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This Is the End · 2013 — 第 25 / 27 章 · 2'28" · B1

The Group Learns to Be Nice, Explained：talking nice

Craig is taken up to Heaven because he sacrificed himself, and the survivors suddenly see a path out: if they are good to each other, they might be saved too. So they start complimenting one another — and it does not work. "Talking nice doesn't get you into Heaven."

あらすじ

After Craig sacrifices himself and is taken up to Heaven, the group realizes he was an angel and that the same escape may still be open to them. To be saved, they decide, they must be kind to each other. They immediately start trading compliments — but nothing happens, and someone points out that flattery is not the same as goodness.

Small talkComforting a friendComplimentingExplainingFriendsB1mediumamerican
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ain tmotherfuckeryou re such a nice guyredeemed

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このシーンの表現

talking nice

saying pleasant things

After a round of flattery, they admit they have only been talking nice and done nothing real.

Talking nice to the landlord might get the sink fixed today.

このシーンの他の表現

  • ain t

    isn't, aren't (casual)

  • motherfucker

    a strong insult

  • you re such a nice guy

    an insincere compliment

  • redeemed

    saved or forgiven

  • get it

    understand

このシーンのメモ一覧

41 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

スラング · B1asshole

jerk — An insult for close or hostile talk, not polite settings.

Hey, hey, asshole. Hey, come on.
表現 · A2be scared of someone

afraid of you

Nobody's scared of you. You ain't a raccoon.
発音ain't a

Ain't a runs together into a single sound, almost like ain-na.

Nobody's scared of you. You ain't a raccoon.
表現 · B1be about to do something

just going to

cause I'm about to fuck you raw.
スラング · B1goddamn

damn — Angry emphasis in casual speech only.

For the last goddamn time...
発音do you guys

Do you weakens to d-ya so the stress can land on realize.

Holy shit, do you guys realize what this means?
スラング · B1Holy shit

wow, oh my god — An exclamation of shock, too crude for formal talk.

Holy shit, do you guys realize what this means?
表現 · A2this whole time

all along

That Craig was an angel this whole time?
表現 · A2get it

understand

As Craig ascends, Jonah complains that he does not get it, half confused and half jealous.

I don't fucking get it. Why does Craig get saved? I mean, Craig sacrificed himself for us.
表現 · B1there's still hope

a chance remains

which means that there's still hope. That means we can be redeemed. SETH: Yeah.
文法 · B1which means that there's still hope

non-defining relative clause: Which refers back to the whole idea and adds a conclusion rather than defining a noun.

which means that there's still hope. That means we can be redeemed. SETH: Yeah.
表現 · B1be nice to each other

kind to one another

It means that if we're actually nice to each other...
文法 · A2if we're actually nice to each other

if-clause: The if-clause sets the condition that the following result depends on.

It means that if we're actually nice to each other...
表現 · B1long enough to do something

for a sufficient time

Just survive long enough until we do enough good things and they accumulate or do enough sacrifices.
表現 · A2a great idea

a good plan

That's a great idea, James.
表現 · A2walk around

move about

You can walk around with your shirt off anytime. It's not working. This isn't working.
表現 · A2something is not working

not effective

You can walk around with your shirt off anytime. It's not working. This isn't working.
文法 · B1we would be Raptured

passive voice: Would be plus a past participle makes the subject the one acted upon.

What, you thought we would be Raptured already?
表現 · B1talk nice

saying pleasant things

After a round of flattery, they admit they have only been talking nice and done nothing real.

No, we've just been talking nice.
表現 · B1get someone into somewhere

gain someone entry to

Talking nice doesn't get you into Heaven.
発音get you into

Get you into links into getchu-into without a pause.

Talking nice doesn't get you into Heaven.

「The Group Learns to Be Nice」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the film's theology chapter, and its joke is that salvation turns into a strategy. Craig is taken because he sacrificed himself, so the survivors reason backwards: the way up is to be good, and being good can be manufactured. What follows is the funniest indictment of the group — they immediately fall into a loop of insincere praise, 'you're such a nice guy,' 'you got a great smile,' waiting for the sky to open. It doesn't. The scene's punchline is the distinction between saying nice things and being nice: 'Talking nice doesn't get you into Heaven.' Even the kindness has to be real, and that is the one thing these people cannot fake. Their last option — keep surviving until the good deeds add up — is a plan, not a change, and the film knows it.

Theme

FaithThe group treats Heaven as a system to game, deciding they can earn salvation by being good rather than actually becoming good.
RedemptionCraig's sacrifice opens a path to being redeemed, but the others can only imitate the appearance of goodness, not the thing itself.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Talking nice means pleasant words with no real action behind them.
  • Ain't replaces isn't and aren't only in casual speech.
  • Get it means understand, not obtain.
  • Over-sweet compliments can read as irony when the motive is selfish.

発音のポイント

  • ain't a — Ain't a runs together into a single sound, almost like ain-na.
  • do you guys — Do you weakens to d-ya so the stress can land on realize.
  • get you into — Get you into links into getchu-into without a pause.
Talking nice doesn't get you into Heaven.

The scene's corrected lesson: pleasant words are not the same as goodness, and Heaven is not fooled by compliments.

No, we've just been talking nice.

The admission of what they have actually been doing: not being kind, just saying kind things and waiting for a result.

Nobody's scared of you. I'm Craig fucking Robinson.

Craig's taunt before he sacrifices himself: he insists he is not afraid and names himself as the one standing his ground.

That Craig was an angel this whole time?

The surprise behind the scene's theology: Craig, who seemed ordinary, turns out to have been an angel the whole time.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Craig taken up to Heaven?

Because he sacrificed himself for the others. The group reads it as proof that selfless acts are what save a person, which gives them hope that they can be saved too.

Why doesn't praising each other work?

Because the compliments are fake, and everyone is only saying them to earn a reward. As the scene puts it, "Talking nice doesn't get you into Heaven."

What was Craig, according to the group?

An angel — he had been one the whole time without anyone realizing. That's why Heaven claimed him, and why the others think a path might still be open.

What do they decide to do at the end?

They plan to survive long enough to do enough good deeds, hoping the kindness will add up and they will be taken up together. It's a strategy more than a change of heart.

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