This is the End + True Story

Here me out: what started as a joke became a full-on analysis of personal honesty. The characters that James Franco & Jonah Hill play in both movies are convinced they are essentially good people trapped in horrible circumstances. In This is the End, James & Jonah are too self-obsessed to understand why they didn't get into heaven. In True Story, James is a heartless murderer who manipulates people with emotion. Jonah abandons journalistic integrity in favor of a great story. In each situation, the lies the characters tell themselves create the foundation for a (im)moral universe.