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A London Screening Of PINEAPPLE EXPRESS! Did It Play As Well There?
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
I know some days it feels like Ain’t It Apatow News around here, but that’s because they are taking over the world.
You want proof? This test screening review comes in from London. That’s in fucking England, man. Totally different country.
In all seriousness, I am curious about how this one plays overseas. I think great comedy travels, and early word on this one has it pegged as one of the very best of the films from this producing team so far.
Does our London spy agree?
Hi Harry, Moriarty and Quint,
Haven’t written in for a while but caught a few screenings recently so thought I would give you the heads up. I caught a preview of The Pineapple Express here in London last night and thought I would write in and tell you my thoughts. The security was crazy with everybody having to hand in their mobile phones and be metal detected before they were allowed in, I didn’t mind however if it lived up to the trailer I’d seen.
Just to say, I’m a big Apatow fan so I am slightly biased. I loved the 40 year old Virgin, thought Knocked Up was fairly good and loved Superbad. If you liked any of those movies its pretty safe to say that you’ll like Pineapple Express which I would describe as a cross between a stoner/buddy flick with a healthy dose of action thrown in at the end for good measure. I had a blast and most of the crowd there seemed to as well.
As I’m sure most of the people who read this site already know, Pineapple Express refers to super strain of weed rather than some kind of super speed train.
The movie features loads of guys from the movies mentioned above all of whom cracked me up including Apatow’s cop buddy, officer Slater, from Superbad, who plays a completely stoned soldier/test subject/guinea pig when the military are testing this new super-bud on him back in the 60’s during the black and white opening scene.
Pineapple tells the story of Dale Dention (Judd Apatow and his dealer friend Saul, played by James Franco. I was not that impressed by Franco when I saw him in the Spiderman movies or in Flyboys but here he really impresses as the stoned dude with a big heart. He’s really funny and has some great lines. The character that made me laugh the most however was a character named Red (Danny McBride), Franco buddy and guy that supplies him. He gets the best lines throughout the film and whenever he appears something funny comes out of him mouth or gets injured in some way or another.
To cut to the chase, the plot, whilst paper thin, tells of Apatow and Franco going on the run when they witness and get caught up in the murder of a gang member with one of the bosses sending out two incredibly stupid and funny hitmen (one played by the guy who was the boyfriend of the period blood girl in Superbad) to take care of them.
Whilst being chased they get totally greened out on the Pineapple which leads to all kinds of funny sh*t :- getting lost and sleeping in the woods, arrested for selling herb to some school kids, a hilarious car chase (you’ll know the bit from the trailer where Franco puts his foot through the windscreen, its frickin hilarious), an angry girlfriend’s parents and a pot dealing buddy who no matter how many times he gets shot, always seems to be okay.
I’m sure it will do really well when it comes out in the summer and will appeal to the usual crowd who like Apatow’s films. It’s a lot harsher (there are some pretty twisted gunshot wounds) than any of his previous movies and whilst the action is a bit poor towards the end, its not exactly meant to be serious. It’s got some great characters and some good perfomances in it and overall I would recommend it to anybody who likes a good comedy and the odd doobie…….
Got a couple more review of other movies I’ve seen recently which I’ll get written up and over to you soon.
Tracer
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Best use of M.I.A. ever.
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Dude, unless I'm reading wrong, you're a little confused with the names. Judd Apatow is the producer. James Franco's co-star in this movie es Seth Rogen.
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good review
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Do you go through an entire film and not know who the stars are???? Plant.
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Wow, Teh Suk is a prophet. Apatow is the biggest hack since... well... he's just the biggest hack in Hollywood.
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I thought Tom Hanks was going to play everyrole in this?
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of the 40 year old virgin: "Judd Apatow plays a mild mannered store clerk whose buddies Judd Apatow, Judd Apatow and Judd Apatow try and get him to come out of his shell. Will he be able to win the woman of his dreams (Apatow)?"
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This dude is a total tool. Jump off of Apatow's dick man. I'm sure the movie is going to be boss, but christ just because Apatow is involved, producing wise, not acting, doesn't guarantee a great movie.
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On the entire world wide web? You'd think somebody could take time to look up a name. "He's played by that one dude who starred in the movie featuring robots who was also the buddy in cop movie '98. (this type of referencing is reserved only for Neill Cumpston).
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They think Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen are the same person. Hey, nobody at AICN proofread the story?
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Ah those crazy brits!
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...he thinks that Seth Rogen IS Judd Apatow. I can't blame him, considering the two are pretty much synonymous, but seriously dude - learn a little pop culture before you review a movie driven right at it. Seacrest out.
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And I really enjoyed it. Although I still prefer SuperBad
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It is Aint It Apatow News. The'll post anything from anyone saying they've seen his movies. And give him a break his a blimy bloke, pop culture isn't his native tongue.
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Not everyone is like "us", a bunch of douchebags who spend our time bitching about other peoples movie reviews. Tracer probably has a life outside movies and message boards. Lucky bastard!
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I appreciate that you wanna send in a review for a preview screening and it doesn't have to be Pulitzer worthy but for fuck's sake at least click your mouse a couple of times and get the actor's names from IMDB. You write like a tranquilized 8 year old....as 'TheBlackKnight' suggested above, this type of reviewing should only be attempted by the greatest online reviewer of all: Neill Cumpston - come to think of it, where the fuck is he when we need him so badly?
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Brundlefly, erichaisler, thalvar, blacknight, godson, potsmokinalien and danny ocean... All you sniveling little taint licks need to get together in person for a TB circle-jerk party. that way u can gaze soulfully into each other's eyes while you complain about the inaccuracies of unprofessional spy reviews of unreleased movies. This ain't the NY times you fuckin douchetools. Now go gargle some Trekkie semen and spare us anymore of your sage criticism. Fucking fucktards.
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I am a HUGE Apatow fan, Knocked Up and Superbad are among my favorite comedies ever and I'm seeing him speak at the upcoming PaleyFestival, that said Pineapple Express is good, not great. James Franco absolutely makes the movie, every word and mannerism is funny. Seth Rogen is kinda one note and the action DOES NOT gel. See it and you'll laugh but don't expect for it to be another classic.
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