High School High

I loved my time in High School. I attended a ton of schools from grades K thru 12th grade, 12 total to be exact. My remaining three years being spent at Garfield High School. Some of the craziest, funniest, wildest years of my young life. With that said I really enjoy high school movies. I think they are a riot. Sometimes I look at characters and feel like that’s me on screen, but most of the time I think it allows writers, directors or whoever else is working on the film to relive their high school days.

Superbad is a film about two high school friends Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill) living their last two weeks of high school. When their friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) gets a fake ID (under the name McLovin) they are asked to bring alcohol to the party where the girls of their dreams are. Seth’s plan is to get drunk and lose his virginity to Jules (Emma Stone). Evan just wants to tell his dream girl Becca (Martha MacIsaac) how he feels.

With most plans you make in high school, things quickly get out of hand. McLovin is punched in a robbery at the liquor store. Now with no money and no liquor Seth and Evan scramble to find ways to get alcohol or they have no chance of hooking up with the girls of their dreams.

Fogell aka McLovin is one of the funniest characters in the movie. He’s this nerd who I don’t think realizes he’s not really all that cool. He talks like a wannnabe gangster and makes this scratching sound with his voice. McLovin spends most of the movie with two incompetent police officers Slater (Bill Hader) and Michaels (Seth Rogen). These two cops run around town not doing their jobs and playing light sabers with thier flashlights. To protect and to serve is the last thing on their minds.

Seth spends most of the movie sounding like he’s going to lose his mind over not hooking up with Jules. He blast Fogell with insult after insult. Sometimes it out of frustration and others because he considers Fogell not to be the coolest guy on the planet. A lot of Seth’s scenes provide some the movies vulgar and hilarious moments.

Although this movie is a riot to watch, and almost non-stop humor from beginning to end, there are some good points to the movie. You get to see how two friends deal with going off to different schools, underage drinking, high school parties, trying to have enough guts to tell a girl how they feel, and just trying to fit in. The movie is great because it tackles those issues and never misses a beat.

My Suggestion: May be the funniest movie of the year. This movie is not kids or anyone who’s offended easily. It’s really one of those R rated, vulgar, offensive, high school movies. Although it’s a tale as old as time, the movie seems pretty fresh. Maybe it’s the string of PG-13 comedy that has been out the past few years. In the film they try some new gags and new bits in the film that I’m sure some new movies will try and copy. You’ll be seeing a ton of kids using the name McLovin. It’s already the name of my Fantasy Football team. “What’s up Gangstas?”

My Grade: 3.7 – Keep this up and you’ll get into any party you want to all year long.