This Is The End

Note: May contain spoilers. Proceed with caution.It's a party at Franco's house and everybody's invited! No, I'm being serious. If you pick a comedian at random there's a pretty good chance they're in here. Unfortunately, halfway through the party there's this huge earthquake, a giant sinkhole, and a good chunk of the cast dies. If anything, this is my biggest complaint with This Is The End. I would have loved to have seen some interaction beyond the six main "characters". For example, I was so happy when I saw Jason Segel, but I don't remember him having more than one line of dialogue and Paul Rudd came and went in a matter of 90 seconds. The disappointment stops there, however, because from that point on This Is The End is a non-stop laugh fest that has you fighting to control your bladder.While This Is The End is going to attract a lot of attention from its extensive cast of actors (which include the likes of Michael Cera, Emma Watson, Aziz Ansari, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse), its main focus is on the six men who seem to have all been in a movie together at some point in time. You follow Seth Rogen, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, and Danny McBride who all play some exaggerated version of themselves. The world is ending and the apocalypse is here. This is kind of the glue that holds the film together because the main story is about Rogen and Baruchel's "struggling" relationship.Most of the movie is spent in Franco's new house, which he deems "the fort". Because you have six grown men stuck in a house together with limited resources, tempers start to flare. Things get said and the truth comes out. This is where the meat of the comedy is found. The banter between these six comedians as they continue to bash one another is nothing short of magical. Danny McBride is probably the most ruthless of the six as he appears to "hate" every single person in the house. Jonah's over-the-top kindness never stopped being funny and I couldn't help but laugh every time I saw Craig's "Take Yo Panties Off!" shirt.With the comedy comes some unexpected suspense, however, and that's when the theater became dead quiet. Because we've entered the apocalypse demons are roaming around the city and each one is packing a gigantic penis. There's no avoiding its gaze as Goldberg and Rogen make it a point to zoom in on its monstrous size. There's only one really intense scene with Robinson and Baruchel, but, for me, it really killed the flow of the film. We were given joke after joke after joke and then boom! I've never seen a theater become so quiet so quick. While it made sense given the context of the film, I still feel like This Is The End wouldn't have suffered without it.Another thing that kind of threw me off was the hefty amount of religious talk scattered throughout the movie. From the start Baruchel sees this as our "judgement day" because he saw people being sucked up into the sky by blue beams of light. I assumed it would stop there and they would take a different approach to the whole "end of the world" theme, but I was wrong. Baruchel continues to back his statements and we slowly start to learn that he was correct in his assumption. For those of you who aren't religious or aren't Christian, don't fret. While they are using the bible as a way to smooth out the rough edges of the story, it's merely there to provide a message: Be nice to people and try to put the needs of others above your own. You don't need to believe in God to understand that basic concept, but it's still something that seems long forgotten in today's world.Finally, the visual effects in this movie are fantastic for a comedy film. While each demon has your run-of-the-mill design, they're all given an extreme amount of detail. If you're a comedy enthusiast you're going to be impressed by what you see here. Usually comedy films don't have huge budgets, so when one wants to include CGI of some sort it usually looks terrible. This Is The End completely destroys that trend and made it clear that comedy films deserve to be just as creative as your big-budget Sci-Fi action films.Overall Score: 9/10 - I was really surprised at just how much I enjoyed this movie. I had some high expectations given its cast and I wasn't disappointed. From start to finish the comedy was non-stop and I even had tears streaming down my face during some sequences. What makes it so great is the fact that it's so ruthless and confident in its delivery, which makes it so easy to fall in love with. If you're a fan of Rogen and his posse of friends then you should definitely see this. This Is The End is truly one of the best comedies I've seen in years and I can't wait to see it again.

Very funny movie. Good quality dvd.

Humorous Tragic and IntenseI loved the idea of the #Stars playing themselvesI imagine that I will come back and enjoy this very many times

If you want to enjoy this movie, not being extremely serious about your christian belief (if you have any such thing) is kind of important, because it does make light of "the biblical apocalypse'. Masturbation is also mentioned a few times so probably don't want to watch it with your mom (#awkward). Movie is overall very hilarious and mostly rather enjoyable with some great action scenes actually. A bit of genuine drama even managed to get into the film as well. I almost rated it 5 stars but honestly I just didn't find the characters likable or relatable enough. I don't care for weed, other drugs, or the general loser vibe that these guys all give off so I couldn't relate to them enough to find the movie interesting enough for a full 5 stars, but it's very close.

The movie was really interesting it was really funny and a lot of places to make me laughWould recommend watching with Friends

If you need a laugh this is the movie

It was OK but not something I'll want to watch a lot of.

This Is the End is a laugh riot. Has Seth Rogen ever been in a bad movie? His lowest rated movie per RottenTomatoes is The Watch (16%), but I thought that was a pretty funny and entertaining movie. I think The Green Hornet is the limpest of the bunch. If you are offended by that adjective, you definitely should NOT watch this movie as there are more male body/sex/potty jokes than I've encountered in any other movie in my lifetime (and I am old enough to remember Porky's).At face value, it seems like it would be pretty hard to screw this movie up with Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Michael Cera and a dozen others playing themselves during the Apocalypse. Even Rihanna and Harry Potter's Emma-freaking-Watson have extended cameos. There is one cameo that is so absurd and crazy that it would be a major spoiler to reveal it.Speaking of spoiler alerts, you'd think that the cause of the Apocalypse wouldn't be revealed, but that hasn't been the case. One reviewer mentions that it it is a literal interpretation of the Bible's Book of Revelations. You're at least 45 minutes into the movie before the reveal of what is really happening (unless you were raised reading the Bible. Then you get it pretty early on).Yeah, it's also a riff on the egocentricity of Hollywood celebrities, but who really cares unless you are an avid reader of TMZ or Perez Hilton. The real brilliance is in the dialogue, a ton of which has to be ad-lib/improv. There are so many jokes in this movie told in the context of the story it would fill a TV comedy series for multiple seasons. This is a two-hour comedy movie. Do they make any comedy movie that long? I just hope it has a Lord of the Rings-style Extended Edition on DVD.

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Great film and actor lm very happy with the seller and product

A hilarious movie with all the leads having to battle the Apocalypse, and facing existential issues! A tongue in cheek look at themselves, makes this ensemble cast driven movie, a treat to watch, and fun movie to own!! Go for it!

Ein total schräger Film, gespickt mit viel schwarzen Humor und dem Weltuntergang."Das ist das Ende".Leider ist der Film an manchen Stellen etwas langatmig und wirkt als ob man das Drehbuch im letzten Moment umgeschrieben hätte..In diesem Film geht es darum, dass die Hauptcharaktere ums Überleben in der Apokalypse kämpfen, im Überlebenskampf tauchen einige Probleme auf, wobei Streitereien nur ein kleines Problemchen sind... viel schwieriger wird es wenn die Nahrung zu knapp wird. Was passiert wenn aus Freundschaft, der Kampf ums Überleben wird? Wer stirbt zuerst? Wer Überlebt? Überlebt überhaupt jemand? Warum geht die Welt unter? Kann man noch etwas dagegen tun? Es stellen sich viele Fragen :) und es wird jede beantwortet :)Weltbekannte Hauptdarsteller, geniale Story und auch ein aktuelles Thema in der heutigen Zeit... leider an manchen Stellen etwas langatmig, und nicht wirklich durchdacht- aber im "Großen und Ganzen"... ein nettes Filmchen für einen Filmeabend unter Freunden ;)Deshalb von mir 4 von 5 Sterne

a very funny movie that looks great on blu ray and at a great price.