tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144458625742451371.post8571056157853462019..comments2024-01-25T00:08:10.662-05:00Comments on Insight into Entertainment: Movie addicts, I need your helpJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06679283194534387443noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144458625742451371.post-19331865309193126162008-08-25T09:43:00.000-04:002008-08-25T09:43:00.000-04:00I too was going to suggest Trainspotting. Sure, i...I too was going to suggest Trainspotting. Sure, it's rated R and features some sex, but those scenes are pretty short, and these are college freshman, right? They're all of age...Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144458625742451371.post-24117036159463990412008-08-24T14:38:00.000-04:002008-08-24T14:38:00.000-04:00The obvious choice for drug use would be Trainspot...The obvious choice for drug use would be Trainspotting or Fresh but they may be a little more than what he wants. <BR/><BR/>The Program features a sub plot of a player using steroids and the lengths he goes to to hide it and the effects it has on him. <BR/><BR/>There is also The Rules of Attraction which may be a might much but definitely shows some of the hazards with partying and drugs and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144458625742451371.post-73229099513800219612008-08-24T12:10:00.000-04:002008-08-24T12:10:00.000-04:00Excellent - I haven't seen Basketball Diaries, but...Excellent - I haven't seen Basketball Diaries, but the description looks about right. I'll suggest these to the prof and see what he thinks.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06679283194534387443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144458625742451371.post-77328559123077270912008-08-24T00:34:00.000-04:002008-08-24T00:34:00.000-04:00Requiem is brilliant but harrowing and dark. Does...Requiem is brilliant but harrowing and dark. Does Half Nelson show sex and violence? Maybe also too grim (I haven't seen it). Thirteen?? That apparently does have sex stuff in it...(How have I missed all these drug movies? Maybe because I find the topic so stressful and disturbing myself!)Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02826838358315364238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144458625742451371.post-5161637435442801252008-08-23T14:23:00.000-04:002008-08-23T14:23:00.000-04:00Oddly enough I was going to suggest both Requiem f...Oddly enough I was going to suggest both Requiem for a Dream and Basketball Diaries, but then I realized that Requiem probably wouldn't fit the mold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144458625742451371.post-91898167160319737342008-08-23T13:59:00.000-04:002008-08-23T13:59:00.000-04:00Basketball Diaries. It's been awhile since I've w...Basketball Diaries. It's been awhile since I've watched it, and I know they allude to sex, but I'm not sure how much they actually show. But it's definitely an R movie.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386248680892197260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144458625742451371.post-12622342399000165662008-08-23T13:35:00.000-04:002008-08-23T13:35:00.000-04:00Yeah, Requiem might not get the point across quite...Yeah, Requiem might not get the point across quite the way he hopes.<BR/>=)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06679283194534387443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144458625742451371.post-2802631496337947792008-08-23T13:32:00.000-04:002008-08-23T13:32:00.000-04:00Requie fo....never mind. :)The first film that com...Requie fo....never mind. :)<BR/><BR/>The first film that comes to mind is Traffic, but that's a pretty isolated story-line within the film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com