I actually hadn’t heard much about this movie before I saw it, but it happened to be playing at the time we needed in order to be able to see a movie that day. Having 4 kids = a hectic life. Our weekly date night has become a date day (still weekly though, YAY!), partly because my husband is in a show and we have rehearsal or meetings most nights, and partly because the baby still has his days and nights mixed up, thus guaranteeing that he sleeps during the date if it’s during the day. But anyway, back to the Pineapple Express. The movie is all about marijuana. I did read the plot synopsis before I went, but I didn’t realize exactly how much drug content there would be – the characters smoke pot constantly! It tells the tale of a stoner (Seth Rogen – does he smoke pot in every movie he’s in?) who witnesses a murder committed by a cop. The whole movie has him fleeing the bad guys – while smoking marijuana, of course – with his drug dealer, who he didn’t know all that well before they fled together. Seth Rogen wrote the screenplay for this film, and I like his natural way of delivering lines. He’s not a very diverse actor, but his characters seem like real people because of the way he delivers his dialogue.
The movie entertained me; some parts were funny; although it did get pretty violent. I missed some of the violence though because I fell asleep… just tired, I wouldn’t call the movie terrible or anything like that. It’s not one of my favorites, though, and I’m not sure if it even has replay value. But if you read my blog regularly, you’ll know that my husband and I see LOTS of movies, so this was just another theater experience, and those are always fun!
