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Report this review. Parent of a year-old Written by Sircjalot July 22, Easy Rider A perfect movie to see what the hippie generation was like. Lot's of drug use In easy rider. In the beginning the two main characters were selling cocaine, the customer tested it by sniffing up a sample of cocaine Teen, 14 years old Written by Henry Hill15 August 22, Not as shocking now as in the 60s - teens should be fine watching this the movie features drug use throughout - the characters smoke blunts throughout the movie and there is a scene in which the characters take LSD.
The acid scene What's the story? Is it any good? Talk to your kids about Our editors recommend. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Classic tale of two famous outlaws; violence, cursing. Thelma and Louise. Now-classic feminist road movie best for very mature teens. Adult Written by jmo97 April 4, Bleak and weird, but well made. Absolutely not for kids. I am not entirely sure what I thought of this film.
I think the cinematography, acting, and scenery in the movie were absolutely well done. There are also some haunting images of the clash of two different cultures or at least, the contrast of the different lifestyles of people. In that sense, the movie is kind of thought-provoking, but I wouldn't recommend kids or teens watch this film because of other problematic elements. There are two notable scenes of intense violence in one scene in the shadows, there are some beatings resulting in a death; in the second scene, one person is blasted with a shotgun and the resulting images are very graphic.
There is some sexual activity and images of nudity including during an acid trip, and during one skinny-dipping scene. But the main reason why I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone who's not an adult is because of the drug use.
The opening scene involves a selling of cocaine, and the two main characters are seen smoking marijuana and cigarettes throughout much of the film and as I mentioned earlier, there is an acid trip: it's near the end of the film with lots of bizarre images. I think that the themes of clashes of cultures and ensuing conflicts are worth thinking about, and there is enough artistic merit in this film to watch once.
Whether it's worth watching more than once, I'd say it's your call, but please don't show "Easy Rider" to your little ones; they need to be older to try to understand and appreciate the film. This title contains: Sexy stuff. Go to Common Sense Review. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print. In fact, the same kids who did "Easy Rider" were on dates in the drive-ins a few years ago when "The Wild Angels" and " Hell's Angels on Wheels " and all the other motorcycle pictures came along.
When the Hollywood establishment was dismissing motorcycle movies as an unpleasant low-budget fad, the kids already knew that something was happening here. Because the Hell's Angel, like the gangster, was a bad guy produced by the society he victimized and was tied to it by a love-hate relationship that created some really neat sex and violence scenes.
And someday it was inevitable that a great film would come along, utilizing the motorcycle genre, the same way the great Westerns suddenly made everyone realize they were a legitimate American art form, "Easy Rider" is the picture. In all the exploitation-type motorcycle movies, the central characters were outlaws from conventional society.
They rejected the establishment values but took them seriously enough to attach importance to putting them down. They used drugs and beat up each other, and cops hated them on sight. There was usually an ounce of worth in the hero, however. But, unlike Brando in "The Wild One," they usually repented when they saw the suffering they'd caused. They didn't repent all over the place, but they did repent, and if you looked close you could catch them at it in the last scene. It takes the aimless rebellion of the bike gangs and channels it into specific rejection of the establishment by which is meant everything from rednecks to the Pentagon to hippies on communes.
Fonda and Hopper specifically break with the establishment by smuggling cocaine across the Mexican border; that's a no-no. But during most of the picture they have cash money hidden in their gas tanks, not dope. They sold their dope to the establishment represented ironically by rock tycoon Phil Spector in a Rolls-Royce. They sold out, that is.
And now they want to go to Florida and retire. Share it on social media. Facebook Twitter Email. Program Type: Movies. Google Meet Guide Zoom Guide.
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