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| Nelson_Mandela 05/14/19 4:52:49 PM #16: | #248. Superbad https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Superbad_Poster.png Dir: Greg Mottola Genre: Comedy, Coming-of-Age Year: 2007 Comedies are a weird genre to include on "best ever" lists. Humor vacillates across generations more than any other feeling, so what's funny one decade may seem boring, stupid, or even abhorrent in the next. But as I get older, the comedies that have tended to stick with me most are the ones that can capture a certain time or place while still maintaining a universal theme. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (not on the list) did this in the 1980s, a certain black-and-white indie flick (on this list) did so in the 1990s, and--for my money--Superbad does this best for the 2000s. For better or worse, the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen brand of comedy has been emblematic of my generation. I don't know how the humor will age when my kids grow up and watch it from my dusty DVD collection, but I can at least be confident that they will be watching a solidly structured story that perfectly encapsulates what it was like to be a teenager in the mid 2000s. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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