Lately, I jumped straight to what the regular audience folks have to say because they are the only ones who make sense.
That said, I watched the first half of The Interview last night and found it amusing and at times really funny.
Worth the money just to give the middle finger salute to North Korea.
As comedies go these days, its not too bad. Too many inside jokes and gay references for my taste but, what the heck its a comedy.
The movie did clearly portray the regime in terms of a slave state. In this regard it performed a valuable public service in explaining to a large segment of the population (young, dumb and you know the rest) exactly what kind of person is running North Korea. I haven't seen Chaplin's "The Dictator" but in some ways this movie serves the same purpose, ridicule of a despotic leader.
“I peruse Rottentomatoes for film information and am always amazed how much the critics get wrong. Lately, I jumped straight to what the regular audience folks have to say because they are the only ones who make sense.”
“Critic” reviews are worthless because they are now primarily based on PC criteria, liberal propaganda values, and showing off to other reviewers how cool they are and how knowledgeable they are about Hollywood esoterica.
User reviews are more useful, but even here you have to be careful because reviewers are self-selected from those who were attracted to the movie in the first place with expectations it was the kind of movie they would probably enjoy, and are more likely to give a really bad or stupid movie good reviews because they happen to LIKE bad or stupid movies. Most useful is when there’s a consensus among watchers that a movie sucked: stay away from that movie at all costs!
It’s a vile and disgusting movie. Not worth the time it took to download.