you guys are exactly right, I never saw the first one, but I figured with del toro directing it would be pretty good. He should really stick to costume design, the directing was piss poor.
I was working for Warner Bros at the time and got invites to various preview screenings all the time. I really hope they haven't changed much of the movie since November, because Pineapple Express was the funniest movie I have ever seen.
you need to see more movies then, it wasn't that bad...not saying it's good, but there are a lot of movies that sucked way harder, glad i saw it online fo free.