Very well executed

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

I think director Don Coscarelli must have been impressed by Lady Gaga's meat dress to come up with that creature made of left over steaks and sausage. I wouldn't have made the connection on my own, but other reviewers made mention of Coscarelli's film "Bubba Ho-Tep", in which Elvis Presley impersonates an Elvis Presley impersonator. If you can wrap your head around that concept, you might be ready for "John Dies at the End". But don't expect John to die at the end because everything in the picture is misdirection and nonsense, almost to the point of overload. I enjoy this kind of quirky stuff actually, but when it comes at you non stop it gets kind of overbearing. I thought the snakes were pretty colorful however, and the song about a camel holocaust got my attention. If I had to guess though, the stuff in the movie never actually happened, because, well, you figure it out. Still, one great takeaway I'll remember a long time was the brilliance of this singular concept - "Time is an ocean, not a garden hose."

I believe "JDATE" will go down in history as one of the greatest works of our generation. As a Sci-Fi novel that is.This is a very entertaining movie, I watch it frequently, and use it to try and lure my non-reading friends into a 600 page trap. But this book is INCREDIBLE! It's adaptation is reminiscent of the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" in many ways. The most important of which, is that the movie is more or less an amalgam of stories that take place in the novel, with an ending not totally dissimilar to that of the book."JDATE" as it is referred to by those in the know, is written in a manner that will make you question your own sanity. Having read the book, it is hard to know if this effect is present in the movie alone. "David Wong" has a knack for his audience, as he appears to be one of them. Helplessly battered by unseen forces, Dave, John, N Company have to adjust to the new reality that nobody will likely ever believe another word they say.Watch this movie, before or after you READ THIS BOOK! It doesn't matter, they are totally different entities, and both deserve your time. Fair warning: Reading "JDATE" punches your card for an esoteric club who's members babel to each other in seemingly incoherent jargon, only understood by others who are "in the know".

Imagine a movie that is clever. Imagine a movie that is aware that it is clever. Also imagine a movie that is aware that it feels half- assed. A good example would be "Evil Dead II". The movie is clever, it is aware it is clever, and also intentionally feels half-assed even though it isn't. "John Dies at the End" tries desperately to do that, but it fails at it in many aspects.The first thing I will mention about this movie is that the first half or so is VERY interesting. I'm almost tempted to give this movie a higher rating because the beginning was very well done. The movie follows the premise of a young adult (who is apparently a college dropout, though the movie never says this) who gains the ability to see through time and space. This means he can predict the future, know people's memories, and see many crazy things. This is a fascinating concept in the way that it is presented because the audience doesn't fully understand the premise at first.If the movie is good at one thing, it is throwing in a lot of strange and "unexplainable" concepts very quickly to daze the audience. While this works at first, it quickly fails after the first half of the movie when explanations don't start to arise.Now, I know what fans are probably saying "The audience doesn't need to understand everything, that is what makes it good", and I can agree with that to a certain extent... but this is worse than "Lost" with its amount of raised and unanswered questions... such as: "What do the slugs do?", "Who was the zombie at beginning?", "Why was the Marconi character thrown in for absolutely no reason other than to hand over a bomb?" "Why was the girlfriend even in the movie? She served no purpose other than being a plot-device." "When was it even established that dead can take a physical appearance?" "Why did the bullet deflect?" "Why did the super computer even summon the main characters to be allies if it can see into the future and know they are there to kill it?"That isn't even a fraction of the questions that are left unanswered in the movie. The movie thinks that confusing is good. Confusing can be good IF you answer or at least ATTEMPT to answer why they happened. However, the movie doesn't even attempt. It will literally throw something into the plot that is very important to know, but it won't explain why it is there. The slugs seem to be occur frequently in the movie but they are NEVER explained. The white cloud insects? What are they? Aliens or from the other dimension?The biggest problem with this movie is that the movie is unsure of what it is even about. Is it about aliens? Is it about an alternate universe? Is it a comedy? Is it a horror movie? Is it a Doctor Who episode (believe me, it steals A LOT of elements from Doctor Who) or is it the "Sixth Sense" (and yes, it even DIRECTLY steals from the Sixth Sense in a very sloppily done manner)? The movie steals so many concepts from so many other movies/shows that it has a hard time being itself. Many of the shots in the second half of the movie are actually pointless. They serve no purpose to the plot, to character development, or even to humor. The movie is DISTRACTED with itself and is constantly thinking that it needs something else in the movie to make it better... which is the wrong way to go.The movie could've been a great movie, but it simply isn't. The acting is good (it definitely is) but that is about it. The main characters don't even feel like they are best friends, the girlfriend was literally tossed into the plot for no reason other than to UNLOCK A DOOR! SHE LITERALLY HAS NO PURPOSE TO THE PLOT THAN TO OPEN A DOOR! I feel like the movie started out with a good solid premise, but lost track of what it was trying to be. For example, one of the enemies swears that Marconi is his archnemesis but this is never addressed later on in the film... so... is the audience just supposed to forget the Doug Jones monster? How about the fact that the White Insects apparently have destroyed multiple planets... but they are also from an alternate dimension that supposedly isn't even able to jump into our universe? So are they aliens (like it said once) or are they from another dimension? Which is it, because it certainly can't be both.Final thoughts: Great intro. Could've been a great movie, but sadly the movie loses track of itself and even forgets its own continuity.

A mind-bending film with so many awesome craziness and bizarre all in one film! This is a highly entertaining movie with engaging story and so much FUN to offer, if you like a fantasy/sci-fi/comedy/action/horror genre smashed up sort of film. There are also some nice GORES scene to enjoy and it gets pretty bloody and weird most of the time. The film is a comedy/horror mainly so don't expect much SCARE here, instead expect some good laughs and thrills along the way! After finishing this film, I can't help but rushing to book store to find this book it's adapting from! I felt like there's much more details that might be left out from the movie and I just can't wait to read it to get more clarification from the story. Overall, it's a mind-bending film with gores, craziness, laughs, and loads of bizarreness to be excited and had fun with, in which you will either LOVE it for what it is or HATE it for its silliness >>A-<<