so i just watched superbad, and uh, imo its kind of eponymous. unfortunately. i mean, its not a really bad movie like the whole Scary Movie and Date Movie series, but its definitely not a classic either. i probably wouldn't even call it good. its the type of movie which appears to need time and insight to "get". there is possibly a deeper message the film directors wanted to portray, but uh, movies ARE meant for mass consumption. and if the message is so deep that no one can "get" it, the point's kind of lost. unless of course the directors never meant for there to be an underlying subtext after all, and are just sexist, masochistic, immature, misogynistic, moronic and utterly typical frat boys. (no offence, frat boys).
after watching the movie, i was somewhat confused. the first thing that came to mind when the credits rolled was 'huh? that's it?', followed by 'so what was the freaking point of the whole freaking movie?' What was the point of Superbad? According to a review on IMDB, which incidentally gave it 7.8/10 stars, it claimed "Pretty much every scene with them made me laugh; from their references to other movies to the spoofs on being an officer, its classic slapstick comedy", and that "The plot is definitely a strong point, unlike many comedies today". okay. remind me again why americans are stupid. gorging themselves on a diet of macdonald's and movies like these, i can easily see why. i did not laugh through like half the movie. at the risk of sounding like a bitch with something stuck up her ass, i barely laughed for like half the movie. i mean, vulgar does not equal to funny. (which strangely enough, america seems not to get, cross refer to Knocked Up, which to me was kind of a turn-off. incidentally, most people who said they loved superbad also said they loved knocked up). there is good slapstick and then there is bad slapstick, and then there is just awkward slapstick, which is what Superbad is. i wouldn't even classify slapstick as good humour. also, the plot is practically non-existent. everything happens in the span of one day, and while the acting is pretty convincing (you actually feel the awkwardness and hormonal tendencies of the loser teenage boys), i'm pretty sure the emphasis of the directors was not on the story. in fact, i'm not quite sure what the emphasis of the directors is. thats how confusing superbad is.
and the worst part is, most american teens are not even aware that it is meant to be a satire cum (bad pun) expose. looking at reviews and discussions online, its clear many people actually agreed with the characters POVs. i mean, there's nothing wrong with sex, but objectifying women as sex kittens is uh, kind of demeaning, honestly, and the movie even appears to normalize it. i mean, ok, teenage guys are indeed mostly horny and probably do think about sex every six seconds as studies say they do, but where is the balance? there kind of needs to be um, the other side to the story? the masses aren't stupid but they're not all intelligent either. i can totally foresee that lots of guys walked away from this with a renewed boost to their ego, thinking that every girl wants to get laid, that they are going to get laid that night, and that its ok for that to be all they aim for in life. right. superbad needs to have a clearer point to it. i think the only saving grace ws michael cera.
oh, and mclovin is SO not funny. at all. seriously, just cause grey's could pull it off doesn't mean everyone can.
