Superbad

Superbad (2007)

Directed by: Greg Mottola
Written by: Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg

Streaming on Netflix. 

The film deals with deep political, social and human issues like getting laid and finding booze. It's a fun, coming-of-age, buddy comedy. The whole energy of the film carries the vibe: the music they use, the language they talk and the best part about the film is that it's unflinchingly honest. The way the film inflects from the point where the cops meet Fogell and the guy bumps Seth is really interesting. Because otherwise, it would be very contained. How long can you watch Jonah Hill yelling? I think it's a very nice tool to make a film about two or three characters - where you find an inflection point and have the characters split because of an event and focus on the characters individually till they get back together later. With a tool like this, you could have a few characters and take the film to any direction you want depending on the tone you want to create. I really enjoyed the subplot of the cops, because it's such a nice spin and I liked how they honestly confess to McLovin later about how they saw themselves in him when they saw him at the liquor store. 

The entire film felt like a crazy drunk tale told by someone at a bonfire. The perils of growing up in a conservative space in India, most of us never really experience even a part of all this madness in school. The only madness that we get to experience is believing that getting into a certain college will change our lives. This film in a way acts as a surrogate for the lack of such experiences and inspires us to go batshit crazy again sometime, no matter how old you get. Even the Hangover series, Dazed and Confused and some stoner films too. That's the beauty of cinema. It shows you all the life that you're missing out on, so that you at least know what you're missing out on, and perhaps try to find a different version of it later in life.