Nothing with too many hearty belly laughs, it was abdominal surgery.
Videodrome maybe. Some of these suggestions are mean.
PaprikaWhen I had an abdominal surgery, I watched the full extended cut versions of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Good luck. Those only made me nauseous.
Dredd (2012)
The drug in it, named Slo-Mo, should be semi relatable.
Be warned, high level violence depicted.
Followup.
Also, Baraka and Koyaanisqatsi.
Requiem for a Dream so you don’t get hooked on them
This is somehow the best AND the worst advice in the whole post.
I mean, add Trainspotting.
I don’t know about anyone else but both my wife and I feel like we get little effect from them. Such that it feels like the side effects make them not worth it. This is for all opiods for us. Now granted if you don’t take them your just absolutely fucked but to us its like the pain is still there you just can like use the toilet and such. Niether of us gets why anyone can become addicted to them. Now like the ones that block nerve pain like gabapentin we fucking love as it actually seems to cause pain to go away.
It’s obviously different for different people but yeah, for me it’s just the difference of “in pain and miserable” vs “tolerating pain and normal.” And this is from someone with a standing prescription for tramadol, the only opioid that actually works for me. I only have to take it a couple times a year now, thankfully. Gabapentin has never actually helped with my pain though.
People take more than they are prescribed at once “until the pain goes away” and yeah at that point they start to get high on them
Don’t watch the first few episodes of The Walking Dead while actually in the hospital under heavy opioid medication. That’s how you end up with extremely terrifying and vivid dreams of a zombie apocalypse in the very hospital you’re currently in! Ask me how I know!
I watched 28 Days Later during a delirious fever spell, so I think I understand where you’re coming from, lol.
The inside of your eyelids. It’s a banger every time! 😉 Good luck to you on your surgery, and a speedy recovery.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Requiem for a Dream.
Hell, throw Trainspotting in there.
Priest. I recommended it in a terrible movies thread. It’s Paul Bettany and Karl Urban in a cowboy/ronin/faith-based militia versus vampires film. Critics gave it 16% fresh.
… seriously. Look at this.
Paul Bettany and Karl Urban
Seems odd they’d both end up in the same crappy movie together in that year. May not be remembering movie years well but Urban was least in Star Trek and Bettany in Marvel even if only as a voice but assume the plan was to make him Vision from the start.
Was it entertaining at least? It sounds like it could be a fun watch, in theory…like the synopsis of Red Letter Media’s Best of the Worst movies probably do.
It’s based on a comic series, so the bones are good and the critics are all weenies. I ♡ crappy derivative action schlock.
I won’t say it’s always my thing but sometimes a plain action movie with few cheesy lines is all you’re looking for. Definitely saw enough Chuck Norris in the 80s to confirm that.
Have fun!
Oh, I’ve heard of this one, but I never got around to it. Sounds like the perfect time to cross it off my list.
Do yourself a favour, watch the directors cut.
Seconded. Whenever I find out how botched the theatrical ending was, I was glad I started with the Director’s version.
I tried to watch Pulp Fiction for the first time as a teen loaded up on oxys after getting my wisdom teeth out. I turned it off after twenty minutes because I realized I had no idea what anyone had said. Great movie, just not good from my perspective when you’re fucked up. Watch something stupid like Face Off
That’s what my parents said about Snatch, and yet no one was on any drugs! I guess the accents were a bit too much to fully comprehend (we are Americans). I love the movie and re-watch it from time to time. May be a generational thing, too.
Hell yeah! I was literally coming to the comments to suggest Snatch. One of my favorites for sure
Ya like dags?
Brainscan
Ohh shit, I know this one. My dad had it on tape and I watched it a few times back in the day. This IS some good mindfuck.
Honesty, it holds up pretty well. Definitely one I go back to every now and then.
Switch off them as soon as possible to avoid getting backed up.
Could even go with a stool softener for the days on them, if need be.
I was in an altered state of mind while watching the Aquateen Hunter Force movie. I can barely remember anything about the movie, but I know I had a great time!
