Seth Rogen and James Franco have a great chemistry in "Pineapple Express".
What is the meaning of Pineapple Express? Does it mean newspaper? Of course not, wait until you see it and you'll be surprised. "Pineapple Express"directed by David Gordon Green who brought you "Undertow" in 2004. From the beginning, the film introducing the year of 1937 in United States of America, then two men including the general are walking towards a secret underground basement. Inside the basement, there are scientists who conduct an experiment. From there you'll noticed that why the "Pineapple Express" is illegal. Then the film introduce Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) who work as a process server. Everyday, he travels around and deliver the subpoena to the people who live and work nearby. After working, he went to visit his friend Saul Silver (James Franco) who also his drug dealer. At nite, when he was about to send the subpoena to one person, he witness Ted Jones (Gary Cole) and a female police officer commit a murder, he panics and run away from the scene. Unluckily, he leaves a rouch which contain drugs on the scene. Ted Jones is a drug lord, so he and the female police officer are trying to find out Dale Denton's dealer so that they will easily reach Dale and kill him. So, Dale Denton and Saul Silver have to run for their life in order to safe themselves. In their escape journey, they also find out the story behind the murder and find out the secret basement where the scientist close down long time ago. First of all, this is an action comedy movie which is very unique and delightful. The plot progression in this film is very smooth, so when you watch it, you really enjoy it in every minutes. Of course, it has a little bit action sequences in it, so the first half of the film is comedy, and the second half is action comedy. The acting is very top notch and funny especially the acting delivered by James Franco. I like his acting in this movie, his expression in this movie is very realistic and natural. Besides that, the audiences can really noticed that everyone in this film are very enjoying when they're acting. Other than that, the director done a great job in the character development. From the beginning of the movie, the director used the black and white technique to show the year of the 1937 which I think it is very suitable for this film, because it really attracted the audiences, and makes us wonder what are they doing during that time. It sounds like this movie is very perfect, then why I gave it 3 out of 4 stars? I think this is a very funny movie, and the director who previously direct the thriller and drama genre film done a great job in making comedy. But he did this film too casual. The whole movie is too casual. Because it's too casual, some part of the film cannot lift up the mood at all. Besides that, the director cannot manage the action sequences very well at the final part of the film. The action sequences is a little bit too long and very unnecessary. Other than that, the screen time for the character Red (Danny R. McBride) is too few. It doesn't shows his characteristic in detail. I have nothing to say about this movie, so I hope that you'll know what is pineapple express means. Overall, this is a movie which the audiences can enjoy every minutes of it from the beginning until the action packed ending.
