If you liked the movie, don't bother reading.

Rating: 5/10 (18 January 2012)

I mean, it's not the worst comedy ever made, but Superbad is incredibly overrated. Go ahead. Mark this comment as not useful. It won't change the fact that I find Seth Rogen to be utterly annoying and, most importantly, not funny.
The story itself is standard, focusing on the (not entirely true) reasoning that when kids go at parties, they drink, and when they drink, they get laid.
The script makes an effort in innovating in vulgar language, sex references and dick jokes, yet, it doesn't really focus on the most important aspect of a comedy: being funny. The scenes with the cops and McLovin are boring and drag for too long and they go around in circles, not really going anywhere. The only moral from that particular subplot is that hanging out with cops is cool.
As for the main storyline, most of the story is a bromance with very little fun factor. However, I did enjoy the ending, which had a clearer and more interesting lesson. But the somewhat comedic numbers don't feel natural or sincere, and they're not even over the top nor slapsticky enough to steal some primal chuckles.
This is not to say that the movie doesn't have its moments (the Thai last name "Phuck" was hilarious), but these are so in between mean jokes, mumblecore dialogue and boring drama, that you don't really enjoy it. The entire sequence with Seth and Evan at a college party is painfully realistic as how horrible some college folk are with minors, and thus, not enjoyable.
For this movie to be considered "generational" is rather scary. Again, it's not ghastly, but I honestly expected something better. And, no matter how much some will hate me for saying this, Seth Rogen sucks.