Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Criterion Collection | Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro

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	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Criterion Collection Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro Criterion, 2003 average customer review:based on 554 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

On a business trip to Las Vegas, renegade journalist Raoul Duke and his friend Dr. Gonzo must resort to the unthinkable and try to act normally.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 18-FEB-2003
Media Type: DVD

"I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead"

This is for sure one of my top ten favourite films. I must have watched it 20-30 times since it came out, and I and some friends have a habit of watching it at vorspiel if we're going out on town. It is just so hilariously funny that I don't even know where to begin. Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro both act in what I think are roles they can never top again. Having read the book by Hunter S. Thompson several times, I think this is one of the few films out there that actually manages to capture the essence of a book on screen without loosing too much of the content. The film itself should be well enough known to leave out any summary of the "plot", but it is basically a ride into the dark side of the US back in the 1970's.

Raoul Duke (Depp) is a kind of free-lance journalist on a mission to Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle-race, he brings his Samoan lawyer (Del Toro) since "he's going to need plenty of legal advice before this is over". They bring a suitcase full of drugs and alcohol, and head through the desert from Los Angeles towards Vegas. The film is both completely insane and hilariously funny. They dig ever deeper into their own minds and the suitcase of drugs, and from that ever more bizarre situations occur. The film has some "dull" moments too, but they are necessary to show the up's and down's of this kind of psychedelic journey. The hilarious quotes from this film are too many to bring up here; but the best one might be when the pair are on their way to some kind of family fair and they decide to sniff some ether before entering; "Ah, devil ether. It makes you behave like the village drunkard in some early Irish novel".

Read the book, and then watch this. If you don't like it, you either have a complete lack of humour or just very bad taste in movies. The funniest film I own, without a doubt. 5 stars plus!

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This is the most hilarious and scary drug movie that you will ever see! Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro are fantastic in this as a writer and his agent! Christina Ricci and Tobey MacGuire make appearances in this! You wouldnt believe everything these guys did and they lived for many many years after this happened! Very adventurous and fun! Own this!

Breathtakingly Honest

To the typical viewer, this movie is just a wacky comedy with drugs, foul language, and Johnny Depp.

However, to the serious movie connoisseur, this is an amazing exploration of an era almost forgotten by society and time. The way it portrays two typical 70's hippies is perfect, right down to the copious amounts of drugs they use.

Johnny Depp also does a breathtaking performance as American journalist Hunter S. Thompson, perfecting the man's mannerisms and odd sense of style.

This is definitely one of the best adaptations of a novel to ever be made, and is worth watching if you want a hilarious and heartwarming story filled with great acting and stunning visual effects.

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Gotta love it

Most drug movies are meant to be experienced under the influence, or when I watch this one, to watch late at night when you are very tired and have some feelings like a drug trip. Watching this movie for the first time a couple months ago, it didn't really connect what it was all about and where it came from. So then, I started reading some of Hunter Thompson's books and reading about his life, and then I watched the movie with more knowledge. I can't say how much I love this movie now knowing all that. The price on this is totally worth it because aside from being a collector's edition of this classic, it has bonus features that will put almost all other bonus features to shame. Buy this and buy this now

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Weird

I've never seen a movie like this.Depp is superb,but what a waste of talent and money doing this stupid film.Nothing makes sense.

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