Sunday, January 11, 2009

Pineapple Express



I got to watch a DVD of Pineapple Express this weekend.
And it's weird. Really weird.
It's probably my favorite Judd Apatow movie, but not because of the humor.
It's only kinda funny.
Like 9/10 funny.
There are reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaallllllllyyyyyyy long stretches without any kind of humor.
Those stretches fortunately are action sequences which makes it awesome.
I was surprised at how good the action is.
It also doesn't really make sense.
Lines like "You just got killed by a Dai Woo Lanos, (spellcheck), motherfucker"
don't make any sense when you actually think about it.
They're hilarious in context tho.
The movie opens with the discovery of pot.
Yeah, weird like I said.
Then you meet Dale Denton and Saul Silver, whose names are totally rhyming for some reason.
Do all stoners have matching names like that.
They are distinguished by the fact that Dale is only high half the time and Saul is high all of the time.
Anyhoo, Dale witnesses a murder committed by Bill Lumbergh... I mean Ted.
Now, Ted want's to fuck him and Saul up.
Using such criminals as Rosie Perez and Stanley from the Office.
Oh, and he's in a drug war with the Asians.
And there's this guy who can't get killed named Red and he's really creepy.
So, not the best movie, but at least it distinguishes itself from Knocked Up.
Did I mention it has good action?
Reeeeeeeaaaaaaaallllllyyyyyyy good action?

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