While I’m not as obsessed as I used to be, I still consider myself to be a movie buff.
I love everything from a big time summer blockbuster to more of an indie movie whose plot can be something as strange as a guy who falls in love with his cell phone.
There are often times nothing better than going to the theater, spending a paycheck on popcorn and a soda with enough sugar to give the entire state of Delaware type-two diabetes.
The same goes for a movie night at home. Once the movie starts you are taken away from reality.
Not to say that reality is that bad, but everyone has problems and during the 90-plus minutes they no longer exist.
Instead you get to live others dreams and also times their failures. No matter what, their successes or failures do not apply to you.
There are often time true stories that can be truly inspiring, or really sad, but my favorites are movies that are totally out of the blue with an original story.
And it doesn’t always have to be a serious tone. Sometimes it’s fun to watch cars who turn into robots or mutant turtles who have a heart of gold and really enjoy pizza.
For any movie buff, the Christmas season is a special time. There is not always the big action packed movies, but some of the stronger films of the year that usually make a run for a Golden Globe or Oscar.
I was excited for this year, but that all got ruined with one movie.
The hoopla around “The Interview” took away all the steam from the Christmas season and defiantly pushed me away from the theater.
I know most people know the gist of what happened, but if not, the movie is about two television journalists who are asked by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
At first word of the film’s plot, North Korea was pissed off.
Who didn’t see that coming?
Then, prior to the release of the film the computer systems for Sony Pictures were hacked by a group with alleged ties to North Korea.
Threats were made by the group that stated there may be acts of terrorism at screenings of the movie.
In response, Sony Pictures decided to pull the Christmas release of the movie which in turn was met from criticism from everyone from the President of the United States to the mainstream media.
Sony Pictures finally decided to release the movie online and it ended up making $15 million in its opening weekend.
After watching all of this unfold, my question is why is everyone so worried about a movie?
If the CIA really had plans to use two silly journalists to assassinate a dictator, I think the element of surprise is gone.
Other than Dennis Rodman, I don’t think North Korea is to gung-ho about letting any American into the country.
Like I stated a few paragraphs before, the whole point of a movie is to take someone away from reality for a little bit.
If you can get a few laughs from a satirical movie about politics and the media, than go for it.
Threats of terror are not something to fool around with, but we as a country we cannot hide behind a blanket of fear either.
North Korea can’t stand the United States and we sure don’t like them, and that’s not going to change with or without a movie.
“The Interview” was directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The first movie the two directed as a duo was “This is the End,” a movie about the apocalypse.
A lot of people were up in arms about that movie as well, but I’d just like to remind everyone, it’s just a movie.
It didn’t mean the world was going to end.
Last time I was in San Francisco, I didn’t see a giant monster trying to defend the city from another one. They are just movies.
Sometimes they will offend someone’s morals or values, but it’s not your cup of tea, don’t see it.
Just turning on the news can be depressing. It’s like the opposite of Toys R Us. It turns your smile upside down.
That’s why we have things like movies. To take us away.
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