Of course the movie wasn't as good as the book, they never are(except Fight Club). I was a big fan of Hunter before the movie was made and have read most of his books, but I really liked the movie too. Of course I like Depp, Gilliam and Del Toro a lot. I think it captured the spirit of the book for the most part and stayed true to the central themes. Of course it went through a bit of transformation being made into a film, but I thought the end result was quite satisfying and that most directors and actors would have totally butchered and mistranslated it. Hunter's mojo was totally imprinted on Depp when he played him, he's been channeling it in almost everything he's done since. He even paid for the construction of the freak fist cannon that Hunter had designed to shoot his ashes out of.
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