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****1/2-VERY entertaining!
Though a bomb with the critics and at the box office, I personally loved Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. This film is completely bizarre, buy what do you expect from director Terry Gilliam (Monty Python, Brazil, Twelve Monkeys)? After a very boring opening scene that had really dumb humor ("Yeah, man" was dull when Cheech and Chong did it decades ago). Terry Gilliam gives his vicious and brutal (violent) humor in this film. Roger Ebert said "Some of there trips were real, so hallucinated, all interchangeable." I respect you, Roger, but this film, when they hallucinated, was hilarious. This is a very colorful film, so I wish I rented it on dvd (it has a very well-liked Criterion Collection set). Nonetheless, the grain and independant feel only added to it's quality. For the other reviewers who think Cameron Diaz should have been in longer, "Hello!" It was just a bit part, and if you want to see lots of her, see There's Something About Mary or Charlie's Angels. Benicio Del Toro is a marvelous actor who has spent his acting career making good independants (Usual Suspects, this, Traffic). I really liked when Depp was waiting for his rental car and the guy says, "Take this" about fifteen times with different gestures (it's some kind of paper). All Depp does is adjusthis mirror, and fiddle with his cigarette. Finally, Depp looks over, the man throws it at him, and Depp says, "I'm supposed to keep this, right?" Then the man says "Now, your going to be careful with this car, right?" Depp goes, "Oh, yeah, man," and immediatelly goes very fast in reverse. I wish I could tell you about all the other scenes, but you'll have to see for yourself. Thank you for taking the time to read my review and feel free to leave me a helpful/not helpful feedback. God Bless America!

"I was in the middle of a f***ing Reptile zoo"
This movie is excellent anyone who hasn't seen it needs to because this is one of the best that i have seen from Johnny depp and some of his most unrecognized work. Two guys a convertible, A lot of drugs and LAS VEGAS. this film is excellent 5 out of 5.

"We can't stop here! This is bat country!"
Now.. admittedly, this movie can get very tedious. I'm not particularly a Johnny Depp fan, but now and again, I see some works of his (Sleepy Hollow, What's Eating Gilbert Grape) that remind me of what a class actor he really is. Having spent a lot of time with Hunter S. Thompson obviously worked a charm with Depp, as his performance shines as drugged out journalist Raoul Duke.
Duke has set off to Vegas with his attorney and a boot-full of the craziest drugs you could ever imagine in one setting. The entire course of the film is basically one enormous trip, and the part I particularly enjoyed about this film is that no matter how bent, there's always Duke talking you through the moment - expressing his terror and euphoria.

I heard something about a lot of parents lobbying against this film because of the high drug intake, but in my opinion, after seeing bats attack you, reptiles in the casino lounge, and your attorney grow breasts on the side of his body, I don't think I'd ever touch the stuff these guys take. Films like Requiem For A Dream, Trainspotting and Fear and Loathing just help emphasise the reality of drug taking, and show the lows as well as the highs.
I commend the crew on this one.

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