Gonzo forever. ★★★★☆ (4/5) Best paired with: A can of Chivas Regal (or a beer, if you value your liver) and a deep disdain for ski lodges.
There is a specific, frozen kind of madness that only happens when you transplant a swamp creature to the mountains.
Fear and Loathing in Aspen is a strange antidote. It reminds us that politics used to be weird . It used to be fun (in a terrifying way). Hunter didn’t run to win power; he ran to show how absurd power was. fear and loathing in aspen movie
Just don't watch it on a full stomach. The snow is blinding, the hot dogs are mysterious, and the rich people are screaming.
If you go into this expecting Where the Buffalo Roam , you’ll be disappointed. This isn't a stoner comedy. It’s a political thriller wrapped in a tragic biography. Gonzo forever
For decades, when we thought of Hunter S. Thompson on screen, we saw Johnny Depp in a cigarette holder and a bucket hat, weaving through the neon purgatory of Las Vegas. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was the hallucination. It was the desert at high noon, lizard people, and the death of the American Dream.
There is a heartbreaking moment in the doc where old friends and colleagues note that this was the last time Hunter S. Thompson was truly happy. The '70s hadn't gotten dark yet. The drugs still worked. The gun was still a joke. Fear and Loathing in Aspen is a strange antidote
The documentary, directed by Bobby Kennedy III (yes, that Kennedy family), doesn’t just rehash the election. It dissects the moment the counterculture decided to stop protesting and start governing. Thompson’s platform was hilarious, terrifying, and radical: Tear up the streets and turn them into grassy malls. Rename Aspen "Fat City" to deter greedy developers. Decriminalize drugs. And, most famously, he ran on a promise to put convicted felons in charge of the police force.