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Summary: Finally, a book for the discerning film junkie-stoner set!
Review: Browsing a video store while high can be a frustrating and time-consuming experience. There's nothing worse then renting some flick based on the box propaganda, then getting it home and realizing there's better film on your teeth. What's the solution? Grab a copy of BP, read some hysterical and informational reviews, get baked and head for the store. Then watch films chosen specifically for their quality when viewed high. Most of us are familiar with the entries in the Reliable Sources chapter, but the really juicy bits of obscure celluloid are found in later chapters. Recommended reading for humor fans, stoners, film fans, and humorous stoned film fans.
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Summary: A must-read! Light up, grab some Doritos and take it away.
Review: Finally! A book by a couple of guys just like us. Only these guys know what they're talking about, and have the attention span to put it on paper. Not only is this book a must have for stoner film junkies, but also a great find for the rare heads who actually enjoy reading baked. The movie reviews are humorous, insightful, pretty darn accurate, and easy to read. And what other book can talk you down when you stumble unexpectedly onto an Akira Kurasawa film festival and can't get out? There's a lot of humor, helpful hints, little-known cinematic gems and even a dab of common sense tucked into this soon-to-be classic. Do you dread being the one picked to go to the video store and choose the night's entertainment while all your friends wait expectantly for your return? Can't handle the pressure? Or everyone at the video store STARING at you? (Just staring. Right at you. And the guys behind the counter - they're staring too) Fear no more, my friends. Grab a copy of Baked Potatoes and head to the video store with confidence. Your friends will thank you.
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Summary: Two of my fav subjects in one handy volume
Review: Finally, my two favorite subjects in one cool book. I agree with the other reviewers, this book has opened my eyes to many great movies. First, you should read this book for the laughs, then reread it for the movies. Again, you don't have to be a stoner to read this book, but it helps. Also, if anyone knows what became of the Baked Potatoes website, give me a buzz. Also, Mike and John, maybe in future edition you could get make a few of the pages out of rolling papers. Might I recommend Bambu?
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Summary: Two of my fav subjects in one handy volume
Review: Finally, my two favorite subjects in one cool book. I agree with the other reviewers, this book has opened my eyes to many great movies. First, you should read this book for the laughs, then reread it for the movies. Again, you don't have to be a stoner to read this book, but it helps. Also, if anyone knows what became of the Baked Potatoes website, give me a buzz. Also, Mike and John, maybe in future edition you could get make a few of the pages out of rolling papers. Might I recommend Bambu?
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Summary: It's smarter than you'd think!
Review: I must admit that "Baked Potatoes," along with being very funny at times, provides some fairly keen insight into some of America's most popular films (and the people who watch them). The "Bad Seed" chapter is not only exceedingly witty, but spares no one's feeling either. It's always a pleasure to hear crap descibed as such.
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Summary: Read the book, just don't see the movies
Review: I've gotta say that the book is a million times better than the actual movies they recommend. A couple years ago my friend and I made the mistake of taking the authors' word on a few of their "Unsung Heroes" picks. Perhaps the The Element of Crime paid off in the end, but it was one of the few flicks I never managed to watch all of. (Apparently most of Lar Von Trier's movies are like that.) And even though I did manage to watch all of The Last Wave, I didn't enjoy it, much less find the ending "mind-blowing". Maybe they were so high they were imagining a better movie than the one that was actually playing.
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Summary: Read the book, just don't see the movies
Review: I've gotta say that the book is a million times better than the actual movies they recommend. A couple years ago my friend and I made the mistake of taking the authors' word on a few of their "Unsung Heroes" picks. Perhaps the The Element of Crime paid off in the end, but it was one of the few flicks I never managed to watch all of. (Apparently most of Lar Von Trier's movies are like that.) And even though I did manage to watch all of The Last Wave, I didn't enjoy it, much less find the ending "mind-blowing". Maybe they were so high they were imagining a better movie than the one that was actually playing.
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Summary: Read the book, just don't see the movies
Review: I've gotta say that the book is a million times better than the actual movies they recommend. A couple years ago my friend and I made the mistake of taking the authors' word on a few of their "Unsung Heroes" picks. Perhaps the The Element of Crime paid off in the end, but it was one of the few flicks I never managed to watch all of. (Apparently most of Lar Von Trier's movies are like that.) And even though I did manage to watch all of The Last Wave, I didn't enjoy it, much less find the ending "mind-blowing". Maybe they were so high they were imagining a better movie than the one that was actually playing.
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Summary: Brilliant film guide -- not just for stoners!
Review: If you buy this book and you're a pot smoker: 1. Read the book sober first. It's extremely funny and generally accurate descriptions of films will make you want to see stuff you've probably forgotten by now. 2. Get stoned. Read it again. Mark the films that, when reviewed, make you laugh the most. 3. Rent those films. 4. Recommend book to all your friends. If you're not a stoner: All rules apply except the first part of #2.
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Summary: More than just the sum of its parts.
Review: OK, Yes I'm just another stoner from Portland, OR, and I cannot say enough about this book's merits along the lines of: "Great Movie Reviews," "Great Stoner Humor," et all. And yet for me, it was so much more than that. This book, almost more than any other, manages to capture the ineffable subjectivity of the movie-viewing-stoner with almost Proustian elan. From personal memories which have an almost universal ring, to completely off the wall tangents that yet bear the ring of truth, this book exposes the act of movie watching for the intensely personal experience that it is for all of us, and brings us together in that fragile realization. And it's very, very funny. Read it. Now. Thank you for your time.
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