Superbad lives up to its name

Rating: 3/10 (9 December 2007)

I rented this movie on the hope it wouldn't be your typical teen bad movie, I was wrong, this movie tries to be another Revenge of the Nerds in a weird sort of way, it shows three of your typical non-cool kids in high school, Seth,Evan and Fogell, they talk about sex constantly, but never had any, the thing that confused me right out of the gate was the showcase that these three guys were your typical all the cool kids in high school hate these guys archetype, we see a bully spit on the typical overweight kid Seth, calling him names, and telling him he and his gay friend aren't invited to his party (Evan), and it goes on to show later in the film that they never attend any parties.
That would be consistent with the day to day hell of high school for the un-popular kids, yet in the same instant it shows Evan being liked by one of the pretty girls in school and Seth paired up with another petty girl in home ec class and her not minding, huh? Maybe high school is different now than when I went to school, but being one of the un-popular kids, I can say the pretty girls in my school were on order more cruel to un-popular kids than the pretty boys were to nothing else keep their popular status. And when Seth is invited by Jules to her party that night, your first thought would be, yeah they are being set up for humiliation when they get there, which isn't the case, and in the end wind up hooking up with the two pretty girls, maybe in fantasy land, but in real life, not happening. Oh and the part where Fogel follows the girl down the hall staring at her panties through her jeans, real life response from the girl would have probably been "Stop looking at me you freak loser" not a hook up at the party later on.
I also found the constant swearing by Seth a little over the top, the two cops being total morons, I find hard to believe as well, if you want to watch a movie where the un-popular nerd type kids get the last laugh, and something more believable, I would recommend the original Revenge of the Nerds.