This Is The End:
From the people that brought you every movie you've laughed at in the past decade are at it again...and they're not finished. The apocalypse is happening during the shindig of the year and you're surrounded by Hollywood's young and brightest stars, what do you do? Keep Calm and Party On is what you do! You may remember a couple guys named Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, a comedy power duo that came up with the script of Superbad when they were 13 years old (that's right, I said it) and now they aren't 13 anymore, they're done with puberty and they are the directors and writers of 2013's funniest summer movie/celebration of acting and living it up with the ones you love.
Go on IMDb.com (International Movie Database), search This Is The End and take a look at the cast list. If you don't know around 57 of the names credited in this movie then I think this may not be the motion picture for you. You may have seen the commercials on TV or read an article in your favorite magazine that shows how chock full this movie is with every actor in the current spotlight and the love interest of every girl (i.e. James Franco), boy (i.e. Emma Watson), and pot head (i.e. the rest of the cast) you can think of. For the purpose of this review we will just focus on the important names. Jay Baruchel (She's Out of My League) and Seth Rogen head over to James Franco's house [exactly as you would picture a house James Franco would live in] for a bash and so that Jay can be introduced to some James' friends. One thing leads to another, earthquakes strange lights from the sky--the usual--- and Franco (Pineapple Express), Baruchel, Rogen (Superbad), Craig Robinson (Pineapple Express), Jonah Hill (Superbad), and Danny McBride (Pineapple Express) try to find every which way to survive the eminent demise of the human race by staying inside of James Franco's outlandishly awesome crib.
The ridiculousness of this movie is off the charts there's absolutely no denying that. But the cool thing about each huge star playing his or herself is that the audience can almost be a part of the inside jokes that are shared and laugh out loud along with this weed-smoking individuals basking in their friendship. Before going into the theater (assuming that you'll be smart enough to buy a ticket), you can't be expecting the next Academy Award winning picture. You see this movie to laugh with your friends as the actors are laughing with their friends. Each personality is a caricatured version of the person the general public thinks they know all too well and that is where Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen hit one out of the park and were likely as high as the heavens while writing this script. Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) stops by for some fun outside of Hogwarts and Michael Cera (Superbad) blows cocaine into the face of Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin). It's good stuff.
Sure the plot may not be the most complex or the most captivating and the graphics have "greenscreen" written all over them but that is not the point of a movie like this. Do you want to be yelling with laughter at the insane antics that get crazier minute after minute? Are you ready for some adult humor in an adult setting? This is the reason people love coming to the movies in the first place--to become more in touch with the people in them. Grade: See For Yourself
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