Please tell me a fan snapped this on location. No way it's a publicity shot. No way.

Of course its a set photo

Just making sure. Sometimes I think they think we really are THAT stupid. Can't wait to see Zooey Deschanel in this, lets get a pic of her!

WAIT! Are there people in the audience watching that joust dressed in our typical modern clothing? I see T-Shirts, jeans, baseballs caps and probably even sunglasses.

Now, I am aware this is of course a set photo just snapped there, but I'd be very surprised if Gordon Green could shoot a scene without getting that crowd in the shot (it's huge!), and I seriously doubt there just happened to be a joust going on for the benefit of a set photo.

I'm probably getting way ahead of myself here, and missing some crucial element of the equation, but the impression I get from this is that, perhaps, the story is not as medieval as is expected. I of course am no historian, but I don't recall ever reading much about marijuana use in the Middle Ages, and so I'm wondering if there isn't some blending going on between the medieval elements and a more modern aspect, as well.

Interesting at least. I'm always excited to see some new stuff from Ben Best, and David Gordon Green's involvement definitely has my interest. The cast so far seems to consist entirely of people I adore, also.

they smoke weed like substances
like gandalf in lotr

Are we saying this because we know it to be true? Or is this simply an assumption?

Looks like someone hasn’t been keeping up on their Slashfilm. :O

"Green: It’s not really a weed movie. [Danny's character] smokes shit [weed] in it, yeah, but it’s whatever they had in olden times. This is an R-rated adventure, it’s ridiculous, played with lo-tech effects. I looked at Army of Darkness recently for it, but it’s not campy. Krull has Juliard actors, it’s really ‘80s. At the same time, Danny ain’t Orlando Bloom."

Source:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/03/19/david-gordo...

Well they sure as hell smoke a lot of weed in the script.

I quote from YOUR HIGHNESS by DANNY MCBRIDE and BEN BEST

"THEY ALL START LAUGHING . BLOOD SHOT EYES. RIPPED UP. THADEOUS EXAMINES THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WEED."

Fair enough.

You see t-shirts and jeans because its a set film. Just because the camera taking this picture has an angle seeing someone on set doesnt mean that the people "wearing jeans and t-shirts" will be in the film.

I'm so there

I've decided this could just as easily be a sequel, or prequel rather, to Pineapple Express. "One day, when Saul and Red smoke some heavy shit and get high beyond belief, they decide to go to the local Renaissance fair. There, they meet two local female workers at the fair, who refuse to break character. This leads them to believe that they've traveled back in time, in a timeless story about two dudes who get high and meet two ridiculously good looking women from 'the past.'"

That's not a problem with me, I liked Pineapple Express, but there's no denying that a stoner movie is a stoner movie and even if you put Tommy Chong and Marin Cheech as different characters, they're still Cheech and Chong. Same goes for these lesser two potheads.

i will be first in line david gordon green is a fucking genius

I don't know why this "stoner midieval comedy" tag has stuck. Everyone involved has claimed that weed is in no way a main plot point. Green's said, "It’s not really a weed movie. [Danny's character] smokes shit [weed] in it, yeah, but it’s whatever they had in olden times. This is an R-rated adventure," and Danny's said "It’s not really stoner. I mean, I guess it’s stoner as much as “The Lord of the Rings” was for that culture. If you’re stoned you’ll probably get into it but my character is a lazy, second-born prince who knows he’s not going to be king so he just fucks off all the time and he smokes a lot of grass but it’s not centered around that." Just think there are other much more entertaining aspects of the movie to dwell upon, like the stop-motion, puppets, matte paintings, and the old "Barry Lyndon" reference.

That tag has stuck, with the general public at least, largely because it's simply how we're being fed the story by the media.

However, I do agree with you. The stoner aspect is really the least interesting one. Of course, I would hardly consider Pineapple Express a stoner movie really either.

Actually, I recommend checking out the Unscripted interview with Franco and Rogen on Express. They have a really interesting conversation about the difference between stoner movies, and movies with stoners.

Hopefully this in the vein of a Knights Tale. That movie rocks in its style and individuality :)

This is only interesting because A Game of Thrones is maybe going to be filmed on the same set.

Great post