THIS IS THE END (2013) MOVIE REVIEW
Ever since I had heard about this movie coming out, I was beyond excited to see it. So did it live up to the hype? You bet your ass it did.
Now since everyone in the movie plays themselves, I will be stating a character's name once as they are portrayed by their actual selves. The film starts out with Seth Rogen waiting on Jay Baruchel's arrival at the airport. Upon arriving, Jay decides he does not want the whole celebrity experience and just wants to have a relaxing weekend with his good friend Seth. Though this doesn't turn out as planned as Seth and Jay have been invited to a party at James Franco's house. Not liking the idea, Jay reluctantly decides to tag along with Seth, on the agreement that the two swear that this is the only party they attend while Jay is visiting. When they arrive at Franco's house, they discover that the party is unlike any had ever imagined. Giant celebrities are attending, drugs and alcohol are being done and drunk, it is basically a dream scenario for James. Though the party soon turns sour when the entire planet is now under attack by what appears to be the apocalypse. Everyone is attempting to escape, though only a few manage to either barricade themselves in James' house or escape the giant craters in the ground. Now faced with the apocalypse, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill and Danny McBride must now attempt to survive the apocalypse, and survive the challenge with massive egos being trapped in a house. All around, I found the plot really entertaining and basically perfect as having such hilarious celebrities trapped in a house together just oozes great material, and they use the scenario to the fullest. Overall, the plot was great and was actually one of the film's many strong points.
The cast that they acquired for this movie is impeccable as having such Hollywood heavy weights like Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jonah Hill, just to name a few, manages to create fantastic chemistry on screen. Whilst the main line up in the movie was great, I feel that they could have used minor characters more often as they were killed off in the beginning. Some of these include Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and above all, Michael Cera. If there were anything I would have wanted to see more of in This Is the End, it would defiantly have to be Michael Cera on cocaine. Cera immediately stole every single scene he was in and actually managed to steal the first half of the movie, for me at least. As well as an under-usage of Michael Cera, towards the end of the movie, they show at least two scenes showcasing Channing Tatum, which was a hilarious introduction to his character though I think they could have pulled it off a little bit better, though I'm just nitpicking now so it won't change my opinion of the movie in anyway.
If you're a cinephile like myself, you are going to love This Is the End as it is just jam packed with references, especially ones revolving about movies. For example, when the main cast are all having an argument Danny McBride begins to point out each actors downfalls, including James Franco's performance in Spider Man 3 and Jonah Hill's performance in both 21 Jump Street and Moneyball, which I found quite hilarious while everyone did not get the reference, which is the main reason I found the movie side splitting. Though the movie itself is just all around a hilarious popcorn flick, there is just one aspect of the film that most of the time I liked though towards the end, got to me just a tiny bit. That is that it seemed like the director just ran out of material, so they just jam packed a bunch of dick jokes. Once again, I'm just nitpicking now and of course, this will not hurt the movie's final score.
Speaking of the movie's score, This Is the End is without question the best comedy of the year so far. It can only take a mind like Seth Rogens to bring such A-List actors into the apocalypse Make it a goal for yourself to see this hilarious flick, if not for the ending alone. I swear I was in tears for the entire ending, and I'm sure you will be as well.
Still of Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Emma Watson, Aziz Ansari and others
The cast that they acquired for this movie is impeccable as having such Hollywood heavy weights like Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jonah Hill, just to name a few, manages to create fantastic chemistry on screen. Whilst the main line up in the movie was great, I feel that they could have used minor characters more often as they were killed off in the beginning. Some of these include Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and above all, Michael Cera. If there were anything I would have wanted to see more of in This Is the End, it would defiantly have to be Michael Cera on cocaine. Cera immediately stole every single scene he was in and actually managed to steal the first half of the movie, for me at least. As well as an under-usage of Michael Cera, towards the end of the movie, they show at least two scenes showcasing Channing Tatum, which was a hilarious introduction to his character though I think they could have pulled it off a little bit better, though I'm just nitpicking now so it won't change my opinion of the movie in anyway.
Still of James Franco, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and Danny McBride
If you're a cinephile like myself, you are going to love This Is the End as it is just jam packed with references, especially ones revolving about movies. For example, when the main cast are all having an argument Danny McBride begins to point out each actors downfalls, including James Franco's performance in Spider Man 3 and Jonah Hill's performance in both 21 Jump Street and Moneyball, which I found quite hilarious while everyone did not get the reference, which is the main reason I found the movie side splitting. Though the movie itself is just all around a hilarious popcorn flick, there is just one aspect of the film that most of the time I liked though towards the end, got to me just a tiny bit. That is that it seemed like the director just ran out of material, so they just jam packed a bunch of dick jokes. Once again, I'm just nitpicking now and of course, this will not hurt the movie's final score.
Still of James Franco, Seth Rogen and Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Speaking of the movie's score, This Is the End is without question the best comedy of the year so far. It can only take a mind like Seth Rogens to bring such A-List actors into the apocalypse Make it a goal for yourself to see this hilarious flick, if not for the ending alone. I swear I was in tears for the entire ending, and I'm sure you will be as well.
OVERALL: 8.7/10
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