL Hunter S. Thompson sitting down, and they look at each other and Depp goes, "What the fuck...is it me?"
It IS a Terry Gilliam film, after all. Genius. That film really made me appreciate Depp as an actor...and Benicio Del Toro even more.
"Did you just see what GOD just did to us, man?"
"GOD DIDN'T DO THAT, YOU DID IT! I KNEW IT! YOU'RE A FUCKING NARCOTICS AGENT!!!"
"Don't worry about him, he's just admiring the shape of your skull."
"Now I...have got...TO GO!!!! JESUS GOD!!!"