It's no Superbad

Rating: 6/10 (25 November 2008)

I like Seth Rogan and Judd Apatow movies but i am getting a little bit concerned about how much longer that will last. It seems like every month there is a new movie involving either or both of them and they are in danger of overkill . At the moment their movies are making lots of money and i understand why they are making hay while the sun is shining but at what cost?
Process server Dale Denton has a grudging business relationship with the laconic Saul Silver , deigning to visit only to purchase Saul's primo product -- a rare new strain of pot called Pineapple Express.
But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord , he panics and dumps the Pineapple Express at the scene. When it's traced back to him, Dale and Saul run for their lives... and they quickly discover that they're not just suffering from weed-fueled paranoia.
If they survive, these two just might become real friends. All aboard the Pineapple Express.
There have been many drug related comedies most of which i didn't care too much for . Not because I'm anti drugs but just because they have not been very funny. Pineapple express bucks that trend a little but i couldn't help feeling that this film didn't quite work.
There are some funny moments in Pineapple Express . Some laugh out loud ones in fact but the last half an hour turned more into a farcical romp and the clever stuff went out of the window. I'm not sure why they felt they had to crank up the level of violence like they did but it didn't feel right in the context of the movie.
Also some things just didn't ring true like ' what was a beautiful 18 year old girl doing with a loser like Dale ?
One plus point is the performance of James Franco . He worked well alongside Seth Rogan .
There is no denying that the combination of Rogan and apatow can produce some very funny dialogue and Pineapple express is no exception.
Lines such as " War is upon you! Prepare to suck the cock of karma! "
and
Saul: This is like if that Blue Oyster s**t met that African Kush I had - and they had a baby. And then, meanwhile, that crazy Northern Light stuff I had and the Super Red Espresso Snowflake met and had a baby. And by some miracle, those two babies met and f***d - this would the s**t that they birthed. Dale Denton: -smells the marijuana- Wow. This is the product of baby f***ing.
Although this movie is full of clever stuff like this i was still a little disappointed with overall movie.
Perhaps I'm all RoganApatowed out ?
These guys have to very careful they don't go down the lines of Steve Martin or god forbid the bloody awful Eddie Murphy .They both were once very funny men but are now as hilarious as hemorrhoids.
This is definitely no Superbad.
6 out of 10