Superbad
In 2007 a new wave of comedy hit us; the bromance. Classic bromances such as Laurel and Hardy and Aykroyd and Belushi were all a thing of the past, the male friendship seemed sparse in cinema. While action movies, buddy cop pictures saw male comradely played out with each fist bump explosion, the lack of male bonding in pictures dwindled. After all, there were plenty of movies filled with girls professing their love for one another after a series of whimsical events that lead to their falling out. No recent comedy had addressed the teenage friendship between a man and another otherwise known, as the bro. This all changed when Superbad came out and hit us with a new level of bromance.
Written by friends Seth Rogen and Ethan Goldberg from a script they had developed at thirteen years old, Superbad is about ultimately about friendship. Seth and Ethan, played by Jonah Hill and Michael Cera are friends in the last few weeks of friendship. Due to their lack of social standing but no lack of virginity, they are excited to be invited to a popular party by Jules (Emma Stone.) When they hatch a plan to get fake I.D with their friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse,) they are soon charged with getting the alcohol and the opportunity to be legends forever. But as any planned night goes, the events soon turn array as crooked police, homeless men, ex cons, adult party and McLovin. With tensions high, can Seth and Ethan, who have been friends since childhood, come through as the party heroes and best friends they are?
Superbad is a brilliant movie and there is no denying the intensely hilarious stuff on display. Combining many levels of entertainment from smutty to slapstick, Superbad will have you laughing from the second it starts to the second it finishes. Rogen and Goldberg intertwine comedy from all era’s to provide such wicked entertainment. But despite the epic events that unfold in Superbad, it really is the dialogue that provides the most laughs. As soon as you have decided on a new line as your favourite, another delicious one comes. There is not one dry or bland moment and it is dizzy with funny moments that ensure an instant classic.
What’s more though, is that Superbad has that special ingredient that makes a bromantic movie; it has a lot of heart. Rogen and Goldberg aren’t afraid to proclaim love with their main characters and the looming separation of university hangs over Seth and Ethan’s head. While the resentment of one another grows stronger, the climactic reunion in which Seth and Ethan abandoning the girls they are in love with to spend one of the last nights camping out in the den, is strangely beautiful. There is a lot of sentiment that is even mirrored in cops Michael and Slater (Seth Rogan and Bill Hader) who play cops who want to prove to Fogell (now McLovin’) that they are actually cool.
One of the many hits from Judd Apatow, Superbad is a defining moment for them all. Not only giving fame to Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, it gave us the fantastic comedy of Seth Rogen and Ethan Goldberg. Though now movies of Apatow and Rogen may seem tired, in 2007, this beauty of a film revived a genre content on toilet humour and spoofs. Reminiscent of other great teen comedies such as Dazed and Confused, Superbad has a level of realism. Wonderfully written, directed and acted, this film is far from......cough...super bad.
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