“This is the End” is
a Hollywood-insider joke from the stoner club of Seth Rogen and pals, lathered
in endless jokes about pot, jerking off, L.A. life, and bromances, with two
running gags that make it worth at least one watch. First: James Franco stars as
himself, playing up his apparent homosexuality by obsessing over Rogen (as
himself) with scary devotion. The second: Emma Watson plays an ax-wielding
bad-ass Emma Watson. “Hermione stole all our shit,” said by Danny McBride, has
to be the funniest line of the year. The plot: Rogen and pot pal -– if you
don’t like drug jokes, just stay away -– Jay Baruchel join a party thrown by
Franco at the latter’s phallic-heavy home with booze and drugs free-flowing
until the shit hits the world fan: Earthquakes, fires, monsters, and angry
Watson. Typical Hollywood, every disaster here is from some other movie,
borrowed and cleaned-up new, with the best riffs from “Ghostbusters” and “Rosemary's Baby.” Why not, eh? The end of “The End” may play a bit sacrilegious
for some, but my worst beef came from the too self-satisfied smirk on
everyone’s face. That said, I laughed my ass off. B+
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