Pineapple Express

[DaveWadding]

Comes out today. Gonna be awesome.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

thug life

[FakeLaser]

Yeah going to see it later with my gal pal

[CSL]

Been waiting for this for ages. Not released over here for over a month though. Probably get it on streams/torrents providing there's a decent enough one

[Indifferent Clox]

Tomorrow I see this.

[RP]

looks dumb

[Champion of Europa]

One of my friends saw this and Wackness on back to back days. Said it was funny as hell, but a little bit of a disappointment. Wackness, on the other hand, is supposed to be amazing.

[Indifferent Clox]

wanna see the wackness too

[Tazz Dan]

Going to see tonight. Can't fucking wait!!

[Anybody Thrilla]

I saw it on Thursday. Both me and my girlfriend were laughing pretty much the entire time. It dragged a bit sometimes, but definitely worth it.

What's this Wackness you speak of?

[Indifferent Clox]

I wanna see that new michael cera movie they trailered

[Indifferent Clox]

I think this was maybe better than superbad tbh

[Champion of Europa]

I saw it on Thursday. Both me and my girlfriend were laughing pretty much the entire time. It dragged a bit sometimes, but definitely worth it.

What's this Wackness you speak of?

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The Wackness.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I would probably watch that, but I wouldn't be excited about it.

[Gonzo]

I was blazed as shit when I saw this, which I believe is a prerequisite. The first half of the movie was hilarious stoner stuff, all the innuendos, mannerisms, jokes etc. were so spot on and you could relate if you smoke. The second half of the movie was a bit of a disappointment, once it actually started to progress with an actual story. Became a little less funny to me.

8/10

[PorkSoda]

Probably have to be high when you watch this.

Give it 8/10.

[#1-norm-fan]

No you don't. That's ridiculous. I've never smoked weed in my life. And this is still one of the funniest movies I've seen in ages.

[CSL]

I've never smoked weed in my life.

That's probably why you say what you say. Being a pothead and watching a pot movie without pot automatically decreases your enjoyment of the movie by at least 50%

[Indifferent Clox]

I watched it without pot and still enjoyed it immensley, I'm sure if I was High it would have been a million times better though.

[#1-norm-fan]

That's probably why you say what you say. Being a pothead and watching a pot movie without pot automatically decreases your enjoyment of the movie by at least 50%

lol. How about just enjoying a good movie for being a good movie?

It's like saying "I'm a cop but watching cop movies while I'm not in a shootout with some guy decreases my enjoyment 50%"

[CSL]

I'm not saying you can't enjoy it. It's just better if you're 'joining in'.

And yeah, if I'm a cop that enjoys blowing shit up and killing loads of bad guys and I'm watching John McClane do his thang, there's probably gonna be a hint of envy on my part

[#1-norm-fan]

Just imaging cops getting excited and blowing random shit up after watching Die Hard. :lol:

[Fox]

lol. How about just enjoying a good movie for being a good movie?

It's like saying "I'm a cop but watching cop movies while I'm not in a shootout with some guy decreases my enjoyment 50%"

But that's not the same thing at all.

If you're a cop watching a cop movie then BAM, you're good, you've got the "experience" and so you may enjoy it more than, oh, say, a politician or a gay hair dresser or an emo, Linkin Park kid.

Just like this movie is MADE with potheads in mind, and so if you have smoked pot before or are actually high upon seeing it, it's probably funnier to you. But if you have NEVER smoked pot before, then shut the fuck up, because you have no reference point. You probably still think you can fly with dogs over fucking Manhattan or that you would feed a horse three bags of junk food when you're high. You're ignorant to highness.

Just like I never really liked "Dazed and Confused" until after I was 13, which was when I started smoking pot and getting into shit.


This is actually a conversation I've had a bunch of times with people at my Film School, cause there's a distinct line in our class between the preppy rich kids who have never smoked weed, dropped acid, taking mushrooms, broken the law, done any of that normal "losing your innocence" sort of shit, and then there are the ones who have, like me.

One half has kids who wear Captain America shields on their school ID badges and who wore Indiana Jones costumes TO SCHOOL the day it came out.

I don't think I have to say which it was.

[CSL]

Only saw Dazed and Confused for the first time a few weeks back. Great movie

[loopydate]

A good movie is a good movie, whatever state of mind you're in. "You need to be stoned" is a really stupid argument. If a movie is only good if you're stoned... it's probably not very good.

[Champion of Europa]

I think its ignorant to say you cant fully enjoy a drug movie without being under the influence of the drug or having used the drug.

I've never done obscene amounts of drugs, but I still love Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

[#1-norm-fan]

Just like this movie is MADE with potheads in mind, and so if you have smoked pot before or are actually high upon seeing it, it's probably funnier to you. But if you have NEVER smoked pot before, then shut the fuck up, because you have no reference point. You probably still think you can fly with dogs over fucking Manhattan or that you would feed a horse three bags of junk food when you're high. You're ignorant to highness.



This is one of the most retarded things I've ever read on these boards...

AND you're a film student!?!?

It's a fucking movie. Intended... to be... a good... MOVIE. While I think it is kind of funny that you try to take some sort of credit as a pothead for the movie being created, it wasn't written to cater to potheads. It was written to cater to people who like the genre. No movie is written strictly for people who can relate to things the characters do. To get all pissed because people who aren't potheads actually think the movie is funny and claim they need to "shut the fuck up because they have no reference point" is beyond retarded. I really hope you never actually make a stoner movie that you have to promote. "Hey everyone, go see my movie if you're a pothead. It's really well written and the performances are amazing but if you've never gotten high, shut the fuck up and stay out of the fucking theater."

:roll:

I swear just reading that entire post actually made me hate potheads a little. Not to even mention the paragraph where you subtly try to raise yourself above the "preppy rich kids" who never got into shit.

[Indifferent Clox]

Actually Seth Rogen did write it specifically for potheads, buttttttt it wasn't just for potheads. I mean I can see people enjoying it more if they've smokedpot but it really tranccends the genre of your typical stoner flick

[#1-norm-fan]

Show me the interview where Seth Rogan says "I wrote this movie specifically for potheads."

The man knows what he's doing. If he had written the movie specifically for potheads, he wouldn't have put any focus on... you know... plot the way he did. The movie had a plot and actual good writing because the man went to film school. Not "How to entertain stoners" school.

[Indifferent Clox]

His interview with John Stewart. and the whole COmedy Central Presents making of pineapple express.

I'm not saying he wrote it JUST for stoners and denying anyone else, but he wrote it specifically as the type of movie he himself would enjoy, he being a stoner.

I think you are confusing the term specifically to mean Only.

[Fox]

I think its ignorant to say you cant fully enjoy a drug movie without being under the influence of the drug or having used the drug.

I've never done obscene amounts of drugs, but I still love Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

But you have done SOME drugs before? Because that's the point. You've been "there."

[Fox]

A good movie is a good movie, whatever state of mind you're in. "You need to be stoned" is a really stupid argument. If a movie is only good if you're stoned... it's probably not very good.

Read my post again and find where I said "you need to be stoned to like this movie." It's not there. Don't put words in my mouth.

What I said was that people who have BEEN stoned BEFORE, who have experienced it before, would UNDERSTAND the movie, the characters and the situation DIFFERENTLY and possibly BETTER (esp. in the cases of movies like Dazed and Confused, the aforementioned Fear and Loathing, Half Baked) than people who never had been.

See how I capitalized the important words?

[Fox]

This is one of the most retarded things I've ever read on these boards...

AND you're a film student!?!?

It's a fucking movie. Intended... to be... a good... MOVIE. While I think it is kind of funny that you try to take some sort of credit as a pothead for the movie being created, it wasn't written to cater to potheads. It was written to cater to people who like the genre. No movie is written strictly for people who can relate to things the characters do. To get all pissed because people who aren't potheads actually think the movie is funny and claim they need to "shut the fuck up because they have no reference point" is beyond retarded. I really hope you never actually make a stoner movie that you have to promote. "Hey everyone, go see my movie if you're a pothead. It's really well written and the performances are amazing but if you've never gotten high, shut the fuck up and stay out of the fucking theater."

:roll:

I swear just reading that entire post actually made me hate potheads a little. Not to even mention the paragraph where you subtly try to raise yourself above the "preppy rich kids" who never got into shit.

Like I said, no reference point. I understand what you're saying and that's fine, I don't care if you smoke pot or not. But still, don't say that the movie isn't influenced by drugs, that it isn't created with drug users in mind, because that's wrong. You don't understand and who knows, maybe you never will, but that's cool.

Steve Jobs said it best about Bill Gates: "I wish him the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He'd be a broader guy if he'd dropped acid once or gone off to an Ashram when he was younger."

[Blitz]

It was good, not great.

[Champion of Europa]

But you have done SOME drugs before? Because that's the point. You've been "there."

I took one hit off of a joint and didnt like it.

Still love that movie.

[Indifferent Clox]

one hit won't do shit to you man omg.

anyway Dazed and confuzed director Richard linklater is actually antidrugs and always has been. SO is frank zappa. TRUTH.

[loopydate]

Read my post again and find where I said "you need to be stoned to like this movie." It's not there. Don't put words in my mouth.

if you have NEVER smoked pot before, then shut the fuck up, because you have no reference point.

...okay, so maybe you didn't say "you need to be stoned," but you definitely said "you need to have - at one time or another in your life - BEEN stoned to fully appreciate it."

Which is just as asinine.

[Hardkore Kidd J]

I never have taken one hit of a joint my whole life. And I still loved this movie enough to see it 3 times . All though yeah, I agree ya might find it funnier if you were stoned. Is it just me or was that movie incrediblely violent for a stoner comedy?

[Indifferent Clox]

It was incredibly amazing.

[Gonzo]

...okay, so maybe you didn't say "you need to be stoned," but you definitely said "you need to have - at one time or another in your life - BEEN stoned to fully appreciate it."

Which is just as asinine.

Its not asinine at all. If you have smoked weed before, you can relate to this movie better. You simply don't have the experiences otherwise. The first half of the movie has a lot of stoner innuendos, jokes and such while the second half advances the plot along so that is where a non-smoker can enjoy the movie just as much as a smoker.

[Fox]

Okay fuck I just got back from seeing this movie and I really don't see how anyone can disagree with me that drug users will definitely enjoy this movie more than non-drug users. what the fuck? did you even watch the same movie I did?

The whole relationship between James Franco and Seth Rogen is based on real life dealer-buyer relationships. The dealer who has the easiest job in the world, sits at home all the time, and the guy with a life who comes over and feels awkward about leaving. That whole thing about "we're friends but we're really not but he thinks we are" is fucking so spot on. That's exactly how it was with my dealer for a long time, and I know that's how it is with a lot of other dealers too. And a non-druggie won't "get" that as much. Obviously, unless they are retarded they will see the comedy in it, but unless you've really been there it's just not as easy to be relate. I can't tell you the number of times I've tried to leave my dealers house and he's been all "Yeah, sure, okay, man..." with that sad look on his face.

I can see why a non-user would enjoy the movie though. Balls out comedy for 2 hours. Extremely enjoyable.

[#1-norm-fan]

I'm not really arguing that a drug user would enjoy the movie in a different way.

I just hate the whole "I enjoyed this movie on a way more than you people possibly could have because I do drugs" thing. It's annoying as hell. I hate when people try to "take" movies for their own because of dumb shit. As someone who enjoys movies, I loved it. Trying to discredit that is just lame.

It would be like a wrestling fan talking to a non wrestling fan about Beyond The Mat. Both of them having enjoyed the movie and the wrestling fan taking every opportunity to say how "I enjoyed the movie on a much deeper level because I know as a wrestling fan, blah blah blah.... DON'T TRY TO TELL ME YOU LIKED THIS MOVIE MORE BECAUSE I'M A WRESTLING FAN AND I KNOW ALL THESE PEOPLE, blah blah blah... as a wrestling fan, I like wrestling and I know about wrestling and the thing about wrestling is this..."

[Lock Jaw]

Hmm, I was on the side of #1-wwf-fan, but his own analogy has made me switch sides. Because I'm fairly certain a wrestling fan WOULD like Beyond the Mat better for the fact that he is a wrestling fan. So if that holds true, I guess it holds true for this movie.

I still liked Pineapple Express though.

[#1-norm-fan]

I'm not remarking on whether he would enjoy it or not though. Read that last paragraph. I'm just stating that it's obnoxious for someone to try to give themselves a sense of belonging because they relate more to a movie that everyone likes. "I liked it more than you because I'm a wrestling fan".

However, I will also make the point that someone can enjoy a movie for being well-made just as much, if not more than someone who relates to the characters. It's not like it's automatic. It's a retarded point to try to make.

[Lux]

Gonzo has a point, i won't disagree with you though on the point a drug movie without being on drugs doesn't make it any less funny but from a stoner point of view...

A pot movie is hilarious on pot and unless you smoke you don't know what they are talking about and no hearing the reference from your stoner friends and using it/knowing it doesn't make you any more knowledged, if your not a stoner then there are parts you won't get if you've never smoked period

[Lux]

I'm not remarking on whether he would enjoy it or not though. Read that last paragraph. I'm just stating that it's obnoxious for someone to try to give themselves a sense of belonging because they relate more to a movie that everyone likes. "I liked it more than you because I'm a wrestling fan".

However, I will also make the point that someone can enjoy a movie for being well-made just as much, if not more than someone who relates to the characters. It's not like it's automatic. It's a retarded point to try to make.

Yes because a movie based around smoking weed will be so easy for you, someone who doesn't smoke to completely get. Sorry but its like going to a skateboard show and you don't skate board, you don't know whats going on but it can still be enjoyed... just not up to par

[Lux]

Okay fuck I just got back from seeing this movie and I really don't see how anyone can disagree with me that drug users will definitely enjoy this movie more than non-drug users. what the fuck? did you even watch the same movie I did?

The whole relationship between James Franco and Seth Rogen is based on real life dealer-buyer relationships. The dealer who has the easiest job in the world, sits at home all the time, and the guy with a life who comes over and feels awkward about leaving. That whole thing about "we're friends but we're really not but he thinks we are" is fucking so spot on. That's exactly how it was with my dealer for a long time, and I know that's how it is with a lot of other dealers too. And a non-druggie won't "get" that as much. Obviously, unless they are retarded they will see the comedy in it, but unless you've really been there it's just not as easy to be relate. I can't tell you the number of times I've tried to leave my dealers house and he's been all "Yeah, sure, okay, man..." with that sad look on his face.

I can see why a non-user would enjoy the movie though. Balls out comedy for 2 hours. Extremely enjoyable.

Hmm, I was on the side of #1-wwf-fan, but his own analogy has made me switch sides. Because I'm fairly certain a wrestling fan WOULD like Beyond the Mat better for the fact that he is a wrestling fan. So if that holds true, I guess it holds true for this movie.

I still liked Pineapple Express though.

Yet two more reasons why #1 wwf... whatever his name is should settle down, shut up and learn, speaking of stoners i'll get MCEazy and Juan in on this to :D

[Lux]

...okay, so maybe you didn't say "you need to be stoned," but you definitely said "you need to have - at one time or another in your life - BEEN stoned to fully appreciate it."

Which is just as asinine.

Look through many things in our day and age, there are some movies, books, pieces of art and many other things that if you've been on drugs you can relate to, one book i read started in one place and two lines later you were somewhere else, totally off the point of the first line, i related to it because the author while writing the book was stoned the whole time.


and you sit here and tell me that because you don't do drugs you understand much better. please, there are two sides here and your basically advocating for the non-drug users here and basically saying "anyone who doesn't do drugs is smarter" :rant:

[#1-norm-fan]

Thank you Lux for being the epitome of everything I'm talking about.

Cause you know... there is no art to making a movie that Seth Rogen went to school to learn and applied to make the movie.

Someone who is a movie buff can enjoy this movie MORE than someone who is a stoner for it being a well made movie. And everyone who argues that point is the exact type of person I'm talking about.

"Yay! I'm a stoner and this movie that everyone likes is just for people like me! I'm so awesome!!!!"

[Lux]

Quote me and show me where i said that line right there please and i'll bow down to you the king, i already know you can't so i'm not bowing

"Yay! I'm a stoner and this movie that everyone likes is just for people like me! I'm so awesome!!!!"


We know what the fuck your saying, happy, we've been saying it this whole time, christ you're so stupid, what we are saying is there are parts in the movie that we understand better, not only we understand, we just understand it better because yes that part of the movie focuses on stoners, get it? got it? good

[loopydate]

and you sit here and tell me that because you don't do drugs you understand much better. please, there are two sides here and your basically advocating for the non-drug users here and basically saying "anyone who doesn't do drugs is smarter" :rant:

I actually didn't say that, but if you're going to put words in my mouth...

Anyone who doesn't do drugs actually is smarter. Pot may not be as harmful as, say, tobacco (especially in terms of things like cancer and other lung diseases), but it has been proven to cause abnormalities in the amygdala and hippocampus, the parts of the brain responsible for memory (long- and short-term), as well as spatial navigation and emotional reaction.

I also never said that because I don't do drugs I understand better. Of course, you'd remember that if your amygdala and hippocampus hadn't been damaged. :p What I said was that it's possible to appreciate any movie that's well-made, no matter the subject matter, and no matter what your state of mind. A good movie is a good movie.

[Juan]

#1-wwf-fan, just let us have this one, k? You can have the other shitty movies that come out this year.

[#1-norm-fan]

We know what the fuck your saying, happy, we've been saying it this whole time, christ you're so stupid, what we are saying is there are parts in the movie that we understand better, not only we understand, we just understand it better because yes that part of the movie focuses on stoners, get it? got it? good

lol. Then stop fucking arguing, bitch.

[Indifferent Clox]

I think it would be useful for you guys to read unworthwhilecatastrophies.blogspot.com [sic] parts 1-3 in that order. Go

[MCEazy]

We know what the fuck your saying, happy, we've been saying it this whole time, christ you're so stupid, what we are saying is there are parts in the movie that we understand better, not only we understand, we just understand it better because yes that part of the movie focuses on stoners, get it? got it? good

Thats exactly it, certain parts that deal with "stoner moments" if you will are something we potheads can connect to more because more then likely we've been there before and have probably experienced some of what they've experienced. At the same time though, as the whole movie is concerned, you don't have to be a druggy to enjoy it, it's just that some of the stoner jokes or moments may not be as obvious or relevant to a non drug user.

[Lux]

Thats exactly it, certain parts that deal with "stoner moments" if you will are something we potheads can connect to more because more then likely we've been there before and have probably experienced some of what they've experienced. At the same time though, as the whole movie is concerned, you don't have to be a druggy to enjoy it, it's just that some of the stoner jokes or moments may not be as obvious or relevant to a non drug user.

#1-wwf-fan, just let us have this one, k? You can have the other shitty movies that come out this year.

[Indifferent Clox]

I disagree with everyone. Who wants to go?

[Juan]

Bring it on, Clox Brady!

[Indifferent Clox]

IT'S SO ON!:)

[Indifferent Clox]

IN MY ANGER I HAVE ENTERED THE WRONG SMILEY THAT DOES NOT CONVEY MY EMOTION AT ALLLLLLLLLLLL!

[Juan]

Yeah right :lol:

[Indifferent Clox]

WHO ARE YOU TO QUESTION MY ANGER? :|

[Indifferent Clox]

FUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!!

[Juan]

:kiss:

[Indifferent Clox]

Your kisses are tasteless and dry to me now. :(

[Indifferent Clox]

SHI...... oh wait that's about right...

[Juan]

Ok. It's over Clox. I want your stuff out of my house!

[Indifferent Clox]

Ok. It's over Clox. I want your stuff in my mouth!

[Juan]

Touché

[Lux]

I disagree with everyone. Who wants to go?

Bring it on, i'm ready for you!

[Jeritron]

I thought it was pretty good/funny. It didn't touch Superbad though.

[CSL]

How dare you come in here and make a post that actually has something to with the thread Jeritron

[Indifferent Clox]

yeah wtf Jeritron! :rant:

[Fox]

"I thought hurricane season was ovah!"

Ahahahahhaha. I can't get that line out of my head.

Also Saul's body language when he says "Fucking lingerer, man! Just - lingers" is amazing. Franco is so good in this movie.