Hands down the best movie I've seen this year

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2008)

To say I nearly crapped myself laughing during this movie would be an understatement. This is the best movie I've seen in a long, long time.
Better than Dark Knight? Better than Ironman? Better than Step Brothers? Hulk? Hellboy? Wanted? A thousand times YES, but let me clarify. I loved all of the movies I just mentioned. Loved some of them so much I nearly bought a second ticket and watched them again in the same night as my first viewing. However; Pineapple Express is something none of these other movies are: Different.
The days of the buddy action/comedy really ended, for me, with the last Lethal Weapon. There have been other half-hearted attempts to emulate it (Rush Hour, anyone?), but nothing seemed to fill that void Riggs and Murtaugh left in my heart.
At it's core, this is a stoner movie, obviously. There's plenty of stoner jokes, improvised dialogue, liberal use of pot, and plenty of physical yuks. Deep down, though, this sucker has the blood of an action blockbuster in it's veins. From believable and hilarious fisticuffs to bloody shootouts, this is the most light-hearted dark comedy I've ever seen.
Anyone who watches this movie and doesn't find it at least a little bit funny has no soul. You owe it to yourself to see this self-indulgent masterpiece of genre mixing. Trust me.