Collect up at least one hundred film actors, singers, and
entertainers at a wild drug and alcohol fueled party, then start the end of the
world, complete with giant monsters and demons. The Earth cracks open and people fall into a burning Hell. Have the actors portray themselves, thrown into this
situation.
This Is the End
(2013) has a cast filled with big name celebrities: Jamez franco, Seth Rogan,
Jay Baruchel, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Dany McBride, Michael Cera, Emma
Watson, Mindy Kaling, David Krumholtz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Rihanna, Paul
Rudd, The Backstreet Boys, and many others.
When the trouble starts everyone runs outside as the world
begins to burn and explode around them.
Too dumb, selfish, cowardly, drug-addled, gluttonous, etc. to “escape”
some do not even notice the disturbance. But they soon will. The six main protagonists run back into the “safety” of the
house.
The guys tell themselves they will survive because they are
“good people,” but they realize that they are not. The film does not show any of these people in a good
light. They all realize that they
are damned.
The film, a comedy with some undeniably hilarious moments,
features violence, gore, impalement, decapitation, penis jokes, nudity,
profanity, cannibalism,
homosexuality, demons, intentional blasphemy, obscenities, betrayal,
alcohol and drug abuse, self-righteousness, taking God’s name in vain,
urination, vomit, obscene gestures, discussion of intent to rape in the
presence of the intended victim, masturbation, demonic possession, prayer for
the death of another person, sexual slavery, cowardice, self preservation at
the expense of other’s lives. Did
I forget anything?
The supposedly ”happy” messages of the film are:
1.
Self-sacrifice confers instant entry into
Heaven.
2.
In Heaven, we become angels.
3.
In Heaven, you can have anything you want, even
a dooble.
4.
There is no need to be a “Christian” to enter
into Heaven.
5.
Heaven is just another wild party.
6.
The Rapture looks like an alien abduction with a
beam of light pulling the person up into the sky.
This highly offensive film intends to offend in every way
imaginable, showing a contempt or disregard for any conventional understanding
of propriety or morality. It made
me wonder. The actors, portraying
themselves, know that they are damned.
In the film, they are facing evidence which, at the very
least, proves that God and the supernatural are real.
These are extremely talented, supposedly very intelligent
comedians who have gone out of their way to intentionally offend nearly
everything related to Christianity and the End Times. Should not this film prod these actors into actually
thinking about their real-life situations?
To some, or most of the actors, I am sure that this was all
just a big joke. Perhaps they are
like many people and do not believe anything at all. Post-modern moral and intellectual relativism at its logical
conclusion.
…………………………………………
This is an end of the world film where the Earth is not
merely damaged, but is actually destroyed. Two other prominent films of this type are When Worlds Collide (1951), which
depicts the chaos which erupts when a planet the size of Earth is on a
collision course with our planet.
The other is Seeking a Friend for
the End of the World (2012), a surprisingly tender and bittersweet love
story. Either of these two films
would be an infinitely better use of your two hours than This Is the End.
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