{"id":2236,"date":"2013-09-03T12:03:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T19:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ealasaid.com\/main\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2013-11-12T13:41:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T20:41:42","slug":"the-worlds-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ealasaid.com\/main\/2013\/09\/03\/the-worlds-end\/","title":{"rendered":"The World’s End"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Directed by: Edgar Wright
\nStarring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddy Marsan,
\nRated: R for pervasive language including sexual references.<\/p>\n

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have brought us a pair of films that manage to be several things at once: \u201cShaun of the Dead\u201d was a romantic comedy, a zombie movie, and a coming-of-age flick; \u201cHot Fuzz\u201d was a buddy cop movie, a conspiracy thriller, and a tale about finding a place you belong where you least expect it. They continue this pattern with what they\u2019re calling the third installment in \u201cThe Cornetto Trilogy,\u201d \u201cThe World\u2019s End.\u201d It\u2019s a sci-fi thriller, a story about the difficulty of becoming an adult, and a look at the importance of friendship.<\/p>\n

Back in high school, Gary King (Simon Pegg) and his friends were an inseparable group. After graduation, they attempted a legendary pub crawl in their tiny hometown, The Golden Mile: twelve pubs, have at least one pint apiece in each. They failed to finish, and by the time the movie takes place, they\u2019ve gone their separate ways. Gary, who\u2019s fed up with the mediocrity he\u2019s living, gets the idea to get the gang back together and try the crawl again \u2013 even though they\u2019re all far older and the other four aren\u2019t terribly interested in recapturing their youth.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s impossible to argue with Gary, though, so Andy (Nick Frost), Steven (Paddy Considine), Peter (Eddie Marsan), and Oliver (Martin Freeman) find themselves piling into the same clunker of a car Gary drove back in high school and starting off at the first pub.<\/p>\n

Things are not as they remember them, even taking into account how long they\u2019ve been away. The townsfolk seem odd. The pubs have apparently all been taken over by the same chain. Eventually Gary winds up tussling with a local teen, whose head comes right off. Turns out that \u201cteenager\u201d is actually a robot, and so are a lot of the townsfolk. The five friends wind up trying to stay alive long enough to get out of town \u2013 but Gary is hell-bent on finishing The Golden Mile this time, even if it gets them all killed.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of things to like about \u201cThe World\u2019s End.\u201d The pacing makes it work as a sci-fi thriller with a slow build, and there are plenty of laughs along the way. Gary\u2019s attempt to recapture what he sees as the glory of their youth makes him sympathetic even as his actions show him to be a self-centered, pushy braggart. Pegg\u2019s performance is what really sells the character, though. He gives Gary a confidence that seems thoroughly real until the fa\u00e7ade cracks under pressure and finally collapses, and we learn why exactly he\u2019s so determined to finish the Golden Mile.<\/p>\n

Gary\u2019s four friends are all top notch as well. Nick Frost is pretty much always at Simon Pegg\u2019s side in any film, and here we get to see him as a completely different character from the fellows he played in the other films. Andy has a quiet certainty and self-awareness about him that make him Gary\u2019s opposite \u2013 and yet, we can still see why the two men used to be such close friends. Frost gives Andy a depth and gravitas that most flicks of this type wouldn\u2019t bother with. Even better, there aren\u2019t any cracks about his size. Frost is a big guy, but there aren\u2019t fatty jokes here. Andy is a former rugby player and still strong and healthy \u2013 arguably even healthier than when he was younger.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe World\u2019s End\u201d manages to swing from heartfelt and touching to hilariously satirical in its last ten minutes, and it really works. Pegg and Wright are an incredibly talented team, and I can\u2019t wait to see what they do next. In the meantime, I\u2019ll pull out my DVDs of their other films to tide me over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Directed by: Edgar Wright Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddy Marsan, Rated: R for pervasive language including sexual references. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have brought us a pair of films that manage to be several things at once: \u201cShaun of the Dead\u201d was a romantic comedy, a zombie movie, and a coming-of-age flick; \u201cHot Fuzz\u201d was a buddy cop movie, a conspiracy thriller, and a tale about finding a place you belong where you least expect it. They continue this pattern with what they\u2019re calling the third installment in \u201cThe Cornetto Trilogy,\u201d \u201cThe World\u2019s End.\u201d It\u2019s a sci-fi thriller, a story about the difficulty of becoming an adult, and a look at the importance of friendship. Back in high school, Gary King (Simon Pegg) and his friends were an inseparable group. After graduation, they attempted a legendary pub crawl in their tiny hometown, The Golden Mile: twelve pubs, have at<\/p>\n

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