Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (DVD) Reviews

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas directed by Terry Gilliam and based on the novel by Hunter S. Thompson. We follow the misadventures of the perpetually intoxicated Raul Duke (Johnny Depp) and his equally-intoxicated attorney Dr. Gonzo (Benicio del Toro) during their stay in (you guessed it) Las Vegas. While watching this I felt torn in ...  Read the complete review

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a drug fuelled road movie, based on the book of the same name, about a journalist who gets side-tracked from his assignment partly due to, among other things, the contents of his suitcase which includes"...two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt ...  Read the complete review

I understand that when the film first came out, people started to get up and leave the cinema after the first 10-15 minutes. Only a couple of people remained seated, who had a clue what Benicio del Toro was chasing non-existent bats in the middle of the desert for, what was happening with the moving pattern of the hotel carpet and why poor Johnny ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on The Student Room Fear and Loathing is one of those real cinematic curiosities, and audiences and critics remain sharply divided on it. What I've found consistent throughout my observations, though, is that it's very much a "student film", although at the same time, I think it's a film considerably ...  Read the complete review

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is based on a book by the same title, written by Hunter Thompson in the year of 1971. Hunter Thompson is now deceased but when he was alive he was one weird cookie and had a somewhat cult following. He was known as the self-styled King of Gonzo journalism, mad as a box of frogs, into guns and explosives, drugs, booze ...  Read the complete review

Fear & Loathing is a series of vignettes, strung together loosely to form a whole which is only vaguely cohesive, and probably only comprehensible if you're drunk. I loved it. It spoke to me in ways I can't explain. The whole thing is an excercise in the ways various drugs destroy the brain, creating different and utterly bizarre realities for ...  Read the complete review

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas is a supposedly true story written and detailed by the late American journalist, Hunter S. Thompson who recently committed suicide. I guess the story has been somewhat exaggerated though, for the purpose of both the book and the film. This started off as a book and for those of you that have read it, you will ...  Read the complete review

*Both the film in question & this review may contain references to drug uses that some readers may wish to shield their precious eyes from (because they might find them offensive, and not because the bats may hit you in the face!) "No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon ...  Read the complete review

WOW....Read the book first before you see this film. I know most people say the book is better than the film and usually that is true.....but once you read this book you will think to yourself " how in the world will they ever portray this book in film ". It seems impossible, hell you can barely make sense of much of the book. ( by the ...  Read the complete review

Im a bit confused about this website. Do people actually read the reviews before going out to spend their hard earned cash? Do these reviews influence people? ill get to my review in aminute, but the reason i ask is this. I was just cruising in my white shark dell laptop around this site and i found a review for... wait for it.... ...  Read the complete review

I included this film in my top ten but to just re-iterate how good it is, I’ve decided to write my opinion on it. If you like fantastically eccentric directing and a storyline that doesn’t really go anywhere when Fear And Loathing is the film to see. I don’t want people to see that lack of plot as a reason not to see ...  Read the complete review

As my nickname suggests, this film had a big effect on me. It was so refreshing to see the effects of drugs on professional, intellectuals rather than the usual junkie depictions seen in the movies. Terry Gilliam's vision of how to turn Hunter S.Thompson's book into a film couldn't have been done better. Gilliam was the perfect ...  Read the complete review

"we were half way through the desert when the drugs took hold" strange words to sart a film with some may say but not if the film includes a journalist and his attorney on the business TRIP of their lives. the word trip is emphasised as the movie takes place in the aftermath of the sixties whilst hallucnagenic drugs are still the passing ...  Read the complete review

Possibly my favourite film, You would be right to assume that this is a film for twenty somethings really, it's fast and furious, in everything from camera angles to unforgettable lines, such as "Don't worry, he's just admiring the shape of your skull..." Basically, Raoul Duke, goes to Las vegas to cover a story, his ...  Read the complete review

So far on my short stay on this planet i am aware that a few things will remain constant. The sun will rise and set, i will never set the time on my VCR and Terry Gillian movies will always make me feel good about myself, which fear and loathing certainly does. Ever since my father sat me in front of the TV and made me watch quest for the holy ...  Read the complete review

Surrealist films were virtually unknown until the nineties, as film-makers usually stuck to action, comedy, and romance. The recent bizarre film releases have usually been so due to the books they have been based on. Fight Club, for instance was based on Chuck Palanhiuk’s fantastic novel by the same name, and the screen version is nowhere ...  Read the complete review

The question was: what would my favourite director make of my favourite author's most famous book? Gilliam had the credentials - from his insane Monty Python animations, through the neo-nostalgic dystopia of Brazil, the calamitous, unruly genius of Baron Munchaussen...who else had the visual flair to translate Thompson's novel to the ...  Read the complete review

There is avery fine line that separates audiences on this film. There are going to be many who really think it's a bad film. Then there's the rest who think it's pure genius. I'm one of these people. Fear and Loathing is a warped ride from beginning to end. It's also incredibly funny. The film follows Hunter S Thompson and his attorney on a ride ...  Read the complete review

Ok, this is not going to be everybodys cup of tea. However............. Prepare yourself for a REALLY wierd journey into the world of bright lights, flashy people, and non-stop substance abuse. This movie covers both extremes - you'll either love it or hate it, and it won't allow you to stay anywhere near the middle. ...  Read the complete review

From a director famous for his insane, and possibly drug influenced, animations for Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Fear and Loathing seems a very suitable film for Terry Gilliam. Coming after the success of Twelve Monkeys and The Fisher King, Fear and Lothing again features a character descending into madness. This time it's Johnny Depp, ...  Read the complete review