Be aware: Despite a "warning," the movie is enthusiastically pro-pot.
But really it's not a `pot film' it's a buddy flick.
This is a classic buddy film. The two buddies happen to be potheads, (but not like Cheech and Chong,) The pot smoking acts as a central prop, and allows for some deep conversations and considerations. Don't be put off though- lots of violence and a classic car chase. The directing is spot on, and the movie flows pretty quickly.
A buddy film, according to The Complete Film Dictionary, is "a film that features the friendship of two males as the major relationship". Ira Konigsberg, author of the dictionary, further defines the genre: "Such films extol the virtues of male comradeship and relegate male-female relationships to a
The definition of a buddie film subsidiary position. Male relationships have always been a significant element in our popular culture, from the Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper to television beer commercials."
According to the Journal of Popular Film and Television, buddy films emerged in the 1970s in response to the feminist movement. The journal reported, "To punish women for their desire for equality, the buddy film pushes them out of the center of the narrative and replaces the traditional central romantic relationship between a man and a woman with a buddy relationship between two men. By making both protagonists men, the central issue of the film becomes the growth and development of their friendship. Women as potential love interests are thus eliminated from the narrative space.
That describes this movie. I don't think women will like it as much as males.
I have been told that if you liked Superbad
, chances are you'll find something in Pineapple Express to like. While Superbad
concentrated on friendships between boys during their teen years, this new Seth Rogen movie focuses on men in their mid twenties.
Plot summary for Pineapple Express (2008)IMD
Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express.
Director:David Gordon Green
Writers (WGA):Seth Rogen (screenplay) &
Evan Goldberg (screenplay) ...
Release Date:6 August 2008 (USA)
Genre: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
You can stream the entire movieit live now through Amazons Streaming Video Service- CLICK HERE
This is a classic buddy film. The two buddies happen to be potheads, (but not like Cheech and Chong,) The pot smoking acts as a central prop, and allows for some deep conversations and considerations. Don't be put off though- lots of violence and a classic car chase. The directing is spot on, and the movie flows pretty quickly.
A buddy film, according to The Complete Film Dictionary, is "a film that features the friendship of two males as the major relationship". Ira Konigsberg, author of the dictionary, further defines the genre: "Such films extol the virtues of male comradeship and relegate male-female relationships to a
The definition of a buddie film subsidiary position. Male relationships have always been a significant element in our popular culture, from the Leatherstocking Tales of James Fenimore Cooper to television beer commercials."
According to the Journal of Popular Film and Television, buddy films emerged in the 1970s in response to the feminist movement. The journal reported, "To punish women for their desire for equality, the buddy film pushes them out of the center of the narrative and replaces the traditional central romantic relationship between a man and a woman with a buddy relationship between two men. By making both protagonists men, the central issue of the film becomes the growth and development of their friendship. Women as potential love interests are thus eliminated from the narrative space.
That describes this movie. I don't think women will like it as much as males.
I have been told that if you liked Superbad
, chances are you'll find something in Pineapple Express to like. While Superbadconcentrated on friendships between boys during their teen years, this new Seth Rogen movie focuses on men in their mid twenties.
Plot summary for Pineapple Express (2008)IMD
Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, he panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express.
Director:David Gordon Green
Writers (WGA):Seth Rogen (screenplay) &
Evan Goldberg (screenplay) ...
Release Date:6 August 2008 (USA)
Genre: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
You can stream the entire movieit live now through Amazons Streaming Video Service- CLICK HERE
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