The World's End

[beccaelizabeth]

I watched The World's End
and then deleted it
not because it wasn't good
but because for the same reasons it's good it's both kind of hilarious
and depressing.

I mean, the characters have that kind of verisimilitude where even if you don't know that guy, you know that guy
and then it's just... too real
which sounds stupid what with the blanks etc
but that worked the metaphor really well.

Like, it's about alien androids taking over the world, but, it's mostly about that one guy who last had a good night when he left school, and his ongoing substance abuse problems, and how wrecked everyone else's lives get from a starting point he sees as kind of perfect
so, you know, depressing.

Also it's a movie that's very blokey to point out how epically fucked up that is.
Which I can appreciate but not particularly want to view again.

I like the ending though.
Both the triumph of the trash asserting their freedom to be fuckups
aaaaand what happens to the world after that kind of triumph.

So, like I said, hilarious, and depressing.



Now I will go and attempt not to look back and compare my expectations in high school with life as it actually happened
because no.

But on the plus side none of it involved alcohol
so, win.