Jul 20 2008
Movies
Pineapple Express
My expectations were too high and I was disappointed.
But, for what it was–a stoner action movie–it was fun.
The action sequences were filmed very well–in fact, almost as well as Hot Fuzz. But where James Franco is nearly as fun and bumbling as Nick Frost, Seth Rogen’s lacks Simon Pegg’s charm. And part of the reason is because writers Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen, and Director David Green, haven’t written a character the audience and sympathize with.
Sure, we can laugh at him and pot smokers will giggle at familiar scenarios, but ultimately the character is so generic, it’s hard to care what happens to him.
The same goes for Rosie Perez. A generic villain is a villain not worth worrying about. I’d understand if the character was used as a device for comedic set-up, but the scenes shown weren’t worth the one-dimensional character and the character seems more likely to have been written in to validate Rogen and Franco’s decision not to go to the police. Lame.
Fun…but definitely not worth paying to see at the IMAX or even full-price.
Danny McBride, of Foot Fist Way fame, was hilarious.
