The big difference between reading reviews here and anywhere else is that on this site people are much less anonymous. I mean that when people like Death Monkey or James have a strong opinion on a movie it is worth listening to regardless of whether I agree or not. This is because that due to other posts on this site, scripts they have written etc.. At least I know that at the end of the day that the reviewers on here are just movie lovers like the rest of us on this site.

It has worried me that I never found Superbad or Knocked Up funny, I replied to an email a few weeks ago when asked my a friend if I had seen it as he loved it and said something like "I am worried there is something wrong with me, Why can I not find these movies funny?" He agreed that I have probably lost my sense of humor!. That worries me, I like to think I have got a great sense of humor - problem is I think the older I get the more subtle my taste in humor becomes.

Anyway, cutting to the chase what I meant at the start is that if people like Death Monkey can so passionately defend a movie then there must be something good about it, And that makes me think that I maybe need to see it again. Maybe if I wait till the weekend and after a few drinks. But I will try and watch this again over the weekend and see if I can see what everyone seems to find so great about it.

Can't say fairer than that?

I'm siding with Death Monkey on this one. So you didn't think it's funny... not everyone will. So you didn't identify with the characters... not everyone will. But lumping Superbad in with the likes of American Pie and all its knockoffs just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I really think Superbad was a lot more realistic than those movies. They seem the same in that sex, drugs, and alcohol are glorified to the max but Superbad definitely struck me as more about growing up than the majority of "teen movie" garbage. I can see at this point that what I'm saying still might not sink in. Here's how I see it: in American Pie, the filmmakers glorify sex, drugs, and alcohol. In Superbad, the characters glorify the same things. But in the end, both movies have different results as the filmmakers have different agendas going on.

I'm not here to convince anyone that Superbad was funny. I thought it was funny but humor is subjective. Period. As for the characters, I identified with them. I wouldn't say I was just like them in high school but I saw parts of myself in both of them. Not everyone is going to. Everyone in high school is different and thus their experiences are different. What I will say is that Superbad has a helluva lot more merit compared to American Pie and the way the two movies are written and directed are completely different, whether or not the subject matter is the same. I don't think you have to like the movie (you can even hate it if you want) to acknowledge what sets Superbad apart from the rest.

Woah, everybody take 5 *waves a white flag*

D Monkey, I did NOT mean for the "generational" remark to be smug or condescending at ALL. No, not in the least. Peace, truce, agree to disagree but it wasn't my intent to come off as such. So no harm, no offense, no foul.  :p