Pineapple Express

Pineapple Express is a movie that stars Seth Rogen as Dale Denton who is a 25-year-old process server. Dale is a male who is constantly smoking weed.  The whole movie pineapple express takes a turn around when he is going to deliver a debt paper to Ted Jones a drug lord. When he is about to step out of the car he witnesses Ted Jones and his girlfriend Carol murdering an Asian. This brings us t the plot of the movie which is him being followed by Ted. Ted wants to murder Dale so he will not say anything about what he witnessed. Ted is able to follow Dales tracks by a roach(blunt) that he throughout the window. That was not just any roach, it contained Pineapple Express a type of weed that Ted provided and only to one supplier.

Throughout the story there are many quotes and things that the characters state that made the story a comedy and made everything in the movie function.

 

What’s down there, a fucking Rancor?

 

This was one of the quotes within the movie that attracted my attention. This is a rhetorical question mixed with a comedy and sarcasm. This was a good use of syntax that spurred my laughter. This specifically caught my attention because I remembered rancor from the movie star wars.

 

This is like if that Blue Oyster s#*&% met that African Kush I had - and they had a baby. And then, meanwhile, that crazy Northern Light stuff I had and the Super Red Espresso Snowflake met and had a baby. And by some miracle, those two babies met and fu#$% - this would the s#$& that they birthed.

When I heard this line I was line oh my god. It made me laugh so much. This line uses great diction. All the quote was used to explained that the pineapple express was that good. When in another case he could have used something like this is the best weed he’d ever have, he decides to add meaning to the statement and give a more visual demonstration of how good it was. 

Seven Pounds

Hello fellow Bloggers,

For this month i wanted to take in a suggestion of a movie that i was given, but i changed my mind because I saw a movie, which truly captivated me. This movie is "Seven Pounds” staring will Smith. Seven pounds, what does that bring to mind? Seven Pounds of sugar, the weight of a kid, or maybe weight of small TV. Well No in the movie Seven Pounds, will Smith is a man who set out to change the life of seven strangers.  

            “Seven Pounds” is a difficult movie to understand. You must pay attention to what is happening word by word. In the beginning of the movie he is wet, tired, and desperate. In a hotel room he calls 911 his exact words in the call are,” I need an ambulance, that’s room number 2, there’s been a suicide, and I am the victim...” The beginning of the movie begins with the ending. Will smith in the movie begins being a cold heartless man. He has nothing to live for. Through out the whole movie it is like he is searching for something like redemption.  You may ask yourself redemption for what? Well they do not explain until the middle of the movie that it was his fault his wife and son along with a another family of five died. He was a successful man which attended MIT, he had a good life and he ruined his life by something as careless as checking his email. I believe that this movie is truly an astounding movie; this movie contains a lot of meaning and a lot of heart. Through out the movie he dedicates himself to finding seven people whose life he can change.

            Now about the rhetoric, In Seven Pounds Will Smith uses astounding devices in order to achieve his goal and finding the seven people who he believes deserve the change that he will bring upon them. He is trying to find people who he believes are “good”. He uses pathos to play with there feelings in order to see the reactions that will be brought upon the other. Through out the movie you can also see ethos in one occasion, which is when he goes to the hospital, and the man is treating the patients inhumanly in order to get a revenue.  He used his view of a respectable doctor and a leader to almost trick will smith into helping him with the debts he has. “Seven Pounds” is a must see. I truly recommend this movie to anyone who believes in the magic of movies and there powers to influence others.