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Whoa, I have long lost count of how many times I've seen this movie. My best friends and I speak a language all our own, a mad, hilarious jargon comprised of life-long inside-joke fragments and punchlines, inexplicable nicknames, and, most of all, QUOTES! We'll quote damn near anyone or anything, but most of all we quote our favorite movies. "Drugstore Cowboy" is an absolute goldmine of exquisite quotable material. Immortalized on my yearbook senior page is: "Nadine, what are you talking about? C'mon honey, you're with me! I'm not gonna leave you anywhere!" My best friend's little cousins, ages 3, 5, and 7, at the time, used to chant this quote in unison, suddenly and frequently, because they heard us all say it so many friggin' times. "Drugstore Cowboy" is a classic through and through. I will never forget a frame of it. I will never forget any of the dialogue, as long as I don't develop any sizeable deposits of aluminum in my brain, that is. We've been calling anyone and everyone "Bob" and "Nadine" for years, and our favorite way of pronouncing the word "lighter" comes from this flick. Dillon and especially LeGros have vast amounts of instant classic lines that have been oft-quoted for ages. And that is the greatest recommendation I could ever give for any movie. If we've been quoting it for years, it's because it's head, shoulders, and usually torso above all the rest. "D.C." never becomes obnoxiously moralistic or unhealthily worshipful about its subject matter. It's often as hilarious and endearing as it is unflinching, it offers a message of hope and optimism, but doesn't sugar-coat anything, which strengthens that message. I know from personal experience that the compulsion to use drugs can be treated and arrested, as long as the addict wants to bad enough. I also know that this is an extremely difficult and scary thing to do. The flick conveys both realities equally well. Every actor is in top form here, and the movie is a triumph of ATMOSPHERE. Gus Van Sant creates a Pacific Northwestern environment that is unmistakable; I've never physically been anywhere near the Pacific Northwest, but I already know what it feels like: cold and damp(For some more excellent Oregon/Northern Cali atmosphere, check out Tim Hunter's "River's Edge", another all-time great)! Bottom line, not one second of this movie has EVER bored me or found me disinterested in its world. I think that's probably the best thing I could say about any film. It makes me part of its world and I enjoy the visit immensely, every single time.



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I gotta tell ya, when I first heard about this, I thought the plot sounded really lame. I actually remember groaning out loud in annoyance, and rolling my eyes at the ceiling. And I was all of 12-13 years old! I never read the book, but the movie turned out to be AWESOME, and I've seen it a zillion times! As Arnie, Keith Gordon had an incredible, commanding presence, becoming more and more palpably ominous as the story progresses. Once his eyes develop that "I've been up on speed for a month!" blue shadow, Arnie's face becomes truly mesmerizing. I've loved Keith Gordon in everything I've seen him in. As for the car, I don't know how Carpenter did it, it grows scarier and scarier looking as the story unfolds. Those two were meant for one another! The "show me" scene never fails to send shivers down my spine. Other than Arnie's main antagonists at school, the rest of the characters were pretty much uninteresting cardboard cutouts used to populate Arnie and Christine's world. And Alexandra Paul's Leigh was downright annoying; everything she said sounded whiny. And none of it really matters, because Gordon and Carpenter's Fury are so awesome, it more than makes up for all other minutiae. Well worth anyone's time and attention, it is an ass-kicking surprise!

This is one of THE koolest movies I've ever seen. It ROCKS!! Bad has NEVER been better! This hilarious little flick wholly deserves every bit of the akklaim it has received as a kamp masterpiece. I, for one, kan't find anything negative about it, it is SO much fun! For me the perfektion starts with the title. I love the replacement of the "c" with the "k", in any word, but especially here. It really helps to set the tone of the movie. These aren't "clowns", they don't strike me as "clowns". No, these bad boys are KLOWNS all the way! And KILLER they are!! They are the KOOLEST movie aliens ever! The art direktion in this film is absolutely fantastik, the pace is snappy, and the akting and dialogue deliciously bad! It's a perfekt party movie, a gas to watch with friends. So do yourself a favor! Turn off your brain, sit back with some buddies, and prepare for an assault of hilarious lunacy! I kan't rekommend it enough!! It's a perfekt 10!!!!

I LOVE this movie! It's terrific fun to watch, and it completely engaged my emotions from the first frame to the last. It's SO cathartic; impossible not to care for these characters, and to fervently want them to be happy. Whenever I watch "Babe", I cannot refrain from spending most of the movie with both hands clasped, going "OH HOW CUUUUUTE!!!" "OH HOW SWEEEET!!" This is one of the best "feel good" movies I have ever seen. I don't know one single person who didn't like this flick. It's PERFECT!! When Farmer Hoggett sings to Babe, and when he does his little dance, I literally get goosebumps, because it's such a heart-stirring, beautifully touching sight to behold. Mr. and Mrs. Hoggett are such lovable, memorable and completely sympathetic characters! I was so taken with Farmer Hoggett, that upon seeing James Cromwell in "L.A. Confidential", the first thing that popped into my mind was: "Wait a minute! No, no, this is all wrong! That's Farmer Hoggett, he can't be BAD!!" For real! EVERYONE should see this movie. It truly fills the heart with joy. Instant classic! If I were a psychiatrist, I would prescribe this movie, rather than Prozac, as an anti-depressant. It's THAT wonderful!

It's often difficult for me to put my finger on every reason why I ADORE this flick. It really hits home with me, the way that it presents its grim, depressing subject almost as an exer- cise in deadpan comedy. It appears to take itself seriously, yet maintains a certain level of pulpy "hokey-ness" that makes it fun, and hilarious. Crispin Glover's portrayal of "Layne" is one of the coolest, most hysterical things I have ever seen. I will never forget this character, or a single one of his reverently-quoted lines! The flick is not particularly realistic in its portrayal of the kids' problems, but who said it had to be? It did capture the sadness of people so detached from real life, and from themselves, that they feel the need to create, and surround themselves with, chaos and melodrama, looking to give their empty lives some meaning. But the visual style of the film, along with the kids' corny-campy dialogue, and the hilariously cheesy heavy-metal soundtrack, have irrevocably endeared me to every single frame of this movie. Jurgen Knieper's original score is absolute perfection, one of the best I have ever heard. Last but DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, we have the absolutely priceless Joshua Miller(whom I have adored since the 1st time I saw his performance as "Tim"), having a BALL as the kid-brother-from-hell! All in all, sheer cinematic perfection! I know I will NEVER get tired of seeing this flick. My hat's off to anyone who had anything to do with it!!!!!

From the very first to the very last scenes of this film, I sat immobile, bug-eyed, and completely agog at the sight of my own painfully hopeless experience as a strung-out junk zombie. And I wonder: why did they never screen this film for us in rehab? Not only is "Gridlock'd" an exciting, intelligent, and visually riveting film, it is also dead on the money in its depiction of the excruciating emotional, spiritual, and material bankruptcy of a junkie's living death. Stretch and Spoon are well fleshed-out characters with which I can identify in almost every aspect, and are beautifully portrayed by Shakur and Roth. The true genius of this story is that, despite its grim and uncomfortably blunt treatment of its subject matter, it manages to convey a message of hope that no matter how deeply entrenched in addiction one may be, one CAN break the shackles of substance abuse and realize that one's life is worth saving.