"Superbad" - A minority opinion
Since my partner was out of town for the day, I decided to bow to LJ peer pressure and took in the movie "Superbad". It was, for me, a bad choice.
I can't blame the acting, the directing, or the quality of the film in general. In fact, I can see why the film is so popular. As so often occurs, the problem was with me.
In a nutshell, the film centers on guys trying to get booze for a senior class party, thus earning them much social cache' among their peers; if the guys get enough liquor into the girls they find desirable, they might actually get laid. BONUS!!
Trouble is, in high school, I wasn't those guys; hell, in college I wasn't those guys. Since my father was an alcoholic (and a mean one when he drank) being around drunk people has never been a turn-on, so actively enabling them by buying booze just doesn't fly. Looking back, I don't think I was invited to more than a half-dozen parties while I was in high school AND college, and knew of none going on during the last month or so of high school. This is not to say there weren't any; I honestly didn't know of any....I was THAT far out of the loop. If I went to the high school depicted in this film, even McLovin would've thought I was a geek.
In short, this was not a story I could relate to, or even wanted to relate to. I honestly thought it rather sad that, as depicted in this film, the overriding goal of one's senior year in high school was to get drunk and laid. However, the teens watching the film seemed to agree wholeheartedly with the film's theme: Booze + sex = Good; Education + grades = a necessary evil, tempered by social opportunities granting access to booze and sex. Obviously, my priorities are screwed up.
The best thing about this film involved the two cops... and yes, Seth Rogan looks hot in a police uniform and handlebar mustache. If this territory wasn't already covered by "Reno 911", I could see a film built around these two characters. As I came out of the cinema, it occurred to me that it was rather odd that a film billed as a comedy required comedy relief. Hmmmmm....pause to chew on that one.
In the end, I came close to walking out on this film. Had it been on TV, I'd have changed the channel after the first five minutes. As it is, I had to step out twice to use the restroom. The cold truth is, urinating made me feel better than this film did, and it was with a conscious effort that I returned to my seat.
Maybe my error was in going to this film alone. Had I gone with friends, I'd have been reacting as much to their reactions to the film, as I would be reacting to it myself.
I can't blame the acting, the directing, or the quality of the film in general. In fact, I can see why the film is so popular. As so often occurs, the problem was with me.
In a nutshell, the film centers on guys trying to get booze for a senior class party, thus earning them much social cache' among their peers; if the guys get enough liquor into the girls they find desirable, they might actually get laid. BONUS!!
Trouble is, in high school, I wasn't those guys; hell, in college I wasn't those guys. Since my father was an alcoholic (and a mean one when he drank) being around drunk people has never been a turn-on, so actively enabling them by buying booze just doesn't fly. Looking back, I don't think I was invited to more than a half-dozen parties while I was in high school AND college, and knew of none going on during the last month or so of high school. This is not to say there weren't any; I honestly didn't know of any....I was THAT far out of the loop. If I went to the high school depicted in this film, even McLovin would've thought I was a geek.
In short, this was not a story I could relate to, or even wanted to relate to. I honestly thought it rather sad that, as depicted in this film, the overriding goal of one's senior year in high school was to get drunk and laid. However, the teens watching the film seemed to agree wholeheartedly with the film's theme: Booze + sex = Good; Education + grades = a necessary evil, tempered by social opportunities granting access to booze and sex. Obviously, my priorities are screwed up.
The best thing about this film involved the two cops... and yes, Seth Rogan looks hot in a police uniform and handlebar mustache. If this territory wasn't already covered by "Reno 911", I could see a film built around these two characters. As I came out of the cinema, it occurred to me that it was rather odd that a film billed as a comedy required comedy relief. Hmmmmm....pause to chew on that one.
In the end, I came close to walking out on this film. Had it been on TV, I'd have changed the channel after the first five minutes. As it is, I had to step out twice to use the restroom. The cold truth is, urinating made me feel better than this film did, and it was with a conscious effort that I returned to my seat.
Maybe my error was in going to this film alone. Had I gone with friends, I'd have been reacting as much to their reactions to the film, as I would be reacting to it myself.