Cultural Opportunities #1
I watched the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for our cultural opportunity. I have to say the film left a impression on me. I enjoyed it far more then i thought i would. Iwent int the movie thinking it would be a boring movie on a author I was not aware of. I found out I could not be farther from the truth. The movie is based on the two real life trips Hunter S. Thompson made to Las Vegas with a lawyer friend of his. The movie blurs the line between what is real and what is the product of heavy use of drugs and alchohol. There are several scenes in the movie that almost made me stop watching. The lizard scene in the movie will be forever burned into my mind. I dont think anything will erase the horror that I saw on the screen. I did notice some very thoughtful comments made during the film. I found the life of the author to be on the extreme. I myself would not engage in such acts. It might have been he indulged in thgis before to enhance his creativity. I say to anyone who brings up this point that this is unacceptable. Any true tallented work should be hard fought for. i do however have to concede that some of the greatest works of art and litature were done due to the influence of narcotics.
I liked the movie. it was typical for the time in which it portrayed. It has been some time sense I have seen this movie so the details are a little skecthy but I remember the basic overal content. Drugs were pretty much a common party of live in that time because people were not as educated on the effects of them as they are now. i would have to rate thia movie a 7 out of 10
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