I read a lot of the other reviews and based on much of the commentary, I get the sense that many people commenting on this did not read "the book". IYKYK.
This film captures wook life pretty well and although it may seem campy and not too serious, that is essentially what a lot of the wook drug band scene culture is like.
Simon becomes a Prep School Hippie after meeting a friend at his private school and being dragged to his first show. The movie captures the initiation into the scene pretty well and I'm sure anybody that got their start on Phish in the 90's might have a similar experience. You go to a show with no expectations and then you are hooked by the scene, the music, and the camaraderie.
The film captures the wook lot scene of the 90's perfectly. The scene where they eat gooballs is a nice touch and totally in line with how the scene was back then. Simon also has a lot of built up angst from his relationship with his parents and ends up finding a family on tour.
This isn't a movie about drugs being bad, although a lot of the movie is spent in rehab. This is a movie about wook band culture, which unfortunately includes the dark side of getting spun out on psychedelics. The plot shows Simon indulging himself into the scene and enjoying LSD a little too much and ultimately freaking out and getting arrested. The film shows some of the realities of wook band scene culture, including potential issues with drugs. Simon isn't an addict and he never was. He just took too much too fast one time and unfortunately law enforcement got involved. Many drug band aficionados can related to this without the being arrested part.
The scene where he starts to bug out is something many of us have seen on tour. Spun out wooks are all over the place. Except right now, they would be caught by somebody filming from their phone and then would be talked about on the Internet for a week or two. The film reminded me a lot of seeing shows at SPAC.
The end was really good when Simon tells his parents that he doesn't want to go to Europe with them for his graduation gift and instead flies out to San Francisco to catch up with his friends that he met on tour. I think he made the right choice. Going on wook band tour for a summer before college sounds awesome.
This film captures wook life pretty well and although it may seem campy and not too serious, that is essentially what a lot of the wook drug band scene culture is like.
Simon becomes a Prep School Hippie after meeting a friend at his private school and being dragged to his first show. The movie captures the initiation into the scene pretty well and I'm sure anybody that got their start on Phish in the 90's might have a similar experience. You go to a show with no expectations and then you are hooked by the scene, the music, and the camaraderie.
The film captures the wook lot scene of the 90's perfectly. The scene where they eat gooballs is a nice touch and totally in line with how the scene was back then. Simon also has a lot of built up angst from his relationship with his parents and ends up finding a family on tour.
This isn't a movie about drugs being bad, although a lot of the movie is spent in rehab. This is a movie about wook band culture, which unfortunately includes the dark side of getting spun out on psychedelics. The plot shows Simon indulging himself into the scene and enjoying LSD a little too much and ultimately freaking out and getting arrested. The film shows some of the realities of wook band scene culture, including potential issues with drugs. Simon isn't an addict and he never was. He just took too much too fast one time and unfortunately law enforcement got involved. Many drug band aficionados can related to this without the being arrested part.
The scene where he starts to bug out is something many of us have seen on tour. Spun out wooks are all over the place. Except right now, they would be caught by somebody filming from their phone and then would be talked about on the Internet for a week or two. The film reminded me a lot of seeing shows at SPAC.
The end was really good when Simon tells his parents that he doesn't want to go to Europe with them for his graduation gift and instead flies out to San Francisco to catch up with his friends that he met on tour. I think he made the right choice. Going on wook band tour for a summer before college sounds awesome.