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Superbad (2007)
Superbad Is Aptly Titled
It is indeed "superbad", possibly one of the worst movies I've seen...and I've seen plenty. The two people who brainstormed this whole script at 13 have hopefully matured since then. The plot was nothing new...there are lots of movies out there about horny teens who desperately want to score. Very few scenes were, in my humble opinion, laugh-out-loud funny.
I'm in my early 20's and I love crude humor but this movie seemed like it was trying too hard. After a while, the "f-bomb" and constant references to sex started to be annoying. Some lewdness is cool but this was completely overdone. Movies don't have to be full of crap to be funny. And speaking from a woman's perspective, it is impossible to bleed (menstrual blood) on guys from simply dancing with them. The movie was trash. I love comedy and I can appreciate old stuff like Porky's, which was pretty crude in its own way. This movie was a complete miss.
I liked Evan (Michael Cera) in the movie "Juno". He is pretty talented, for what it's worth. He constantly has that deer in headlights look about him. Out of all the people in this film, I felt like both he and Fogell/McLovin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) were the true actors. They did well in their respective roles considering how bad it all was. The character of Seth (Jonah Hill) was unlikeable for the most part. I found him selfish, obnoxious, disrespectful and a terrible friend to Evan. He had a foul mouth, anger problems, and a screwed-up attitude towards girls. However, his human side did show at times so you realize he isn't a complete jerk...just painfully insecure because he wants this girl Jules to like him and because Evan is his only real friend. Had some things been different, my review probably wouldn't be as harsh.
Blind (2007)
Unexpected Beauty
This 2007 Dutch film is perhaps one of the most brilliant and haunting movies I've seen lately. A young blind man lives with his mother in an estate home, where he is prone to violent outbursts that drive away most of the hired help. Until Marie turns his world upside down.
Mysterious and fragile, she is an albino who bears physical and emotional scars from an abusive childhood. Initially the young man makes sexual advances towards her but it quickly deepens into mutual love. He cannot see her snow-white hair or skin but he "feels" her beauty. She is fearful that once he is able to see (through a doctor's intervention), he will be repulsed by what the world has considered a defect.
One recurring theme is that of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen". This becomes his favorite story which she reads to him often...and it is appropriate because Marie herself is a snow queen. This movie is cleverly executed: every scene illuminates Marie's struggle to accept the love of another "imperfect" person and to love herself. This film is about humanity, trust, and one special man who sees true beauty where others cannot. Despite his blindness he "sees" and feels deeply. He loves a woman who is shunned and ridiculed because of her appearance...most people would be unable to this, in my opinion. I definitely loved it. ;)