As with all books turned into movies, "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" the movie wasn't nearly as good as the book. I think the movie was pretty good, but there is no comparing it to how good the book was and all the book stood for... theres just no easy way to turn that into a film. The main critisizem I had with the movie was that Johnny Dep was acting kinda goofy throughout the movie. In the book, you get the impression that the main character was completely serious throughout the whole adventure. That's mainly the element of greatness that the book contained. It's a shame they couldn't replicate that into movie form.
Also, Monet said that her friend had watched the movie lots of times and said that it didn't make sense, but it seemed to make sense to me. Maybe, it's just that I finished reading the book and things were more explained in it, or maybe her friend is just weird.
Aside from the aspects that it lacked when turned into a movie, it was well made and it is great that they even made it into a movie in the first place. It also had a lot of big stars in it: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Toby Maguire, Christina Ricci, Cameron Diaz, and even Penn--from Penn and Teller. Overall, I would give this film a 4 and if you liked it yourself, I suggest you read the book.
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