FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998)

[RCMerchant]

If you have never done LSD, You will likely not understand this movie
I't about Hunter S. Thompson's trip to Vegas on drugs with his insane lawyer.
I usta sell blotter acid in the mid-80's at a biker bar called Melville's that was out near Fish Lake-waaay out in the boonies.
So I understood this film. I usta get high and drunk for weeks.
Acid will f**k you up.  And if you pour whiskey on top of it-forget about it .
Last time I did acid was last year with Jimbo-just to see if I could handle it anymore. I coudln't.

[bob]

This is one of the more unique and weird movies I own. It has exceptional effects throughout it showing the audience how strange the world looks to the various characters when they are high.

[RCMerchant]

Me and Lance Ludwig were in high school, history class. And Lance and me had dropped some Purple Barrel acid.
Anyway, we turned in our book reports- I did mine on Geronimo, he did his on George Custer. Lance got a D. He asked the teacher Mr. Devore, why. Devore said- "Because it's bad". (Lance didn't like Gen. Custard, so wrote something bad about him).
Lance punched DeVore right between the eyes-real farmboy hard. DevOre-to his credit-came back at him and they were beating the s**t out of each other on the floor. I was at a back desk tripping my ass off watching this s**t. I would have helped Lance, but I didn't need to-he was beating that teacher's ass.

[Rev. Powell]

I think you can understand it without doing drugs, though you might no empathise with some of Thmopson's freakouits. Ironically, the director (Gilliam) is not a fan of drugs.

It's actually an allegory for the hippies' disillusionment when their 60s optimism came up against reality.  A really well-constructed and written novel and an excellent adaptation.