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Summary: Fearful and loathsome
Review: I've never seen anything as repulsive as this. It is supposedly a gonzo, drug-induced, stream of consciousness romp through Las Vegas involving 2 dysfunctionally stoned and crazed individuals. It is a waste of time, altogether missing whatever mark it set. If you must see it, do so on an empty stomach. One reluctant star for the authentic 1971 look of the film.
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Summary: I've never seen anything quite like this
Review: This movie made me laugh so hard I thought I was going to stop breathing. I mean, I always though ether was used for knocking out paitents going into surgery. What a trip, one constant stoned adventure scary at times. Make sure you take at least 10 hits off the bong before watching this one
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Summary: god awful
Review: Hunter Thompson's brillance is lost in this terrible adapation. Problem is that the book is largely composed of internal dialogue which is too difficult to turn into cinema.Nice try, but no thanks!
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Summary: Is there anything wrong with this film?
Review: The effects are good the story is interresting and I was glued to my seat an excellent film about Las Vegas and substance abuse in the 70's. If you really like 70's flashbacks then this movie is definetly for you.
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Summary: dizzy and puking in florida
Review: i was tripping again. this film reminded me of some places i've been, and some people i used to know. it's every bit as good as the book.
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Summary: Maaaaaan...
Review: Messed up movie! P.S. Dont watch on 5 grams of shroom
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Summary: A Hellish Reality
Review: Terry Gilliam produces yet another derranged film that totally amazed me. Based on Hunter Thomas' novel, I wonder how many of his fans feel about this new adaptation. I've read the novel, and truthfully I see no real changes in the film. A few here and there perhaps, but nothing big. Johnny Depp does an admirable job portraying the eccentric Thompson. An all round great movie, at times throughout the film I actually felt as though I had taken a hit off of acid. Again, if you are a huge Thompson fan your critique will probably be a little more deeper than my own. Honestly beyond his book and this movie I don't know a lot about him. I know at one part he rode with the Hell's Angels, which took balls. If they were to make a movie about that, you'd have an Oscar nomination to expect.
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Summary: Yes, yes, YES
Review: I loved the book, but somehow I missed a lot of the point of it in my original reading, and wasn't a huge fan. This movie opened my eyes, and forced me to re-read the book. The movie does a great job following the book through all Thompson/Duke's (mis)adventures. It made me laugh, it made me scream, it made me want to cry. I have watched this movie over and over and over and over.... Johnny Dep is PERFECT for the role, and I was never a fan, at least not until I saw Fear & Loathing. The American Dream, folks, it's here for the taking!
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Summary: Could this movie rock more?
Review: Not only is this movie extreamly fun to watch, but it also has some very deep explinations of strange happenings in the 60's. If you listen carefully enough, you could come out with an education.
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Summary: .
Review: This is one of those movies that just is *not* going to appeal to all people. And I don't even mean that Hollywood types will hate it and artsy types will love it. Hollywood types certainly won't find much to enjoy here, but even the artsy types will be split on this one (as can be seen from some of the reviews.) I don't feel that there's anything about this movie that screams: "I'm brilliant, and if you don't understand that you're a fool!" It isn't the easiest movie to love. But for some reason, I really liked it, quite a bit. I liked it better than most of Gilliam's other films. I get an odd sort of pleasure out of the fact that the characters do not change or learn anything, and that they never make any appeal to the viewer's sense of sympathy or empathy. I like the fact that Thompson (Depp) puts up with ... um ... well, the other guy ... more than anyone else would, and more than we even want him to, and that he does this without questioning it at all. And of course I *really* dig Johnny Depp's performance. It's just such an odd movie, in so many respects. It is a difficult movie to defend on a critical level, I think, but in some abstract, personal way, I managed to get a lot out of watching it.
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