Don't you just love movies like these? The ones where no one can ever tell you about, you just have to find it yourself? Browsing through Amazon Prime, I came across The Stoned Age and I gave it shot and now I'm throwing out a solid, hard 9/10 rating.
This movie is extremely self aware of what it is and what it wants to be. There are little to no backstories for most of the characters, instead, we are brought along on this ride of 2 dudes looking for some chicks and quite frankly that is basically what happens, but through the journey of the night we get a story that is oddly compelling and we start to feel sympathy for Joe. I would argue that if Joe wasn't in this movie it would lower my rating. The striking resemblance he casts on other people watching this movie was done nearly flawlessly.
The writing, setting, acting is a wild enjoyable ride. The work put into this movie is REAL and can be felt. We have relatable stoner type humour mixed in with a surprisingly strong realistic story of irony, that I did not see coming at all.
I went into this with zero expectations and I was blown away. This is a very well done movie of its type and it's very smart in what it delivers.
Maybe because I can relate all too much, and I may be incredibly bias in my review. You can take it like a grain of salt, but if you can relate then you'll see why a 9 is a deserving rating.
Plot summary
Determined to avoid another night of driving aimlessly around Torrance in the Blue Torpedo, Joe and Hubbs set out on a quest for fine chicks. Their paths soon cross with Tack, from whom they learn about a pair of radical chicks hanging out near the Frankie Avalon place. Over Joe's objections, Hubbs worms Tack out of the deal, and the pair take a slow ride toward their destiny.
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Long Live The Stöned Age
One of those pleasures that are dumb, stupid to the core, that are based on an idea and a plot that you can write down on a stamp, and the production also is far away from being impressive. But despite all those not very promising sounding facts, The Stöned Age manages to be indeed entertaining: dumb, cheesy, stupid, juvenile but fun to watch: thanks to some likeable characters with the heart at the right spot, actors having fun, and some ideas and scenes that are just too delicious. A fine joyride - if you want to kill some more of your brain cells with a medicine named stupidity ;)
An 8.0!!! Something is terribly wrong here...
8.0!!! Is it really THAT good??? Judging by what was seen and experienced in THE STONED AGE, the answer provides pure and simple honesty in telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. That answer is NO!!! It appears we still have much to celebrate over the 70s, which is why this earned a very high rating. The replicas are true in form, except that it's too indistinguishable between now and then. Make no mistake, but this comes VERY CLOSE to the no-end, dead-end entertaining value of BIO-DOME! The vulgarity doesn't make this cool, especially when it takes up most of the spoken dialogue. The film also lacks comedy, only to be replaced by nonexistent acting and alcohol drinkers. Best idea ever devised: urinated ice cubes! Mark my words, everybody! Anymore movies like this will have all of us getting STONED! Final score: 3.0.