Archive for August 19th, 2007

I Just Came Out of a Food Coma

Aug
19
2007

Hosting a BBQ has it’s ups and downs… the up part being hanging out with friends and family, the down part eating too much food and junk conking out. I just woke up from a 2 hour nap after a day of marinating, grilling, eating and chatting. Good times! I’m heading out to go see Rush Hour 3 now, but I’ll be posting some of the recipes I used in my BBQ today and posting them tomorrow (as well as the guacamole dip I was talking about before).

Review: Superbad

Aug
19
2007

Scene from Superbad courtesy of Columbia PicturesSuperbad was supergood. The film follows a pair of not-so-popular best friends, foul-mouthed Seth and sweet-natured Evan, who goal is to de-virginize themselves before they graduate high school and go on their separate ways before college. The interaction between Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) is fun to watch as they tackle their way through the challenge of scoring alcohol for a graduation party that’s hosted by Seth’s dream girl.

Enter McLovin, aka geek icon Fogell (played by newcomer Christopher Mintz-Plasse). With his fake ID, McLovin is the third wheel to this enjoyable duo, and adds lots of laughs to the film. When two wacky cops (played by the Seth Rogen and Bill Hader) take McLovin under their wing a long, wild night ensues.

Real life friends Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg actually wrote the script when they were back in high school (hence the names of the title characters). Judd Apatow co-produces the film alongside Shauna Robertson (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and the aforementioned duo. Greg Mottola directs.

A witty script, Superbad certainly has it share of R-rated dialogue (including a rather graphic recollection of one of the character’s former penis-drawing addiction). The jokes are constant and each member of the cast plays off each other well and with ease.  At the times in the film where it looks like the jokes have gone too far or have been overplayed, it’s made up by the heart of the story and the likable characters.  You’ll definitely have fun watching this movie.  I superdid.