Review of Easy Rider

O. My. God.

So terrible. So unworthy.

And yet, I'd like you all to try an experiment. If you have parents or other relatives that were young (ages 16-29) in 1969, I challenge you to ask them if they liked Easy Rider. If they've seen it, they'll tell you they liked it.

Why? WHY WHY WHY?

I guess you just had to be there. Some movies age better than others and Easy Rider hasn't fared well. Two guys ride on motorcycles, accompanied by music. They meet some guys. They leave. They ride around on their bikes, accompanied by music. They meet some more guys. They leave. They drop acid in a graveyard. Then before you know it or care, they're dead and the movie's over.

Oops! Did I spoil that for you? Too bad, sucka! Because, the fact is, if you manage to make it to the end you won't care either.

"But Jeremy," you say, "Easy Rider is an avant garde masterpiece. It's not meant to have a conventional Hollywood plot."

Well, my friend, I've seen The Last Movie, also by Dennis Hopper, and I can say without reservation that if Easy Rider has anything good in it, it's an accident. Dennis Hopper was stoned out of his mind for both these films. Easy Rider is considered to be a "good" movie, and The Last Movie is considered to be a "bad" movie. The Dennis Hopper of Easy Rider is portrayed as a gutsy, thoughtful filmmaker, but the Dennis Hopper of The Last Movie is considered to be a drug-crazed, self-indulgent lunatic. But you know what? Both movies are shitty, pointless and incoherent, and the same guy directed them!

Like most avant garde works of art, these movies are only good if people say they're good. Easy Rider has a good reputation, but that's all it is. Don't believe me? Watch it and find out. My prayers are with you.

The scenery is nice, though.
1 acid tab out of 5