The World's End

Funny that a movie so similar to This is the End comes out, but few critics have made the connection. Both movies feel totally original. Simply put, The World’s End is about guys and beer. But it’s also about lamenting lost youth, the good old days, and freedom. Not just freedom, but the urge for freedom in a progressively more assimilated world, where even old pubs get corporatized and Starbucks-ified. It’s not just that the themes are so strong, the movie itself is very well-made. Great compositions, great music, and a creatively unconventional pace. Bursts of action follow languid diatribes about getting old. And just when you think the movie’s over, there’s a little more weirdness to be had. To try and lavish praise on this movie in a blog that no one reads would be pointless. It’s a great movie about meaningful things that also has the occasional robot/bar-brawl/karate fight. You couldn’t really ask for more.