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The Apatow group's newest, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, screens! Tons of reviews hit!!!

first fuckers by SteffanLongdon	Jul 17th, 2007 06:31:45 AM
ha ha
Congrats, Steffan by Jakes Nel	Jul 17th, 2007 06:38:53 AM
No, really. I mean it. I'm just bitter...
Didn't like 40 Year Old Virgin by Dr Gregory House	Jul 17th, 2007 06:53:48 AM
Looking forward to Superbad
yo-yo man didn't do it for ya Dr House? by just pillow talk	Jul 17th, 2007 07:00:55 AM
Sorry dude, but I found that movie hysterical.
Apatow, Rogen & Co. are the Eli Roth's of comedy! by DerLanghaarige	Jul 17th, 2007 07:10:46 AM
Not untalented, but everything else than as brillant as several internet fanboys are telling us. I wonder if Tarantino already knows these guys...
The Big who? by just pillow talk	Jul 17th, 2007 07:30:14 AM
Never heard of it. :-)
hey DerLanghaarige by xcornealiousx	Jul 17th, 2007 07:46:37 AM
You want to call them Eli Roth's of comedy? Im too lazy to do the work to find the financial statistics to prove it, but Elit Roth had 1.5 movies do anything. Judd Apatow has had success as a writer on The Larry Sanders Show, The Ben Stiller show, Freaks and Geeks (on dvd), and a SLEW of movies over the past 3 to 4 years as either a writer, producer, or director. He has proven himself countless times. Ill admit fully i wasnt a HUGE fan of Knocked Up, I liked 40 Year Old Virgin more. I will never discredit how successful he is, and for good reason. He makes quality movies that make you laugh, and feel good. BIG differnce from Eli Roth. Do yourself a favor and rent or buy Freaks and Geeks on DVD, itll all make sense to you then.
Meh by davida4348	Jul 17th, 2007 08:13:26 AM
I think I'm the only person who thought "Knocked Up" wasn't funny. Maybe I just don't find the humor in quoting "Back to the Future". My only hope is that this is a better comedy than "George Washington" or "All the Real Girls". I don't think I laughed once when I saw those.
I hate potheads by theBigE	Jul 17th, 2007 08:29:12 AM
Sorry to be on my high horse. I have no interest in seeing another druggie movie. I guess Rogen writes what he knows, but this one just doesn't sound appealing. I was waiting for the one reviewer to say "Paul Rudd was laughing, so I guess it was ok."
davida4348 by BLWiseass	Jul 17th, 2007 08:29:30 AM
i think you are too. Just messin with ya. Sort of.
Can these guys do no wrong? by Saithus	Jul 17th, 2007 08:29:49 AM
So far every movie these guys have done have gotten great reviews and so far each one has lived up to the hype. I am excited for this movie already. Damn I wish I could work with these guys. They are great. And I am a huge Seth Rogen fan now. He is amazing.
Is Jewey a word? by Heckles	Jul 17th, 2007 11:38:26 AM
I think it should be. Aren't there any funny non-Jewey people left in the world?
Keep it coming by slone13	Jul 17th, 2007 12:19:26 PM
So glad we've been given a reprieve from the Ferrel/Wilson/Vaughn regime. That shit was getting so tired. The Apatow/Rogen era is upon us. Enjoy everyone! (Except those people who don't know funny when they see it.)
"First" Audience to see the movie by Red Herring	Jul 17th, 2007 12:21:26 PM
Wise up, people -- they always say you are the first audience to see screening of the movie. People always cheer and believe it. It guess it makes you feel special. But you're not.
Sounds Lame... by Jugdish	Jul 17th, 2007 12:43:00 PM
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Red Herring by TequilaMocking	Jul 17th, 2007 01:21:46 PM
They were the first audience to see the film. They just wrapped production a few weeks ago. I hate to burst your bubble of bullshit.
Okay, I know everyone keeps screaming that Rogen... by AnnoyYou	Jul 17th, 2007 02:07:47 PM
...is the second coming of Will Ferrell or whatever, but honestly, I don't see it. He's a big fat ugly unattractive guy who is mildly snarky, and other than appealing to a bunch of other big fat ugly unattractive guys, I don't get how he's going to be the "next big comedy leading man." I don't know any women who find him attractive (hell, even Ferrell was sort of cute in "Elf" and "Stranger Than Fiction"), so I don't know where this so-called popularity will spring from. He's just a step up from Dane Cook, if you ask me (another ugly, unduly celebrated unfunny actor).
looking forward to this because... by Bruno Diaz	Jul 17th, 2007 02:29:53 PM
of James Franco. seriously, the guy fucking rules. No, I'm not some gay Tiger Beat reader (though I'm all for the gays, seriously). I just finished watching Freaks and Geeks on DVD. Franco has yet to be cast in a film that fully utilizes his talents. He's an incredible comic actor, and just a really good actor in general. So's the guy who played Bill Haverchuck. Anyway, Franco is why I'm looking forward to this. Seth Rogen's cool and all but I'm glad Desario's getting a shot beyond his solid albeit rather humdrum supporting work in Spider-Man. For those who don't know, Netflix all of Freaks and Geeks now and find out. It's one of the best TV shows ever made.
Where's Linda Cardellini and Busy Phillips? by CopOnTheEdge	Jul 17th, 2007 02:41:17 PM
How come they haven't been in the recent Apatow films? Bring 'em back, Judd!!!! (and what about John Francis Daley and Samm Levine, while you're at it?)
I didn't understand a word of that review by Ray Gamma	Jul 17th, 2007 03:40:47 PM
can somebody translate it into english please?
August 2008 ?!?!?! by mr. brownstone	Jul 17th, 2007 03:59:34 PM
That is an agonizingly long wait. Come on guys push this up to December or January and give us some sunshine in the middle of winter.
langhaarige by ianrewel	Jul 17th, 2007 04:10:57 PM
wow ein eingebildetes deutsches arschloch, dass ist neu! hast du je von Freaks and Geeks oder Undeclared gehört? No? maybe too busy watching taff and sam, tv total and all the other idiotic crap that runs on german tv
Wheres John Daley?? by Redfive!	Jul 17th, 2007 04:20:57 PM
He's great at playing the strait man and was the scene stealer in Waiting.Why doesnt Judd use him again???
Where's John Daly? by Garbageman33	Jul 17th, 2007 05:50:10 PM
I don't know, but I'm reasonably sure he has a drink and cigarette in one hand and a 3-wood n the other.
DGG is my homeboy by Duke of Hurl	Jul 17th, 2007 05:51:23 PM
And yes - this is gonna kick ass.
My short review: Pineapple < Walk Hard < Superbad by s00p3rm4n	Jul 17th, 2007 08:45:01 PM
I was there last night too, and as firmly as I'm attached to the suckling teat of Judd Apatow's creative output, I'm kinda Apatowed out. It's very very funny. James Franco surprised me with his timing, and it makes me wish he'd do more comedy. It's a very simple movie. I recommend seeing it stoned. It will be much better when I see it in that condition, and it was already heartily enjoyable. It features more doobage on-screen than I've ever seen - even more than Half-Baked. YA RLY. The first review said that the homoeroticism was "ultimately harmless." Would homosexuality be harmful? Just asking. Anyway. It's nothing like Big Lebowski, which is undeniably the best film ever made. The Dude is just a peaceable guy trying to enjoy his life and have fun. Seth Rogen's character is an asshole trying to con and cheat his way through life, and not doing a great job of enjoying it either. It's very much a buddy comedy - a bud buddy comedy if you will. For some reason, the silliness of the movie reminded me of Mitchell, the horrendous Joe Don Baker-as-obese-detective-"thri ller" from the 70's - if Mitchell had been silly on purpose. I completely agree that the girlfriend subplot was dicey, but one more scene with her near the end would suffice, as she disappears completely in the third act. In summary, Pineapple Express is on its way to showing that a hybrid of Dirty Harry, Cheech and Chong, and Mitchell can totally work. It's not as consistently funny as Walk Hard, and neither are as uproarious as Superbad, but it's still an enjoyable film from a comedy team that's seriously become the fucking Caligula of modern comedy. And to anyone complaining that he's releasing too many movies: what the flying fuck? Are you grieving all of those awful comedies that would've been shat out instead? Are you that hard for another National Lampoon-branded taintfest? Kurt Vonnegut once said that anyone who expressed rage and loathing for a novel was putting on a suit of armor and attacking a hot fudge sundae. I for one am glad to be enjoying this gigantic Apatow sundae. And I just made a disgusting mental image in my head of how that sundae is made. The end.
Knocked Up was good, not great. by Barry Egan	Jul 17th, 2007 09:22:42 PM
I thought it was a bit over rated.
Dammit I knew I should have gone to see this... by polyh3dron	Jul 17th, 2007 10:24:00 PM
Oh well, if it's anything like Knocked Up and Superbad there'll be like 50 more screenings before the film comes out.
Re: s00p3rm4n by Carlos the Dwarf	Jul 18th, 2007 01:39:42 AM
For posterity, I mean to say that the homoeroticism in the film, much as it was, came across as innocent and not homophobic. I get the sense sometimes that those comedies that might appeal to the frat set usual resort to gay-bashing, but I didn't see that here--which is an achievement in and of itself, when the homoertoicism still gets played for laughs. Like in "Hot Fuzz" (or "Lethal Weapon", JEEZUS), the real romance is between the two male "buddies". Even with the sort-of-jailbait. Also, thinking on it a bit, there are shades of Big Lebowski in the formula--but the tone of the two films is entirely different. Lebowski is a far more personal and internal story than Express; both are farces to some degree but Lebowski gets a lot closer to the real dread of classic noir than Express, which borders at times on National Lampoonishness (in the best possible sense). Again, the volume of action genre in-jokes in Express reminds me of "Hot Fuzz", but a little less reverential.
Really want to see this by DirkD13"	Jul 18th, 2007 03:36:11 PM
Up in Smoke crossed with Midnight Run sounds, frankly, amazing.
Caroline Dhavernas by Jimmy Jazz	Jul 18th, 2007 09:26:24 PM
Oh yeah....... Jaye Tyler rules! As for this movie, I'll wait till the video. I liked 40 Year Old Virgin, but found Knocked Up to be forced and grating.
Carlos the Dwarf! by s00p3rm4n	Jul 19th, 2007 01:01:25 AM
You read like a cinema student. Welcome to the crowd. I still think my declaration that it's like an intentionally-funny "Mitchell" is the best description of this movie so far. (P.S. I was just poking fun; you didn't have to copy-paste your gender studies essay. ;)
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