This movie is soooooooooooo dumb, like one of the most braindead feeling movies I have seen, but it seems pretty likely that it was done on purpose? Honestly, you can't tell, and that's partially what makes the viewing experience somewhat mystical.
This used to be on basic cable TV programming (either TBS or USA, or something like that) pretty much weekly in the mid 90's, so I'd watch bits of pieces of it over and over and over as a kid. I'd always keep it on for a bit whenever it was on, and dug it, but, I was like, 10 years old.
The main thing I've learned upon this revisit and am taking away from it is: wow, James Marshall (Twin Peaks) is one smart guy for wifing up the absolute smoke show of a babe from this movie, Renee Allman, and starting a family. Underground 90's icons much? I thought she was a fox as a 10 year old boy, but upon review as a 36 year old man, she is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY outstandingly beautiful. Her presence is still loud, powerful, and fully demanding in this movie.
Overall, very little happens in this movie and it literally feels dumber and dumber as it goes, but it's such a crucial piece of low budget, not-quite success that only could have gotten made in the 90's, in a way it's kind of a quintessential piece of the floppy side of 90's culture. The director only got to direct one more movie after this and that was The Jerky Boys movie, which is also generally referred to as "bottom of the barrel" media while simultaneously feeling like a staple of the 90's. The one way it is effective is in the sense that it is a pretty loyal nod to what life truly is like as a college age burnout. Nothing happens - you just look for "chicks" and get inebriated every night - I would know cuz I did it for about 4 years from ages 18-21.
I would only recommend this to hardcore stoners who want to watch something that requires the lowest level of thinking or feeling, or people interested specifically in burnout 90's vibes. The pacing and acting just seems to get worse as the movie plays out, and a lot of the plot devices make almost zero sense (the eyeball lasers, and the whole 2001 segment...). Honestly, Dazed & Confused is one of my least favorite popular movies ever, and though this movie is terrible, I still prefer this. Some of you may rather "get pounded in the nards" than sit through, but the right person will appreciate it.
This used to be on basic cable TV programming (either TBS or USA, or something like that) pretty much weekly in the mid 90's, so I'd watch bits of pieces of it over and over and over as a kid. I'd always keep it on for a bit whenever it was on, and dug it, but, I was like, 10 years old.
The main thing I've learned upon this revisit and am taking away from it is: wow, James Marshall (Twin Peaks) is one smart guy for wifing up the absolute smoke show of a babe from this movie, Renee Allman, and starting a family. Underground 90's icons much? I thought she was a fox as a 10 year old boy, but upon review as a 36 year old man, she is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY outstandingly beautiful. Her presence is still loud, powerful, and fully demanding in this movie.
Overall, very little happens in this movie and it literally feels dumber and dumber as it goes, but it's such a crucial piece of low budget, not-quite success that only could have gotten made in the 90's, in a way it's kind of a quintessential piece of the floppy side of 90's culture. The director only got to direct one more movie after this and that was The Jerky Boys movie, which is also generally referred to as "bottom of the barrel" media while simultaneously feeling like a staple of the 90's. The one way it is effective is in the sense that it is a pretty loyal nod to what life truly is like as a college age burnout. Nothing happens - you just look for "chicks" and get inebriated every night - I would know cuz I did it for about 4 years from ages 18-21.
I would only recommend this to hardcore stoners who want to watch something that requires the lowest level of thinking or feeling, or people interested specifically in burnout 90's vibes. The pacing and acting just seems to get worse as the movie plays out, and a lot of the plot devices make almost zero sense (the eyeball lasers, and the whole 2001 segment...). Honestly, Dazed & Confused is one of my least favorite popular movies ever, and though this movie is terrible, I still prefer this. Some of you may rather "get pounded in the nards" than sit through, but the right person will appreciate it.