Superbad (2007)

The Sad State of the American Teen Comedy

This isn't the worst comedy I've ever seen. That would still be TOMCATS. And for all of you morons who thought SUPERBAD was a really funny movie...there's another classic for you to check out. I'm sure you'll be thoroughly entertained.

Wow, this was bad. Unlikable and undefined characters. Endless meandering in place of story. If watching the actual movie isn't embarrassing enough for you, check out the "table reading" extra where the actors do a read-thru of the script. Ugh. Just painful. I'm absolutely sure that the actors had more fun reading that script than any paying person in the theatre (at least they were getting paid to go with it).

The cop characters? Not only do these characters not exist in any form of reality, they don't even exist in any movie scenario. There isn't one believable moment with them. And they're not even funny. They make the POLICE ACADEMY flunkies look like Shakespeare.

The language is consistently crude without any shred of credibility. By that I mean: everyone sounds the same. Everyone uses vulgarities. It's like one idiot stoner recorded himself and then someone else transcribed it as each character.

What's surprising is that Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg had been working on the "script" for years and years. Listening to producer Judd Apatow and director Greg Mottola discuss the movie in The Making Of featurette as if they were making a good comedy is almost funnier than anything in the movie itself. Wait, it IS funnier than anything in the movie.

Man, this is horrible.

October 5, 2008

Super Good

This is a wonderfully funny flick! My Godchild kept insisting that I watch it. I finally gave in and watched it, and now I'm hooked!!! Without giving anything away, just know that you will walk away a fan of this movie, as well. I promise ya! Check it out and enjoy! You'll then end up like I was - on Amazon ordering your very own copy! September 10, 2008

Superbad umd movie

The movie was great but i expected it to come in a normal umd (Universal media disc) case but instead it came in a carboard sleeve. No scratches on the disc so it was o.k. September 9, 2008

Aptly named

The Good: Not much. The one small glimmer of light in this otherwise black hole of a movie is Michael Cera (Evan). The guy's just likable in a sweet, dorky way. While there are some chuckles in the film, they are far overshadowed by the absolute cringe-worthy language and the absolute annoyance of Jonah Hill.

The Bad: Where to start? A young boy obsessed with drawing male genitalia ... what does that have to do with ANYTHING? I think it was supposed to be funny but it wasn't. And it was kind of like one of those trademark Family Guy moments where they intentionally overdue something inane ... except I don't think it was intentional here. The language in this movie is abominable. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a total prude but the f-bomb is used in this movie like I use the article "the." It's beyond gratuitous. About fifteen to twenty minutes into the movie we considered turning it off but we stuck through to the end, just waiting to see if it ever "picked up." It didn't.

The Summary: So what exactly is the point of this movie? Well in a nutshell, it's one of those coming of age movies disguised as a gross-out movie, stealthily hiding a warm and fuzzy friendship tale. As with most movies of this type, the two main teenage characters, Seth and Evan, are desperately trying to get laid. In pursuit of this, they must bring alcohol to a party they've managed to get invited to despite their obvious dorkiness. Helping them in this endeavor is dorkiest buddy Fogell, who is the only one with a fake ID ... one that dubs him McLovin. Okay, now that actually IS funny. The rest ... not so much. Hijinks ensue, but again, mostly a snoozer with excessively excessive foul language. There are drug scenes, some nudity, yada yada ... stuff that seems to be written by a teenage boy for teenage boys. How Judd Apatow has managed to become so successful is simply a mystery to me. Having now seen three Apatow movies, I think I've finally learned my lesson. The mere sight of Jonah Hill or Seth Rogen tells me BAD MOVIE. September 6, 2008

wow

Awesome movie, a must see!! Don't need 1,000 words to describe it. The only thing was when it was over it made me realize how boring my life is. The people who gave this 1 or 2 stars are idiots, probably a bunch of old people. August 30, 2008

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