SUPERBAD
dir: Greg Mottola
"Seth, Seth, Seth. Listen up, ass-face: every day, hundreds of kids go into the liquor store with fake IDs, and every single one says they're 21. How many 21 year olds do you think there are in this town? It's called fucking strategy, all right?" - McLovin
Brief Synopsis
Three geeky classmates try to live up their last high-school days by getting their hands on alcohol to impress everyone and try to find a girl each so they can be experienced for college life.
Why It's Here
Great teen movies were made for every generation, the 60's got American Graffiti, the 70's Dazed & Confused, the 80's Fast Times At Ridgemont High, the 90's American Pie, and now it's our generations turn with Superbad. As hilarious as it is relevant to today's culture. This movie worked for me because I was just heading to university the summer this movie was released, thus I could relate. The characters are based off of the growing "geek" culture that has always existed in schoolyards, but is now getting a voice due to the internet. Michael Cera's awkwardly shy geek and Jonah Hill's outrageously obnoxious geek go hand in hand, McLovin comes to stir stuff up and is the final piece that holds it all together.
Unlike movies like Dazed & Confused, where getting booze was nothing, today's teenagers face the challenging of I.D. checks, and the penalties of getting caught with a fake, or even worse, getting caught without the booze at a party. Following the exact same formula as many movies before it, Superbad succeeds in taking the fresh(er) nerd approach with extremely hilarious characters and situations. If you're over 30 and think kids are up to no good, then stick with you're decade's high-school comedy, and leave this to the youngin's.
Unlike movies like Dazed & Confused, where getting booze was nothing, today's teenagers face the challenging of I.D. checks, and the penalties of getting caught with a fake, or even worse, getting caught without the booze at a party. Following the exact same formula as many movies before it, Superbad succeeds in taking the fresh(er) nerd approach with extremely hilarious characters and situations. If you're over 30 and think kids are up to no good, then stick with you're decade's high-school comedy, and leave this to the youngin's.