Despite a terrible miscalculation on my part resulting in a late entry into the movie, I was able to get in to Superbad just before the film left school and went into the night of the "greatest night of these young men's live" (TM).
Yup, Superbad went where many movies, from American Pie to Porky's, has been before. The swearing factor was turned up a notch, the gross out factor... actually, that was toned down a bit. But some budding yet hapless heterosexual males were determined to lose their sacred virginity to some of the hottest chicks in school, and use the social lubricant of illegally purchased liquor to turn that dream into a reality.
I really can't go into too much more really. It was well done - the cops were insane, the geeks particularly so, the hot chicks hot, and there were assorted moments of awkwardness, hilarity and insanity, enough to fill the nigh on two hour running time.
The geek pop references were the hardest thing to swallow, considering most of the popular references seemed to relate to shows and events that are no longer popular (hey, I got them!), but they entertained me, as I had imagined they would, written as they were by that king of the geeks, Seth Rogan (and his friends). It was pity that there were no outtakes over the end credits, and the images that were put up in their stead were... well done, though fairly repetitive.
Verdict: Superbad wasn't Supergreat, more Supergood - I liked it, but almost immediately started to forget...
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