I have never
been able to make it through to the end of this movie. I always start it, then
lose interest, but the Covid-19 lockdown has helped me finally see movies I
always wanted to finish, and Superbad is one of them. I finally got to
see how it ended, and I still believe this movie is way over-hyped. I don’t
think it’s the great comedy people claim it to be.
For me, the
comedy is too reliant on cursing and sexual references. The plot is too weak,
and the extremeness of everything else in the movie, like Seth Rogen and Bill
Hader’s roles as cops, just adds to why I never understood why people see this
as a classic.
That said, the
movie is still a decent watch. The plot centers around two friends, Seth (Jonah
Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera), who have been close since childhood. Now, in
high school and about to graduate, people (including their classmates) are
wondering how things will change when the dynamic duo splits. One thing these
two are dying for is sex. They’ve had some experiences, like hand jobs and
other things, but not actual sex.
Their obsession
with sex shows in their eagerness to subscribe to porn sites and daydream about
every girl being someone they could hook up with. Naturally, they’re not the
most popular duo in school, and to make matters worse, their friend Fogell is
even weirder than they are.
Seth has a crush
on his home economics partner, Jules (Emma Stone). Jules thinks Seth is funny
and invites him to a party she’s throwing now that her parents are away. Seth,
of course, invites Evan to join. While they’re discussing the party, Fogell
shows up and tells them he’s getting a fake ID made so he can buy booze.
Seth, stupidly,
mentions this to Jules in hopes of impressing her. She then tasks him with
bringing alcohol to the party. The rest of the movie follows the adventure Seth
and Evan have while trying to get the alcohol and Fogell’s adventure with two
cops.
The movie
follows the typical formula of high school comedies where two people are really
into each other, so I wasn’t surprised by some of the things that happened.
For me, this is
just an okay movie. Even though it received critical acclaim and was a huge box
office hit, I believe it’s more over-hyped than it should be.
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