I've never taken acid or hallucinogens. That being said, there's always been a bit of an interest there. Basically, learning about it through literature and favorite band interviews for 50 years.
I thought this movie would be interesting. I would've rated it higher had it been a straight documentary and discussion with those in the film Instead, they made it so ridiculously banal.
The Bad: Why have the idiotic 'After School Special' thing in there? Not funny whatsoever and, I'm sorry but folks like Adam Scott and Rob Corddroy are just NOT funny, all it needed was Seth Rogan for the "Why are these guys famous trifecta". To be fair, Rob was great on the Daily Show... It was trying desperately to be funny and it was just stupid.
Not sure what the point of the film was. If I had to guess, it would've been to kind of show that these are the C-level celebrities that took acid. Sting is not included in this comment, and yet, he's so taken with himself in everything that he does, that he's also hard to take.
I was disappointed to see this had Stiller's name on it as a producer as, I think he can turn out some very good stuff, when he wants to.
The 'reenactments' also tried to be way too cute and clever. Stop it and just tell me what happened without all the "hey, look how funny we are trying to be" stuff. It wasn't funny.
The Good: The stories that these folks were actually very interesting. Even the Peter Max'ish cartoons were appreciated as it just kind of goes with the territory.
Some of the incites from some of the speakers were really good. Sting, Chopra, Stiller, Donavan, Silverman, and Bordain rate among the better interviews.
Over half of the movie was trying to be funny, and, obviously to me, it wasted my time. The rest was extremely interesting.
I thought this movie would be interesting. I would've rated it higher had it been a straight documentary and discussion with those in the film Instead, they made it so ridiculously banal.
The Bad: Why have the idiotic 'After School Special' thing in there? Not funny whatsoever and, I'm sorry but folks like Adam Scott and Rob Corddroy are just NOT funny, all it needed was Seth Rogan for the "Why are these guys famous trifecta". To be fair, Rob was great on the Daily Show... It was trying desperately to be funny and it was just stupid.
Not sure what the point of the film was. If I had to guess, it would've been to kind of show that these are the C-level celebrities that took acid. Sting is not included in this comment, and yet, he's so taken with himself in everything that he does, that he's also hard to take.
I was disappointed to see this had Stiller's name on it as a producer as, I think he can turn out some very good stuff, when he wants to.
The 'reenactments' also tried to be way too cute and clever. Stop it and just tell me what happened without all the "hey, look how funny we are trying to be" stuff. It wasn't funny.
The Good: The stories that these folks were actually very interesting. Even the Peter Max'ish cartoons were appreciated as it just kind of goes with the territory.
Some of the incites from some of the speakers were really good. Sting, Chopra, Stiller, Donavan, Silverman, and Bordain rate among the better interviews.
Over half of the movie was trying to be funny, and, obviously to me, it wasted my time. The rest was extremely interesting.