Good, not great

Rating: 7/10 (15 January 2012)

This is my first review ever so I'm still looking for the right way to do this. You can read the plot here so I'm going straight to the good and the bad.
I'm going to keep it simple. The good is, that there is almost a perfect balance between the drama of a young man being diagnosed with cancer and comic relief. That is, the first and last half hour of the film nail it perfectly. In the middle however there is to much comedy and profanity. I'm 24, it has nothing to do with my age, it just didn't fit in this film. The problem here is Seth Rogen. I'm a fan. I like all his movies and jokes. But he's supposed to be Joseph Gordon-Levitt's friend and all he does is try to get laid. Besides that, he doesn't show any human emotion what so ever, in the whole film. Seth Rogen could really prove to the world that he was a good drama actor, but he blew it. Then a couple of comments. Gordon-Levitt's performance is perfect. The perfect amount of (outside) putting everything in perspective and the pain you can see on his face. The story is well told but it should of focused a little more on the drama. Less on getting laid and more on the relationship with his girlfriend. This is a problem mainly in the middle 30 minutes of the film.
I give it a 7/10, I believe that without Seth Rogen, and more focus on the main character's problems, it was easily a 9 or 10 out of 10.