Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express hits DVD and Blu-ray today, in both rated and unrated versions--heaven help us if we decide to watch the extended edition of an already arduously long film. That, combined with the David Gordon Green film's recent appearance on Trailer Addict's top-ten list of trailers from 2008, got us thinking about the movie for the first time since the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. Golden Globe nominee James Franco aside, it might be that Pineapple Express was our biggest disappointment of the year. We liked it, but here are three reasons why it failed to reach our lofty expectations.  read more »

We had high (heh) hopes for Pineapple Express, the latest boy-bonding-bordering-on-romance comedy from the prolific Judd Apatow universe. After all, it had what seemed like a perfect storm of elements going for it: the onscreen reunion between Freaks and Geeks’ Seth Rogen—who co-wrote the script with Superbad partner Evan Goldberg—and James Franco; a quirky, entertaining premise (more on that later); and behind the camera, indie favorite David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls). We went in wanting to fall in love. We left feeling confused and—gasp!—questioning the staying power of Apatow and his gang.

Pineapple Express asks this question: What would an action movie look like if the two would-be heroes were as constantly high as an elephant’s eye? Mr.  read more »