Was "Pineapple Express" directed by Wes Anderson?

Last night Kathleen and I went to see "Pineapple Express" and I have to say that anyone who wants to see a really stupid, but also really funny movie should check this one out. You should wait until it comes to DVD (nothing is gained by a bigger screen with this one) but once it does, go ahead and rent it because you'll get a kick out of it!

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg wrote the screenplay for this film, the same guys who gave us "Superbad" and there are some major similarities. They both take place over about 24 hours and feature 2 guys who go on a little adventure together. They say mean things to each other, go their separate ways and then one of them ends up carrying (literally) the other one out of a dangerous situation when they realize that friends are more important than anything. Or as they say "Bros before hos." There is a third guy in the mix who is kind of a friend but not really- someone the 2 main guys don't really like but he eventually makes a sacrifice and comes through for our heroes. In "Superbad" it was McLovin, in "P.E." it's Red. There was a lot more violence in this movie than I expected and it's not as good as "Superbad" but it does have James Franco, who manages to be super-sexy even as a drug dealer.

Now I will recount the moment yesterday when I asked Kathleen if she wanted to go see the movie.

Heather: Do you have any interest in seeing "Pineapple Express?"

Kathleen: Is that still in theaters?

H: Yeah! It just came out in the beginning of August.

K: Well, I guess, I mean I don't really know what it's about... but I loved "The Royal Tenenbaums."

H: What???

K: Yeah, you know, it's got all the same people in it, like Jason Shwartzman. (Sidenote: I don't think Jason Shwartzman is even in "The Royal Tenenbaums." Is he?)

H: No it doesn't! What!?!

K: Yes it does!

H: No it doesn't! What are you talking about? This one has all the same people as "Superbad," "40-year-old-virgin" all those movies. It's about guys who smoke pot.

K: Oh yeah! I know what you're talking about!

H: What were you talking about?

We thought for a minute....

H: You must have been thinking of "The Darjeeling Limited!"

K: Oh yeah- oops!

H: That's actually a really good movie, you should see that.

And so on....

I can totally understand the confusion. "Darjeeling" is about some guys on a train and anything with the word "express" in the title does sound like it could be about a train. I hope she doesn't mind me telling everyone this but it was really funny and reminds me of the time Jared confused "Finding Forrester" with "Saving Silverman." Again, I can see how the titles make it confusing.

I watched a Rachael Ray rerun this morning (because John Krasinski was the guest) and ended up getting a good recipe off of it! Mozzarella In Carozza. It's grilled cheese with an Italian twist: instead of just boring cheese you put in mozzarella, sun-dried tomatoes and basil. It's like a grilled caprese salad! As most of you know if something contains mozzarella I'm all over it so I think I'm going to try making this! I'll let you know how it turns out!

I got Suzette's email address today and wrote her an email this morning so hopefully I'll have better luck getting in touch with her that way! As always, I'll keep you all posted!