Ok, this movie is about to be released on DVD soon. It was a big hit this summer. I have to admit that I missed it on the big screen and saw it on an airplane.
My first impression is that this is a very well made movie. It is an excellent Hollywood formulaic teen movie. It used every cliché extremely well.
I think these movies have to be remade every couple of years, because they become outdated extremely quickly. You see that when the actors of these films grow up or dies from an overdose it is hard to take the movie seriously because you see the character as the older version of the actor. Also, teen styles change so often that it effects the shelf life of the film too.
There isn’t really anything special about this film. You have an oversexed fat kid and a skinny kid. The oversexed fat kid is practically an homage to John Belushi, and the duo goes back to the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy.
Although this time, I have to admit there was more overtly gay subtext than I expected. But Hey, everyone is open to their own interpretation of this story.
The story is always the same. Outcast teenagers need booze to get to a party in a hope of getting laid, and there is a coming of age story there; something the kids can connect to.
My favorite part of the movies was the B story, which was about this kid who got a fake ID where he calls himself “McLovin” goes from complete geek to total badass, with the help of the funniest cops since the Keystone cops. Bill Hader and Seth Rogen , the cops, were the best part of the film.
Overall, SuperBad was an enjoyable fluffy film in the same category of “10 things I hate about you.”
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