The Interview

The latest Seth Rogen & James Franco flick about assassinating the supreme leader of North Korea has its fair share of shenanigans inside and outside of the movie. Allegedly, North Korea (the real country) hacked Sony Pictures in order to boycott the film (President Obama even referenced the attack during a press interview). I have a conspiracy theory that this was all a hoax put on by Sony, Google, and Microsoft in order to boost attention and sales of the film that ended up being distributed online via YouTube, Google Play, XBox, etc. As far as the movie goes, its Seth and James in fine form and in my memory, one of the most intimate movie between these two actors who usually work alongside a posse. James Franco's character, David Skylark is a talk show host who is directed by Seth Rogen's character, Aaron Rappaport. Skylark gets celebrities to come on his show and they reveal things about their lives (like Eminem saying he's gay and Rob Lowe admitting he's bald). Skylark finds out Kim is a fan of his show and begs Aaron to get an interview. Aaron goes through a lot of trouble to even meet the North Koreans (getting an address in terms of coordinate for instance). Once they solidify the interview, the CIA gets involved. Agent Lacey, played by the swelteringly hot (and then not) Lizzy Caplan provides the context for out first usage of the term honeypotting / honeydicking which means using some type of manipulation in order to hypnotize someone else into what you want. I'm not sure if these terms existed before this movie, but it's most definitely one of the big takeaways in terms of lexicon from this movie. Skylark and Rappaport are trained by the CIA (comedy ensues) and head off to North Korea to enact the plan that obviously goes completely awry. Regardless, The Interview was fun to watch, makes you believe a little more in America and free speech, and is a great buddy-buddy film starring two of the best in the biz: 4 stars!