I think The Pineapple Express came out with very little fanfare and kind of understandable because most people were still seeing and talking about The Dark Knight, including myself. I finally saw it after reading some good reviews on it and I thought it was a very funny movie. Although I don’t care for the drug aspects about the movie, it made for great humor as Seth Rogen (Dale Denton) and James Franco (Saul Silver) lead the way. Denton witnesses a murder in front of drug lord Ted Jones’ (Gary Cole) house and because of that he is immediately penciled in as someone who needed to be eliminated, but he ran to his drug dealer, Silver, and he also gets included in the chase as the murderer finds Denton’s discarded joint and knows it was Silver’s “Pineapple Express” so that’s where they go to find Denton and Silver. Because they a high during the chase it leads to idiotic ideas and behavior, and it is very funny stuff.
A third character named Red (Danny R. McBride) is introduced and easily gives up his buddy Silver and Denton to the hit men, but they were able to get away. Red gets shot, but continues to plug away and contribute to the humor.
The man that is murdered was a part of a rival drug empire called “The Asians”. We don’t really learn anything about the gang, but there is an all-out war between Ted Jones’ men and The Asians.
I laughed extremely hard because of a Star Wars reference to the Rancor, so if you are a Star Wars fan, you should laugh, but you also need to pay attention to find it. I also loved how Dale Denton seemed to become a legend and a professional to Ted Jones and his goons, even though we know he’s a high doofus. I hadn’t really been a fan of Rogen in his previous movies, but he was pretty good in this one and I thought Franco was great as a high-all-the-time drug dealer. If you are looking for some good laughs, this is a movie you need to check out.
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