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Forum Meta => Archive => Arts and Entertainment Archive => Topic started by: Khem on October 19, 2007, 07:22:54 AM
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who else loves this movie?
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I love this movie, although the book was a LOT better (as is usually the case)
I also like how every time you watch it you noticed new things be they hidden in the background or just other little things..
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yea. its wierd isn't it? also every time i watch it i sympathize with a different character more than the rest and usualy no the same one twice.
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A few years back I used to watch this movie almost on a daily basis, I've had VHS copies of movies from the 80's last longer then my VHS copy of F&L
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i bet Myro didn't like it.
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Great movie, great book, great director.
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It was alright, but it was too much in a drug-laced stupor most of the time to make any sense at all.
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Oh i remember this one, it was weird, very good but weird. David Lynch would do a better job without drugs. I think the merit in this movie is the actor, Johnny is great and he's superb in this kind of roles.
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David Lynch? I believe this was directed by Terry Gilliam. Haven't seen the movie, but I love Gilliam's writing/directing work.
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It was started by Alex Cox, he got fired and then they had Gilliam come in. The book was all about Hunter S. Thompson's drug trip in Las Vegas. So to take out any of the drug references or not to make Hunter stoned out of his head the whole time would pretty much make for a worthless movie.
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No i just compared David Lynch would do a pretty similar or better movie without inducing drugs into the movie, not about the story itself, Johnny really does a great work so I would just say the movie is great because of him, otherwise i don't see much of an interest.
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Ah, I thought you were arguing that Lynch should stop taking drugs so that he can make better movies, which my implication would include this one. My apologies.
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If anything he should take more powerful drugs in larger quantities to improve his films.
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No i just compared David Lynch would do a pretty similar or better movie without inducing drugs into the movie, not about the story itself, Johnny really does a great work so I would just say the movie is great because of him, otherwise i don't see much of an interest.
This post was about what people thought of the movie. Before you say anything about the drug references and Lynch wouldn't use them, Frank from "Blue Velvet" was a carrying a bottle of nitrous oxide. If Lynch had directed "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", he would have kept the drug referneces in. The movie is great not because of the acting but because it gets right in your face about drug use. It gives the feeling that you are right there and really did a good job converting the book to a movie.
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I didn't read the book if you haven't understood.
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No i just compared David Lynch would do a pretty similar or better movie without inducing drugs into the movie, not about the story itself, Johnny really does a great work so I would just say the movie is great because of him, otherwise i don't see much of an interest.
This post was about what people thought of the movie. Before you say anything about the drug references and Lynch wouldn't use them, Frank from "Blue Velvet" was a carrying a bottle of nitrous oxide. If Lynch had directed "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", he would have kept the drug referneces in. The movie is great not because of the acting but because it gets right in your face about drug use. It gives the feeling that you are right there and really did a good job converting the book to a movie.
He would have kept the drug references in because without them the movie would be five minutes long.
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I didn't read the book if you haven't understood.
I understood that, what I don't understand is why you then said David Lynch wouldn't have put in drug references. I also don't think you needed to read the book to figure out the movie was about 1 long, giant drug trip
He would have kept the drug references in because without them the movie would be five minutes long.
I don't think it would have even lasted that long.
To get back on the subject, when I walked out of the movie theater, I felt like I was on one of his drug trips. That's saying something about the look and feel of how powerful the movie is.
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It's a great movie, ain't no one arguing that.
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Most of us said so.
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The movie was great, but as some have said, the book was alot better. I wouldn't say it's so much "in your face" about drug use, as it is almost somewhat of a parody of the drug culture, a mockumentary of sorts.
Most of Hunter S Thompsons writings deal with the darker side of humanity, presenting it in a satirical fashion. I've read quite a bit of his works, FNL and The Rum Diary being among my favs.
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I'm actually not a fan of the movie. It's only as good as the background stuff you know about it, not the movie in and of itself.
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I finally saw Fear & Loathing a few days ago and loved it! People I know were astounded that I'd never had the pleasure and my brother finally brought it over to my apartment to watch it.
In summary: a wonderful film.