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a stoner movie for posers


this movie was one of the biggest disappointments ever. while most of the co-stars deliver great performances, such as adam brody, john krasinski, and danny masterson, anna faris does a horrible job portraying a stoner. the major problem with this is the movie is 80% anna faris. brody, krasinski, and masterson are in the movie for a total of about 13 minutes even though they are billed as stars in the movie. the movie uses every single stereotype of marijuana that you've learned in 5th grade DARE class and doesn't even try to be realistic. throughout the whole movie anna faris is using the voice of a 60 year old hippy that's taken one too many tabs in his life, the voice that posers use when they pretend to be stoners. the "government weed" bit will never be funny, because everyone knows the government weed actually sucks (just ask the Federal Five). i spent 78 minutes yelling at the screen about how stupid this all is, and maybe 6 minutes laughing. so if you've never gotten high in your life but think it's cool to watch stoner movies, you'll probably love it. anyone who's actually gotten high before though will hate it. so stoners, don't waste your time.

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Well I haven't watched this film yet... But you're post is enough to make me want to... See i feel the exact opposite... While I have been an above average pot smoker for nearly ten years now... I just hate to see people running around throwing the word "poser" around, like they've got some sort of "INSIDE WORD"...
It seems to me, in my expirence, that those who point the finger of fake, generally catch those other four pointing right back...

And while your observations about this film may be true... I love stoner comedies... and can't wait to watch this...

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I like stoner comedies, too. Too bad this wasn't one of them.

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Horrible, just a waste of time.;
There are some nice samples that could be used for electronic music in this movie...however apart from that selling point . this movie is worth less than the time it took me to download it.

Felt like I was watching a modern day remake of "Reefer Madness"....

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I'm totally with you on the "Reefer Madness" comment. This is an anti-pot movie disguised as a fun-loving pot comedy. Don't be fooled by the marketing.

Sure would be nice if we had some grenades!

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Joey Diaz would never take part in an anti-pot movie.

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"Felt like I was watching a modern day remake of "Reefer Madness".... "

Bingo we have a winner!

Sorry I"m four years late to the party I just watched this movie for the first time today, but I felt exactly the same as your quote there after I watched it. This is a total anti MJ movie dressed up to appeal to a MJ using audience, and the people that don't use it lapped it up hook line and sinker.

"See that's why you're not supposed to smoke weed uhh derrr" and *beep* like that

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" those who point the finger of fake, generally catch those other four pointing right back... "

Watch this movie and see what fingers are pointing back at you this movie is retarded!

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Jeez, everyone needs to smoke some pot and chill the *beep* out...

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that was an awesome counter-rant... really good

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im with you...except ive already seen it and like it alot. its stupid as *beep* but it still makes me laugh. if there was an actual movie about real stoners it would be sooooo boring. i dunno about you but i just sit around and watch movies and laugh with the odd trip to the store for munchies. anything else i do is just normal everyday stuff..but slower and i talk less. that woudlnt make an interesting movie.
a lot of the movie seems more based on what it would have been like in her head...not reality.

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Um, it's poseur, not poser.

I'm just sayin'....



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I can't recall anyone EVER saying poseur idiot. It is indeed poser. Wow!

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actually, there's only three...

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nicely said, i managed to get 16minutes into the film and shut it down, the first movie i haven't finished watching in a while. If this movie was weed, it would be swuag, and for all you posers out there, that means crappy.

J

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aww I cant beleive you guys didnt like this movie, I loved it, I laughed through like the whole thing, just thinking wow I could see myself screwing up like that. lol

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It was worth what I paid for it. $1 to rent it from a Redbox kiosk.

While I don't think the medium of film can accurately portray what it's like to be on drugs, from what I've seen of the genre, "smiley face" is pretty low-end. Not enough humor and too much paranoia. Plus, a pretty girl and no sex whatsoever? Grass is an aphrodesiac (sp?) and the movie hints at it at one point but doesn't follow through with it.

I generally don't knock a movie for bad acting, but I have to here. The acting just about grated on my nerves. Almost unwatchable.

But, y'know, I had other stuff to do. Dinner to make, stuff to do on the computer. So it was on as mostly background.

I'll be glad to return this, and I feel sorry for the next person who rents it.

Still, I've seen much worse.

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Anyone know a good recipe for pot cupcakes?

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got good and high on some tasty chronic last night and watched this, i laughed my ass off. i dont see why you'd be so hung up on it being accurate *beep*

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same here i got a hold of some grandaddy purple kush and thought this movie was awesome the opening credits are fantastic! not to mention you get eye candy like anna faris..

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"I don't think the medium of film can accurately portray what it's like to be on drugs"

Try broadening your horizons. APOCALYPSE NOW (REDUX, preferably) is one big, bad, long trip of a movie. David Lynch, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Kenneth Anger, and even some of Araki's other films, like NOWHERE and THE DOOM GENERATION. All of these filmmakers have done it.

And smoking pot is not a sexually stimulating activity. Unless you're a hormonal teenager that gets an erection every time you feel a breeze.


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You need to try eating dope...its not even in the same league as smoking it. Even the most chronic smoker will be fried as hell after ingesting, and if done right the results are more like a mushroom high than a smoking dope high.

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you know what i agree with you, the noly thing i see different is your perception on government weed; *beep* I don't think so, the best weed I hasve ever smoked came from a cancer research scientist who had engineered a strain strictly for cancer patients, and let me tell you delicious, both in flavour and intoxication, but aside from that yes, preach to the choir, this movie was not an accurate prtrayal of stoner mindframe

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I have to admit that although I didn't want to inflict pain on myself after watching this, it wasn't nearly as good as I wanted it to be...

Anna should have just got blazed for each scene instead of trying to act stoned... it may have worked a little better...

I generally don't movies that after every scene, I think about how much better it could (and should) have been...

its a shame...



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oh yeah...cheech and chong are 100% authentic...

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Well, I thought it was hilarious.

But I have been off weed for years now. Back then I would have thought that this movie blew totally. As much as we hate it, we really look as dumb when high, it's in our essence to deny it. That movie brought back some good memories from first try up to constant everyday smoking. The hallucinations aside, awesome movie. And yes, eating weed is something else than smoking it. The effect is totally different.

So quit whining and either quit and see how pathetic (not cool, not smart, just laughable) you actually look when high or keep living in your beautiful world of self-disillusion.

Not that I got anything against smokers, it was fun and all but I just hate whiners.

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you kinda sound like a whiner yourself there bud...

I've been off of weed for years now, but back then i would have kicked your a$$
moe-Boy...

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im smoking right now, and i still thought it was mediocore at best...

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Meaning: The English name Moe means: Dark Skinned
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Are you racist, man? Or just plain stupid? Anyway, I'm white. So *beep* off, Gabbie-boy.

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is it just me or did it seem like she was trippin on salvia for some parts, particularly when she tried driving, cause I tried that once and basically did what she did, got out, fell on the concrete but I just laid there till I was sober enough to walk. Though my biggest question, why did the big sci fi skull F'er have a bunch of pot cup cakes

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i think the movie is hilarious. its not really a realistic version of a stoner but its still hilarious. especially while youre really *beep* stoned haha ive watched the movie about 30 times and ive always been stoned...so maybe i should try watching it not stoned then it might just suck.
the only part i dont like is when she ends up in that sausage factory goin on bout the union. that *beep* is just boring and goes on n on. but i still cant make it through the acting audition without laughing my ass off haha so retarded but so funny.

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I used to smoke weed everyday but I quit 3 and some odd years ago. Now I like to drink and watch movies. I've watched this a number of times and a large percentage of the way she acts is kind of how I act after doing a lot of drugs. It appears to me that she's on some sort of anti-anxiety pill high rather than weed from my experience. It kind of goes on and off in her acting thoughout the movie but none the less it's a very entertaining movie.

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it's weird. i thought this movie was totally the best stoner movie ever. i mean its not like she just smoked a joint or two, she ate an entire batch of loaded cupcakes. she is the highest anyone will ever be! doesnt it make sense that she would do the things that she did? like freak out whenever someone says her name, and think about framing lasagna, and take 19 minutes to make a plan. i have a feeling you don't smoke much weed, because if you did, then you would know that everything that happens to jane (with the exception of the devil popping out and the smiley face talking to her) is completely possible. and even the smiley face and devil are there to make people who smoke weed laugh. when will people realize that much of the stereotypes are true? people get hungry when they smoke, people get distracted, and become little kids!



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If she was really that high, I doubt she would leave the house at all. She wouldn't be functioning at all.

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Thank you. If she was that high she would have been asleep on the couch not doing all that stupid *beep* Forgetting what she was talking about midsentence all day long and other stupid *beep* Totally BS stereotypical role

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Okay, have any the people that have posted in here actually eaten as many pot cupcakes as she did? Then shut the frak up with all your "omg she wouldn't be acting like that" nonsense.

I've seen people that only smoke about 3 bowls that act somewhat like Jane did in this movie. Not every one has the same weed experience, and since none of us have eaten 12 pot cupcakes, I think we're all pretty ignorant on the subject.

And oh, let's not forget, IT'S A MOVIE. I'm sorry you guys couldn't get past silly semantics to have a good laugh.

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If you eat that much weed you will just fall asleep not walk around dazed and cunfused forgetting what you were talking about all day long. Come on do you really think people are like that when they use MJ? REally?

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