BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) SMILEY FACE
Pineapple Express almost had this spot but other than the idea of them naming weed crazy names, the whole basis of weed in the movie isn’t that important. In Smiley Face, it’s more true to the spirit. If you’ve ever gotten so high that your normal day is an epic adventure then you can relate to this movie. It’s also groundbreaking because Anna Faris is the lead, the first girl lead in a stoner movie. This movie is what “Dude Where’s My Car?” could have been if it had the balls to just admit the characters were high.
(THREE) SUPER HIGH ME
A documentary! Comedian Doug Benson saw the “Super Size Me” doc about eating McDonalds for 30 days in a row. In this he smokes weed for 30 days. To be fair he also goes 30 days without it. Tests are done to compare his skills, psyche, and even sperm count. It’s a pretty practical approach to weed smoking and one that pretty much all avid stoners can relate to. I’m surprised he didn’t do a follow up.
(TWO) HOW HIGH
People say Harold and Kumar as the “new cheech and chong”, but at a time I’d say Method Man and Redman could have take it. They had more of the slacker stoner thing down. The blunt smoking variety, if you will. This movie was great because the plot was SO ridiculous you have to be high to really enjoy it. The two rappers, playing high schoolers, smoke weed laced with a smart friend’s ashes and he gives them all the answers to the THCs(SATs parody anyone?). Their high scores landed them in a stuffy college where hilarity ensues. So it’s a college movie… it’s a stoner movie… it’s a really underrated movie.
(ONE) HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE
The Guantanamo Bay sequel wasn’t THAT good. It was funny enough, but if I saw it before this one I’d be a lot less likely to give a shit enough to see a sequel. I’m optimistic about the Christmas one though. That’s the power of “Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle”. It’s such a good movie that I’d watch a second sequel even if the first sequel sucked. Is that what it’s like to be a Star Wars or Lord of the Rings fan? Whatever. Harold and Kumar became perfect stoner figureheads for the 2000’s. You don’t have to be a dirty and giggly hippy stoner type to really appreciate weed. They’re decent people with ambitions, lives, and aren’t the same long haired, tye-dyed loving hippies that every non-smoker things we… uh… they are.
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