Drug Cinema
 

I am a fan of drug movies and I must say my top are...

Spun
Requiem for a Dream
Blow
Fear and loathing
(and yes) Goodfellas
Scarface
Empire
and some other but I'm to high to think of them

Blow
Requiem for a Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Must admit i've never seen blow, but it seems to glamorise the concepts of drug taking and dealing. Trainspotting is a favourite of mine be because it does not hollywoodise drugs and make them seem cool (I'm only talking about hard drugs here, we've all smoked a little dope ;) ) like scarface does for example. Traffic is probably the ultimate message against drugs and converts this in a powerful and in-depth way that I found made great cinema.

Rent Blow, no buy it. It is easy to thik from the trailers for the movie that it glamorises it but trust me that is not the case. Turns into a sad story and that is all I will say. Great preformances by Depp and Pee Wee, give it a chance and you will see it doesn't glamorise drugs.

Ok, maybe I will, my cousin's got it I'll give it a go. I do think Depp is underrated as a serious actor. Pee Wee? Explain.

Paul Reubens, the actor better known as Pee-Wee Herman, co-stars in Blow (2001) - which to me is an underheated mish-mash of better movies. But whatever.

That part creeped me out too.
I think Trainspotting was a great drug related film. I think it should be shown in health class for highschoolers...

Rjoepenk, sorry about Pee Wee, should have been more clear, thanks Holden. I also did forget to mention that it is based on a true story which I think makes it more interesting.

I've seen some movies mentioned that are more movies I'd want to watch while on drugs. And no movie is quite as good when on drugs as The Big Lebowski is. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is almost as painful to watch while high as it is while stone cold sober.


But, as far as movies that are drug-related, I find the genre as a whole to be very uneven. Anyway, I enjoyed Naked Lunch... and perhaps a few others. And yes, I have an odd adoration for Fear and Loathing as well.

I totally agree!
That movie made me really sad.

Requiem for a Dream
Jacob's Ladder
Blue Sunshine

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Kids
Trainspotting

My favorites are:

Drugstore Cowboy-By far Matt Dillon's Best Performance
Basketball Diaries-1st Leo DiCaprio great leading performance
Less Than Zero-Just an O.K. Movie, but Robert Downey Jr. was great

Formula 51
Fear Loathing in Vegas
Half Baked

Refer Madness is my all time favourite! That pot can drive you craaaaazy!! :goof: :goof:


* Even though it was 'about' drugs, I didn't think there was much of a back plot or explanation in Blow. Too much on the relationship with his folks than the moving, selling and dealing the stuff - which was the really good stuff in the book. Just my opinion of course.

The Devil's Playground - A Documentary about some Amish punk-ass that goes out of the community to experience life and some meth. Good times.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - A movie about drugs, the legal kind that people can force you take. Kind of scary, ya' know? Atleast people have to make the decision to shoot up heroin, unless you're a crack baby. Babies born into an environment with drugs is not somethign to laugh about. This is DaShiz being serious.

* I've ordered The Devils Playground from Amazon so looking forward to seeing that. I haven't heard about the other. Is it worth me ordering and buying???

Trainspotting is one of the worst movies ive ever seen. It's just not funny to have poo flung over peoples faces. I'm a teenage boy and it might be funny in concept, but in graphic imagery, thats just f ucking annoying. Look, this isnt making any sense. But someone prove why its a decent movie.

The Devil's Playground is hardcore stuff. The kid is nutty and makes you want to grab him and slap the shiz outta' him and his girlfriend. I won't say anymore about it - besides the fact that it's good.

How and why haven't you seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? Jack N. rocks the role and the head nurse is crazy [crazy in a good way]. I think the nurse lady character was ranked as one of the top movie villians. Read about it on Amazon.com. It's one of my all time favorite movies, so of course I'm gonna' say buy it.

City of God- great movie
Traffic- great movie
Up in Smoke- enjoyable stoner comedy
Friday- enjoyable stoner comedy
Gridlock'd- pretty good movie about junkies trying to quit