Oh my God, I'm agreeing with the formerly known ignorantly by me as the local Michael Bay fan( )?!?! God, pigs must be flying somewhere.

No, I agree with suspect totally. FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS can be a very tough film to get through the first time, since even Terry Gilliam agreed that its just too much at times for its own good with the drugs and vomiting. However, once one can be granted tolerance to it, one can discover this as a pretty good picture that attempts to tell the crazy-ass nature of Thompson's cult novel on a cinematic level(nevermind that it took about more than 2 decades to finally find a way to make such a transition work) and keep up with his ramblings and hazed-reality. Great Oscar-esque caliber work from Depp as Thompson, and don't forget Del Toro either.

Anyone that digs the film, I recommend you all to go buy that great DVD from CRITERION. Its worth the fingers and limb that it will cost ya!