August 23, 2007

• movies I've seen recently...

  
  Superbad  (2007)  A-

  A teen coming of age comedy usually involves two things, alcohol and sex. "Superbad" is no different as it covers a day in the life of two teenagers whose goal that night is to obtain alcohol for a party and to get laid for the first time. The two teens in question are played perfectly well by Jonah Hill as Seth; who is the more high strung outspoken guy, and Michael Cera as Evan; who is a little more of the straight laced reserved guy. Both teens have been best friends for the longest time, but this fateful night will put their friendship to the test. Another stand out performance and probably the character you will remember the most coming out from this movie is Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fogell, also known as "McLovin;" which is the fake name he made for his fake I.D. Seth Rogen and Bill Hader play the incompetent police officers, who at one funny moment actually screamed "holy ****, it's the cops!" when they were about to get caught doing something they weren't suppose to.

  Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and directed by Greg Mottola, "Superbad" will most likely end up becoming another classic cult teen comedy that will be remembered down the line. This movie also embraces the "R" rating by having so much vulgarity coming out from the teenagers mouths, not to mention seeing the most cartoon drawings of penises that I've ever seen in a movie. However, just informing the guys out there, but there's hardly any female nudity whatsover in this film, which is so unlike a teen comedy. There are so many memorable scenes however and some of it are things I've never seen before in a comedy such as this. There are a couple of situations that require a suspension of disbelief, but for the most part, all you need to do is enjoy the ride.

  
  The Simpsons Movie  (2007)  B

  When you have a long running TV series that's done most everything it could possibly do, how do you make a fulfilling movie based on it? You make it bigger more bolder and more ambitious in scope. "The Simpsons Movie" kinda does that, but at the same time it really doesn't go far enough as opposed to the TV series. Some people have described the movie as "like a TV episode, but longer" and they aren't completely wrong, nor is that necessarily a bad thing. It's still good, funny, and very enjoyable to watch, so there's no real fault to the movie despite a little "been there done that" feeling. Some choice moments that will be remembered will mostly revolve around main protagonist Homer Simpson, and in a way that is a flaw for some people who only get a small taste from the many supporting cast of the show. The Simpsons family really shine as fully developed characters here, and I definitely wouldn't mind seeing them in another adventure for the big screen.

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