06 August 2008

Fear, loathing, and other comic elements

Mind-altered postvacation double feature

Pineapple Express

Crit

For the love of god, don't make the mistake I made--don't, under any circumstances, see this film without the laugh-inducing filter of cannabis haze. 'Cause honest to god, it's just not very damned funny, or any damned good, on its own merits. I laughed perhaps a dozen times, briefly, then waited stonefaced (no, seriously) for the next. Ugh.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Crit

This, on the other hand, is a terrific introduction to someone whose life and work I have inexplicably neglected. I mean, anyone who can be praised by both George McGovern and Pat Buchanan (not to mention an ex-wife and a sudden-but-inevitable-bullet-rendered widow) has to have had something going on, no?

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