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Like any proper stoner film, Pineapple Express isn't so much about plot as it is about non sequirur and creative digression. One minute the two buds are running for their lives. The next they're parked deep in a forest reserve, lighting up and speculating about the methods the crime boss might employ to track them ("heat-seeking missiles...barracuda."). Naturally, they get so high they forget to turn off the car's lights before they fall asleep, so the next day they're forced to run for their lives on foot.
The movies final act mixes comedy and graphic violence in a way I'm not sure we've witnessed before. The one-liners fly and continue to hit their marks, as do some of the bullets that hail from all directions when [Seth Rogen] and [James Franco] fall ass-backwards into a face-off with [Gary Cole] and his army at a secluded hideout. It's a remarkable bit of filmmaking, in that moments of brain-damaged humor and buddy-film bonding never for a second seem out of sync with carnage so bloody it could have been choreographed by Quentin Tarantino.So, for the moment anyway, the most reliable source for a Hollywood hoot, the go-to guy for a good laugh at the movies, would appear to be Seth Rogen. You can count the industry's functioning writer-performers on one hand. But now, on the heels of Knocked Up and Superbad, Pineapple Express suggests it's safe to approach Rogens work with hopes as high as any of the characters he's played.See the full content of this document
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Pineapple Express ****JOINT VENTURERogen and Franco play stoners on the run.Over the past several months, one promising comedy after another has failed to live up to expectations. From the forgettable Forgetting Sarah Marsha...See the full content of this document
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