![]() Our heroes aren't quite sure what's going on. And we get our first glimpse of the film's take on the celebrity culture and what it does (and what will eventually happen) to those at the center of it. Knowing the title of the film, or having read the bible, or really having seen any loose interpretation of the apocalypse, it's pretty obvious what is happening. While Jay and Seth are off to buy cigarettes, the Heavens open up and the Earth caves in. Michael Cera is doing coke, Jonah Hill is being friendly and everybody else is finding another drug to imbibe. It seems like everybody in Hollywood is at James Franco's house. Sounds kind of lame doesn't it? The party at James Franco's house delivers the ridiculous, raunchy comedy which the target audience craves but it doesn't yet include the intelligence which the rest of the audience is applauding. Jay Baruchel comes to LA to hang out with his friend Seth Rogen who wants to hang out with his friends James Franco, Jonah Hill and Craig Robinson, but Jay doesn't like his friends and he doesn't think that they like him. It actually starts out pretty slowly with a lame story being introduced. And how do you make that successful? By making it a stoner comedy about a hapless group of actors saying and doing the stupidest things. So how do you make that good? By making it an hilarious, smart, insightful, satirical and scathing commentary on religion, celebrity and Los Angeles. ![]() A vanity project for a bunch of Hollywood's highest paid comedic actors, playing themselves in a "stoner comedy". ![]()
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