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Summary: Hey Columbia, Where's the %$&$#!! features?!?
Review: I'm giving this 4 stars because I love Cheech & Chong. Nice Dreams, in my opinion, is the third best C&C movie. Up In Smoke('78) being the best followed by Next Movie('80.) "Nice Dreams" is enjoyable (I can't believe it's been 20 years since I saw it in the theatre as a teenager.) The "Save The Whales" song is great. I've always loved Tommy Chong's guitar riffs and I love it when they do these little songs in the middle of scenes. After an enjoyable start, the movie slows down a bit but picks up for a funny second half. The movie gives off a very *cool* feeling with it's "pot growing" scenes. My beef here is with Columbia Tri-Star (come to think of it, they should change their name to *COLUMBIAN Tri-Star* for the Cheech & Chong flicks) Seriously though, my problem is that there are NO FEATURES to speak of on this DVD. I WAS pleased to see that there was a picture disc and choice of format(including anamorphic widescreen) but NOT ONE REAL FEATURE. They even dupe you on the back of the DVD by stating "bonus trailers"; implying that there are extra trailers *ALONG WITH* the NICE DREAMS trailer. NO DICE... THERE IS NO "NICE DREAMS" trailer (only two others.) What the hell is the big deal for these movie companies to give us a few features for these older movies?!? To me, features are much more important on an older movie (for nostalgia sake at least!) than on some new movie that's been promoted into the ground anyway! Here's an idea for "NICE DREAMS" or "CHRISTINE" or "THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH" or any of the other older movies that have been given the shaft, features wise: 1. Theatrical Trailer (ALWAYS start with this; having no trailer is like having no thermos in a lunch box.) 2. nostalgic features like TV commercials, old interviews, poster art etc. (for me, this kinda stuff is VERY important.) 3. Deleted Scenes (bring 'em on!...good or bad.) 4. a nice featurette (which includes original *cast members* *looking back* on the film, not *producers boring us to tears* with location and technical troubles. 5. Finally, audio comm. is always a bonus. I know what you're saying, "NICE DREAMS" isn't worth all that. Well, I say "If you're GOING to release something on DVD, FILL UP THE DAMNED SPACE!" Make it FUN to BUY! Let us feel like we spent our money WISELY. DVD IS MEANT FOR THIS. **CELEBRATE the film, don't BARE-BONE it like it was a reissued VIDEO TAPE! Paramount did a decent job with "Up In Smoke." I can only *hope* that Universal does a good jod with "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie"....but I'm not holding my breath.
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Summary: The best Cheech and CHong movie ever!
Review: It's fun from begining to the end
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Summary: More like C&C
Review: Nice Dreams comes in 2nd behind Up In Smoke, in my opinion. The innocent, goofy demeanor of Cheech and Chong are better portrayed in Nice Dreams than in Next Movie. One complaint I have, is they left Sgt. Stedanko out of the main plot. I think it added alot more humor to the story when he was an uptight, though incompetent, police Sargeant in hot pursuit of Cheech and Chong along with his numbskull officers. Though brain-dead things like Chong cashing a check for the Hamburger Dude with NON NEGOTIABLE stamped across the front made it worthwhile.
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Summary: Would you like a Hamburger?
Review: Nice Dreams might be either C & C's second or third best film. They have a movie that might seem weird in the first viewing, but it grows on you after a few viewings, each one getting funnier. And it's not just the funny sequences involving a pot garden, a lizard sergeant or mental patient animals. It's also the little things, like chats by Cheech and Chong about petty stuff that actually might make sense when you go with the flow (like the discussion on Hippie retirement homes). But that's just an observation on the small things. Overall, Nice Dreams is a very hilarious film that has all the things you could want in a C & C movie, and while it doesn't quite match up to the brilliance of Up in Smoke, it does many cool things; one of which is bringing Pee-Wee Herman in the mix as the uproarious Hamburger dude. Love the save the whales song.
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Summary: Would you like a Hamburger?
Review: Nice Dreams might be either C & C's second or third best film. They have a movie that might seem weird in the first viewing, but it grows on you after a few viewings, each one getting funnier. And it's not just the funny sequences involving a pot garden, a lizard sergeant or mental patient animals. It's also the little things, like chats by Cheech and Chong about petty stuff that actually might make sense when you go with the flow (like the discussion on Hippie retirement homes). But that's just an observation on the small things. Overall, Nice Dreams is a very hilarious film that has all the things you could want in a C & C movie, and while it doesn't quite match up to the brilliance of Up in Smoke, it does many cool things; one of which is bringing Pee-Wee Herman in the mix as the uproarious Hamburger dude. Love the save the whales song.
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Summary: laughoutloud
Review: Nostalgia for my childhood recently caused me to buy and watch the Cheech and Chong movies (with the exception of The Coriscan Brothers). Aside from realizing I shouldn't have been watching those movies in my pre-teen days, I realized how well done they are. Most amazing to me was that they held up one after the other, feeling not repetitive, though each of them is rather episodic. Most impressive was Chong's direction; he makes a number of interesting choices that elevate him beyond the status of writer/star who has enough power to direct; clearly, he took this role quite seriously. The movies, of course, are not serious. I rarely laugh out loud in movies these days, but I did at least a half dozen times in each of these. The characters are not only given funny situations in which to work and funny lines to deliver, but each of them is presented with a kind of earnestness that makes them likeable, and the films all he more watchable.
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Summary: Not a classic like Up in Smoke
Review: Overall, this movie wasn't as good as Up in Smoke or Next Movie (my favorite C&C movie) but it's a classic compared to Still Smokin and Corsician Brothers (perhaps C&C's worst).
The first half hour started off good but then it's a see-saw battle of good and boring parts. If you're a C&C fan, then I would recommend this movie for you, and if you're a beginner, start with Up in Smoke or Next Movie.
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Summary: Cheech & Chong are selling ice cream with "Herbs".
Review: The flaw of this DVD is that the set-up screen where you choose Play Movie, Audio, Screen Ratio, etc, is blurry and the letters are red. The red bleeds in so you can not make out the letters or what the words are. The nice feature is you get to choose full-screen or wide screen in the Aspect Ratio Screen, however it takes too long to flip back to the set-up screen and there is no "play movie" on the screen to click on to. This Cheech & Chong film (their third in a starring role) is probably the most memorable of all films they have been in together. This time the guys have a new job and they drive an Ice Cream truck. This film is heavy on the marijuana. You'll even see a Gilla Monster, er ah, a lizard smoke on a reefer. That Cheech, will he ever get a chance to make love? Memorable performance by Suzanne Kent as "Sidney, the Agent. No, it is NOT Lucie Arnaz. You're tokin' too much, watch the movie. Funniest Line in the film: "My balls itch"!--Cheech Marin in a straight-jacket.
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Summary: Cheech & Chong are selling ice cream with "Herbs".
Review: The flaw of this DVD is that the set-up screen where you choose Play Movie, Audio, Screen Ratio, etc, is blurry and the letters are red. The red bleeds in so you can not make out the letters or what the words are. The nice feature is you get to choose full-screen or wide screen in the Aspect Ratio Screen, however it takes too long to flip back to the set-up screen and there is no "play movie" on the screen to click on to. This Cheech & Chong film (their third in a starring role) is probably the most memorable of all films they have been in together. This time the guys have a new job and they drive an Ice Cream truck. This film is heavy on the marijuana. You'll even see a Gilla Monster, er ah, a lizard smoke on a reefer. That Cheech, will he ever get a chance to make love? Memorable performance by Suzanne Kent as "Sidney, the Agent. No, it is NOT Lucie Arnaz. You're tokin' too much, watch the movie. Funniest Line in the film: "My balls itch"!--Cheech Marin in a straight-jacket.
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Summary: YEAH MAN!!!
Review: This C&C was not as funny as NEXT MOVIE, but still is classic Cheech and Chong. WHen the duo meet "Animal" rules!
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