This Is the End is
the second Seth Rogen film (the first being The Interview (2014),
which also starred James Franco and Seth Rogen) that I’ve enjoyed. I didn’t get
to see it when it came out in 2013 because I’m not much of a Seth Rogen fan,
but the movie wasn’t bad at all. The comedy was well-paced, and I didn’t find
myself being dragged on for too long before another laugh came crawling up my
belly.
The whole idea
of the main cast being exaggerated versions of themselves is one you’ll enjoy.
My favorite was the exaggerated version of James Franco, with him being called
a nerd—because that dude is a total nerd. Check out his bio on Wikipedia to see
how many degrees he has.
The movie mixes
and matches, using many cameos to play exaggerated versions of themselves. It
uses Biblical themes of the end of the world and tries to pass on a message
that, regardless of how life presents itself, we should think about others
(although this message may not have been in the minds of the makers). All of
this was done in a perverted way, which I didn’t initially appreciate but soon
saw the fun in.
The movie plot
is about two actor friends, Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel, who decide to go to a
party at James Franco’s house. Seth wanting his new friends—James Franco, Jonah
Hill, and Craig Robinson—to get along with his old mate Jay wasn’t going well.
Both Seth and Jay went on a stroll while the party was still going on and
witnessed what seemed like an earthquake to Seth and the Biblical end of the
world to Jay.
They both got
back to the party, and the world started to burn before their eyes, with people
dying and some being sucked up by a blue light. Now trapped together (James
Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson), they have
to find a way to survive what is happening.
I can’t jump out
and say the acting was great or the script was wonderful. What I can say is
that the movie is fun to watch, and James Franco was the bomb in it.
The movie had a
grand ending. I enjoyed seeing the Backstreet Boys partying in heaven, and the
graphics of the movie were wonderful. Towards the end, some intense CGI was
used to depict monsters and demons, and it was so good.
This Is the End is a movie you should watch. Sorry, it ain’t a family film, but it is a funny one.
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