By Dana Swanson
Headline Surfer® graphic / DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The best way to make a movie a blockbuster: Try to censor it.
The North Korean hackers that hit Sony so they would pull the movie "The Interview" have seen the last laugh is on them.
As a refresher, Sony got hit by hackers because it was planning to release the Seth Rogen/James Franco/Lizzy Caplan comedy "The Interview."
The plot is pretty simple: Two half-wits are getting ready for a trip to the communist country to interview the dictator, Kim Jong-un, when they are approached by the CIA with an added assignment: Kill the North Korean strongman.
Seth Rogan and Janmes Franco sar in the Sony comedy movie, 'The Interview,' showing in select theaters nationwide and online via YouTube for a fee of $5.99.
The plot is pretty simple: Two half-wits (Rogen and Franco) are getting ready for a trip to the communist country to interview the dictator, Kim Jong-un, when they are approached by the CIA with an added assignment: Kill the North Korean strongman.
This led to retaliation against Sony with the hacking resulting in a bunch of emails that Sony did want the public to see being exposed, including what certain stars were paid, inequality of pay and what they called certain stars. Sony officials caved and said they would not release the film.
The North Korean hackers commended Sony on their actions. Well, America spoke up and chastised Sony and even President Obama made comments on it.
Sony brass relented and said they would release the picture to audiences online band in theaters willing to show it. In the last few days, "The Interview" has sold out crowds and the terrorist threats against theaters that showed the movie never materialized.
A movie made for $30-40 million that probably would have grossed maybe $100 million is going to generate far more now. This movie is not Shakespeare: It was given 49% on rottentomatoes.com and when watching the local TV news, one patron mentioned that the movie was "just plain bad."
Kim Jong Un, the funny-looking, North Korean dictator with the bad haircut, is now going to be mocked on an even larger scale by this movie than he could ever imagined. Americans hate to be told what they can or cannot view or read, especially from a foreign government.
Kim Jong Un, the funny-looking, North Korean dictator with the bad haircut, is now going to be mocked on an even larger scale by this movie than he could ever imagined. Americans hate to be told what they can or cannot view or read, especially from a foreign government.
We stand behind the First Amendment of free speech and we will utilize it, even when that free speech comes in the form of an inferior movie produced by Sony.
Americans choose to give "the finger" to Kim Jong Un by seeing this movie, making it clear they not have their choices dictated by a dictator.