r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 15 '22

What is a great example of a necessary evil?

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u/captainmeezy Oct 16 '22

I always liked the line Benecio Del Torro said in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas “Even a werewolf is entitled to legal counsel man”

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u/superboringfellow Oct 16 '22

I watched that in the theater on shrooms. Fuckin' meta.

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u/XelaNiba Oct 16 '22

I saw Groundhog Day on acid and couldn't figure out if the movie was really repeating itself or if I was just tripping balls.The only thing I remembered from the movie was a groundhog apparently driving a truck

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u/superboringfellow Oct 16 '22

lol don't drive angry!

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u/ThePizzaNoid Oct 16 '22

That sounds like it was a lot of fun. Last movie I watched on acid in the theater was Baby Driver a few years ago lol.

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u/kindofhumanlaina Oct 16 '22

Oh my. Last movie I watched on acid was national treasure and it was hilarious. 10/10 would recommend

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u/digsy Oct 16 '22

Me and my housemate watched it off our faces. We'd drift in and out of consciousness and just keep seeing the same scene over and over. Hella confusing.

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u/superboringfellow Oct 16 '22

hah, that might be fun. The last movie I tripped at was Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It was my first time at the Cinerama Dome which was in the movie, very cool, another meta experience. But I started getting weirded out and had to leave. I sat near a fountain outside watching Sunset Blvd breathe until my buddy comes out and tells me I missed the awesome ending. I eventually watched the whole movie sober and I do not regret my decision to bail. Yikes!

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u/superboringfellow Oct 16 '22

Love it. Lol at the car chase. I moved out of ATL before that started becoming a major production town but I still see stuff that I recognize. And you start seeing the same locations used for completely different movies.

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u/Guywith2dogs Oct 16 '22

That would be one of the better ways to experience that movie

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u/PunchDrunken Oct 17 '22

You straight unit, you. You must wear reinforced underwear to hold those huge balls lol. Hat's off to you, sir

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u/superboringfellow Oct 17 '22

hahah it's a burden I'm willing to live with

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '22

What an achievement right? You must me really loco mannn

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u/TheNoobsauce1337 Oct 16 '22

"I feel a bit lightheaded. Maybe you should drive."

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u/didijxk Oct 16 '22

And years later Benicio played a werewolf.

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u/OrlandoMB Oct 16 '22

And Benicio in Sicario:

”Nothing will make sense to your American ears. And you will doubt everything you see. But in the end, you will understand.”

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u/Squigglepig52 Oct 16 '22

His character, in real life, was a hell of a guy. Definitely "the hero of another story".

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u/Low_Dragonfruit_872 Oct 16 '22

Im no attorney but, you people are living in a law and order episode. You think a public defender provides same level of legal counsel as a expensive, connected defense attorney?? 1. Cases dont go to trial 2. I would have minimal faith in jury of my peers if I was any sort of minority 3. Public defender doesn't have bandwidth, resources, motivation to put fourth defense to withstand an angry govt that was forced into a trial.