This kid Michael Cera is an absolute crack-up. Of course he was excellent in Juno (and the TV show Arrested Development), but he really steals the movie in Superbad. The more I watch this movie, the more I like it. If I was 13 years old, this would be my favorite movie of all time hands down no comparison. I’m totally for the return of teen movies, even if I am 30 years old now, it’s still my favorite genre of cinema. I love when the girl he’s been lusting after the whole movie (Becca) gets drunk at the end of the movie and tells him (Evan) to take a drink, and he toasts “to the respect of women!” And then, when they go upstairs to get it popping, she tells him she’s been wanting to get with him for so long, and he says “I know, same-sies”. SAME-SIES!! HAHAHAHAHAHA. But the best scene is the one from the video below (pictured above), when he sneaks into a random bedroom at a house party to make a phone call and gets forced by a bunch of older guys sniffing coke to sing for them. Check it out…
While I’m on the subject, I gotta say this whole Judd Apatow crew is really talented and funny. It’s cool that they are responsible for a lot of the writing. They’re really on a roll. It’s worth purchasing or net flix-ing their older work where they all started. Both FREAKS AND GEEKS and UNDECLARED (pictured below) are excellent. Too bad they each only lasted one season.
40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, KNOCKED UP, and SUPERBAD were instant classics. FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL was awesome, easily the most slept on movie of the year (Jason Segal the star and writer of the film is my favorite of the Apatow crew). But I am psyched to see this new one PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, starring and written by Seth Rogan, probably the smartest and most talented of the crew. I love the premise; two stoners witness a murder and go on the run. Sick. We’ll see if it can live up to the hype.
Can’t wait for this to come out on DVD.
Check the guy on the right, co-star and ex-Freaks and Geeks actor James Franco, high as hell holding the sawed-off. Crazy. Oh, just a thought, wouldn’t it be great to get Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, and those Frat Pack dudes in a Judd Apatow flick with some of his stoner crew? I mean come on, it worked phenomenally with fellow Frat Packer Steve Carell in 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN. Let’s combine those two crews together for something else asap. Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill? Just thinking out loud. Holler if you hear me.
A couple funny, related websites to check out…
Westcheddar 