This is the End

If I told you there was a movie about the Rapture coming out laugh out loud, gasping for air funny is probably not the first thought that would come into your mind. If I followed that up with that it stars: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson, Danny Mcbride, Michael Cera, Jason Segal, Emma Watson, Rihanna and basically anyone else you could think of who ever had a smidge of dialogue in Judd Apatow production in the last 10 years, oh and The Backstreet Boys....well if that interests you then "This is the End" is your Holy Grail my friends.

The basic set up for "This is the End" is that Jay Baruchel comes into LA to visit his best friend Seth Rogen (all the actors are playing a version of themselves). Jay is just looking to hang out with Seth, watch TV, smoke weed and get some Carl's Jr. Seth coaxes Jay into coming with him to James Franco's new house for a party along with all of the above mentioned actors and more. While Jay and Seth go out for cigarettes the Rapture takes place and a giant sinkhole appears in front of Franco's house swallowing up everyone including a coked up, sex addicted Michael Cera (hopefully playing against type). This leaves Franco, Rogen, Baruchel, Hill Robinson and Mcbride left to fend for themselves while hellfire and chaos run rampant in LA.

The reason to see "This is the End" is obviously not for the story itself. "TITE" is co-directed and co-written by Rogen and his "Superbad" co-writer Evan Goldberg and instead of coming off as a self indulgent Hollywood pet project it is easily the funniest movie of the year and will be a mainstay in mine and I'm sure countless others DVD rotation, basically if you are fan of at least two of these actors then you will agree with me.

What ensues during The Rapture are hilarious discussions about fame and celebrity, run ins with demons, an ax wielding Emma Watson, and the exorcism of Jonah Hill. Franco, Mcbride, Hill and Robinson are my MVP's here, a scene involving a confrontation between Franco and Mcbride is one of the funniest scenes in anything I've seen anywhere-its that good. I don't want to delve into specifics of the many great hilarious scenes as coming from me its like when someone tries to re-create a funny joke. Simply put just take yo panties off and go see this movie!