Easy Rider/Wild At Heart/Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (DVD)

Advantages: unconventional comedy, brilliant leads
Disadvantages: the film itself is loosely attached to the main 'plot'

...Wwhen i first borrowed this film, i was sceptical, i had always loved Johnny Depp's films and wasn't concerned that his acting wasn't going to be as great as in his other films, but reading the back made me wonder what kind of film this was going to be. i am very glad i watched it now, as this was the first film where i saw Depp get completely immersed into his character, with Benicio Del Toro playing an excellent side-kick. the movie itself is somewhat mind-blowing, even without a definitive plot, as the film itself is about Depp's character recording a motorbike race in Vegas and yet the main theme appears to be drugs and its effects.. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a movie for those who don't necessarily need a set plot, and like their humour more thoughtful, more subtle, slightly psychadelic, yet none the less hilarious... Read review

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Advantages: DRUGS !
Disadvantages: none !

...Daaaamnnnnn this movie is the best ever! Featuring Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire what is directed by Terry Gilliam. A totally junkie movie. When the journalist and his lawyer are going to a motocycle meeting, and the trips on the way and there and after. On the way there, they are going with a cadillac, "they were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold". This sentence always associates me for this movie. On the way they pick up an auto stopper and they trip him out that much that the poor guy had to run away when they stopped to snort coke... They are smoking joints in the car, eating LSD that's the REAL life!! At the entrance to Las Vegas they see the sign.... Ok I don't remember exactly but there were written that for marijuana 30 years prison and such things... When... Read review

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Advantages: James Caan, good location shots of Las Vegas, fun to watch, beautiful people
Disadvantages: some storylines, acting not too hot

...min approx DVD area 2 Widescreen Subtitles in English only Las Vegas is currently in its forth season in the USA and despite the move from its Monday slot to Friday nights during season three it survived and got recommissioned. Sky TV are currently showing Season three on Sky One on Friday nights (as well as quick turn-around repeats during the week). I love watching the episodes, not necessarily in the correct order and remember the time when I was walking up and down the Strip, gambling away my holiday money - actually I won more than I lost - always hoping to win big like some of the characters in the show and get all the complimentary treats they were given in the show. If you think it's easy to get comps in Vegas you are mistaken, unless you are a high- roller with money to burn you will not receive much in form of comps... Read review

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