Lazy yes, but it’s hard not to co-review two apocalyptic
comedies showcasing the not-so bright-young-things-any-longer from over there
and over here.
TITE is the more smug and self-referential and apart from a
smart bit of counter-casting in Michael Cera and Emma Watson everyone plays
themselves but even more annoyingly so. An ad-lib banter fest in which the cast
are clearly having a lot fun than the audience. James Franco is really having a
rough year.
TWE is more nuanced and structured. This is a film about growing
older and a romanticised past that never really existed. Simon Pegg does a
great job managing to be both annoying and touching as a character we all knew
when we were younger.
The more the aliens emerge the less interesting it becomes
and the final scenes borrow gratuitously from Hitchhikers Guide.
TITE 3
TWE 6
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