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He's literally one of the most relatable actors lol like he's one of the few actors where you feel like you went to highschool with the characters he plays
When you rewatch you feel like you’re being reunited with a friend from highschool that over time you unfortunately drifted apart because that’s how life goes sometimes. Idk watching people like Michael Cera or Seth Rogen those characters feel like looking at old photos from highschool you haven’t seen in years.
Don't dismiss Cera as nostalgia. You may have been in high school, but I was in my 30s when Superbad and Scott Pilgrim were released and I thought he was brilliant.
Having nostalgic moments doesn't stop when you're in adulthood. You can still have fun and it seems things are only getting worse so your 40's will be nostalgic and so on
i loved cera and 100% related to his characters. his older characters will definitely hold a special place in my heart. next video should be on jessie eisenberg
Michael Cera isn't just a type of character you like to see on a movie because of how awkward and relatable he might be, he represents those humble, simple and respectable men who don't need to disrespect, manipulate or start a fight with others just to show that they are better than you, to position themselves at a higher hierarchy or to portray themselves as "alpha" males. he's just himself and he's not afraid to show the world his flaws. if you have someone like him as a friend you know you're doing things right because you have someone who will never shy away from calling you out when you do something wrong, he will offer his honest advice if you need so and you will always have a good laugh. i genuinely think he represents that kind of man
Michael Cera was a genius as George Michael and gave every scene he was in this high energy to it because he's a master of improve and like any great actor, every move, every reaction, every nervous tick he made throughout the show was completely intentional and controlled.
I personally love this guy. Super Bad and Scott Pilgrim vs The World are some of my favorite movies of all time. I love his underdog role and he is very easy to root for.
I had Juno, Super Bad, and Youth in Revolt playing on repeat throughout my teen years. I basically unconsciously adapted some of Cera's traits into my identity. And it was great, I was unusually ok with being weird/awkward because Cera made awkward look like a rock star. I particularly loved Youth in Revolt about a nerdy kid who has to develop a "cool" personality to deal with his traumas but his perception of cool is a french guy with a pencil mustache, chain smoking. What a ridiculous film. It was a different time lol
I knew there was a reason I was always drawn to Michael Cera. I was always that kid that was pretty awkward, quiet & in some ways acted like him. Wasn’t really a loser but not popular but for some reason, people like me & made me feel included. Nice to not feel so alone in that
I also had this. Leaned slightly more towards the nerdy side of things but found I was included by the popular people more than some of my friends. I feel like I was extremely cringeworthy back then but people seemed to just like me. I don’t think they knew how every fibre of my being was concerned with how I came across at all times. By uni the whole thing imploded and I made a massive fool of myself with the freedom.
I'm not saying he's an award winning caliber actor, but he is a good actor. People just assume that he is playing himself but it's pretty clear in his hot ones interview that he is really sharp, clever, and comes across as likeable. Definitely not awkward. And I think it would be very hard for him to grow or change that much from his late teens and early twenties to now. People that awkward don't usually outgrow it. So, kudos to him for acting believable.
Michael Cera is one of the few actors who play roles of characters you feel like you might actually know. A lot of characters in television and cinema could never be encountered in real life, they dont talk or act like real people. The average person is a lot more nervous and a lot less eloquent than youd think from what you see on TV. Scott Pilgrim isnt even especially nerdy or unusual as a character, he is literally the average 2000s high school / secondary nerd / college nerd.
I was watching interviews on the making of Superbad recently and one thing Seth Rogen said is that Michael Cera had the uncanny ability to deliver "straight man" dialogue and make it as funny as the comic relief's dialogue.
WHAT I LOVE about this video is just u naturally narrating micheal ceras natural normal teenage life to actually turning into a man, but its not irl but in movies, somehow micheal being typed casted into playiing teenagers to playing grownups is actually his own personal growth as well in his acting and actual confidence
Freaks and Geeks stands out as a template for this. The main 'geek' character was so much like him, where humiliating circumstances (like getting locked outside of school naked and having to run home naked) in turn make him the hero of the school for that day.
I saw a reply to a comment that summed his acting up and why its so satisfying to watch despite how anxiety inducing the cringe can get: His timing is perfect. He has that speaking like hes in a conversation, with the slight movements and tonal shifts, the stuttering, etc. It just feels right.
Michael cera was really a big part of my childhood/teenage life and one that always stuck some kinda cord with me. He's one of those dudes who looks and u belive is genuinely Genuine. And since I come from a place where Facebook was and still is the predominant social media even between young people to this day, I remember there was this page called ''The same picture of Micheal Cera everyday'' where they well post the same picture everyday. At first it was supposed to be like a gag but then I noticed that me, some friends on my list and most people there just heart-reacted to it and it was always just wholesome. I don't know man, he is just somone you see and think and wish that nothing happens to him or nobody hurts him. Just your Humble average Joe and am glad he's doing well and living his life :)
Michael Cera is what most men are really like, characters that are played by Ryan gosling or George Clooney or brad Pitt are an idealized version of men, most men want to be them but are more like Michael Cera
Did you watch Dream Scenario? It wasn’t that dynamic, but Nicolas Cage was the leading role and Michael Cera had an interesting role it didn’t feel like his other characters.
I'm not sure what it is yet, but the way you present your thesis statement is incredibly powerful. Even when I'm not particularly interested in the topic, I find myself unable to stop watching. This is complemented by an equally impressive structure of information. It's not just a slide, where we, as viewers, have some control over the journey; your videos are like a rollercoaster. I can't believe the view count/subs, it should be way higher. Thanks for the video.
Dude you need more subs. Your videos are intelligently insightful while also calming and giving an air of nostalgia. Can’t wait to watch your channel grow.
“Youth In Revolt” is an underrated teen film, it’s Cera’s best performance imo. He plays two different characters, the movie does a good job at playing into the snarky awkward but innocent teen character we’re use to seeing him play in contrast with a more confident but dangerous character. It’s a good comedy.
I wish I could go back to the day when Superbad was out in theaters. Such a great movie, that movie and Pineapple Express were the last movies I got to watch with my brother before he passed away 😢
Seems like Judd Apatow was the only writer/director in Hollywood making comedies....and he isn't anymore. I cant even think of one in the last 5 years, though Stepbrothers was comedy gold and that was right after Superbad.
In terms of movies in this same genre, Booksmart I feel is sort of a spiritual successor to Superbad, and it even stars Jonah hills sister. Also, I haven't seen bottoms but I have heard its really funny. Of course, these movies aren't aimed at the same demographic, specifically in that they're aimed at girls. But if I as a girl could enjoy superbad I think any open minded man could get behind booksmart
I couldn’t believe it when I saw the view count and sub count; your videos are INSANE and your channel is so underrated. You’re gonna blow up for this kind of content, it’s amazing. In 2 years when you’ve got over a million subs, you gotta come back to this comment just to tell me I was right lmao, because you’re going places.
I love Cera so much, and as someone who is equally as awkward and struggles to talk to people, I learned to lean into the awkward because of him and in a weird way it cancels out the awkward if that makes sense? I do technical theater but I did get one acting role, and it was to play a very very socially awkward person in a stressful situation, everyone after the show came up to me and was like OMG YOU DID SOOOOO GOOD YOU WERE SO BELIEVABLE!!! And then to see their reactions as they realized that’s just me in my natural form was so funny
I am baffled that he hasn't worked with Elijah Wood by now; same energy in a different package, tbh. Like, I would not at all be shocked to learn that Cera has a secret side hustle making and supporting horror films.
When I watched Superbad, I was already on my late 20s. And I still felt it was the most realistic teenage movie ever in terms of how I feel during my teen years. I wasn't that young and I still can relate to what this video says.
As a 16 year old watching Superbad bad in 2007, I felt like I was Seth, the funny asshole who was at the top of my hierarchy of friends and at the absolute bottom of the overall high school hierarchy. Looking back, I realize that I was Evan, pretending to be Seth.
Just seeing his side profile when he's sitting summons memories of my father telling me to sit up straight at the dinner table, and my posture is immediately corrected for at least the next hour.
I know this video is about Michael Cera but I wanted to comment on your remark about The Breakfast Club the point of that movie was to buck the tropes of coming of age films at the time, some of the trends we saw tropes we saw thereafter and even still see to this day were created by that movie, especially in Bender's character not just being "the problem child" but rather being an incredibly emotional person with MANY walls up just to keep other people from hurting him like his family does
One reason I connected with Superbad was I had similar experiences in middle school and highschool. I've experienced the awkward, and the crazy and insane very similarly. Not as insane, but pretty close. It was a movie that had the same humor we had in school and my youth in general. I always thought judd's movies fucking sucked for the most part. I was used to traditional comedy like Jim Carrey and Chris Farley, etc. But later on I caught on and it clicked with me. It's based on life experience and something you can relate to. I remember the first time I saw Superbad, I came back from six flags with one of my best friends from highschool, and I chilled with him at his parents house of course. We were roasted, I was sun burnt and hungry as fuck. We ate bagle bites and he asked me if I saw the movie. I said, I heard about it, but never saw it. He was like: You need to watch this. He gave me the dvd and I watched it while he was sleeping. It was like 4am, I had a massive headache and I was super dehydrated. Once I was 15 minutes in, I was already laughing. I was trying so hard not to wake my friend up, because I was hyperventilating inside. One of the funniest movies I had ever seen. Still my all time favorite teen movie. I've seen it at least 100 times since.
his work on the social network is masterpiece, i saw scott pilgrim, and the diference between michael cera in those two movies is absolutlely incredible
Micheal Cera was a perfect casting for Scott, but in a way I don't think Edgar Wright even understood. To put it bluntly, Cera rarely plays a unilaterally good person. I know in terms of nostalgia we relate to these characters fumbling and good nature, but these characters that are so embroiled with being a virgin, standing out, and self preservation that they are dangerously close to being that "nice guy"... but I think thats the point. I feel like Micheal Cera's filmography is a reflection of hidden dangers in those meek seeming white guys, both the unintentional ways they might hurt you or the potentially more dangerous rabbit holes they might fall into, both benefiters and victims to masculine concepts. To have two characters spend an ENTIRE MOVIE trying to get alcohol to liquor up the girls they like (who like them back) only to resend once they see the reality of how the alcohol affects them, is a test of their integrity... not like a great test, its not exactly a praise worthy scenario to find yourself in. But back to Scott. My biggest criticism of the movie is that I don't think Edgar Wright understood how bad of a person Scott was supposed to be, not just inept but accidentally malicious in his actions. He's leading on a freaking highschooler, and in his head when he says "I have have no intentions with her" he means it, and he's under the impression that it make it okay. What he doesn't understand is that Knives doesn't know that, she doesn't know she's a fake girlfriend. So when he finally decides to move on and ACTUALLY date someone, she's left behind thinking it was deeper. The movie frames this like the issue is mostly just cheating, but its really not about that, and its so much worse. The books however really expand to show you that this is how Scott treats EVERY relationship, friends and more. He's not trying to use people, but he never grasp the ways he inadvertently hurts them, all the while not-so-secretly damaged and obsessed with the one person to actively leave HIM instead of the other way around, Envy Adams. If you asked me who could tackle the nuance of a character like that... to seem unthreatening but harmful, cautious about everything but unaware of his surroundings, meek and dopey despite a ridiculous amount of power on display... yeah I'd say Cera hits it.
I personally enjoy Cera as an actor but I’ve heard he is very difficult to work with. I’ve worked in film/tv for over 15 years and have never worked with him personally, however my mentor and a couple actor friends of mine who have worked with him confirmed it to be true. That being said though, I’ve worked with actors who have been notoriously difficult to work with whom I adored and they always treated me with kindness and respect. One actor I did a film with had a lot of problems with cast and crew yet were completely cool with me, so they started using me as a communication liaison which was fine at first but eventually became very uncomfortable at which point I had to approach production and remind them it wasn’t my job and completely unprofessional.
I think he's at his most interesting as an actor in his career from around 2013 to present (e.g., Crystal Fairy, Lemon, Tyrel, Entertainment, Dream Scenario, even his one 5-minute scene in Twin Peaks: The Return). I of course love him in Superbad and all the other roles of that era, but the distinct change from 'awkward teen' typecast roles to more enigmatic, almost intolerable and often rude characters adds a certain intriguing strangeness to what one would expect from such a soft-spoken, non-threatening-looking person. (Highly recommend all these films if you're interested in seeing a very different side to Michael Cera, and seeing how he got himself out of being pigeonholed by Hollywood as soon as he started seeming too old for the 'awkward teen' roles.)
first off, love your videos. second, it's crazy to think that I've been watching Michael Cera on tv and films quite literally since I was roughly 10 years old. me and my siblings fell in love with Arrested Development. and as someone who was in high school when Superbad came out, that film truly resonated with me and my peers. to this day, it's probably my favorite comedy/coming of age films, and it's so hard to not feel a sense of nostalgia just walking into some kind of second hand market and seeing the dvd. I own the movie, but I still pick up the dvd just to look at the cover and read the back of the case.
i love michael cera. during the early 2000s I have a lot of his movies. I read a hate comment somewhere that he can only act one character but for me that doesnt mean it's bad. keanu, and jack black for example actors who does the same but made a lot of classic movies
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Hey guys! Thank you so much for the love on this one. I wasn't expecting it to take off so quickly. I have a ton of fun making these videos, and seeing the progression on my channel as of late has been incredible. If you enjoyed this one, please consider subscribing!
how does this guy no have more subs
Just came back to sub
Did you put the fucking Twilight Piano song behind the intro??? 😂
Bravo, dude. This is great stuff
Fantastic editing and storytelling man
He's literally one of the most relatable actors lol like he's one of the few actors where you feel like you went to highschool with the characters he plays
When you rewatch you feel like you’re being reunited with a friend from highschool that over time you unfortunately drifted apart because that’s how life goes sometimes. Idk watching people like Michael Cera or Seth Rogen those characters feel like looking at old photos from highschool you haven’t seen in years.
@@JustTrying2Existion know he always looked like the kid who snitches not one of the homie
He could still more or less play a teenage film character
That's a Judd Apatow thing that also taught Michael this and that. And Judd been like the third of cinema at the time. Now it's pointless Marbel
I didn’t realise how much I missed Cera until I saw him in the Barbie movie, and thoroughly enjoyed his character
Oh yeah Allan
You like scrawny Effeminate men?
He was a highlight for sure
You should check out his indie roles. He's still good.
At the same time Barbie was in theatres, so was a smaller film called The Adults, which he was actually the lead in!
he could actually play a wild serial killer role if he wanted
If the killer was an awkward virgin, perhaps
That could be an interesting dynamic@@tylersmith9868
@@tylersmith9868that could easily work.
@@tylersmith9868incel killers exist lol
Paul Dano did that as the Riddler
He’s very intelligent, genuine, and has an excellent sense of humor. These are primarily why he has been successful.
His timing is excellent.
Cera's comedic timing and line delivery in AD was so perfect! It's crazy how talented he was as an actor even in his early teen years.
Don't dismiss Cera as nostalgia. You may have been in high school, but I was in my 30s when Superbad and Scott Pilgrim were released and I thought he was brilliant.
Don’t discount arrested development. Dude killed that role
Ok Boomer
Having nostalgic moments doesn't stop when you're in adulthood. You can still have fun and it seems things are only getting worse so your 40's will be nostalgic and so on
@@masterdisaster6166Boomers are over 60
@@masterdisaster6166 what a pathetic comment
Michael Cera running to Juno right after she has her baby is still one of the scenes I go back to when I’m heartbroken.
@@magacop5180grow up
@@magacop5180why?
Cause its not "Ellen" anymore 😮
i dont like sad movies but i really wanna watch juno since ive heard great things about it and i love elliot page’s acting in umbrella academy
@@magacop5180Elliot*
i loved cera and 100% related to his characters. his older characters will definitely hold a special place in my heart. next video should be on jessie eisenberg
Interesting, because I believe in an alternate universe they’re the same person lol
Thats the jewish version
God I hate Jesse Eisenberg. He reminds me of too many genuinely infuriating socially inept people at engineering school.
Michael Cera isn't just a type of character you like to see on a movie because of how awkward and relatable he might be, he represents those humble, simple and respectable men who don't need to disrespect, manipulate or start a fight with others just to show that they are better than you, to position themselves at a higher hierarchy or to portray themselves as "alpha" males. he's just himself and he's not afraid to show the world his flaws.
if you have someone like him as a friend you know you're doing things right because you have someone who will never shy away from calling you out when you do something wrong, he will offer his honest advice if you need so and you will always have a good laugh.
i genuinely think he represents that kind of man
the best kind of guy!
Michael Cera was a genius as George Michael and gave every scene he was in this high energy to it because he's a master of improve and like any great actor, every move, every reaction, every nervous tick he made throughout the show was completely intentional and controlled.
I personally love this guy. Super Bad and Scott Pilgrim vs The World are some of my favorite movies of all time. I love his underdog role and he is very easy to root for.
Also Palm Springs is really cool too
I had Juno, Super Bad, and Youth in Revolt playing on repeat throughout my teen years. I basically unconsciously adapted some of Cera's traits into my identity. And it was great, I was unusually ok with being weird/awkward because Cera made awkward look like a rock star. I particularly loved Youth in Revolt about a nerdy kid who has to develop a "cool" personality to deal with his traumas but his perception of cool is a french guy with a pencil mustache, chain smoking. What a ridiculous film. It was a different time lol
I knew there was a reason I was always drawn to Michael Cera. I was always that kid that was pretty awkward, quiet & in some ways acted like him. Wasn’t really a loser but not popular but for some reason, people like me & made me feel included. Nice to not feel so alone in that
I also had this. Leaned slightly more towards the nerdy side of things but found I was included by the popular people more than some of my friends. I feel like I was extremely cringeworthy back then but people seemed to just like me. I don’t think they knew how every fibre of my being was concerned with how I came across at all times.
By uni the whole thing imploded and I made a massive fool of myself with the freedom.
I'm not saying he's an award winning caliber actor, but he is a good actor. People just assume that he is playing himself but it's pretty clear in his hot ones interview that he is really sharp, clever, and comes across as likeable. Definitely not awkward. And I think it would be very hard for him to grow or change that much from his late teens and early twenties to now. People that awkward don't usually outgrow it. So, kudos to him for acting believable.
Michael Cera is one of the few actors who play roles of characters you feel like you might actually know. A lot of characters in television and cinema could never be encountered in real life, they dont talk or act like real people. The average person is a lot more nervous and a lot less eloquent than youd think from what you see on TV.
Scott Pilgrim isnt even especially nerdy or unusual as a character, he is literally the average 2000s high school / secondary nerd / college nerd.
I was watching interviews on the making of Superbad recently and one thing Seth Rogen said is that Michael Cera had the uncanny ability to deliver "straight man" dialogue and make it as funny as the comic relief's dialogue.
WHAT I LOVE about this video is just u naturally narrating micheal ceras natural normal teenage life to actually turning into a man, but its not irl but in movies, somehow micheal being typed casted into playiing teenagers to playing grownups is actually his own personal growth as well in his acting and actual confidence
Why is youtube hiding this gem of a channel? This is phenomenal.
Freaks and Geeks stands out as a template for this. The main 'geek' character was so much like him, where humiliating circumstances (like getting locked outside of school naked and having to run home naked) in turn make him the hero of the school for that day.
It also started Seth Rogan who would later co-write superbad
I saw a reply to a comment that summed his acting up and why its so satisfying to watch despite how anxiety inducing the cringe can get: His timing is perfect. He has that speaking like hes in a conversation, with the slight movements and tonal shifts, the stuttering, etc. It just feels right.
Michael cera was really a big part of my childhood/teenage life and one that always stuck some kinda cord with me. He's one of those dudes who looks and u belive is genuinely Genuine. And since I come from a place where Facebook was and still is the predominant social media even between young people to this day, I remember there was this page called ''The same picture of Micheal Cera everyday'' where they well post the same picture everyday. At first it was supposed to be like a gag but then I noticed that me, some friends on my list and most people there just heart-reacted to it and it was always just wholesome. I don't know man, he is just somone you see and think and wish that nothing happens to him or nobody hurts him. Just your Humble average Joe and am glad he's doing well and living his life :)
He went to my highschool and there's a picture of him in the library. My math teacher is so old, he actually taught Micheal Cera and his sister.
Michael Cera is what most men are really like, characters that are played by Ryan gosling or George Clooney or brad Pitt are an idealized version of men, most men want to be them but are more like Michael Cera
I want Nicolas Cage as Batman and Michael Cera as Robin. It would be super interesting to watch.
I can get behind this idea.
In live action? I can see it since Cera voiced Robin in The LEGO Batman Movie
@@LeopoldLitchenstein Oh? I did not know that lol
I'd check out holy musical b@man by starkid if you haven't seen it
Did you watch Dream Scenario? It wasn’t that dynamic, but Nicolas Cage was the leading role and Michael Cera had an interesting role it didn’t feel like his other characters.
I'm proud of anyone successful, or unsuccessful, that always remembers the most important thing is being honest and kind.
I'm not sure what it is yet, but the way you present your thesis statement is incredibly powerful. Even when I'm not particularly interested in the topic, I find myself unable to stop watching. This is complemented by an equally impressive structure of information. It's not just a slide, where we, as viewers, have some control over the journey; your videos are like a rollercoaster. I can't believe the view count/subs, it should be way higher. Thanks for the video.
Dude you need more subs. Your videos are intelligently insightful while also calming and giving an air of nostalgia. Can’t wait to watch your channel grow.
“Youth In Revolt” is an underrated teen film, it’s Cera’s best performance imo. He plays two different characters, the movie does a good job at playing into the snarky awkward but innocent teen character we’re use to seeing him play in contrast with a more confident but dangerous character. It’s a good comedy.
Id completely forgotten about that movie...thanks for reminding me. It's the one with the moustache,right?
@@Arahsure exactly the one with the mustache lmaooo
I wish I could go back to the day when Superbad was out in theaters. Such a great movie, that movie and Pineapple Express were the last movies I got to watch with my brother before he passed away 😢
He is one of the only famous celebs that can walk into a walmart without being sworm by fans.
I never understood why I related to Cera so much until this video. Your format is criminally underrated, hope this video explodes!
Superbad was truly was one of the last great comedies ever made.
Seems like Judd Apatow was the only writer/director in Hollywood making comedies....and he isn't anymore. I cant even think of one in the last 5 years, though Stepbrothers was comedy gold and that was right after Superbad.
@@Peanutdenver22 jump street i feel was the last somewhat good comedy. not no where near superbad and comedies before tho.
In terms of movies in this same genre, Booksmart I feel is sort of a spiritual successor to Superbad, and it even stars Jonah hills sister. Also, I haven't seen bottoms but I have heard its really funny. Of course, these movies aren't aimed at the same demographic, specifically in that they're aimed at girls. But if I as a girl could enjoy superbad I think any open minded man could get behind booksmart
I couldn’t believe it when I saw the view count and sub count; your videos are INSANE and your channel is so underrated. You’re gonna blow up for this kind of content, it’s amazing. In 2 years when you’ve got over a million subs, you gotta come back to this comment just to tell me I was right lmao, because you’re going places.
hey man thank u :') some very kind words
Same, I assumed this was a big channel
I thought of that too, so underrated.
I felt that he played those roles phenomenally, especially in Nick and Nora’s infinite playlist
I love Cera so much, and as someone who is equally as awkward and struggles to talk to people, I learned to lean into the awkward because of him and in a weird way it cancels out the awkward if that makes sense?
I do technical theater but I did get one acting role, and it was to play a very very socially awkward person in a stressful situation, everyone after the show came up to me and was like OMG YOU DID SOOOOO GOOD YOU WERE SO BELIEVABLE!!! And then to see their reactions as they realized that’s just me in my natural form was so funny
His Role in This is the End was the most iconic acting Ive ever experienced.
#siptime
Can't even remember him being there
@@Exel3nce go rewatch it! He’s got a small role but it’s hilarious
That scene replays in my head rent free every week! haha
Dude thanks for reminding me he actually made me cry the first time I saw that movie
I would just like to congratulate Michael Cera for finally turning 24
I am baffled that he hasn't worked with Elijah Wood by now; same energy in a different package, tbh. Like, I would not at all be shocked to learn that Cera has a secret side hustle making and supporting horror films.
Because of his personality, I'm confident he is a great dad too. Fortunate kid
no clue how I ended up here at 5am but I am glad I did, what a great video and a trip down memory lane
Man, I love your work. Leaves me smiling. Here's to, Michael Cera!
“We’re afraid of change”
*claire de lune starts playing*
Yes. Yes you are
You held my attention, notably.
I like myself too you silly goose
michael cera, jesse eisenberg and paul dano are masters of awkwardness on and off screen
I thought this was gonna be a hate video or something
Michael Cera definitely belongs here. There are just certain roles not every actor can do but he can.
I loved him In Juno & Superbad and I also liked his character in Arrested Development…he ALWAYS seems to play a relatable character 😂😂
When I watched Superbad, I was already on my late 20s.
And I still felt it was the most realistic teenage movie ever in terms of how I feel during my teen years. I wasn't that young and I still can relate to what this video says.
These kinds of video essays are my guilty pleasure
More producers need to understand he got more range, Youth in revolt is so well done with him playing 2 personalities omg that was sooooo good.
Superbad, Scott Pilgrim VS the World, Youth In Revolt, and Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist all day
His brief performance as Wally in Twin Peaks The Return was really cool
As a 16 year old watching Superbad bad in 2007, I felt like I was Seth, the funny asshole who was at the top of my hierarchy of friends and at the absolute bottom of the overall high school hierarchy. Looking back, I realize that I was Evan, pretending to be Seth.
The CeraVe commercial is his best work yet 😂
i met him last month he's awesome
Scott Pilgrim vs the World is my favourite thing ever and Michael Cera is part of it, therefore Michael Cera is also great.
I know you're watching this Michael Cera, it'd be such a Michael Cera thing to do.
I always liked Cera. He's definitely a stand-out kind of guy. Super chill but stands out brighter then headlights on a deer.
superbad is one of the realist movies about highschool ever
It really is😂😂
How is no one bringing up Youth in Revolt? Such a great movie. Maybe even one of his best.
Dude the quality of your videos is ridiculous. I've seen people with millions of subs that fall very short of this. Absolutely amazing.
I love Michael Cera as an actor! I love everything he participate in! One of my favorite is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Honestly Cera is a Literally me type dude for me
Crystal Fairy and Youth in revolt my two favorite Cera films. The best awkwardness of Cera on screen.
Cera walked so that Tom Holland can run
Scott Pilgrim without Michael Cera is like is like a grilled cheese without cheese.
They even had to keep him as a VA
Just seeing his side profile when he's sitting summons memories of my father telling me to sit up straight at the dinner table, and my posture is immediately corrected for at least the next hour.
Michael Cera is everything we have ever needed
Dude these vids are incredibly good. Keep going, the viewers will come! I subscribed after the Conan one, and this is just as good. Bravo.
Nah I will always see him as the Michael Cera from this is the end
8:26 as an ultrakill player, Clair De Lune gave me a bit of a PTSD
Top 25 actor of all time in my opnion. Really doesn't get the credit he deserves. Great video!
I love that guy so much. He looks very similar to my brother and he always gives off this weird awkward energy, it's amazing lol
You think being akward is funny
this is a really great time capsule of a significant moment in time that people seemingly never point to or even are really aware of
I related to Michael Cera’s awkward Superbad character as a kid and actually got my first girlfriend because of that movie 😂
I know this video is about Michael Cera but I wanted to comment on your remark about The Breakfast Club the point of that movie was to buck the tropes of coming of age films at the time, some of the trends we saw tropes we saw thereafter and even still see to this day were created by that movie, especially in Bender's character not just being "the problem child" but rather being an incredibly emotional person with MANY walls up just to keep other people from hurting him like his family does
One reason I connected with Superbad was I had similar experiences in middle school and highschool. I've experienced the awkward, and the crazy and insane very similarly. Not as insane, but pretty close. It was a movie that had the same humor we had in school and my youth in general. I always thought judd's movies fucking sucked for the most part. I was used to traditional comedy like Jim Carrey and Chris Farley, etc. But later on I caught on and it clicked with me. It's based on life experience and something you can relate to. I remember the first time I saw Superbad, I came back from six flags with one of my best friends from highschool, and I chilled with him at his parents house of course. We were roasted, I was sun burnt and hungry as fuck. We ate bagle bites and he asked me if I saw the movie. I said, I heard about it, but never saw it. He was like: You need to watch this. He gave me the dvd and I watched it while he was sleeping. It was like 4am, I had a massive headache and I was super dehydrated. Once I was 15 minutes in, I was already laughing. I was trying so hard not to wake my friend up, because I was hyperventilating inside. One of the funniest movies I had ever seen. Still my all time favorite teen movie. I've seen it at least 100 times since.
Came from Aubrey video. Already subbed from that. Thanks for being great to watch while editing videos
thanks so much! happy to have you here!
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I have always liked Michael Cera as an actor , but don't know much about what he is like day to day in his personal life
his work on the social network is masterpiece, i saw scott pilgrim, and the diference between michael cera in those two movies is absolutlely incredible
Micheal Cera was a perfect casting for Scott, but in a way I don't think Edgar Wright even understood. To put it bluntly, Cera rarely plays a unilaterally good person. I know in terms of nostalgia we relate to these characters fumbling and good nature, but these characters that are so embroiled with being a virgin, standing out, and self preservation that they are dangerously close to being that "nice guy"... but I think thats the point. I feel like Micheal Cera's filmography is a reflection of hidden dangers in those meek seeming white guys, both the unintentional ways they might hurt you or the potentially more dangerous rabbit holes they might fall into, both benefiters and victims to masculine concepts. To have two characters spend an ENTIRE MOVIE trying to get alcohol to liquor up the girls they like (who like them back) only to resend once they see the reality of how the alcohol affects them, is a test of their integrity... not like a great test, its not exactly a praise worthy scenario to find yourself in.
But back to Scott. My biggest criticism of the movie is that I don't think Edgar Wright understood how bad of a person Scott was supposed to be, not just inept but accidentally malicious in his actions. He's leading on a freaking highschooler, and in his head when he says "I have have no intentions with her" he means it, and he's under the impression that it make it okay. What he doesn't understand is that Knives doesn't know that, she doesn't know she's a fake girlfriend. So when he finally decides to move on and ACTUALLY date someone, she's left behind thinking it was deeper. The movie frames this like the issue is mostly just cheating, but its really not about that, and its so much worse. The books however really expand to show you that this is how Scott treats EVERY relationship, friends and more. He's not trying to use people, but he never grasp the ways he inadvertently hurts them, all the while not-so-secretly damaged and obsessed with the one person to actively leave HIM instead of the other way around, Envy Adams.
If you asked me who could tackle the nuance of a character like that... to seem unthreatening but harmful, cautious about everything but unaware of his surroundings, meek and dopey despite a ridiculous amount of power on display... yeah I'd say Cera hits it.
One of his greatest roles was in This Is The End he was funny af in that
I personally enjoy Cera as an actor but I’ve heard he is very difficult to work with. I’ve worked in film/tv for over 15 years and have never worked with him personally, however my mentor and a couple actor friends of mine who have worked with him confirmed it to be true. That being said though, I’ve worked with actors who have been notoriously difficult to work with whom I adored and they always treated me with kindness and respect. One actor I did a film with had a lot of problems with cast and crew yet were completely cool with me, so they started using me as a communication liaison which was fine at first but eventually became very uncomfortable at which point I had to approach production and remind them it wasn’t my job and completely unprofessional.
Damn finally youtube recommends me a really good video essay with low views, great video man!
Great writing Renzy. Nice video Essay. A+
I think he's at his most interesting as an actor in his career from around 2013 to present (e.g., Crystal Fairy, Lemon, Tyrel, Entertainment, Dream Scenario, even his one 5-minute scene in Twin Peaks: The Return). I of course love him in Superbad and all the other roles of that era, but the distinct change from 'awkward teen' typecast roles to more enigmatic, almost intolerable and often rude characters adds a certain intriguing strangeness to what one would expect from such a soft-spoken, non-threatening-looking person. (Highly recommend all these films if you're interested in seeing a very different side to Michael Cera, and seeing how he got himself out of being pigeonholed by Hollywood as soon as he started seeming too old for the 'awkward teen' roles.)
And yet we all gotta understand that he is a Hollywood actor, so he's not really an awkward and very shy person
100 bucks says he's going to play Sam Bankman Fried in an upcoming movie in the future
hahah pretty good guess
i love michael cera so much
Holy shit dude, this guys gonna make it big on TH-cam I tell you.
I love him so much he’s so weird and perfect
first off, love your videos.
second, it's crazy to think that I've been watching Michael Cera on tv and films quite literally since I was roughly 10 years old. me and my siblings fell in love with Arrested Development.
and as someone who was in high school when Superbad came out, that film truly resonated with me and my peers. to this day, it's probably my favorite comedy/coming of age films, and it's so hard to not feel a sense of nostalgia just walking into some kind of second hand market and seeing the dvd. I own the movie, but I still pick up the dvd just to look at the cover and read the back of the case.
I unironically aspire to be like him
This was a really cool video, and much like the movies you talked about, way sweeter than you'd expect.
i love michael cera. during the early 2000s I have a lot of his movies. I read a hate comment somewhere that he can only act one character but for me that doesnt mean it's bad. keanu, and jack black for example actors who does the same but made a lot of classic movies
This was just beautiful. Wonderful work.
Cera is him. Good actor. Pretty safe bet with him doing a good performance.
i like michael cera
Micheal cera is great. Just rewatched Youth in Revolt and Crystal Fairy recently.