I have finally rented and watched Superbad, after nearly a year of everyone saying that I must watch it and it?s the greatest thing since sliced pie (bread is boring). So naturally, I had high expectations for this movie and I have to say the first few minutes lived up to them?and the rest, well, not so much.
The movie takes place in Clark County, somewhere in the United states. As like most teen comedies the main premise is get drunk, get laid, have fun. Happily that?s the only resemblance to teen comedies (well, that and the excessive swearing). Apart from the first, oh, ten minutes or so there is no nudity and I liked that, it?s another reason it stands apart form all other teen comedies. Allow me to review the teen comedy formula-unpopular guys like popular girls, unpopular guys do wacky and crazy stuff to get the girls, nudity at the end; so most teen comedies end up to be a wait for nudity while having to suffer from sophomoric and slapstick humor. Not to say Superbad doesn?t have it?s fair share of this, but what comedy doesn?t.
See what I mean?
Anyway, the plot. They are invited to a girls party being held by Jules, the apple of Seth?s eye and Becca, Evan?s crush will be attending. Fogell gets himself a fake ID so he can by booze so Seth and Evan volunteer to buy the alcohol for the party thinking it will get them laid. While Fogell is buying the beer the liquor store is robbed and the idiot cops who investigate ?believe? ?McLovin? and become fast friends with him and he rides around with them all night. Seth and Evan continue their quest for booze and end up at a party where they narrowly escape getting killed and steal some alcoholic beverages from said party, get hit by the two cops, run, make it to the party, where it turns out the girls like them back. Evan could have gotten ?laid? but decides not to because him and Becca are drunk and Jules doesn?t drink and Seth is drunk. Then they are at the mall the next day where they run into the girls and go their separate ways (Seth with Jules, Evan with Becca). They whole time there is a sub plot about Evan and Seth going to different colleges.
apperently when a car is chargin you, you're supposed to lay low (they have poor eye sight)
The first few minutes of the movie, Seth (that fat one) is talking to Evan (the normal looking one) about what porn site to subscribe to and then hit?s on Evan?s mom. They then proceed to school, talk about getting laid and whatnot and it?s the funniest part of the movie. Then Fogell (the nerdy one, also known as McLovin) is introduced; he?s not the reason the movie went down from there, in fact he?s the best part of the movie. Fogell is the ?outsider? in the group and I say that because I don?t know what other word to describe him with-he?s their friend but they don?t like him that much. When Michael Cera (Seth) was auditioning they said he was hilarious and perfect but not once did I laugh at him, he stutters and when he speaks he sounds nervous so his dialogue is broken, and well, I can?t really describe it, it?s sort of like he?s trying to make it up as he goes so he repeats himself and, um ok, you know in a sitcom when someone is telling a lie? Yeah, it?s like that and they did this on purpose and it?s intolerable, I left the room more then once while he was talking because I just couldn?t take it. Fogell however, is gold through and through. He is excessively nerdy and white but he sometimes talks like a gangster and shoots a gun like one and while this is nothing we haven?t seem before this time it?s actually funny.
I like to think I know a good movie when I see one, and when I do I will watch it over and over again. A good movie should have something gamers call ?replay value?. Superbad ahs this. It may not be that funny save Fogell after the first few minutes, but I found myself enjoying it. I watched it a few more times since my initial viewing. So, it may not live up to the hype but it?s still a funny movie, and one enjoyed. Superbad may differentiate itself from the pack of teen movies, but it never fully cuts the cord. You can say it?s not a teen comedy, but yes, yes it is, at heart it is a teen comedy and no matter how much it tries to hide this fact it just can?t. Rent it, it?s a funny, enjoyable movie but it just doesn?t live up to the hype.
The movie takes place in Clark County, somewhere in the United states. As like most teen comedies the main premise is get drunk, get laid, have fun. Happily that?s the only resemblance to teen comedies (well, that and the excessive swearing). Apart from the first, oh, ten minutes or so there is no nudity and I liked that, it?s another reason it stands apart form all other teen comedies. Allow me to review the teen comedy formula-unpopular guys like popular girls, unpopular guys do wacky and crazy stuff to get the girls, nudity at the end; so most teen comedies end up to be a wait for nudity while having to suffer from sophomoric and slapstick humor. Not to say Superbad doesn?t have it?s fair share of this, but what comedy doesn?t.
See what I mean?
Anyway, the plot. They are invited to a girls party being held by Jules, the apple of Seth?s eye and Becca, Evan?s crush will be attending. Fogell gets himself a fake ID so he can by booze so Seth and Evan volunteer to buy the alcohol for the party thinking it will get them laid. While Fogell is buying the beer the liquor store is robbed and the idiot cops who investigate ?believe? ?McLovin? and become fast friends with him and he rides around with them all night. Seth and Evan continue their quest for booze and end up at a party where they narrowly escape getting killed and steal some alcoholic beverages from said party, get hit by the two cops, run, make it to the party, where it turns out the girls like them back. Evan could have gotten ?laid? but decides not to because him and Becca are drunk and Jules doesn?t drink and Seth is drunk. Then they are at the mall the next day where they run into the girls and go their separate ways (Seth with Jules, Evan with Becca). They whole time there is a sub plot about Evan and Seth going to different colleges.
apperently when a car is chargin you, you're supposed to lay low (they have poor eye sight)
The first few minutes of the movie, Seth (that fat one) is talking to Evan (the normal looking one) about what porn site to subscribe to and then hit?s on Evan?s mom. They then proceed to school, talk about getting laid and whatnot and it?s the funniest part of the movie. Then Fogell (the nerdy one, also known as McLovin) is introduced; he?s not the reason the movie went down from there, in fact he?s the best part of the movie. Fogell is the ?outsider? in the group and I say that because I don?t know what other word to describe him with-he?s their friend but they don?t like him that much. When Michael Cera (Seth) was auditioning they said he was hilarious and perfect but not once did I laugh at him, he stutters and when he speaks he sounds nervous so his dialogue is broken, and well, I can?t really describe it, it?s sort of like he?s trying to make it up as he goes so he repeats himself and, um ok, you know in a sitcom when someone is telling a lie? Yeah, it?s like that and they did this on purpose and it?s intolerable, I left the room more then once while he was talking because I just couldn?t take it. Fogell however, is gold through and through. He is excessively nerdy and white but he sometimes talks like a gangster and shoots a gun like one and while this is nothing we haven?t seem before this time it?s actually funny.
I like to think I know a good movie when I see one, and when I do I will watch it over and over again. A good movie should have something gamers call ?replay value?. Superbad ahs this. It may not be that funny save Fogell after the first few minutes, but I found myself enjoying it. I watched it a few more times since my initial viewing. So, it may not live up to the hype but it?s still a funny movie, and one enjoyed. Superbad may differentiate itself from the pack of teen movies, but it never fully cuts the cord. You can say it?s not a teen comedy, but yes, yes it is, at heart it is a teen comedy and no matter how much it tries to hide this fact it just can?t. Rent it, it?s a funny, enjoyable movie but it just doesn?t live up to the hype.
