#86: Superbad (2007)

Director: Greg Mottola
Starring: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill and Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Plot: “Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.”
Stock: Down
Previous Ranking: #68

“You know how many foods are shaped like dicks? The best kinds.”

Might be the simplest premise of any movie on my list. Two best-friends looking for girls and beer. That’s really all there is to it. Sure they have issues with college looming and moving away, but at the end of the day this is about girls and beer.

As simple as that sounds, I walked away hurting from laughing. It’s unbelievably funny, crude-yet-accurate, and absolutely chock-full of great one-liners. It’s a film that you can watch over-and-over again and pick up a different favorite quote or phrase.

A great aspect of this film is that it’s one Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (the two writers) were drawing up for nearly a life-time. It’s something I could see my friend Kevin and I doing.

UPDATE

Superbad is one of the most difficult films to rank. Mainly because it was a ground-breaking film, one of the first of it’s kind to have so much hilarious vulgarity. As more and more movies come out that include the same kind of humor, I find myself liking Superbad just a little bit less mainly because those newer films are better done.

But that shouldn’t take away from how much Superbad made me laugh and for setting the table for those newer/better comedies.

Fun Fact: Because Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) was only 17 at the time of filming, his mother was required to be on set during the filming of his sex scene.

Hint for #85: It’s written in the Declaration of Independence.

Peace Be The Journey.