No
list of 'so-bad-they're-almost-good-but-not-quite-they're-still-bad'
movies would be complete without the inclusion of Roger Corman's 1967
psychedelic 'classic' "The Trip". This was Corman's attempt to cash in on
the counter-culture of sex, drugs and what, I guess, passed for rock 'n
roll at the time and among those trippin', man, were Peter Fonda, Bruce
Dern, Dennis Hopper and Susan Strasberg. It looked great in a pop-art
kind of way but there's no script to speak of, (Jack Nicholson 'wrote'
it, presumably on the back of a small envelope), and the acting is
non-existent. Needless to say the Brits were having none of it and it
was banned in the UK, no doubt to preserve us from its corrupting
influence. It didn't work; we still turned on, tuned in and dropped out
and we certainly didn't need howlers like this to help us on our way.Sunday 1 March 2020
THE TRIP no stars
No
list of 'so-bad-they're-almost-good-but-not-quite-they're-still-bad'
movies would be complete without the inclusion of Roger Corman's 1967
psychedelic 'classic' "The Trip". This was Corman's attempt to cash in on
the counter-culture of sex, drugs and what, I guess, passed for rock 'n
roll at the time and among those trippin', man, were Peter Fonda, Bruce
Dern, Dennis Hopper and Susan Strasberg. It looked great in a pop-art
kind of way but there's no script to speak of, (Jack Nicholson 'wrote'
it, presumably on the back of a small envelope), and the acting is
non-existent. Needless to say the Brits were having none of it and it
was banned in the UK, no doubt to preserve us from its corrupting
influence. It didn't work; we still turned on, tuned in and dropped out
and we certainly didn't need howlers like this to help us on our way.
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