Film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

[dylmeister007]

i liked the book but it was pretty all over the place.

 

[enoughorangejuice?]

hunter s. thompson was a great writer. fear and loating is wonderful. i'm starting a book of his following the nixon campaign trail

 

[jimmyblaze1]

Only films I've watched tripping are School of Rock & Spirited Away...good times...first time I did acid, was very mild trip tho so I wouldn't count it so much...

Really wanna watch F & L on ANYTHING - never watched it stoned even, I've only seen it twice and I had only had a few cans... awesome headfuck film though, very realistic about how much of a mindfuck drugs can be if one goes abit overboard lol

 

[L2R]

i wanna to take a drug trip while watching that futurama episode where fry recalls watching a film with a drug trip in it while being on a drug trip himself.

 

[jackie jones]

great movie. one of my favorites. the book is better, and its one of his weaker books IMO.

 

[junctionalfunkie]

I first read Fear and Loathing in 1988, when I found a copy lying on a library table. I read the first page and was like "what the hell.....?" Five years later, I named my dog "Hunter."

When I heard they were making a movie of it, I was pissed. "There's no way they can make a movie about that book! It's impossible!" I thought.

But they did a pretty good job.

Still, there's so much great stuff in the book that's not in the movie. Like when he calls Lucy a "bulldog-faced girl." lol

 

[WinterNips]

I finally saw this movie for the first time a few days ago! Naturally I was extremelly stoned and it was quite the experience, at times I felt like I was going through some of the crazy shit going on in the movie, but I definately rate it as up there with my favourit films of all time. I might watch it sober though because atm it's all a bit of a blur to me. Might read the book too, though I don't know if I can handle it if it's going to leave me in an existential quandering...i hate those

 

[Bardeaux]

Classic movie. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys drugs, films, circuses, the desert, golf shoes, classic convertables, tape recorders, acapulco shirts, insanity and/or gambling visors.

 

[C_mc1]

Loved the film. The book is even better. One of my favorite writers.

 

[DexterMeth]

Have any of you seen "Breakfast with Hunter"? It's a documentary on him made around the time Fear and Loathing was being filmed. I just saw it about a week ago and would say it's a must see for all Thompson fans.

 

[pinkstarscracate]

Love this movie, Johnny Depp and Binicio Del Toro do a really good job acting like their fucked up lol.

Tried watching it on shrooms once wasn't that fun, it was pretty trippy hahaha

 

[Bardeaux]

Have any of you seen "Breakfast with Hunter"? It's a documentary on him made around the time Fear and Loathing was being filmed. I just saw it about a week ago and would say it's a must see for all Thompson fans.

Is that the one made up of a bunch of interviews with him at woody creek? Also with his girlfriend and Ralph Steadman?

 

[Max Power]

There are like three HST docs that I know of. All good.

 

[Bardeaux]

Yeah I've seen Gonzo: The life and work of HST, Buy the Ticket: HST on film, and Breakfast with Hunter. But they all run together in my memory.

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

This is one example of a movie which is better than the book.

I clicked on this thread specifically to make this comment. Though when a movie is better than the good book its based on, I consider the author the inventor of the hot dog, and the director the guy who just knew it would be that much better with mustard and ketchup--instead of fucking it up with something wrong like mayonnaise. I should go to bed.

 

[Jabberwocky]

this film was made by a god, for gods

watching it now while very coked up, fantastic

 

[Bill]

I consider the author the inventor of the hot dog, and the director the guy who just knew it would be that much better with mustard and ketchup--instead of fucking it up with something wrong like mayonnaise. I should go to bed.

Lol that's good, I've never thought of it like that

 

[marissaaaaaa]

i was watching this on tv yesterday too!
too goood man.
makes me wanna go wild

 

[xHippiexchildx]

Don't try and fight it. You'll get brain bubbles, strokes, aneurysms. And you'll just wither up and die.

 

[Ms.Martini]

never gets old.