8.17.2008

Pineapple Express




James Franco and Seth Rogen in Pineapple Express (dir. David Gordon Green, 2008).

Whoa, would that really work? A crossjoint?

See, that's the kind of movie I appreciate: one that presents intellectually challenging, potentially practicable, real-world concepts.

Too bad I had to give up pot years ago because it made me see the universe as a dark mathematical equation that solves repeatedly as a vast serpent-headed, mandala-like vortex of bloody automobile accidents and ICBMs. Yeah, no fun.

The movie's great fun, though. I can't decide yet whether the graphic violence is anything more than hyperbolic adolescent mannerism, but it at least jumps the Apatow product line a few feet out of its familiar parameters.

2 comments:

Phanero Noemikon said...

I've rolled an "O"
or ourobouros joint before!

you can't smoke it
but you can consider it
while taking bong hits!

Pat R said...

first half of Pineapple Express was about half as good as Knocked Up... the second half was almost as bad as Freddy God Fingered