Batman Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 What is the best movie inspired by, or about drugs? Some of these movies I'm not sure would really fall under the "drug movie" classification but who really cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 Got to be 'Trainspotting' Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 You should have Easy Rider (1969) in the poll also. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Jayson_ Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Cheech and Chong came to my mind first, but a close second was half baked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I saw the title to this post and immediately thought of The Wall -- before I opened it and saw the list. Wow, so it was really a drug movie after all? :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1104 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 What about Scarface w/ Al Pacino? Though it was a gangster movie it centered around his drug empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatleant Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 'The Trip' I saw it many years ago (when I was a teen) on the tele in the wee hours of the morning. Anyway, I couldn't turn the TV off 'cause I found (movie) intriguing. A long story short, after the movie was done I could of swore I felt 'stoned' or 'tripped', etc. That was a long time ago (and of course, I was straight) but I wonder if anyone else found the film somewhat mesmerizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 What about "Blow" with Johnny Depp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCyberdemon Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Alice in Wonderland!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Cheech & Chong: Up in Smoke Cheech & Chong: Next Movie Cheech & Chong: Nice Dreams Cheech & Chong: Things Are Tough All Over Cheech & Chong: Still Smokin' Cheech & Chong: Half Baked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Lots of good movies mentioned but I'm quite surprised that no one yet has acclaimed the most moving, startling and overall magnificent film dealing with drugs and the inevitable downward spiral that comes from their use: Requiem for a Dream The last 15 minutes of this film will shock most viewers, at least most of the people that I've talked with who has seen the film. Here's just a random view from one of many people who has seen it: This film is absolutely brilliant!! I saw this film today and was simply blown away by it! It is the best film I have seen to date that deals so intimately with the horrific effects of drug addiction on the mind and body. Darren Aronofsky's directing is nothing less than superb throughout the film. The final fifteen minutes or so in the film is fittingly powerful. The collaboration in directing and editing in this climax to the film is astounding and unforgettable. It is certainly intense and wonderfully highlights the film's central theme. The musical score in "Requiem for a Dream" is frighteningly good and certainly one of the strongest points of the film. The cast were all excellent. However, it was Ellen (Mom in the Exorcist) Burstyn's mind blowing performance that stole the show. Her portrayal of a woman addicted to weight loss pills is, I believe, one of the most powerful and unforgettable performances in years and it was certainly the best of the year 2000! Anyway, this is one of my favourite movies of the year. A definite 10/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 THE BEST EVER!! "The French Connection" Image link Second runner up... "Easy rider" with Fonda/Hopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I'm gonna have to say "Half-Baked" with Jim Bruer, Dave Chapelle, and Tommy Chong ("The Squirell(wow, I can't even spell squarell(?) right) Master")It's some funny stuff that I really reccomend, the best part (or one of them anyway) is when they name their "apparatuses" such as Billy-Bong-Thorton or Wesley Pipes, or Jon Stewart's cameo is nothing short of hillarious "Ever seen the back of a 20 dollar bill.....Ever seen the back of a 20 dollar bill.....ON WEED!!" :laughing:"Ever hit a grand slam...Ever hit a grand slam...ON WEED!!" Good movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy19018 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 "BLOW" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindy17838 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 "Less than Zero" couldn't have even been made into a movie if the screenplay had more accurately reflected the book. There were no likable people in the book. No one would have wanted to see it. A great example of when too few morals meet too much money. Drugs were only part of the problem in the book. While Clay never prostituted himself like Julian, he did participate in most of the other incidents portrayed in the movie and many that were not; kidnapping, rape, and bi-sexual sex. Nobody would have wanted to watch Andrew McCarthy taking it from behind. Tony Montanna killed a lot of people, but he never tied a teen-age girl to a bed and watched as his friends raped her. I liked "Where the Buffalo Roam". Bill Murray played Hunter S. Thompson covering the Nixon campaign. It also featured his friendship with his attorney Carl Lazlo that "Fear and Loathing in LV" showed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy19018 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I don't want to watch "anybody" taking it from behind! Good call on the screenplays part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCyberdemon Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Scott, you forgot the best part of Half-Baked. When Dave goes to the rehab center and they all make fun of him for being only on weed. Then Bob Saget gets up and is like "you think thats bad? I've been sucking d**** for crack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Actually Bob Sagets line is "What the hell, you come here only on pot, how 'bout you try going on crack, I've sucked d*** for crack, have you ever sucked d*** for pot?" (just a little closer to the line) or when scarface quits his job, "f you, f you, f you, you're cool, I'm out." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindy17838 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 "Puff, puff, give; you're messing up the rotation." Chris Tucker in "Friday". "Home Grown" was good also with Billy Bob Thornton, Kelly Lynch, Hank Azaria, and Jamie Lee Curtis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCyberdemon Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Yesh you didn't have to TRY to upstage me here, just mentioning the only funny thing Bob Satan has ever done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulsJune Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I voted Other and decided on The Beatles: Yellow Submarine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In heaven Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 "The Mystery of Leaping Fish" This is a silent film made in 1916. The main characters name is Coke Ennyday he is kind of like a messed up Sherlock Holmes shooting up heroin and snorting coke. It is done in a funny Charley Chaplin type of way but its just crazy to see stuff done like that in a 1916 movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I would've voted Trainspotting, but it wasn't on that list. I went with The Wall by Pink Floyd, Geldof's performance trips me out even when I'm sober. Another classic I found to be drug-related was Clockwork Orange, most say different, but see for yourself LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In heaven Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Stanley Kubrick is the best. I wouldn't say A Clockwork Orange is a drug movie but I wouldn't say it is not a drug movie either. Saw it both ways. Just makes it alot funnier when he says "The old in and out love" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 I haven't seen it in a hundred years, but didn't they drink milk with drugs in it? Does a body good! :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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