We've seen it before, but this time it's done Super-bad-Ly .

Rating: 5/10 (30 December 2007)

There were funny parts. There were parts i laughed so hard that i didn't even hear the next 3 lines of dialog after a joke. This, in my opinion however, is not everything that goes into a good comedy.
In my view, superbad was a mix between the language used in a Kevin Smith film (Without the slight essence of genius.), and the story's of every teen movie made in the 80s. and every other Revenge of the Nerd(s)-esquire member of the comedy genre. In the interests of full disclosure i am a do-gooder kid with an intellecualist core. This makes me biased against anything with American high school kids. But at the end of the day, when I really thought about it, superbad was nothing special. It was mediocre for a new comedy. That makes it sub-par in the big scheme of things. The true reason that i didn't enjoy this film despite some moments that were genuinely entertaining cannot be put in one sentence, for it only becomes apparent after a long and drawn out explanation.
The difficulty is that those who are likely to patronize this movie are likely the same individuals who would vote superbad to be a 10/10 without truly understanding its consequences and only because it is the popular opinion to have. I'll be honest, I didn't see Superbad in the theater, i usually have avoided seeing comedy's in the theater since the too-long Beerfest (which was funnier than this) and the even more drawn out but more original blades of glory. I watched the unrated version from the video rental place at home with a couple of friends my age (teens). Let me say that i am not particularly bothered by toilet humor if it is used tastefully (haha) and if it successfully reaches its goal in making me laugh. Judd Apatow doesn't bother me either. Accepted was a really good true to life comedy. Fun with Dick and Jane was a smart funny like accepted, but the movies that some regard as his best works really weren't that funny to me. Knocked up wasn't amazing unless you have the movie-going experience of only those films brought out in the last few years.
Apatow needs to stop using stereotypes all together. It offends me that the portrait of all high school students as sex crazed heathens with substance abuse problems is truly frightening. This is simply not accurate. If film is an art form than this movie is deceptive art. What this movie ignores is everything that my high school experience has taught me. (my intellecualist core is taking it to seriously) No. This movie is damaged goods for us youth. There is no soul searching in superbad, the characters have a warped hierarchy of Maslow's needs. that is the fundamental flaw of these recent comedies.
one black character in superbad. 1 line in my review. Think about it.
where was this movie supposed to be set? In America? I don't know, it looks to me like it could've been in Nazi occupied America today if Hitler won world War 2.
No one is these characters, and these characters are not good reflections of any group of kids that i know. If i write anymore one will be forced to believe that I am crazy. Watch it, (unless you have to rent it,) but get it from someone who already bought it.
At the end of the day, my opinion is my opinion. I might've had overly high expectations for this movie. (Everybody in the mobocracy of my high school has hailed this as nothing less than the second coming of Jesus. Dear IMDb, you know your system for rating the top 250 is wrong if this movie gets there. Anyone who wants to ask me about my further opinion feel free to message me.