Seth Rogen has shared his opinions on the state of high school movies these days, revealing he doesn't think anyone has made a good one since 2007's Superbad.
The actor, 41, spoke to People earlier this year and revealed that his The Fabelmans co-star Gabriel LaBelle spoke highly of the comedy he wrote with friend and collaborator Evan Goldberg.
LaBelle was only four years old when the hit film starring Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, and Emma Stone was released in theatres.
Addressing his co-star's praise, Rogen said: "What's crazy is that Gabe LaBelle is like, 19 years old, and his and his friends' favorite movie is Superbad. So it never changed for some reason. No one's made a good high school movie since then."
While that's a bold statement to make, there's no doubt that fans love Superbad just as much today as they did back in 2007.
Elsewhere in the interview, the Neighbors star also revealed that he would never do a revivals of the TV series Freaks and Geeks, which he starred in in the 90s.
"I don’t think anyone would do it," Rogen admitted. "It’s so rare that you do something in your career that is actually just viewed as good. I know enough now not to f**k with that, to just let it be good and not try to go revisit it and just let it exist."
Many users took to Twitter to share their opinions on Rogen's comments about every other high school movie paling into comparison after Superbad.
One disagreed with Rogen and simply shared pictures of movies The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), The Edge of Seventeen (2016), Lady Bird (2016), and Booksmart (2019), giving examples of other great movies that have come in the years since.
Another user wrote: "Do Revenge was comedy gold and it released just last year, so," while a third added: "Easy A was one of the most realistic high school movies ever! It was actually so good at showing how rumors and gossip circulate in high schools and misinformation spreads!"
Some were firmly team Superbad however, writing: "Superbad is an amazing coming-of-age movie and there hasn't been a better one since then."
Another commented: "Honestly superbad is such a f***ing good high school movie it doesn’t make sense to compare it to anything that’s come out since. once in a generation s***. great script. perfect performances. iconic f***in movie."
Unfortunately for fans, they almost got a sequel but it never ended up materializing. Superbad producer Judd Apatow revealed last year during an appearance on the Inside of You podcast with Michael Rosenbaum that he had wanted to make a sequel but ultimately decided against going ahead with it.
"I know that Jonah [Hill] said 'Oh it’ll be funny to do it when we’re 70 or 80,' but I really wanted them to do a Superbad in college where Jonah flunks out of college and just shows up and visits Michael Cera at college," the 55-year-old said.
"Everyone was like 'Nah we don’t want to screw up Superbad by accidentally making a crappy second one.'
"And I would always say the same thing: 'Well that’s like saying don’t make the second episode of the Sopranos. Like, so why do you think we would screw up the second one?'", he added.
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