The Interview Escalates Around The World
Arick Ames
Editorial Editor
The infamous movie “The Interview” lived up to its word as the demand to see it skyrocketed after the controversy. The film combines stupid humor, actors that fit the roles perfectly and witty-yet-offensive script. Despite the controversy, it is like most comedy movies- filled with vulgar scenes yet balanced with heartfelt and serious moments.
“The Interview” is centered on two friends; Dave Skylark (James Franco) who has his own popular tabloid talk show called “Skylark Tonight” and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen). After learning that North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un (Randall Park) is a huge fan of their show, they attempt to set up an interview with him, hoping that they can prove to themselves and their coworkers that they are true journalist. However, the interview has to be in North Korea, at Kim’s compound under Kim’s circumstances. As they travel to the city of Pyongyang, their journey does a complete 360 when the CIA gets involved, recruiting Dave and Aaron and assigning them to an incredible and dangerous mission: to assassinate Kim Jong Un.
The primary conflict in the film starts off when Dave and Aaron start to realize that their show “Skylark Tonight” is seen as a joke by almost everyone. So they decide to brainstorm ideas as to how to get people to take them more seriously. When Aaron gets an email from North Korean officials saying Kim Jong Un is a huge fan of Dave Skylark, their careers and their lives depend on the decision they make. This movie will make viewers wonder, will they get to interview the most famous man in the world or end up being the comical clowns who make a huge mistake.
No matter the outcome, audience members can still enjoy the movie without being so worried about what the ending might hold. Its cynical and adult humor somehow makes up for the slightly racist expressions throughout the movie, but at some parts the humor was the offensive jokes themselves. The movie had a sort of odd feeling to it because of certain circumstances between America and North Korea that made it seem awkward at times, but the actors and actresses usually did a good enough job and made up for it with their foolishness.
Even though the movie is a comedy and is meant to be taken as a joke, most of the script seemed to be not very well thought out. The fact that what the movie is about is potentially a real world problem, makes one wonder why they say and do half the things throughout the film. Although the idea of the movie itself is quite unique compared to other comedies Seth Rogen and James Franco have done.
Rogan and Franco’s performances, like usual never failed at getting someone to hold their sides from laughter and questioning themselves afterwards. Along with their co-stars, it was overall great acting and satire.
In short, the movie is definitely not for the whole family. It is for mature audience members who aren’t easily offended and can handle such an overdone motion picture. If one is looking for something entertaining then this movie is a nice choice, but if it comes off as offensive or someone is looking for something more kid friendly, finding a different movie would be the better way to go.
