I am very upset that people have to get this perception of some of the beats. This potrayal was highly laughable. I am embarrassed for Cassady and Kerouac, this is not accurate one bit
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Both Jack and Neal died well before 50 thanks to drugs
I'm not so much upset with the perception, but moreso the way the film was made. For example, (This may seem like a small tidbit to some people, but an avid fan of the Beat Generation would have caught on to something like this. I know I can't be the only one.) In the film, the front of the bus reads, "Further". In The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Woolfe, the bus read "Furthur". To me, this was a mindless and obvious mistake.
To me, the small bits and details are what matter, and what makes the characters real instead of just actors imitating icons.
I do appreciate this attempt at a film, because not many people try to portray these people for who they were very often.
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Oh my! I had no idea! I suppose I only based it upon Tom Wolfe's book...it was to my understanding that it read "Furthur", always. Wolfe describes the Pranksters painting it and then their proceeding to go on a "test run" in Northern California to Oregon(?)..it is then that they're pulled over (This scene was IN the movie-the scene in which the cop asks, "Are you show people?")..so if they painted it AFTER that, it's still a mistake. Granted, the book is only from the point that Wolfe joined them...
Also, wasn't the bus supposed to say, "Caution: Weird Load" on the back as well? Honestly, I can't remember if this was included in the movie or not?
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There was a potential, at the very beginning, to do justice to their art and their lives...That was lost after the first 10 minutes...The two friends were looking for the promise of America and in having a good time doing it. They did find it both beautiful and profane..The short good times and "kicks" and the long periods of desolation and sadness...The second group, Ken Kesey, where my words able to do his legacy justice, saw the growing power of the military, industrial, social control complex that Eisenhower warned us of in his farewell address and he and his compatriots set out to save America and have a good time doing it...Now, more than ever, the dreams, ideals and promises of the Greatest Revolution and Hope for Humanity in all of history is perhaps beyond saving...I really don't know. I am sure that it is worth the effort, then and now. This garbled mess of a movie is classic dis-information and for those who will only experience or know of that era through it, makes me sad way down deep.
shareI was prepared to be thrilled to see this movie. It's maybe not so "terrible" as I did watch the entire thing. It was like "People Magazine" as the director instead of a thoughtful look at what might have been the lives of some pretty special literary geniuses. I did enjoy the "Bennie"/stream of consciousness affected speech of Neal & the actor who played Ken Kesey. The film does make me want to know more about Neal Cassidy so maybe it's not so bad after all. "Acid trips" on film are pretty laughable. That strobe in the one scene I guess was a literal representation of one of LSD's more noticeable splendors, although perhaps it was more a party flavor. When we use a phrase like "Beat poet" one might assume there was some sort of one-dimensional model that is being portrayed. I'm not too sure that in this movie I could discern a uniqueness between Neal & Jack. What makes a great movie for me is being able to care about the characters. They're your family while on screen. Not a lot of that happening in this flick.
shareAccurate or not, the film was a huge crap fest.
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