I had emergency surgery and as a result it looks like I will be zonked out on oxys for the next week. Never had these, what are some good movies to watch in this condition?
Nothing with too many hearty belly laughs, it was abdominal surgery.
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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.
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.
With trainspotting you might get some belly laughs in, though.
excellent film
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. When I find out how botched the theatrical ending was, I was glad I started with the Director’s version.
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.
Come for the over-the-top Karl Urban as wild west gothic vampire performance.
Stay for Maggie Q being the only sane and smart person in the entire post-apocalypse.
Equilibrium with vampires.
Equilibrium was the first time I saw Christian Bale in a movie, loved it.
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.
When I had an abdominal surgery, I watched the full extended cut versions of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
I did the same when I had surgery and was couch ridden for days. That was great. I then watched the "Tolkien cut" of the hobbit movies
– Sir, you need to walk a bit to recover faster.
– Take my signs already and don’t interrupt me!
Dredd (2012)
The drug in it, named Slo-Mo, should be semi relatable.
Be warned, high level violence depicted.
Followup.
Also, Baraka and Koyaanisqatsi.
I saw Dredd in the theater in 3D and it was fan-fucking-tastic.
I own it on Blu-ray as well but nothing will top that 3D experience.
I hate 3D in theaters. But 3D at home was amazing. I had one of the last 4k 3Dtvs Samsung made, it died last year.
But 3D at home when I could find the 3D blueray or torrent was amazing. Dredd was one of those
I was in an altered state of mind while watching the Aquateen Hunger Force movie. I can barely remember anything about the movie, but I know I had a great time!
https://youtu.be/loqYlYqtsmY
I KNEW it was going to be that! 😂
WE STILL GOT YOUR FUCKING MONEY!!!
That should be at the beginning of every movie.
Also maybe I'm just fucking old but I think if you bust your cell phone out in a movie theater during the movie you should get punched in the face and have the phone shoved up your ass.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Requiem for a Dream.
Hell, throw Trainspotting in there.
We have a whole community of free movies over at [email protected], be sure to check it out!
Videodrome maybe. Some of these suggestions are mean.
Paprika
Tenet might be fun.
Well at first I was going to suggest Snatch, but after seeing the additional information you wrote maybe wait until after you're feeling better to watch it lol it's one of my favorites, but it is a comedy so it might hurt.
One of my favorite movies. Me and my kid laughed our asses off when we watched it together.
What the fuck can he get away from?
Watch some documentaries of opioid addiction. Better safe than sorry.
Requiem for a dream
Ain't a single laugh that whole movie.
Nooooooo
Great movie but not a fun movie
The Fountain
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.
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
My experience with pain killers is that when I've actually needed them for pain, after a bad injury, they work on the pain without any euphoric effects. I can only get high when I don't have any pain to relieve.
You know we honestly hadn't thought about that. We both tend to get some annoying side effects so the thought of taking more is just not a thought. We actually both have tried not taking them until necessary and learned a lesson there as it take so long to kick in and yeah you literally will not be able to function since they gave you stuff like that by iv and once it wears off you won't be back for like a day. Whats funny is the iv stuff seems to not have the side effects the way oral dosages do.
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.
is tramadol and opiod? that seems to work a bit better than things like oxy for us to but we still have had better effects from gaba. wonder if its all genetic on the response to these various things.
Originally they sold tramadol as “not an opioid” (and not addictive) but then they backtracked on that, so yeah, it is. But most people mentally classify it differently.
Every time I’ve had other opioids, they literally have no effect on me, including not reducing my pain. My lay understanding is that tramadol gets metabolized into a different kind of opioid while in your body, and I suspect something about that process allows it to work for me while others don’t.
And in general I seem to have a lot of abnormal responses to medications, including some paradoxical effects (like Ambien keeps me awake, or Claritin-D—the non-drowsy one—puts me to sleep).
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.
Ya like dags?
Avi, pull your socks up!
Hell yeah! I was literally coming to the comments to suggest Snatch. One of my favorites for sure
Yellow submarine
I watched it many years ago, I just remember how trippy the movie was, not much of the plot. I don't know whether it's too funny for the state you will be in!
Ooh, I thought of another awesome early 90s wild movie.
The Lawnmower Man
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0104692/
The inside of your eyelids. It's a banger every time! 😉 Good luck to you on your surgery, and a speedy recovery.
Brainscan
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0109327/
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.
When I was on a bunch of painkillers after some surgery I watched Whiplash. Everyone was like "wow that movie was so intense" but I was so numb I didn't think much about it.
Whatever you do, take pictures, you're not going to remember it after.
Last time I was on them, they told me I could go back to work but I took the week off and went hiking. Mine was dental surgery. I still haven't figured out all the places I went. They probably should have taken my keys, but it wasn't something they warned about for that level of pills back then. Thinking back on it is kinda terrifying.
Be careful, you're not going to be competent to make decisions.
I be had two major surgeries, I've only been given oxy for one of them. I took it maybe two days and got off of it as quickly as possible. I hate taking pills, and I didn't feel like I needed it anyway. Pretty much just made me tired.
better make yourself some Epstein brand multigrain muffins. your colon will thank you.
Don't watch anything you want to remember 😂
Was gonna suggest EEAAO but then saw you say "no belly laughs" so that's out
When it happened to me, I had a 1000 song countdown of the best songs by Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna.
Not sure I would recommend it...
If you want to experience diversity in human experiences and landscapes, Samsara.
Ha, someone else said Koyaanisqatsi, to which I countered Baraka. Yours was the next response down.
I’ve seen Baraka many times but only watched Samsara once, I believe. Though we’re supposed to have neighbors over to watch it soon. Thanks for the reminder!
Samsara on acid was incredible
Whenever I’m taking that stuff as prescribed, I’m usually not high, I’m simply not in pain.
My vote goes to Koyaanisqatsi
I'm seeing it listed as a musical. Is that right? (I'm not the biggest fan of musicals, is all.)
It’s more of a documentary with no narration. I replied this above, but I’d recommend Baraka instead. Baraka offers incredible visuals of humanity—the good and the bad—with a stunning soundtrack.
Thank you for the clarification. I did some digging to keep them on my radar. Appreciate these recommendations!
I’d definitely recommend Baraka over Koyaanitsqatsi. Baraka’s my partner’s favorite movie and I’ve watched it at least five times. After the last time he pulled up Koyaanitsqatsi, and I see where he was trying to go with it, but I don’t think he was there yet. However, I think he nailed it with Baraka.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triplets_of_Belleville
Ooh, I really like the old-school animation throwbacks I'm seeing in pictures for The Congress. And it kinda sounds like a Black Mirror episode. Definitely going on the list.
I don't have any good movie recommendations but I very much enjoyed listening to the album
Avec Laudenum by Stars Of The Lid when I was zonked out on morphine.
Lord of the rings series and the hobbit The matrix series The DaVinci Code Series The Librarian Series The Associate Children of the Corn (1983) side note: I drove the road they were on to school every day it's only a couple miles long and the house the kids were playing in is a bed and breakfast now. Downsizing Escape from Pretoria The Dirty Dozen Black Book Book of Eli Cast Away Dances with Wolves The Fugitive and US Marshals Heartbreak Ridge Jumpin Jack Flash Labyrinth of Lies Mr Baseball Medicine Man The Pursuit of Happiness Pleasantville Quigley Down Under Red Sparrow Runaway - 1984 Saturday Night Fever The Shawshank Redemption The Silence of the Lambs series Striking Distance Tank - 1984 Timeline The Tremmors series U 571 V.I. Warshawski View from the Top Wargames - 1983 Welcome to Marwen The Witches - 2020 Woman of the Hour Zathura -- And when you feel up to laughing a little -- Breakup Man (also known as Schlusmacher) Blast from the Past 9 to 5 Every which way but loose and Any which way you can The Frighteners Moscow on the Hudson Loverboy Overboard and the remake Overboard The Secret of my Success Can't Buy Me Love Office Space Real Genius Sex Drive Spaceballs Spies Like Us Summer School - 1987 Wildcats - 1986
And don't discount some TV series either. OZ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118421 Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis Bates Motel Black Sails Dexter Dollhouse (Watch Epitaph 1 and 2 after the rest of the series or you will be lost) Eureka Frasier Firefly (and the movie Serenity) Halt and Catch Fire Last Man Standing MASH Warehouse 13
If you get done with all that you will probably be healed up but if not I can add more
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Tron should be a decent watch, good visuals at least, and nothing too heavy.
Lost Highway
magnolia
Knowing absolutely nothing about you or your taste in movies other than that you're on drugs, my recommendation is Lifeforce (1985).
I would like to add Brainstorm to this pile.
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.
Hardcore Henry. Not kidding. You'd think that'd be too much. But with the movie at +5 speed, and you at -3 speed, it comes off pretty well.
Good luck. Those only made me nauseous.
So how’d it go? Surgery and movie time both a success?
I've never liked to take opiates of any kind. My go-to for pain is "Poor Man's Percocet:" 2 Ibuprofen (Advil), and 1 Acetaminophen (Tylenol). If the pain is really bad, you can double them, but don't take them more than every 6-8 hours.
The Ibuprofen is metabolized by the kidneys, and the Acetaminophen is metabolized by the liver, so neither one overwhelms your organs, and the effect together is far better than the individual effects alone, and I've actually heard multiple doctors say that it approaches the efficacy of an opiate, without the addictive dangers.
I have a very physical job, and at the end of the day, I can sometimes feel almost broken, and this works great for me.
I got harder stuff for a back injury, and fuck no thanks. I stuck with a max-dose Tylenol+Advil stack and hot packs and cursing.
The benefits of the baby morphine was just not worth all the side effects. I'll stick to the stack and some rest, thanks.