Superbad (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Format Viewed: Theatrical Release
Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.
Because every generation needs their Dumb and Dumber…
I’ll be honest – I really had no intentions of watching this movie, much less making a trip to the theater out of it, but what can I say, at the end of the summer it was a toss up between Superbad and Transformers as far as what we still hadn’t seen and seeing as I’d pretty much picked the last four or five flicks that we’d gone to see at the theater, this was a fiancee’s choice and we were pretty much going on the hearsay that someone she knew thought it was hilarious.
Fortunately, for the most part, they were right!
I guess ultimately the reason that I had planned to steer away from this flick was simply because based on the trailers that I’d seen in theaters, this was going to be another dumb, high school coming of age story where the main goal is to sleep with a chick before graduation. My generation had American Pie and admittedly, that was a pretty good one by such standards, and just after seeing those trailers five or six times, I was reminded more of all the stupid teen movies these days – Scary Movie, Not Another Teen Movie, Epic Movie – and couldn’t imagine it being anything close to what I would enjoy for upwards of an hour and a half. They showed just enough of the “McLovin’” scene for it to sound stupid, and that’s what I was ready to write this movie off as…
…but then I went and saw it anyways, and I’m glad I did because otherwise I might’ve gone through my entire life not knowing just how many different ways a man’s genitalia can be drawn! Or how not to react if you find blood on your pant leg after dancing close with a stranger at a party. Or even how to really buy booze on a fake id, if for some reason one day I should have to go back in time to relive those pre-21 years once again. I know – grotesque isn’t quite the word and even some high-schoolers might find themselves challenged to use the sheer volume of language that is dropped in Superbad, but if you can’t see past a bit of swearing and more than enough disgusting and perverted jokes to go around, then this movie really wasn’t made for you anyways. For the rest of us, though – be prepared to come closer to dying laughing at times than you ever have before!
I think what I enjoyed the best about Superbad was the “McLovin’” storyline once it really gets going. The trailer doesn’t get into it nearly enough, but this character ends up going off in his own direction and along with the two officers in the movie ends up creating some of the funniest scenes that I’ve seen up on the big screen this year, hands down! I really came away with a newfound respect for Seth Rogen after this movie – he not only appeared in this flick (along with Knocked Up earlier this summer), but he also co-wrote the movie and already has other screenplays planned for the future. It’s great to see someone so young diving headfirst into writing for Hollywood, and not doing too bad about it, either!
So will it end up in the DVD collection this fall? Yes.
Did we learn a little lesson about taking chances on potentially dumb movies? Yeah.
Will we still get nonetheless pissed if they try to shortchange us with Superbad 2? You bet.
Some things never change…
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