Scott’s Blog of Doom

Good to see that the Apatow comedy juggernaut was only slightly derailed by stuff like Drillbit Taylor and Walk Hard (which, although hilarious, was a pretty huge flop), because Pineapple Express was a pretty great comedy.  The formula seems simple — Seth Rogen plays a regular guy who smoke pots, movie makes mad cash.  Really though, this one is all about James Franco coming out of nowhere as a major comedic force, just acting the shit out of his role as Saul the drug dealer and carrying the movie on his back.  I think the movie skews a little too much towards the action by the end, and some of the violence was way too graphic for what was a low-key road comedy for the most part, but I laughed a lot and that’s what counts.  I did, however, think that no matter how great Gary Cole played his part ("Has anyone seen my BIGGER knife?"), I was always wondering a little how much greater Paul Rudd would have done with the part.  But maybe that’s just me.

Oh, apparently Kane murdered Rey Mysterio and then defiled his dead body before stealing his mask.  Better have a match to decide that feud. 

Freddie Prinze = WORTH EVERY PENNY.  And people wonder why I don’t watch this show anymore.