This Is The End
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This Is The End
Not many movies get made with a premise like this - a bunch of actors playing themselves all sit around in a room. Actually, they are playing heightened versions of themselves (which is really just an excuse for them to all take the piss out of each other), go to a party, and an apocalypse occurs outside.
Right from the first scene the intentions are clear, a Seth Rogen "fan" videos him at an airport, and says how he always plays the same character all the time, and to do the Seth Rogen laugh. He meets Jay Baruchel, and they go to a party at James Franco's house. As they are all mates in real life, and the dialogue is sparky and funny, at one point you think the movie would actually play as a pretty good comedy even if the devastating events that follow didn't happen. But the apocalypse arrives, and the scenes of destruction are pretty impressive, a bit like the action scenes in the frequently referenced Pineapple Express were handled - very good for a comedy film.
After everything goes to hell, including Michael Cera getting impaled and Rihanna falling down a sinkhole, a group of six get holed up in Franco's, and the rest of the movie sees them arguing with each other, in increasingly pointless (but often still funny) ways. This drags on occasions, as the clear improvisation gets a bit out of hand at times, but there are still enough gems to keep the laugh count high.
The cameos rack up, and while you are always waiting (but never quite get) for something of the calibre of Bill Murray's Zombieland appearance, there are still some top moments, Emma Watson's scenes are really strong - (she swears!) as are Michael Cera's - probably because they are both playing against expectations, rather than the others playing themselves, and there is one glorious moment where Jonah Hill, Cera and McLovin are on screen for a brief scene, where you realise that the Superbad guys are all back together.
It's probably not quite as funny as I was hoping for (Superbad is one of my favourite comedies), but there is enough top laughs and moments on display here to make it worth watching, and a truly bizarre ending.
Not many movies get made with a premise like this - a bunch of actors playing themselves all sit around in a room. Actually, they are playing heightened versions of themselves (which is really just an excuse for them to all take the piss out of each other), go to a party, and an apocalypse occurs outside.
Right from the first scene the intentions are clear, a Seth Rogen "fan" videos him at an airport, and says how he always plays the same character all the time, and to do the Seth Rogen laugh. He meets Jay Baruchel, and they go to a party at James Franco's house. As they are all mates in real life, and the dialogue is sparky and funny, at one point you think the movie would actually play as a pretty good comedy even if the devastating events that follow didn't happen. But the apocalypse arrives, and the scenes of destruction are pretty impressive, a bit like the action scenes in the frequently referenced Pineapple Express were handled - very good for a comedy film.
After everything goes to hell, including Michael Cera getting impaled and Rihanna falling down a sinkhole, a group of six get holed up in Franco's, and the rest of the movie sees them arguing with each other, in increasingly pointless (but often still funny) ways. This drags on occasions, as the clear improvisation gets a bit out of hand at times, but there are still enough gems to keep the laugh count high.
The cameos rack up, and while you are always waiting (but never quite get) for something of the calibre of Bill Murray's Zombieland appearance, there are still some top moments, Emma Watson's scenes are really strong - (she swears!) as are Michael Cera's - probably because they are both playing against expectations, rather than the others playing themselves, and there is one glorious moment where Jonah Hill, Cera and McLovin are on screen for a brief scene, where you realise that the Superbad guys are all back together.
It's probably not quite as funny as I was hoping for (Superbad is one of my favourite comedies), but there is enough top laughs and moments on display here to make it worth watching, and a truly bizarre ending.
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Totally agree, i was hoping for another zombieland, shaun of the dead etc, and the trailers were leading me to think we are onto something here!!
Then 84% on rotten tomatoes and i thought yes a modern day comedy classic
SO i guess i built it up to much and felt really disappointed by the whole thing, cant wait to read casual reviews for this as im guessing i wont be alone
The only bits i smirked at where the bits which were in the trailer, cameos were slightly amusing but like the OP said, no bill murray esk performances.
Apart from a slightly entertaining/surprising 3rd Act, the first 2/3's in my opinion was seen the trailer seen the film!!
Am i alone on this??
Brilliant cameo from Emma Watson - I deffo want her on my side during a "zombie" invasion...
Well assuming I manage to not give off the wrong vibe
There were some good celebrity cameos as well, although I didn't know who a lot of them were. Especially at the party, I knew Cera, Mintz-Plasse, Watson and Rihanna but the rest completely passed me by. I felt like an American watching the Keith Lemon movie. I didn't even have a clue who the back and older guys in the main cast were to be honest. The effects were very impressive as well!
On a side note did they actually explain in the script why, when desperate for water they didn't just go and turn on the kitchen and bathroom taps?
The sinkhole probably destroyed the pipes
Yeah I assumed it was either the sinkhole, or because the house was brand-spanking new the water hadn't yet been turned on. I just wondered if it was specifically mentioned in the script.
Yeah it did leave me wondering what kind of ungodly and naughty things Miss Watson likes to get up to in her spare time...
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1833470
As us Brits come from a secular nation (or as some of the radical American 'Christian' groups have described it, a Jesus-hating, gay-loving, socialist hellhole), it's doubtful whether many of us would be raptured .