Superbad The Rewatchables
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Picking Nits

Why Jules likes Seth; confusing geography; Jules getting headbutted; no older siblings; burned cop car aftermath; too little alcohol for the party's reaction

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  • Why Jules likes Seth is the most movie-magic part: he gets spit on, fears being Steven Glansberg and melts down in class; only Allie falling for Daniel-san is less plausible, and no other guys pursue her at her own party.
  • The rundown of her boyfriends, including Matt Muir who looks like Zach Morris with a six-pack since eighth grade, is loved.
  • The geography is confusing, suburban yet on an obvious L.A. bus; the Valley is assumed, though per Rogen the party was filmed half a block from where Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered in Brentwood.
  • Emma Stone should not have been hurt; the headbutt and black eye was a weird choice, she forgave too easily, and it may exist to set up the mall apology.
  • No one has an older sibling to buy alcohol and there is only one parent.
  • What happened in the 20 minutes after they burned the cop car goes unexplained.
  • They did not get enough alcohol for everyone to be so stoked when they arrived. — Craig Horlbeck
  • Follow-up on the same nit: he shows up with two gas cans of green beer that nobody would cheer; you would need to pull in a keg to get that reaction.