re: Just got out of This is the End (No Spoilers)

Jeez you guys really get your panties in a wad on here sometimes. Nothing has been spoiled and that cameo wasn't being kept secret or anything.

Movie was great by the way

Headed to see it after work and lunch.

Saw it last night and it was the hardest I have laughed in a theater in a long time. I was not entirely sober which I am sure helped, but it was very good and definitely earned its R rating in multiple ways. Danny McBride and Michael Cera were probably my two favorites in the movie.

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My biggest (and pretty much only) issue at times was the whole plot with Jay and him being a little bitch the entire movie. I understand that was kind of the point, still frustrating though.

Had radio on this morning getting ready. Listening to 93.7 here in Houston, the morning show guy gave this reveiw....I was shocked at the review he gave, I don't think I've ever heard a worse review of a movie.


JC and the Morning Showgram

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People who know me know I’m all about creative risk.



And when it comes to film making, give me a movie where the collaborators throw something up onscreen that’s different, interesting and constitutes a bit of a risk. Even in those instances where they don’t exactly hit their mark, I’ll still give them props for having done something with a creative twist.



That having been said, I’m here to tell you there’s nothing honorable or admirable in setting out for the sole purpose of making what may very well be the most vile, offensive, and downright ugly movie in the history of American cinema. Yes. I said in the history of American cinema.



“This Is the End” is the story of the Apocalypse, as seen through the eyes of young Hollywood’s admittedly spoiled rotten “usual suspects” consisting of Seth Rogan, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and a laundry list of twenty-and-thirty-something stars from recent films like “Pineapple Express,” “Knocked Up,” and “Superbad.”



The Biblical end of the world takes place early on in the movie, and the special effects depiction of fires, explosions, giant cracks in the earth’s surface and complete and total, unimaginable chaos is truly amazing. Unfortunately, that’s about all there is to like about this comedy, though I do use the term loosely. From there, it’s a spirit-crushing, mind-numbing account of what it might really be like in southern California if it was the beginning of the end. The idea of showing these selfish actors and actresses turn against one another, and fighting over a Snickers bar in the face of a dwindling food supply, for example, is actually pretty funny. But the story quickly degenerates into a sort of Olympic-level gross-out competition. You name it. Excretory function, projectile vomiting, every imaginable form of sexual perversion (and I mean every), and rampant illegal drug use are the foundation for this miserable excuse for “entertainment.” Special recognition goes to actor Danny McBride, who might come off as the most pathetic person depicted on film in recent history. His elongated scene with James Franco that centers on the…shall we say…..”results” of a private session with a skin magazine, made me want to rush home to take a shower. In fact, I’m mystified as to how this film escaped an “NC-17” rating. I’ve never wished more for a power failure or broken projector so I could just go home! You’ve heard the term, “It’s a good ‘first-date’ movie?” Well, this is more of a “LAST-date” movie.”



There’s a couple big laughs and funny scenes in “This Is The End.” A forlorn Jonah Hill, fearing his life is about to end in the Apocalyptic carnage, begins to pray to God, and identifies himself AS Jonah Hill…..”from ‘Moneyball.”” And, again, that initial scene when the first images of the end of the world are depicted borders on amazing. But now we’re getting into that “other than that, Mr. Lincoln….how did you enjoy the play?” area.



Had a pipe burst during Monday night’s screening, and the theatre begun to fill up with a waist-high accumulation of raw sewage, it STILL wouldn’t have produced a stench as offensive as what was coming off the screen. I think it’s possible the patrons at last year’s Aurora, Colorado theatre massacre had a better time at the movies than I did at “This Is the End!!!!!!!!!!!”



I hope I meet Seth Rogan someday because I want to punch him in the face as hard as I can. How dare he do this to the movies.



ZERO out of five “Corks.”

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That is what he sounded like.....I think he really went over the line with the Aurora theater mention

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Yeah I agree, he seems like a complete tool.

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I think it’s possible the patrons at last year’s Aurora, Colorado theatre massacre had a better time at the movies than I did at “This Is the End!!!!!!!!!!!”

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frick this guy

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It's hilarious, just saw it. Like others have said, McBride and Cera still the show. The Franco-McBride arguing was incredible.

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completely agree

and while Jay being a bitch helped drive the plot, it was kinda annoying

I really wish they could have figured out a different way.

But I still loved it

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I’m mystified as to how this film escaped an “NC-17” rating.

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What even qualifies as NC17? If the Saw movies or Borat don't, what does? Also ironic that the tool of a reviewer talks about being offended then says something about Aurora far more offensive then anything in the movie.

I loved it, funniest movie I've seen in awhile. Jonah hill gun scene was awesome