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Pineapple Express (2008)
Pineapple Express (2008)
2008 | Comedy
The ultimate stoner movie - rivaled only by ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ and ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ & ๐˜’๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Ž๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜บ. Just so precisely captures that essence of getting high with your buddies, and then ingeniously represents it through these literal Chaotic Good, Chaotic Neutral, and Chaotic Evil trio of leads - played to (unsurprising) perfection by Franco, Rogen, and McBride respectively. The comedic value earned in each scene by transitioning from shooting the shit about nonsensical high musings abruptly into blunt violence cannot be understated - those fights are so side-splitting. And I'll be damned but the action... actually looks like action! Further proof that these are at their best when made by people who regularly get blazed as hell. Two hours straight of hilarious Rogen and co. histrionics, general destruction and chaos which routinely draw blood, and it ends with a 15 minute long shootout + fistfight combo in a pot farm. Just spectacular, as funny during its low-key moments as it is when it goes off the rails. Naturally, Amber Heard is the only major weak point.
  
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
1993 | Comedy

"Quick! What film do you think of every time you hear the beginning of Aerosmithโ€™s โ€œSweet Emotionโ€? I think anyone who grew up even close to the era depicted in Dazed and Confused knows how pitch-perfect it is. That younger viewers can appreciate it as a hilarious stoner film, and that older viewers, with the presumed wisdom and perspective that comes with age, can appreciate the often poignant depiction of both the carefree joy and daily traumas of our teen years, is a testament to Richard Linklaterโ€™s ability to craft naturalistic dialogue and create well-rounded characters, even within an ensemble cast. The film includes perhaps my favorite use of a song in a film: Bob Dylanโ€™s โ€œHurricaneโ€ over the slow-motion entrance of Pink, Wooderson, and Mitch into the pool hall. The moment really sums up the film for me. Itโ€™s a moment that seems to capture the fleeting promise of youth (Mitch) and the weighty permanence of unfulfilled potential (Wooderson). There is an array of great extras on the Criterion release, so there is no reason not to own this one!"

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