Movies this Wednesday! 8/6/08
August 5, 2008 by Joe
Well, the movies come out early this week, so I’m gonna get hoppin on this post while I got some time. This past weekend was a bit of a disappointment for me… it didn’t really pop like I wanted it to. That made for a long weekend, especially with the nice-ish weather and me being stuck inside all weekend. Lets hope that this week’s features provide a little more excitement, which I’m pretty sure they will.
Pineapple Express - Directed by David Gordon Green, Rated R
From the guys that brought us Superbad (which I thought was excellent) comes the action comedy Pineapple Express. Dale Denton is a lazy stoner who has the unlucky fate of being the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city’s most dangerous drug lord. Having earlier bought a rare strain of weed known as Pineapple Express, he panics and leaves it at the scene of the crime. He now has a second reason to visit the lazy dealer Saul Silver, where he purchased the weed. He needs to know if the weed can be traced back to him.. and it just so happens that it is so rare that it can be traced back to him. As the two of them run for their lives, they discover that it’s not the weed that’s causing their paranoia… the bad guys really are after them trying to get rid of them as fast as they can.
Joe’s Take - Pineapple Express looks to follow in the shoes of Superbad last summer, but at least to me, it doesn’t look as good. I’m not saying that it’s not going to be good, because I think it is gonna be good, just that Superbad will be better. Of course, this poses another problem for me: It’s another movie that I have to check IDs for…which sucks. Putting all that behind me though, Pineapple Express looks to be just about as hilarious as Superbad. We’ll have to see if James Franco as Saul Silver can be as good as McLovin. I’m not sure he can do it, but it’s up to him to prove me wrong. Seth Rogen is generally a winner, so this should find it’s way into the top 2.
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2 - Directed by Sanaa Hamri, Rated PG-13
Three years after the girls first hit the screen in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, they return. Despite the great distances that separate them when they head for college, their friendship remains strong. Sisterhood 2 will delve further into their lives as they experience life before heading to college.
Joe’s Take - For some reason, my lovely girlfriend is going crazy for this movie… but I’m not. I’d rather see Pineapple Express, but for some reason I may end up at this one. The first movie was a bit of a surprise hit, and I’d expect those people that saw the first one and were fans of it to come out and check out the second incarnation. I can’t imagine it being much more than the first one, which I did not see, but the fans of these types of movies usually find them to be good for the most part. I can’t comment on what I think not having seen it, but I think it’ll do fairly well. Will also let you know if I get dragged kicking and screaming to it. That’s for you, babe. 
That’s all for this weekend, hopefully it provides me a little more fun than this past weekend! Are you guys headed out to check out Seth and the boys? Or will you be with your ladies at the Traveling Pants?
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U do not have to worry about getting dragged into this chick flick but there will ALWAYS be a next time
So does that mean that you ended up watching Mamma Mia and Sex and the City as well??
Actually Jermayn, I didn’t see either of those movies! I got lucky I think. Well it depends, because I’ve heard good things about both, but they’re really just not my type!