1980 comedyRating: 12/20
Plot: Loosely based on the relationship between Hunter S. Thompson and his lawyer Laszlo. Dr. Thompson covers drug trials, Superbowls, and presidential campaigns from '68 to '72 while Laszlo throws wrenches at him.
Murray and Boyle are pretty good, but the movie really isn't. There's too much of an emphasis on the madness part of it all and not enough on the genius part. It's impossible not to compare this to the superior Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas which is probably really unfair. This is scattered and flawed and manic just like that one, but it's not scattered and flawed and manic in the best of ways. The episodes feel too much like comedic sketches and there's not nearly enough at the center of all the madness to make this stick.
Seacrest out.
yeah this was mediocre, Murray was good...man Benecio destroyed Boyle though, if one must make a comparison... i have this soundtrack on vinyl, the Neil Young incidental music with the "Buffalo Roam" motif is rather rad.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think of 'Fear and Loathing,' winter rates? Other than the Benecio/Boyle comparison? I actually liked Boyle ok in this. I liked Murray, too, but I definitely like the Johnny/Benecio combo more in the Gilliam movie.
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