sophisticated fear mongering

Rating: 1/10 (12 October 2013)

Am I the only one feeling that there's something eerie about the the fact that this film instills fear and places the idea in our psyches that if aï»¿ major world changing event happened, people should stay inside their homes and isolate themselves? And the short film it was based on doesn't provide any more comfort.
When I began to see this movie advertised and I looked into its premise, without assuming it had political ends, I felt there might be more to it than just an attempt at comic relief. The fact that a different very similar one from the UK came out at roughly the same time wasn't reassuring. Granted there are some funny scenes (and I praise Jonah Hill 's performance throughout the movie), the number of celebrities involved despite the budget, the lack of story telling and the way the movie insists on shocking the audience constantly, often with complete disregard for making the audience laugh makes you wonder why it was made in the first place.