The World’s End
The World’s End: five middle-aged friends re-unite to tackle the 12-stop pub-crawl that they never finished as teenagers. If you watched the trailer and thought that this looked a bit empty and silly then you’re completely right. No matter how good the director is (which he is), or how on-form the cast are (which they are) this is a great example that if you have a silly idea, you’ll probably end up with a silly film. It also has a few long stretches where there’s not many laughs – namely backstory. The cast are truly the best of contemporary British comedians, and a few bigger players thrown in: Paddy Considine and Pierce Brosnan, to name but a few – a well-picked bunch. The World’s End boils down to being a silly bodysnatchers movie that’s overflowing with 90s nostalgia, whilst pulling from some modern sources like Attack The Block, Hitchhiker’s Guide etc. Given the quality of Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t expect more from The World’s End, still, it’s a decent Brit-Com, and a good enough way to close out the ‘Cornetto trilogy’.
Score: 5/10
The World’s End pub crawl route:
- The First Post
- The Old Familiar
- The Famous Cock
- The Cross Hands
- The Good Companions
- The Trusty Servant
- The Two-Headed Dog
- The Mermaid
- The Beehive
- The King’s Head
- The Hole in the Wall
- The World’s End
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This sounds like the anime series I’m currently watching, Piano. It’s VERY competently made, from the animation to the music to the very skilled and experienced voice cast. The problem is that the anime’s plot is…..nonexistent…..literally. It’s basically Real Life: The Anime Series.
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It is a very silly film, but it’s one I could get behind. It’s all very nostalgic about THEM. Spaced, Shaun, Hot Fuzz. It’s a farewell to all of that and concentrates on that more than it does on being a proper film in its own right, at times. But, I still loved it for what it was.
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