One of the funniest movies of the past few years: Laugh out loud, ridiculous fun.
With the amount of talent this has lined up, it would be strange if it was not a good time at the movies. Based on a short film called Jay & Seth vs. the Apocalypse, this movie ups the ante in every sense of the word. The comedy you have come to expect from Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson, James Franco, Jonah Hill, and Danny McBride is top notch. The rest of the cast, all playing themselves, is also played perfectly. Injected with horror in fact, some right out of famous horror films like Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, this movie also brings the scares and gore, although it never loses sight that it is a comedy, first and foremost.
When Jay comes to LA to party with Seth, they end up hitting a party at James Franco's new, druglord-type mansion. All the celebrities are there: the main cast of 6 mentioned above, Michael Cera, Rihanna, and others that I won't spoil the cameos for. Then, it comes to a crashing halt when the party is stopped by the oncoming End of...
One of This Year's Funniest Movies, Despite the Weird Moments
(3.5 Stars)
THIS IS THE END is a whacky film that guarantees laughter from a wide-ranged audience. Directed and Produced by comedy super-team Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, THIS IS THE END brings many of the gut-busting hijinks viewers have grown accustomed to from their previous films SUPERBAD and PINEAPPLE EXPRESS.
This film is hilarious, largely due to each actor playing fictionalized versions of themselves. As expected, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill retain their comedic pace from their other movies, but the unexpected comedy from Michael Cera, Emma Watson, James Franco, and even the Backstreet Boys is what carries this film from "haha" funny to hard-to-breath funny. Once Danny McBride enters the party, the already amplified laughs increase tenfold.
Some film viewers may be offended at some of the crass bantering, especially when Danny McBride is involved. If you are offended by conversations involving masturbation or by statues of genitalia, you may...
Rollercoaster of laughs ..but the end..PUKE!
The movie is getting a lot of flack, for whatever reasons.. I guess too many people are either stuck up and have never heard of suspension of disbelief, and they take the whole plot literally, as if to gripe "that's not how it's going to go down"..It was a ridiculous comedy..a lot of inside jokes and if you aren't familiar with the work of the actors in this film, you're gonna be left going "Huh???", which is probably the reason I had second thoughts about letting my neighbor borrow the movie - he's over 50 and takes that rapture stuff too seriously sometimes..to the point it's beyond annoying, so he won't understand. I changed my mind about letting him watch this movie, as I was handing him the discs... because, frankly, I don't wanna have future conversations about this with him..it's a comedy..that's all it is.
On the other hand, I've seen it twice and laughed hysterically for the first 45 minutes. It does get drawn out at times, but then it picked up near the end, and I...
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