The American spirit lives on.
After several cyberattacks by North Koreas army and many terroristic threats aimed at American cinemas who planned to show Seth Rogens and James Franco’s comedic film, “The Interview”, millions of people were finally able to view one of the most talked about movies of 2014 right from their own living rooms.
The film was released in 331 locations, about one tenth of the amount of locations they originally wanted to release the film. These 331 locations raked in about $1.04 million, which was a surprising amount according to Rory Bruer, president of the worldwide distribution of Sony’s films.
“Considering the incredibly challenging circumstances, we are extremely grateful to the people all over the country who came out to experience ‘The Interview’ on the first day of its unconventional release”
The film was recently released on many “on-demand” features and grossed more than $15 million from online rentals, an amazing amount for a movie that was barely released in theaters across the United States.
Was all of it really worth the trouble? Did North Korea overreact or was the film actually offensive towards their leader, Kim Jong-un?
All of those questions can be answered from just one scene from the movie.
About halfway through the film, James Franco and Kim Jong-un are laughing inside of a tank together while Katy Perry’s song “Fireworks” blasts in the background. James Franco fires a cannon round into some trees, completely destroying them, as Katy sings the lines, “Boom, boom boom”, syncing up exactly with the explosions on screen.
The film was ridiculous, crazy, rude, offensive, and utterly, well, American.
Yes the film was mildly offensive to Kim Jong-un, yes the film was a little crude at some points, and yes the film was hilarious for anybody who could just let loose for an hour and a half and forget about life and just enjoy the comedy in front of them.
The Interview was not an amazing film and will not be winning any oscars in this year’s upcoming academy awards by any means. However, the events surrounding the film and the way in which the United States handled them are surely going to go down in the movie industries history.
7/10
