Fear and Loathing Las Vegas

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Saw this for the first time the other day, awesome film, love the surrealism and the writing style, thought it was ace :D

"This is bat country!"
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If you liked the whole HST madness hang,you'll love this one - Its a movie called "Where the Buffaloes Roam" and stars Bill Murray as HST and Peter Boyle as his attorney.Music is by Neil Young (amongst others) and is awesomely funny. :cool:
 
Me and my cousin sat and watched this one day. After it we were just like wtf was that lol. It was complete mayhem but in that just pure genius. I could not believe that was johnny depp and benicio del toro.

"Do it when the white rabbit peaks"

hehe.
 
I borrowed this off a friend the other day, and wasn't that impressed tbh. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad film, but for me, the book just can't be beaten. I think the great thing about the book is that it's so packed full of imagery, and the very experience of drugs is something in the mind rather than a visual experience, so the film was bound to suffer from this. At times, I felt the film was a bit too slapstick, whereas the book is more "serious". But credit to the director for trying to make the film.

Rob.
 
retribution said:
...the very experience of drugs is something in the mind rather than a visual experience...
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I don't agree with that, sorry. Ether, Mescaline and Acid which are the three main drugs they use in the film are very visual drugs. Granted there's a lot going on in your head at the time (so I'm told...) but what you see at the time is far from normal (so I'm told...).
 
Big Chris said:
I don't agree with that, sorry. Ether, Mescaline and Acid which are the three main drugs they use in the film are very visual drugs. Granted there's a lot going on in your head at the time (so I'm told...) but what you see at the time is far from normal (so I'm told...).
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Maybe I worded it wrong, what I basically mean is, the sensation of these drugs is probably more difficult to convey on a screen, which offers little personal-interpretation, than in a book, which allows the reader to build their own "picture" in their mind more easily.
Difficult to explain :p

Rob.
 
retribution said:
Maybe I worded it wrong, what I basically mean is, the sensation of these drugs is probably more difficult to convey on a screen, which offers little personal-interpretation, than in a book, which allows the reader to build their own "picture" in their mind more easily.
Difficult to explain :p

Rob.
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Yeah I see your point, but I think the reason I personally like the film so much is Gilliam and Depp managed to hit the nail pretty much on the head with regards to the sensation and atmosphere of being otherwise influenced by nefarious substances.
 
Probably best quote of the film, its more of a sensible one for Johnny Depps character

"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

Speaking about his mate on the film
 
Matallica said:
Probably best quote of the film, its more of a sensible one for Johnny Depps character

"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

Speaking about his mate on the film
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One of the best quotes and surprisingly the only one that was never in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I believe it was published in Fear and Loathing in America

"Dont take any gruff from those swine"
 
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