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I think I read somewhere online that "its not just a comedy we can expect some tonal shifts", eek!

I think Green is great and Undertow was a good movie. So I am not trying to put this movie down I think it's gonna be great. Obviously the low standards of the internet is a huge can of worms. But I will come to a small point: I think its too bad people wanna get all their kicks in one place. Don't get me wrong, I think the realism works for these comedies. You know what I really wanna see, is a comedy in which any 20 minutes isn't funny out of context. Jokes that only work within the framework of the movie. Then I'll accept some of these "tone shifts"

James Franco looks hysterical

broham wrote:James Franco looks hysterical

I read somewhere that his role was originally cast with Heath Ledger (who supposedly dropped out due to his own problems with the sweet leaf)

Cde. wrote:Could be great, could be terrible. That trailer still doesn't shake off bad memories of the original clip.

I completely agree.

This movie is looking like it will be best on mute.

GoldenPilgrim wrote:

Cde. wrote:Could be great, could be terrible. That trailer still doesn't shake off bad memories of the original clip.

I completely agree.

This movie is looking like it will be best on mute.

It will be best while blazed out of your mind. C'mon, you know you like it...

i was wondering when someone was going to work that M.I.A. song into a flick. Very "cinematic" song with the sound effects and such. Works great here.

Yeah, I love that song and this would be the ideal film to use it for - it's probably a little too silly for a "serious" action movie, but it works great here.

Not having seen the original clip, I am cautiously optimistic about this. This also seems like the best chance to see a Seth Rogen character get shot...

i was far from impressed by the cilp that was posted, but i liked the trailer and have liked everything i've seen from him, so far, so i imagine i'll see it once it's out.

damn... they even changed MIA's lyrics!

fixed for hotlinking.

Odd how they have the third guy on there... Are they avoiding "buddy movie" thinking?

I saw it last night. Hands down one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

New trailer.

Poster.

New character posters.

Listen to Huey Lewis & The News title song (and the rest of the soundtrack) here.

I thought James Franco's profile picture on the cover was awesome. However, I have still been unable to wash the bad taste out of my mouth from the entire "taboo sex humor" genre of Judd Apatow.

The Pineapple Express game.

Sequel talks are already under way.

3 TV spots.

But here is a very brief interview with David Gorden Green about Pineapple Express. As expected, he suggests that he needed to make a movie that has a chance of making a little money. Fair enough, I think.

bdsweeney wrote:But here is a very brief interview with David Gorden Green about Pineapple Express. As expected, he suggests that he needed to make a movie that has a chance of making a little money. Fair enough, I think.

Wow, that still from All the Real Girls makes me ooze with interest (I haven't seen it as of yet), and seethe with jealousy of Paul Schneider.

mfunk9786 wrote:

bdsweeney wrote:But here is a very brief interview with David Gorden Green about Pineapple Express. As expected, he suggests that he needed to make a movie that has a chance of making a little money. Fair enough, I think.

Wow, that still from All the Real Girls makes me ooze with interest (I haven't seen it as of yet), and seethe with jealousy of Paul Schneider.

Going to see it in a few hours actually projected in 35mm on the big screen at BAM... i'm so excited!

Just got back from a screening at the Just For Laughs festival here in Montreal, that was followed by a Q&A with Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Bill Hader, Chris Robinson, Danny McBride and Ken Jeong.

What can I say except that it's completely hilarious and wonderfully blends stoner comedy and 80s styled action into one ridiculous over the top ride. The real surprise for me is that Rogen is pretty much the straight man here to Franco's completely blasted pot dealer. His performance is gut bustingly funny. Some of the expressions in his face that David Gordon Green lingered on from time to time were priceless. The stoner elements are perfect and sublimely surreal (and that advance scene from the Superbad DVD plays much, much better in the final film) while the action takes every cliche from any action movie you've seen and amps it up a notch. Essentially it's Superbad with lots of weed and guns (it even follows the story arc pretty much identically). If that sounds even remotely interesting, you'll love the film.

And to the poster above, who wondered why Danny McBride is in the poster. He's pretty much the McLovin' in this film to Rogen and Franco's buddy schtick. He's also one of the funniest things in the film.

I saw this at midnight and am still giggling to myself. What a great, great, great movie. This officially stands as my favorite film in the "stoner" genre. I just happened to watch George Washington so DGGs languid style was still lingering in my head: its a marvel to behold his stamp on the film. WhenI first heard he was directing this I wasn't sure what the final product would be but really, what an inspired choice!! I can't say enough about it.

Oh, and it was hilarious.
I hope James Franco does much more comedy in the future.

The last 5 minutes are absolutely perfect.

And Danny McBride is a revelation, he somehow manages to steal the movie out from under even James Franco in the scenes that he's in. Everyone's pitch perfect, I could have done without the girlfriend subplot and a half hearted attempt at an obligatory anti-pot statement, but it was still on the level of Superbad in the genre defining department.

A few of the drawn-out spaces of dialog were the only parts of the film that began to grind for me, though DGG allows everyone a chance to burn bright (Kevin Corrigan & Craig Robinson, who otherwise could have just been throwaway thugs), even Ed Begley Jr. & Nora Dunn's minute or less of screen time feels whole and on point. And every single thing Danny McBride said was totally fucking funny (the ghost of Bust-Ass circling overhead, I think), and is starting to make me believe that The Foot Fist Way might be the best movie ever made - on paper, at least.

Teach me acting, James Franco![-o<

The line about eating Nerds out of a stripper's asshole was inspired, and if it was an improv, I'm going to erect a statue of Danny McBride tonight.

By far my favorite Apatow-related production. Apatow himself could learn from Rogen and Golberg how to actually write a movie that isn't just a series of dull conversations.

David Gordon Green looks a lot like David Lynch.

The fight scenes are particularly enjoyable because they're clearly choreographed based on the idea that the combatants have no idea how to fight. It's nice watching a fight that's a sort of clumsy improv.