From the Creators of Superbad, one walks into this movie with high expectations. Usually high expectations lead to disappointment however in this case it delivers just what was expected. As the theme of the movie is centered around weed, it wouldn’t be doing the movie justice to just walk in with a coke and popcorn. No for this movie you must be intoxicated (well at least a little bit).
The movie is centered around two stoners (Seth Rogan and James Franco) who witness a murder and are on the run from the “mob boss”. No matter how difficult the situation these two mates always get through, whether high or not.
I am more personal note, as I don’t wish to spoil any aspect of the movie, I will take you through just what the hell kind of impression this movie had on me. In my personal opinion I believe this to be one of Seth Rogan’s worse movie, he doesn’t seem to be breaking into any new ground, but it begs the question “does he need to?” . With the huge success of Superbad and Knocked up many people are anticipating much more from pineapple express, I found it much more enjoyable to watch trying to forget these previous films hilarity and just watch it for what it was. Nevertheless even when going in with high standards I doubt it will fail to have you wetting your pants at least twice.
It has been compared to Harold and Kumar, as both films are centred around weed, but many viewers believe Seth Rogan’s take on it to have surpassed it. While watching this movie I found much like Superbad, the first 20-30 minutes so jam packed with humour that the second half of the movie cannot compete (or maybe I was sober for the second half). I believe this movie is a must see and I wish I could give more information, but I wish not to ruin the movie for the rest of you. The only advice I give is either go in baked, or loosen your expectations a bit. All in all it was a great movie, and a must see.
