The Interview: Review

I want to talk about the movie The Interview by Seth Rogan. This movie has caused a lot of controversy for a good reason. People were going as far as giving out death threats to people that were going to see it. Now before the internet gets their panties in a bunch and talk about how it's just a movie and that it should only be viewed as a movie, or on the opposite standpoint, this movie is horrible and you are all going to start a war with it, I want to say I enjoyed this movie. Does it have it's flaws? Yeah. Does it make fun of a man that has more power than Superman in his country at this point? Oh definitely. Is  it funny and entertaining? Yeah, it was alright.

You see I feel like the movie is more hyped up by its controversy than it's actual story. If this was based on a fake leader that slightly resembled Kim Jung Un then people wouldn't be as anal about it. I want to look at it as a movie and cut away all of the controversy. The film's writing and its comedy is what I want to talk about, not the whole North Korea bit.

Let's start with the story. A famous interviewer and his producer get the chance of a life time to interview the leader of North Korea. The CIA decides this will be the perfect chance to send people in to assassinate him with out the US looking suspicious. The two are contacted and go along with the plan with a few set backs and shenanigans until their goal is completed. The story line is good there's a lot of funny moments and the jokes had me laughing but there was one thing  I did find a bit of an annoyance about the film. There were a lot of times where it followed a certain formula and made what was going to happen predictable. Skylark, the Interviewer, would come up with really stupid ideas that would be shot down by everyone, but then it ends up being what has to be done. There were also scenes earlier in the movie that was obviously going to happen again later during the interview. This isn't exactly bad, all of the jokes and ideas were silly and entertaining. The way they played out was great and kept me laughing but it still bothered me how predictable the whole movie was. It follows some well known tropes with the occasional surprise here and there.

I don't want to give away the jokes or spoil the movie. It really was a fun watch but it isn't a brilliant masterpiece. I recommend at least a rent while it's on Google Demand or whatever it's called. Personally if it ever goes on DVD I'm going to purchase it but if not I might get the digital, but no guarantees.


As usual I will give you a drinking game to go with the film. I don't have a drink for it yet but I believe a margarita would be the best choice.

1. Take a drink for every movie trope.
2. Take a drink for every sexual reference.
3. Take a drink for every pop song
4. Take a drink for every "Honey Potting/Dicking"



Enjoy, and as always drink responsibly!