Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Benicio Del Toro, Cameron Diaz, Christina Ricci, Gary Busey, Johnny Depp

Journalist Raoul Duke and his lawyer Dr Gonzo drive from LA to Las Vegas on a drugs binge. They nominally cover news stories, including a convention on drug abuse, but also sink deeper into a frighten...( read more  read more... )ing psychedelic otherworld. As Vietnam, Altamont and the Tate killings impinge from the world of TV news, Duke and Gonzo see casinos, reptiles and the American dream.

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  • JennifairyW
    December 20, 2009
    JennifairyW
    "Jesus God almighty look at that bunch over there man!"
  • irisheyes686
    December 1, 2009
    irisheyes686
    One of the worst movies I've ever seen. The only thing that made it bearable was JD.
  • SirPant
    August 27, 2009
    SirPant
    They said it could never be adapted into film and they were wrong. Gilliam, Del Toro and Depp on top of their game. Brilliant.
  • sononothing
    March 22, 2009
    sononothing
    The kids have this thing they do late at night on the weekends called Road Tripping. You go out in your vehicle and drive around all night drinking and smoking dope. Apparently it's a good old time, yet I don't know how safe it actually is. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a fil...( read more)m about the ultimate road trip to Sin City with an unlimited supply of booze, drugs, and bullshit as two guys plot a collision course to disaster.

    The film, base on Hunter S. Thompson's book, is the story of Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) which is actually Thompson's interpretation of himself and his attorney Dr. Gonzo (Benicio del Toro) as they travel to Las Vegas for an article assigned to Raoul Duke. They load up their car an embark on a journey fueled by drugs and booze causing a normal working trip to Vegas to become a hallucinatory nightmare and a comment on the post hippie era in the United States.

    Both Depp and del Toro fill their roles as we see them spiral out of control, hell they're already out of control when we meet them in the desert. Depp fills Thompson's shoes as an over the top drug hogging maniac that has temporary moments of clarity and comment on how Las Vegas has become a microcosm of American life. The pair are great at playing lunatics binging on the contents of their little brown briefcase.

    The film is a really masterpiece in the way it's shot. Terry Gilliam, who is no stranger to odd films, creates a drugged out atmosphere that pulls you into the chemical haze, yet leaves the audience to realize how ridiculous Las Vegas actually was in that era. Pink encrusted rooms and acrobats on the gaming floor are not hallucinations- they're the real thing, even though it seems totally out of place in the situation.

    The thing about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is that it isn't just a film about road tripping. In between the the freak outs and stealing towels and soap the film really becomes a commentary about how the generation that felt that they changed the world in the 1960's somehow got derailed in the 1970's. The whole idea of freeing ones mind in the flower power era suddenly becomes excessive in the decade of excess. The film is more a commentary on what went wrong when the decade rolled over. When you really look at it Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas isn't as strange a tale as it seems. It's just enhanced a bit.
  • habitualdamnation
    December 22, 2008
    habitualdamnation
    Crazy ass cool production design. Favourite line was "There he goes, one of God's prototypes. Too weird to live, too rare to die." A bit too much drugs for me though.
  • sceptre532001
    December 21, 2009
    sceptre532001
    This is a movie you must watch from beginning to end with no interruptions preferably drunk or stoned or both lol. A very trippy movie
  • thevoiceofreason1
    December 15, 2009
    thevoiceofreason1
    Based on my life but without so many drugs. Watch out for the bats!!
  • jezzstjezz
    December 9, 2009
    jezzstjezz
    Visually it's a hell of a movie; great quotes, plus the concept of registering a drug trip was great too, but I guess having one of your own was a requirement to bear this movie.

    The lack of a plot was really the least of the problems. The situations were apathetic to the point ...( read more)of boring you to death, the voiceover was terrible, but mainly, Depp's annoyingly unclear diction while smoking just made it impossible for me to even consider liking it.
  • mattman1989
    December 6, 2009
    mattman1989
    "With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he'll never know."

    An excellent adaptation of the book and a beautiful insight int...( read more)o the atmosphere of the late 60s. Just like the book, it depicts a savage journey that eventually leads Journalist Raoul Duke and his lawyer to Las Vegas, where they finally experience the dark side of the american dream. You can't help but feel swept up in the madness of their drug enduced adventures, while also being shocked by the realisation of where the sixties evetually saw some people wind up. A very strange, yet intriguing film. Though I'd recommend you read the book first.
  • molasseshunginrent
    December 6, 2009
    molasseshunginrent
    So good even your straight-edged friends will like it.
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