This isn't just one of the best comedies I've ever seen but one of the best disaster movies as well.

Rating: 8/10 (15 June 2013)

That's right, the most outrageous movie of the summer that has comedians playing themselves in an over the top end of the world scenario that's made up of at least 30% dick jokes, manages to be one of smartest, most heartfelt comedies to come out in years. This isn't just one of the best comedies I've ever seen but one of the best disaster movies as well. What could possibly test friendship better than the apocalypse?
This is one of those films that's so ridiculous on the surface it's bound to cause walkouts all across the country as well people who will consider this film merely a guilty pleasure. It's unfortunate that this is the case because if you can look beyond This Is The End's shocking exterior you can see a true story of friendship and morality.
The greatest thing about This Is The End is even though they present us with so many different types of humor going on within each form, whether it is in the acting, writing or editing they have a way of hitting their mark and quickly moving on to the next one. Even if you're aware of where the joke is going they hit you with the punch line a second sooner than you're expecting; this makes even the predictable gags unpredictable.
The main thing I was worried about in this movie was the story. The trailer sold me on the comedy, I knew it would be funny but the story was going to going to make or break it. The apocalypse isn't just a gag in the film it really is a disaster movie; so with the end of the world taken seriously the comedy can latch onto the plot and take off in all directions.
I know it seems ridiculous to suggest there is good acting in a movie where all the actors are playing exaggerated versions of themselves but I'm going to do it anyway. It's hard to differentiate in a piece like this how much was written vs. how much improvised however the amount that at least appeared improvised was very impressive. A prime example of this is when James Franco is upset about Danny McBride's poor handling of his porno magazine; the dialogue back and forth is so outrageous and immature that initially I was surprised the scene made it in the film and then it just goes on and on and the pacing makes it all the funnier. If you watch closely there's a shot during the scene that's over the shoulders of Danny and Seth and you can see Seth turn away from the actors and laughing. If you can make Seth Rogen laugh at his own movie you're doing something right.
Through all the hilarity that takes place in This Is The End, never for a second does it forget what it's trying to show us. The moral of the film is strangely religious and the answer they give us in solving all the pain and suffering in the world will take you into heaven dying with laughter.
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