Superbad

Michael Cera is true to his roots from his days as George Michael in Arrested Development playing opposite another somewhat outlandish performance by Jonah Hill (Knocked Up). Cera's extraordinary dead pan is the same typical flawlessly well-timed delivery we are used to, and he is more poignant than ever. His stoic reactions to what would seem to be emotionally intense situations are even-keel and never over done. If this kid has ever overacted a scene in his life, I have never seen it.

Hill brings much of the same that we saw in Knocked Up, with his funniest moments being points where he seemingly over-reacts to minute situations, but they might have pushed it a little too hard with him here. There were so many instances in Superbad where Hill lost his cool, it became redundant fairly quickly. This seemed to have less to do with his ability to complete a scene than it did with the director leaving too much of the same kind of material in the film. That being said, the run time also seemed a little long, as a borderline farce about high school friendship seperation anxiety and trying to score chicks on their last night out should never run close to two hours.

Of course Seth Rogen playing along side Bill Hader (SNL) stole the show, with perfectly delivered one-liners as well as noticeably long-winded improv stints bantering with Hader while playing the roles of fun-loving police officers.

Overall, the movie is worth seeing if you like the Judd Apatow strain of good-natured comedy that always seems to pick on the "loser" side of us, but shows that being yourself always prevails in the end. While Apatow did not direct this movie specifically, his fingerprints reside all over it, and that is generally a good thing.

Grade: B

It's Business Time

Even after having to sit front row at The Bourne Ultimatum, I was still inspired, at least for a moment, to immediately enlist and attempt to become a Navy Seal. That dream, however, was quickly quelled when I remembered another movie starring Charlie Sheen (or was it Emilio Estevez? I can never keep those two straight. It's a wonder, you would think they were brothers or something) which actually depicted Navy Seals which was called Navy Seals, and realized that maybe that would not be the career path for me. Actually, if anyone could give me a hint as to what that might be...

Here...the Good News:

- We finally got internet turned back on in the apartment, biggity bam, hence; blog update.
- The Texans looked good against Arizona in Pre-Season game #2. At least it counts...
- The 5th Annual Rockport Weekend is 4 days away...I don't need to say anymore on this. Perhaps anecdotes will ensue.
- Danny will be looking to topple his personal best of 26 beers in one day at said Rockport Weekend; he has been on HGH for months in preperation.
- Guaranteed, Jeff eats an entire block of gourmet cheese all at once by Friday night.
- The flight is booked for a 2 week jaunt in the Andes of Peru, followed by a weekend stay in South Beach...I know, I thought it sounded terrible too.
- The Yankees are closing the gap on the Red Sox...wait, that's not good news.
- Trent Green just completed his first pass this pre-season.
- I've been playing more guitar than Guitar Hero.
- Vince Young is on the cover of Madden 08, so he's sure to have the worst season in NFL history and rupture his duodenum.
- The new Cadillac CTS comes out this week...hands down, the best American sedan ever made.
- Alex found a new off-beat bar where we can watch Monday Night Football.
- I just watched Flight of the Conchords.