I haven't seen it, yet, but everyone that I've spoken with who has
LOVED it.
I loved KNOCKED UP and THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN not as much, but I'll
be seeing this one for sure. SUPERBAD is about 10 points below
KNOCKED UP
on metacritic.com, but still logs in a respectable 76.
And who are the critics who give it a 90 or above:?
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
David Ansen, Newsweek
David Denby, The New Yorker
Scott Foundas, The Village Voice
Joanne Kaufman, The Wall Street Fox News Journal
So, I'm going!
Kirby
On Aug 28, 2007, at 11:44 PM, channinglylethomson wrote:
8/28/2007
Tom -- that is a very good question. I saw the film this weekend
and it is my first exposure to the Seth Rogan school of popular
filmmaking. I thought the movie was extremely funny and pretty
clever in terms of writing, acting, and directing. I was disturbed
by the level of extremely crude sexuality in the film. The
language is really filthy as are the dialog scenes and much of the
action. While I enjoyed the movie, on some level I felt a little
bad, like I was watching the decline of Western Civilization on the
big screen. There have always been horny stupid teenagers looking
for alcohol and sex in films (at least since the 70s and PORKY'S)
but its never been shown so openly and extremely.
My brother called and asked if he could take his daughter who is
about 13 to SUPERBAD. I said ABSOLUTELY NOT. This film is not for
kids and I would frankly be as embarrassed to see it with people of
my parents' generations as I would those of my niece's. It's a
testament to the low level our culture has sunk to.
I think the film is rated R. Any parent that took a child to this
film would be exposing them to way too much "out there" sexuality.
I felt the same way about HOSTEL (in terms of graphic sadism) which
I believe was also rated R. That film has really sick gratuitous
violence and yet it was ratde for adults to take children to the
film. I just don't understand that.
Anyway, these are my thoughts. Sometimes I long for the days of
the studio system and the production code because filmmakers had to
be more inventive and original working with a broad range of
subject matters, some educational, others just silly, others often
powerful art. Today's commercial film world seems to be primarily
nasty comedy, violence, and super heroes, super heroes, and super
heroes.
By the way, does anyone have an explanation why we conceivably need
to be so incredibly bombarded by super heroes? What's in the
culture that makes that the most popular kind of film being shown?
Channing Thomson in San Francisco
On Aug 28, 2007, at 6:31 PM, Tom A. Pennock wrote:
What's your take on this new movie and thought's about it's success?
Thank's!
--Tom Pennock
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