Review of This Is the End (2013) by Josh M — 09 Feb 2015
Hahaha. That was pretty funny. I'm a huge fan of the cast after being introduced to most of them from Superbad and Pineapple Express (both in my top 10 of favorite movies all-time) I love the humor and the unscripted dialogue.
To be honest, though, I was disappointed with it. I was fully prepared to give this 4+ stars and name it one of the best movies of the year, but it's most certainly not.
The movie is claustrophobic, never leaving the house and made up of so, so much unneeded (albeit, funny) banter dialogue that the movie doesn't move along until 80+ min in. I wish they would have explored this post apocalyptic world and actually banded together in some way to face it, instead of wining and fighting with one another. I'll use Pineapple Express as a perfect example of getting this particular dynamic.
I will reiterate that the cast is awesome (which is the movies obvious selling point) and each actor plays really finny versions of their real selves. (Michael Cera has the best cameo...ever) I love that they poke fun of themselves. I just wish they didn't do it for most of the movie. I loved the first act where they did it (the Pineapple 2 scene was great) but got tired of it after they just....kept...going.
Best part of the movie: Seth Rogen being brought into heaven to Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".
Not a bad movie by ANY STRETCH, but just disappointing cause it didn't live up to my lofty expectations (especially since it was received so warmly by critics).
This review of This Is the End (2013) was written by Josh M on 09 Feb 2015.
This Is the End has generally received positive reviews.
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