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This Is the End

Probably Unanswerable Questions

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Bodily functions, Aja, Michael Cera, and Jay Baruchel

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  • The panel settles on two bowel movements per day rather than six.
  • Aja the spaniel is initially presumed dead, then identified as the dog Seth holds in heaven.
  • A crude question about Michael Cera’s body is answered affirmatively as part of the film’s persona joke.
  • Whether Jay Baruchel is genuinely difficult is debated using his dislike of Los Angeles and real resentment of Seth’s newer friends.
  • Jay is defended as better company in Canada and as skillfully playing his own type.
  • His pleasure at Mindy Kaling’s compliment is cited as a revealing moment within the caricature.
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This Is the End

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

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Pornographic magazine or penis sculpture

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  • The crusted pornographic magazine is a leading choice because it anchors a major comic scene.
  • The giant penis sculpture is another leading choice, with a joke about repairing its severed portion.
  • Michael Cera’s yellow windbreaker, the gun, Franco’s paintings, Channing Tatum’s collar, and the Gandalf pipe are alternatives.
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This Is the End

Who Won the Movie?

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  • Danny McBride wins unanimously because every appearance produces a major laugh.
  • His comic appeal is described as reaching viewers with different relationships to the film.
  • His life near longtime collaborators in South Carolina is praised.
  • Eastbound & Down examples illustrate the depth of the panel’s attachment to his work.
  • His selective career choices and avoidance of major flops are praised, with Your Highness named as an exception.
  • His comic directness is contrasted with peers increasingly seeking dramatic respectability.
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Blood Diamond

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rhodesian accent is the weak link because it intermittently disappears despite an otherwise strong performance.

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  • The accent becomes a talking point because the performance around it is so strong.
  • The panel suggests the role could have been rewritten as an American raised in Rhodesia if the accent could not remain consistent.
  • The accent drops most visibly during yelling and emotional scenes.
  • The difficult accent still receives a B plus because Leo lands it in most scenes.
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Blood Diamond

Most Rewatchable Scene

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The village attack, Solomon hiding the diamond, Danny meeting Maddie, the chases and road journey, the mine assault, Dia reunion, and Danny’s final mountain call are nominated; Danny giving back the diamond and calling Maddie is the leading choice.

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  • The village attack is praised as a gripping opening that establishes Solomon as the story’s true center.
  • Solomon finding and concealing the diamond creates suspense through a captive hiding something from armed guards.
  • Danny and Maddie’s first bar meeting establishes immediate chemistry without coyness.
  • The Solomon-Danny chase is praised as one of several effective pursuit sequences.
  • Danny’s explanation of diamond scarcity clearly lays out the market’s incentives.
  • The palm-wine exchange gives a compact history of Danny’s family trauma and mercenary background.
  • Danny and Maddie’s goodbye is selected as an effective farewell.
  • Danny and Solomon’s argument turns into a bonding road-movie passage.
  • The final mine movement sustains uncertainty about the diamond, Dia, the colonel, and whether anyone escapes.
  • Solomon brings Dia out of his fog during the climax.
  • Danny appears to double-cross Solomon but continues protecting him after being shot.
  • Danny returns the diamond, warns Solomon about the pilot, and calls Maddie as he accepts death.
  • The final phone call is proposed as the best scene of Leonardo DiCaprio’s career.
  • The Freetown hotel escape builds tension until a large explosion lands in the background of the shot.
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Blood Diamond

What’s Aged the Best?

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The explanatory title cards, David Harewood’s villain, child-soldier depiction, diamond smuggling, Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2006 leap, local language, road-movie structure, goat-skin concealment, and lab-grown diamonds age best.

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  • The opening Sierra Leone title cards efficiently establish civil war and control of diamond fields.
  • The observed David Harwood villain is immediately hateful yet gains dimension while radicalizing Dia.
  • The child-soldier passages show indoctrination through several short scenes without reducing the process to one speech.
  • The refugee-camp and Western-culpability material make the story more detailed than a short romance-driven version would be.
  • A diamond hidden in a tooth works as portable currency that immediately funds the next step.
  • The old light-blue VW bugs provide memorable period texture.
  • DiCaprio’s 2006 work completes the transition from promising child actor to adult leading man.
  • The film’s local language and repeated journey through the landscape strengthen the road-movie feeling.
  • The road structure makes Danny, Maddie, and Solomon’s relationships change through shared travel.
  • Diamonds concealed inside goat skin are praised as another effective smuggling detail.
  • Lab-grown diamonds are added as the clearest missed Aged Best answer.
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