Since appearing as an awkward geek
in Superbad in 2007, we've seen him play slight variations of the same archetype in Juno, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Paper Heart, Year One and, now, Youth in Revolt.
Attending the premiere
of Superbad in 2007, actress Emma Stone looked fresh faced and youthful with simple black liner and her red locks softly tousled.
Stone first caught everyone's attention
with Superbad in 2007, as Jonah Hill's love interest.
Indie director David Gordon Green, an out of left field choice if ever there was one, successfully married hilarious pot culture humour with splendidly ridiculous action, and gave us a great pairing in Seth Rogen (admittedly doing his usual Seth Rogen thing, basically his cop
from Superbad in a suit) and James Franco, the latter of which had me laughing hard pretty much anytime he was on - screen.
Screenwriters Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg followed up their hit
comedy Superbad with 2008's Pineapple Express, an action - comedy that starred Rogen as a process server who goes into hiding with his drug dealer James Franco after witnessing a murder.
The last time Emma Stone battled the flesh - eating undead onscreen (see: Zombieland), she was known as the charming red - head who'd made an impression with her brief roles in comedies
like Superbad andThe House Bunny.
It's
Superbad meets Zombieland as it's a good mix of awkward teenage coming - of - age comedy sprinkled with tons of blood and guts.
It's not on the same caliber of comedy
as Superbad or The Hangover, but it's certainly better than Due Date and Just Go with It.
Superbad co-stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill star in Netflix's Maniac, a remake of a Norwegian series about a trippy pharmaceutical trial.
Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, the duo
behind Superbad and Pineapple Express, were in London this week to promote their new...
A remake of the Norwegian series of the same, it is directed by Cary Fukunaga and reunites
Superbad stars Jonah Hill and Emma Stone alongside Sally Field, Justin Theroux, Julia Garner, and Jemima Kirke; check them out here... Maniac is the story -LSB-...]
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Go
watch Superbad again if you want a hearty laugh because you won't find it here.
If you examine these photos closely, you will notice Maniac stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, reuniting a decade
after Superbad.
McLovin is the part of the movie where my appreciation
for Superbad begins to falter.
Jon: I remember
Superbad came out when I was 17, and it challenged a lot of my preconceptions on how friendship changes after high school.
I have already said how
Superbad didn't work as well for me, because it was put on a pedestal and the Judd Apatow movies are in dire need of a solid editing session.
- Hanging out with a certain funny character from a certain movie
[Superbad] last weekend - My Halloween outfit pictured above [since my office was not keen on dressing in costume] is pumpkin - themed!
So to answer the now two year - old question «Is this the
next Superbad?»
And the story remains the same: the scam artist turns out to have a heart of gold Spun off from the Judd Apatow comedy factory, Drillbit Taylor was produced by Apatow and co-written by B.C. bud Seth Rogen, who starred in Knocked - Up and co-wrote
Superbad under Apatow's tutelage.
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After giving the writers years to rework that original script, America, with its newfound love of R - rated comedies, was finally ready to
see Superbad.
Goofiness and action result, all wrangled by
Superbad director Greg Mottola, who knows how to draw good performances in the midst of all the madness.
Screenwriters Rogen and longtime friend Evan Goldberg (they
penned Superbad) have brought the property into the 21st century as notorious L.A party boy Britt Reid (Rogen) realizes the emptiness of his playboy ways after the death of his overbearing media magnate father (Batman Begins» Tom Wilkinson).
He
shot Superbad with the new Panavision Genesis digital camera and it's hard to believe.
(
Superbad writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were also producers on Blockers.)
At the core of the film, as with
Superbad before it, is the friendship issues of the Rogen and Evan Goldberg characters (Baruchel here being an analog for Rogen's screenwriter / friend).
Superbad also features Bill Hader, who in turn appears in Knocked Up, which also features Baruchel.
Hader's filmography is just as extensive, ranging from all your favourite comedy films from
Superbad all the way to Trainwreck.
Like most one night present action films,
Superbad sets itself up for needing some real resolution and — since it's already running 110 — it hurries it through in three minutes, sucking a lot of the interesting possibilities from what it previously established.
And
while Superbad may be one of your super-favorite-movies-of-time, any court in the land will overthrow your decision to go with McLovin for your new addition.
In between those two scenes comes a wonderfully crude film (we're
talking Superbad levels of raunchiness), but one in which the overall vibe is sweet: kids patiently waiting for their parents to grow up already.
Here are your choices: The Amazing Spiderman Crazy Stupid Love Easy A The
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Pineapple Express (2008)
When Superbad was released on DVD, an extra on the special features was a five minute exclusive look at a comedy called Pineapple Express.
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In tribute to first Rosemary's Baby, then The Exorcist, This Is the End goes above and beyond
what Superbad and Pineapple Express laid out as comedy and pushes it beyond the apocalyptic realm it tries to remain in and makes it a legitimate installment to the horror genre.
The two
Superbad actors will be voicing characters for the new stop - motion pilot which is written and created by South Park's Vernon Chatman.
Superbad captures the ought s in all their glory, but you can see how kids in all three generations were focused on partying and finding someone to love.
Loath as I am to admit it, the off - putting conservatism of Apatow's Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin, and
Superbad buys them staying power; I've now seen Walk Hard's theatrical cut once and the Director's Cut twice (the second time with commentary activated), and the jokes keep all but evaporating on contact.
Like American Graffiti and Dazed And Confused,
Superbad condenses all the cruelty, mixed emotions, angst, fun, and insanity of high - school life into a single night of kinetic mayhem.
With movies like Knocked Up, and The 40 Year Old Virgin and
now Superbad under their belts, I do believe there are new comedy giants in our midst.
The winning new teen
romp Superbad was written by Evan Goldberg and Judd Apatow's protégé Seth Rogen, and directed by The Daytrippers» Greg Mottola, but it still feels like the concluding film in Apatow's trilogy of raunchy, big - hearted, improvisation - heavy comedies about man - children torn between the pleasures of eternal adolescence and the relentless pull of adult responsibility.