Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express *

Genuinely one of the strangest films I have ever seen, in that it had no identity whatsoever, and was so very unsure of itself. Yet I suppose that this wasn't an issue the film-makers were too concerned with. It started as a to-the-tee steretypical 'stoner' flick, right from the cringeworthy soundtrack, all the way down to the gags about 'munchies'. Weirdly, via the catalyst of the action movie motif, the plot and style change direction, and temporarily seem to be promoting a moralistic, anti-drug mesage; only to be swiftly forgottten soon after with a return to the 'stoner' theme.
The action sequences were ridiculous, verging on the parodic. The jokes were unfunny, embarrasissingly so at some points. In fact, the only thing that made me laugh was knowing that Seth Rogen had written the script, in that he ahd given his character a hot, blonde high-school girlfriend who called him 'sexy' (and what bearing did this have on the storyline?).
Overall, I'd be uninclined to watch this whilst stoned due to the actual brutality of some of the images, however, watching this sober was no fun at all, which sums up the confused state of the film. If anyone finds a suitable state of mind in which this can be enjoyed, please let me know, as I seriously doubt it exists.