cynicalgrrlll

There is another thread in Tilited Health and Fitness about having sympathty for drug addicts.

But I wanted to take this question to the Entertainment Forum because movies have really had a big influence on me concerning the drug culture and lifestyle.

How have movies like "Trainspotting", "Requiem For A Dream", "Valley of the Dolls", "Blow" etc. made you view drug use and the people who use them?

Also please feel free to list any other movies concerning drug use that have impacted you, i just named some well known ones for examples.

Xiangsu

Half baked and Requiem For A Dream both influenced what I thought about it. In completely different ways though.

cynicalgrrlll

Yeah like the ultimate good and the ultimate evil of drugs!

MexicanOnABike

PULPFICTION: don't snort heroine.
PULPFICTION: if you overdose from heroine, take a adrenaline shot to the heart.
GO: smoking weed with 2 chicks can lead to a 3some.

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Redjake

definitely Requiem for a Dream

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teph

I really needed a hug after watching Requiem. I'll never go near drugs at all now, not that I would've before.

bigbad

I learned that watching Requiem high is more entertaining than watching Requiem not high.

drawerfixer

The same could be said for a lot of things.

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Latch

"Have you ever seen Requiem For A Dream.... on weeeeeeeed?"

That said.. movies like Trainspotting and Requiem defintely turned me away from trying drugs (mainly umm Heroin).. but then you look at things like Half Baked and Human Traffic that kind of make you say "hey it's cool.. give it a try".

Then there's stuff like Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas that both makes you and not makes you want to try drugs...

philosopherking

I think that Requiem is a movie that should be shown by parents to kids that they think might entertain the thought of drug use. It's not like I was into drugs before seeing it, but afterwards I was definitly not into it. I just sat there in a stunned silence for awhile.

QuasiMojo

Have ya ever seen the movie "Spun"?

watching this movie made my heart do a double-tap

mentally AND physiologically.

Having lived the life portrayed in this movie for a period of time, I identified both with the characters AND the special(spatial) effects

It took me back to a place I wasn't sure I was glad to be...
but when it was "said and done"...it was a hoot.

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Panopticon

I told myself I would never touch heroine after watching Pulp Fiction.

Then Requiem for a Dream came along and I was sure as all hell that I would never try heroine.

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InTeGrA77

I would have to say that Requiem had the biggest impact on me by far...I practically felt sick to my stomach after watching it, and won't even go near drugs or anyone who uses them now.

Trainspotting kind of puts a touch of humor to it, but when Renton has his overdose moment, it definatley freaked me out.

Another really good movie that'll change your thoughts about drugs is Gia, with Angelina Jolie. It's sooo sad/depressing. I'm not kidding when I say that I had a headache all night long from watching it. I don't know why, it just messed with me a lot...it's so realistic, that you can almost feel what she's going through the whole time...

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jhericurl21

Fear and Loathing told me to not to do drugs in Vegas cause you wont know if your high or its a part of Vegas.

Blow taught me that its not that hard to control over 50% of the coke coming into the country

bparker805

Trainspotting always made me curious about trying herion. But I find that drug and shooting up as completely disgusting. It just seemed like a dirty habit. I also feel that way 'bout speed. An example of where life begins to imitate art is the movie "Less Than Zero". Morton Downey Jr... 'nuff said.

Lunchbox7

Ive found it ironic that the people who like Trainspotting the most are usually pretty into drugs. This doesnt make sense since the movie basically just shows how drugs fuck you up

onodrim

I felt exactly the same way myself.

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Crack

and, it's also a good forum to introduce them to the
stunning-ness of Jennifer Connely boobs.

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