Just got back from This Is the End

I've come to the conclusion that I don't get American humor anymore

 

You mean the way that everything now has to be a pop culture reference?

 

Maybe it was just not funny at all?

 

Oh, no, what you saw was lowest-common-denominator humor. American humor is still alive, even if it isn't as good as it used to be.

 

That isn't American Humor. That is people just not trying anymore.

 

It's a sad state of affairs.

 

aaaaand that pretty much sums up the problem I have with everything right now.

 

Pop culture references aren't a bad thing (Gilmore Girls!). It's a stupid movie because it's a vanity movie, it presumes that the viewer will go see it because they recognize the names of the actors.

I've not seen it of course but it's just another dumb movie that'll do great sales with college kids.

 

Any movie with Jeff Bridges, I have to go see.

 

This is the stupidest poster I've seen in a long time.

 

When was the last time you saw a poster with Ryan Reynolds on it?

 

I work in a movie theater so I see a lot of posters. This Ryan Reynolds one is seared into my memories. I had that creepy ass face staring at me for weeks.

 

Actually you're all wrong

It's not noticeably a vanity movie (aside from the premise, which would be stupid to count), and there are little to no brainless pop-culture references

And there is nothing wrong with crude humor, I loved The Haunted World of El Superbeasto so clearly I'm not averse to dicks & butts

The problem with This Is the End is it is dark and gruesome and way too fucking morbid to be funny in the least

I mean there's black humor and then there's James Franco being denied entry to Heaven mid-ascension because he started bragging about it and getting his nose bitten completely off his face by Danny McBride

There are also like seven jump scares and a lot of horrific and depressing fridge logic and by the time I got out of the movie I felt sick and miserable and I could feel my heart thumping in my chest and it was just not a fun time at all

Also may we briefly pause to reflect on the fact that, between the movie with Michael Cera in it and the one with Jesse Eisenberg in it, despite the fact that the one with Michael Cera is making fun of Michael Cera, the one with Jesse Eisenberg is still way better

TL;DR FUCK THIS IS THE END IT NEARLY GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK

GO SEE NOW YOU SEE ME INSTEAD FILM OF THE YEAR ALL YEARS

 

And your mother's cow, too.

 

AKA: American humor

 

Huh. Interesting.

 

I heard it was hilarious so I'm gonna go see it and like it haha all of you can judge me now hahahahahahahahahaha

 

I don't know what you guys are talking about it, I laughed my ass off. And occasionally screamed mid laugh at the jumpscares, which makes for a really interesting sound...

 

I want to go see it for the Emma Watson cameo alone and you can't do anything to stop me!

 

Ohmygawd best part of the movie for me. Every second of it.