Hey folks, Harry here in Hotlanta, Georgia - all set for the Burt Reynolds Triple Feature at the Starlite Drive-In tonight. Can't wait! My DC/Baltimore/Talkback buddy The Kentucky Colonel just saw SUPERBAD and felt the need to share by typing this one handed review. The clean up work I did on it required a wet towelette and some antibacterial goo for my hands. Congrats on the baby pecker, KC - and this is definitely a movie to share with him in 15 or so years.

Harry,

again, wonderful to meet Patricia & yourself up in Baltimore last week. I know you were enamoured of the crab cakes....maybe I'll send you some "Old Bay" seasoning for Xmas?? Also, I'll send you the photo of Patricia & yourself when I upload my camera.

Last night the wonderful Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse had an advance screening of "Superbad" for members of their E-Mail list. When I arrived at 5:15 there were already a good 40 people in line in front of me. Not bad for a movie no one has seen, especially since the doors would not be opening until 6:30 for a 7:30 show. Much time was spent reading the Onion, DC's ON TAP magazine and various other periodicals that were thankfully a-plenty in the theater lobby. Behind me in line was a riduculously hot red head and (shrug) her husband...which only served to remind me that my own supremely hot wife was back at home, with our little fetus safely growing inside her (this morning we found out that my first child WILL BE A MASCULINE CHILD!). By the time 6:30 rolls around the line for admission has stretched around the corner and down the block by half. Even though there are 50 people in line in front of me I still secure a good seat at one of the bar tables and order up a plate of Taco Nachos. Yummy. But $2.40 for a no-refill 16oz Cola is a bit much, so I stuck to the water.

Yeah, but how was the movie, detail-boy?

Well, there are people who will go see every Adam Sandler craptacular. Why? Beats me. Will Ferrell packs them in every time. Why? Because he's funny a lot of the time, but not all of the time. Seth Rogen not only raised the bar with "The 40 Year Old Virgin", but elevated it even further with "Knocked Up" and now at last in the waning days of Summer 2007 he will be beating the living shit out of Hollywood's funnymen with "Superbad". This is a movie that is coming from out of mainstream nowhere and is going to make oil-tanker loads of money.

Simply put, I've never laughed louder, harder or longer than at "Superbad". The three leads (five, if you count Rogen & Bill Hader's insanely wicked Police officers) all shine, and look for Jonah Hill to start turning up everywhere. His character Seth is a lot like many of the guys I came up with, and I'd like to think that I see some of myself in him as well. Michael Cera as Evan is a spot-on lookalike for Beck "Loser" Hanson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse almost steals the show as the geek homeboy "McLovin". To tell any of the jokes would be to disservice the film. The relationship that develops between McLovin and the cops is amazing. These cops love having this kid along for the night, trying to prove that cops can be cool, too. The overall plot centers on McLovins new fake ID and the quest to get the alcohol, and then (if they triumph) to get to the party. Lovely almost-legal girls abound in this film, and though there is no nudity (RATS!) there is plenty of supple young flesh on display. Do the guys get the girls? Do the cops bust the party? Is McLovin lead away by the cops in handcuffs?

I'm not telling. You'll have to see for yourself. And if you're like me, you'll probably end up seeing this 3 or four times, dragging whoever you can with you each time. I'm already salivating for the DVD release date.

Fuck Sandler. Screw Ferrell. Forget Carrey. Seth Rogen is the new master. All kneel before greatness!

And this movie, it should be noted, has the funniest non-full-frontal dick jokes ever. Big old purple veined dick jokes. Everywhere. Stay for the credits, too!

Yours,

The Kentucky Colonel