Actors Act as Themselves : This Is the End

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg. (Directors). (2013). This Is the End [Motion Picture].

 This Is the End is a movie about Seth Rogen's and Jay Baruchel's struggling friendship as they attend a party at James Franco's house. Everyone at the party is a huge celebrity. The plot starts to thicken when the biblical rapture starts to occur, leaving all those that are not worthy to live in heaven in a disintegrating Earth. All the celebrities play themselves.

"Dear God, it's me, Jonah Hill... from Moneyball."

"I'm straight-up lovable, son."

"James Franco didn't suck any d*ck last night? Now I know y'all are trippin'."

 Most of the jokes made in the movie are meant to be derogatory to actors. Since none of the celebrity characters were sucked up into heaven by the rapture; this would make all of them not worthy for heaven. Not only that, but all the celebrities are depicted as narcissistic and having their only motive be fueled by self-interest. Even Jonah Hill, the one character who seems to be extremely compassionate and the moral compass of the group, is later possessed by a demon. However, some celebrity characters later find selfishness in themselves and are sent into heaven, but ultimately, this movie allows us to infer that celebrities are narcissistic and greedy.