Summary20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts...
Summary20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts...
Indeed, while the action-packed final act of The World’s End gets pretty formulaic (as it channels everything from “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” to “The Stepford Wives”), there’s ALMOST something serious at the core of this riotous comedy.
Here we are. The third feature of the "Cornetto trilogy" is probabily the most reflexive, mature and dramatic one. It is still an action packed movie mixed with comedy but there is a lot of actuality and reflexion too here, and, as every Wright's movie does, ends up with a lot of dept. More dept than the previous two films. This movie starts very subtly and slowly more as a classic British comedy and at the end, (second half of the movie) turns out to be a great robot/apocaliptyc movie with stunning action scenes that Wright perfectly manages here once again. Probabily thd best cyborg movie ever made along with James Cameron's Terminator. It beautifully talks about some themes (such as technology and friendships) and while doing that it doesn't forget to provide entertainment and the ending is as bittersweet as it gets. This movie is, alongside with Shaun of the Dead, the best movie of the trilogy.
The World's End, the final movie in the cornetto trilogy. The movie's got a brilliant plot, which is pretty much about this group of middle aged lads who are attempting to complete the pub crawl, which they were never able to do 20 years ago.
They all meet up again due to Gary King (Simon Pegg) wanting to try and complete the pub crawl. So, they do so and they return to their old home town, when they do so they start to notice things aren't exactly how they used to be but very weird and different.
The acting from all the cast throughout this movie is honestly brilliant and the same goes for the dialogue which these characters have, it's honestly really good and so are the jokes which the characters make, they all made me laugh in some sort of way.
Also, the cinematography which this movie's got is honestly beautifully smooth and you can really tell that Bill Pope, is honestly brilliant at capturing scenes amazingly smooth.
There's so many hilarious scenes throughout this movie, either that being with the main characters dialogue or it being something which one of the main characters from the group does throughout this movie.
The movie's action sequences are built up very well and when they happen, they are amazingly shot and they're honestly very clever on how they want them to go and I really enjoyed each one of them throughout this movie.
Finally, I think the robots are built up very well throughout this movie and we start to see what they're really like compared to the humans in this movie.
The chemistry which Gary King and Andy Knightley (Nick Frost) have throughout this movie is honestly brilliant and it's amazingly shown, those two are honestly the best in these movies.
Overall, The World's End is a masterpiece and a half. The movie's got a brilliant plot, brilliant acting, very good dialogue, beautiful cinematography, so many hilarious scenes, very clever action sequences and the villains are very built up in this movie. I'd honestly recommend this to anyone after watching Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, it's actually brilliant, it's honestly worth the watch, a brilliant movie.
There is something weird about the twins, something that will fuel a bar room brawl until it goes quite literally global, that will let director Wright take a leap into another genre entirely and that will allow The World's End to spin into ever grander comic mayhem, even as it becomes a surprisingly effecting look at the folly of trying to recapture one's youth.
The armageddon-through-beer-goggles approach brings the chuckles, but The World’s End stands up as a great example of the genre it ribs. Nostalgic, bittersweet and very, very funny.
The movie independently bungles everything it tries, like a Central Park busker who simultaneously sucks at juggling, harmonica playing and skateboarding.
The most entertaining movie!Amazing story and music and acting!the action was great the comedy was good both prequels were slow at start but this one was off the hook straight away!at start i thought it's like a friends reunion type movie but then the thing happened i was shocked from then on i was on edge of the seat!i didn't want to blink eye it was that amazing and engaging to watch!the camera angles the fights amazing to watch.ending was great the conversations the f'ed up talks the invasion stopped just by talking and satisfying to see 12 bars quest went to journey again with young boys but with old gary! overall The entertaining movie this franchise is masterpiece!
Unfortunately for the cornetto trilogy, it's last instalment turned a comedy into a plastic rehashed message about humanity causing everything to collapse into itself and for what.?Absolutely appalling ending which is a shame seeing as there was a smattering of British humour and a few decent fight scenes. But not the worst movie ever, I'd consider maybe watching it if I was pretty bored.
I personally went into The Worlds End, only having seen the trailer and not much else. I wasn’t over keen on the trailer either, but in the end its just a trailer, and i would always give a film a shot. I’d obviously heard that this was the final in the ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ or to give the the series its official name from Simon Pegg and Edgar Write ‘The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy’ which also included the excellent Shaun Of The Dead, and the equally excellent and unique Hot Fuzz. So here we have the final film, The World’s End to complete the trio.
The World’s End was never going to have the same buzz or appeal like Shaun Of The Dead, which everyone was interested in being the whole horror/zombie boom at the time, and it was never going to have the intrigue of Hot Fuzz, being the second in the trilogy with people expecting what next, but what it has for it, is that its the final return of ‘the team’ (Edgar Write, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost) in a humble Sci-Fi affair, along with some massive names in British talent. Along with the obvious Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, we have the likes of Paddy Considine, who is an amazing talent. The Office favorite, Martin Freeman, who lets just say has been doing rather well in the film stakes lately. Eddie Marsan who i feel is one of the most talented British actors working at the moment, this man can act, and holding the lady flag high, we have Rosamund Pike, who over the last few years, has become a household name, and is only getting better.
The World’s End is about Gary (Simon Pegg) who wants to go back to his hometown of Newton Haven after leaving 20 years previously, and is hellbent on getting together with his 4 best mates and go on drinking marathon pub crawl. Gary, still acting like the kid from back in the days, sees that everyone has moved on with their lives and grown up. Andrew (Nick Frost) is now a solicitor. Steve (Paddy Considine) owns his own company in construction. Oliver (Martin Freeman) works in property, and Peter (Eddie Marsan) is a partner at his fathers car dealership. Gary has to try and convince everyone to meet up and try and complete the ‘Golden Mile’ which they were never able to complete for numerous reason as teenagers, all with the expectation to complete it this time, one way or another. The Golden Mile for Gary and his friends have many memories connected to it from their childhood, some good, some bad, and many a underlying reason why some of his mates have lost touch with Gary over the years.
The World’s End has a long but slightly drawn out opening sequence, an entertaining, if a bit mashed up middle, an odd and pointless conclusion, and an an least unconventional, if on a personal opinion, weirdly unnecessary epilogue.
The start seems to drag a bit. We have the introduction of the characters, which is enjoyable, but its the same for 20 minutes. There are a couple great jokes here at the start though, with the likes of the tape player joke, or the owner of the car moment, plus it really shows you how our main character Gary is still in the past. The middle, made up with the ‘Golden Mile’ is quite interesting. The whole back and forth between the pubs, with ‘down memory lane’ stories told by each character is a smart way for us, the viewer, to understand who these friends really were back in the day, and how strong their relationships once was. Their are some funny characters introduced here too, mainly at the pubs that they go to, and with the whole alien invasion turn in the story, how is played out is done well, if a bit odd at times. The whole conclusion seems just a whole smack in the face, with a few WTF moments. I really didn’t enjoy how it concluded. The path some of our characters take just seem a bit selfish in the grand scale of things, and the epilogue, even though rather fitting to the films name, has some silly revelations.
There are a few laughs here and there. For me personally I feel it’s not on par with Shaun Of The Dead or even Hot Fuzz, on laughs scale but it still has a few thrown in. The fight scenes at first are excellent, and even latter there is some great moments within the first scenes, but we start to get more and more of them that they seem just a bit messy and uneasy to follow.
There is a back story here which is quite heartfelt come the end of things, especially considering what some of the characters have gone through, but when the main character, Gary, comes across as an annoying prat, it loses some of appeal. However with we have to remember, he hasn’t really grown up. He is suppose to come across as a childish fool. He still still acts like he did back when he was a teenagers, he wants to continue to be in a time where he was king of his friends, a time where loved, where lost, and where he had friends, where he has family.
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The three Cornettos trilogy.. If Shaun of the Dead is the chocolate flavour, Hot Fuzz is strawberry... The World's End must be brussels sprouts...
Nowhere near as good as the first 2 and it leaves a bad after taste.
After starting off ok, The World's End became an unfunny, drawn out mess half way through. It goes from a bland comedy into a ridiculous science-fiction event, with an ending that is truly horrible.