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Good movie but grossly overrated

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As Good As It Gets

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Choke stars Dennis Hopper as your forty/fifty something businessman who has problems at work and at home. At work he has to give Roy Tate the heave-ho as he finds Roy is a conman who wants to rope Hopper into one of his schemes. But on the domestic front his daughter has just gotten involved in a hit and run accident where she's killed someone.Tate overhears the conversation between Hopper and his daughter and interjects himself in that affair by taking her car and ditching it. Which enrages Hopper even further and he chokes Tate.Sad to say his act of throwing Tate's body out the bathroom window from his building is seen by Michael Madsen who is fresh from his own murder of his girlfriend with the body in his car trunk. A combination of charm, insinuation, and blackmail forces Hopper into alliance with him.Imagine Strangers On A Train where Guy and Bruno each commit their own murders and ally themselves in the disposal and getaway and you've got Choke. An interesting idea and Hopper and Madsen work hard, but we know the outome already due to some bad execution of the script. Plus both could have used a bit better direction.

I just saw this movie on late night television and really liked it. I wanted to find out more about this thriller and ended up here. The only reason I started watching it was because Dennis Hopper was in it, but was quickly drawn into it. I realize, from the comments I've read, that lots of people didn't think it was very good, and that surprised me. I liked the plot and enjoyed the acting of Dennis Hopper and Michael Madsen. I found it quite interesting how they were filmed while riding in the car talking. It gave a surreal and rather paranoid feel to the scenes. Sure, not all of the supporting cast are overwhelmingly wonderful when it comes to acting, but they're not on screen enough to really be a bother. I adored the ending. All I'll say is; it's a nice bit of a twist. I thought it was quite clever. I truly don't understand why so many people dislike this movie. I recommend it. It certainly kept my interest.

I thought Choke had potential, but I thought it could have been a much better film. It had some interesting twists and turns, but some of them seemed kind of pointless. When showing background on the two main characters, some of that really seemed to go awry. Most of it was sort of useless and didn't help the movie at all. This was also not Dennis Hopper's finest hour. However, the main saving grace of this movie for me was Michael Madsen. His performance was excellent. In this movie, he almost makes Mr. Blonde look like a nice guy. All in all, it was watchable. Still, I was left thinking some things could have been done differently. These things would have made the movie much better, in my opinion.

Hopper has never been worse as if he felt as this movie is worthy of only a grade B performance and he delivers a rather good one. Outside of Madsen and Hopper the acting is horrid; you've seen better at your local high school. The sound and at times the editing and camera shots are low end of B-movies. The scene with the peeping tom is of movies greatest gratuitous nudity scenes I've ever seen (it doesn't even come close to fitting in the movie). The script was probably a great 10-page outline, but when it comes out to a full-length movie there are more holes in it then the dead bodies Madsen left behind. I do have to say Hopper dressed in a nice suit driving the Hummer had me laughing out loud, but I don't think that was the intent. Yes there is a little style, and Hopper can always draw my interest. However the interesting plot concept never pays off and you are left wondering why you wasted your time watching this.