Ignore the hype- this was extremely disappointing!

Rating: 2/10 (28 January 2008)

I'm 31, and my boyfriend is 29. We watched "Superbad" via Time Warner's Movies-On-Demand last night. We watched maybe about 60% of the movie last and decided we will continue the rest tonight. At this point, we're not even sure if we care to see the rest of the movie.
We are not religious, definitely not conservative, and we don't live in a small town -we're from Los Angeles. We have played on hockey teams since we were teens, are avid snowboarders, hit clubs, bars, gone to raves, and even experimented with mind-altering substances. In short, we've seen, heard, and experienced a lot in our teen, college, and post-college years- but yet we both thought this movie was raw, vulgar, and unfunny. The constant vulgar language didn't add to the movie and got old really fast, and it seemed like a weak attempt to get laughs.
I know they are trying to make it seem "real", no model-type actors, real situations, and I give them props for that, but I think the writing was very weak and the plot was just plain stupid. (And no, I'm not against random plot movies- my favorite movie is "Friday".) It seemed like they were trying to take a movie like "American Pie", but give it the shock factor of "Kids" or "Bully"- which by the way were actually GOOD movies.
My co-workers were raving about this movie and saw it in the theater. I'm glad I waited until it was available On-Demand, but I still don't think it was worth the $3.99 I paid. In short, save your money for better newer movies, such as "Knocked Up".