THIS IS THE END is the Scary Movie of apocalypse films. Sure it has bigger stars - or, at least stars closer to the prime of their careers. A few funny gags, but, it still defaults to silly pop culture references and lazy song selections for too many of its jokes (really, Seth, Gangnam Style and Spirit in the Sky are the best you could come up with? Is this what, the 724th use of Spirit?)

What's really too bad is that there is a shred of a decent idea here. A few nice barbs at celebrity and vanity, but they end up going nowhere. And, the ending is a total EZ copout. Michael Cera ends up coming off the best because he seems to not give a $#!t, with James Franco a distant second. Seth and the rest of the boys still desperately want to be loved no matter how slobby and self-centered they act.