Another tough one this week, as we have very little in the form of plot to comment on.
In the middle of a divorce, advertising director, Paul (Peter Fonda) decides to experiment with LSD. Quite sensibly, he decides to take his first trip in the company of a sober friend, John, who uses the drug himself.
After a quick visit to John's dealer, Max (Dennis Hopper), its back to John's place to take the drug.
The rest of the movie deals with Paul's trip; a sequence of disconnected scenes in which he has sex (both real, within the context of the film, and imaginary), gets chased through a variety of landscapes, and wonders around LA, visiting the homes of acquaintances and strangers alike, interspersed with colourful 60's visuals.
And that's really all there is too it.
The thing that struck me most about the movie was how hard it is to believe that it was actually made in the 60s; a lot of the colours and design work looks like a recent parody of the decade - particularly Max's drugs den, which looks almost exactly like Austin Powers' 'pad' - all psychedelic swirls and giant stylised flowers.
Aside from that, I'm struggling to find anything to say; Fonda and Hopper give solid enough performances (as you'd expect) but Nicholson's script gives them little to work with.
I can't say 'avoid' because it does do out what it set out to do, but I will warn you that it is a flat, in interesting, disjointed movie; probably best left for people with a strong interest in LSD.
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Monday, 12 August 2013
Saturday, 10 August 2013
The Trip - Lisa's Review
This weeks movie review is going to be very short as I could make sod all sense of it.
To me this movie is simply a string of weird, unrelated scenes all mashed together with really irritating 60's trippy music and psychedelic overlays.
The story here is one of a young guy called Paul Groves (played by Peter Fonda) who is rather depressed to be going through a divorce. He makes a decision to embark on an LSD trip under the guidance of his friend John, an advocate of the drug.
What follows is basically an arty farty, trippy mess of a movie. Think Austin Powers with no funny bits... that's pretty much what it looks like. We have a plethora of 'names' in the movie as Dennis hopper also makes an appearance. I was also amazed to hear Jack Nicholson is responsible for this pile of tosh.
There are the usual 60's staples of nudity, sex, flower power, garish colours, funky music and questionable fashion.
Some people may enjoy this and no doubt it was probably ground breaking in the 60's, but viewed today, it has absolutely no shock value and is just dull, dull, DULL!
I have to stick an 'avoid' tag on this one purely as I don't see its relevance these days. Maybe worth watching for nostalgia purposes?
To me this movie is simply a string of weird, unrelated scenes all mashed together with really irritating 60's trippy music and psychedelic overlays.
The story here is one of a young guy called Paul Groves (played by Peter Fonda) who is rather depressed to be going through a divorce. He makes a decision to embark on an LSD trip under the guidance of his friend John, an advocate of the drug.
What follows is basically an arty farty, trippy mess of a movie. Think Austin Powers with no funny bits... that's pretty much what it looks like. We have a plethora of 'names' in the movie as Dennis hopper also makes an appearance. I was also amazed to hear Jack Nicholson is responsible for this pile of tosh.
There are the usual 60's staples of nudity, sex, flower power, garish colours, funky music and questionable fashion.
Some people may enjoy this and no doubt it was probably ground breaking in the 60's, but viewed today, it has absolutely no shock value and is just dull, dull, DULL!
I have to stick an 'avoid' tag on this one purely as I don't see its relevance these days. Maybe worth watching for nostalgia purposes?
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
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