vdarkbeastv I had just graduated high school when this movie came out. I have watched this movie on VHS, DVD, and now streaming on Netflix. This movie doesn't rely on great special effects, or big name stars. This is your classic B flick with a crap load of cameo's from all kids of crazy people. This movie is perfect for those 2am can't sleep nights, or right after sharing a six pack with a buddy. The Sound track is great for classic rockers, the comedy is slap stick and corny as hell, and the hair is everywhere. So grab yourself a quart of peppermint schnapps, a 12 pack of tall cans, an ounce of skank weed, and a couple beef and potato burritos and enjoy yourself. Oh and take a shooter of 151 before ya watch.If you find you enjoy this movie; I recommend other great B flicks such as:Up the Creak/ Up the Academy/ Meatballs/ Better of Dead/ Ski Patrol

robnelson-2 This movie is a classic comedy that really hits home for those who were in high school in the late '70s and early '80s. Although it is supposed to take place in the '70s, having grown up in that decade and the following one, it feels and looks more like the early '80s. In any case, what I love about this film is that it captures the vibe of that era perfectly. For example, nobody in high school today would dare drive a car like the beat-up and seriously disheveled piece of crap VW station wagon that Joe and Hubs drive. Yet such embarrassing means of transport were de rigueur back in the day. I even knew someone who drove a modified post office truck to school. You see, not everyone had money back then. And, rather than be embarrassed by this fact, most just made the best they could of it - like Joe, Hubs, and Tack. In fact, what I like most about the film is that it depicts the middle class of this country like it really is - stripped of all of its pretensions and insecurities. The backbone of our middle class is the blue-collar and working classes. Without them, there would be no middle class. They do all the hard, back breaking physical work necessary for the upper middle class to continue living in comfort. When I first saw this movie, I viewed superficially as just one more good-times stoner film. Having watched it repeatedly, however, I see more clearly the subtleties embedded involving coping with the class and social distinctions we all have to cope with growing up in our culture. Definitely a classic film even if low budget. I would compare it more, though, with the Cheech and Chong films than with Dazed and Confused.

Tom Parker Bit of advice to low budget filmmakers - have your film take place during the present day. Setting your film in the past is expensive and takes a lot of time and energy. This movie's depiction of 1970's era Southern California is so bad, it's as if they made no effort whatsoever. I mean, the very first scene has Crump's brother standing on the side of the highway as Ford Explorers and late 90's model Volvo Station wagons go cruising by. I didn't even know it took place in the 70's until Joe had his 8-track eaten by the Blue Bomber. Even the wardrobe and hair is terrible. Half the cast looks straight out of the Seattle grunge scene - tight, ripped jeans, leather jackets and long, straight hair. Hell, Hubbs looks more like the dude from the Cult than a 17 year-old high school kid in the 70's. The "hot" chick adds even more confusion, with her late-80's, metal groupie, "she's my cherry pie", Warrant video ensemble. Now, with that said, there are some great moments. Tack is hilarious and perfect. Joe's brush with Blue Oyster Cult and "the laser" is classic. The soundtrack of Ted Nugent, Sabbath, and the aforementioned BOC totally rocks (guess we know where the budget went). The Schnapster rules (*ping!*) Mike Dick and Mike New York and all their cases of talls rule too. Kind of amazing how such a bad flick can have so many classic moments. As a matter of fact, every poorly contrived scene of bad dialogue and even worse wardrobes is actually worth sitting through, if just for that one scene where Tack starts talking about his zits. Dazed and Confused, one of my all time favorite movies, doesn't have a single scene as funny, as candid, as just straight up randon, as that one. "I don't want no chicks with zits, I want fine chicks!" Amen, Tack.

ericisshort This movie is really great in its own light. A cult classic, The Stoned Age has lots of great lines, but no real substance. It seems like the kind of movie that you and your buddies could have written. But there is a certain charm to this movie that cannot be overlooked.Often written off as "a Dazed and Confused rip-off", the two movies were actually written at the same time, but The Stoned Age was not a major motion picture and therefor was not released until after D&C.