I feel as if I was a bit harsh on this film, when I first saw it I didn't like it much and I found it very forced and cliche. I was told by many to give it another chance and watch it again, that I would appreciate it more a second time. Unfortunatly, my opinion has not changed much. Superbad got tons of hype and many said it was better than 40 year old virgin and Knocked up. One of the many problems I have with superbad is the main characters, Jonah Hill is not funny, he is loud and annoying and I wanted to hit him every time he came on screen. His constant swearing and sex jokes may be funny to someone who has never heard the word vagina or penis before, but when Jonah Hill was so bad and irritating that I found nothing he said or did funny in the slightest. Michael Cera was of course playing the awkward character, and there is the infamous McLovin.
I'm sorry guys, I dont get why the McLovin thing is so hilarious. I got a little chuckle out of the name, but after a while I just stopped caring. Another problem with the film is that the situations the main characters get are much funnier than the main characters, heck pretty much everyone in the film is funnier than the main characters. The Only parts I found close to hilarious were the parts with the 2 cops who should have gotten more screen time. My second viewing of this film just furthered my indifference towards it, I dont hate it, but there is really nothing worth caring about in it. Films like this have been made before in a much funnier way, films like Animal House and Fast times at ridgemont high are much funnier than this. Knocked up and 40 year old virgin are funnier than this mostly because the main characters are funny while in superbad they are not. Also both 40 year old virgin and Knocked up had Paul Rudd in them, which automaticly makes them better by default.
Overall I give it a 5 out of 10.