the first time i dropped acid, i watched Top Gun in a friend's room. despite the obvious awful right-wingness of it, that movie has weird nostalgia value for me since i was a little ten-year-old spawn of pro-military Republicans when it came out, and it made me want to fly fighter jets.
though i didn't know it yet, i tend to regress really badly on acid. so, long story short, the acid started kicking in about halfway through, and i got sucked into the weird nostalgia zone where i felt like i was ten again, completely captivated the flying scenes to the point where i completely forgot that there was a world outside the little box, and, well, i was in a dorm room, which is kind of easy to mistake for military barracks and, well, when i left the room, i had a moment where i was really disappointed to find myself in a hallway in Massachusetts instead of on the tarmac in California.
but anyway...
i heartily second many of the choices here, but i can't believe no one's mentioned The Nightmare Before Christmas yet. i can't recommend it enough. i was tripping the first time i saw it, and the moment i went outside afterwards, it started snowing and i almost exploded.
i've never tried either of these myself, but i think very brave souls may want to try Apocalypse Now or (God help you) Jacob's Ladder. |
