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In reply to the discussion: What the hell was the idea behind doing this Interview movie in the first place? [View all]gcomeau
(5,764 posts)33. Oh FFS...
It was a stupid comedy, not a black op. I can't even fathom how you think this was supposed to work if it was a CIA operation.
Step 1: Get Sony to make film about couple of jackasses in improbable situation trying to assassinate world leader. Slapstick comedy ensues.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Regime Change!
Does it go something like that in your mind? You think there was some strategy group buried in the bowels of Langley with that up on a whiteboard while they all stand around nodding their heads and saying "Hmm... yes... brilliant plan! We must execute it immediately!"
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What the hell was the idea behind doing this Interview movie in the first place? [View all]
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2014
OP
non-comedies regarding the assassination of a foreign leader is not outrageous?
LanternWaste
Dec 2014
#3
Sony is a Japanese company with a large presence in America, both mortal enemies of N.K., you
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#34
Just to name one, many others, all fictional dramas. No entire comedy mocking an assassination of a current
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#27
If you are not talented or funny, you need to push the boundaries to gain some attention.
FSogol
Dec 2014
#4
The movie has been sitting on the shelf since September and has been critically panned.
FSogol
Dec 2014
#17
Depends on the critic. Most are hacks. Some such as Roger Ebert are truly special and even if you
FSogol
Dec 2014
#22
You don't think it will come out at some future date? I think it is obvious that it will. n/t
FSogol
Dec 2014
#23
if the flick was about assassinating obama the response would be quite different eh? nt
msongs
Dec 2014
#7
I recall that was a fictional drama, not a mocking comedy of a current leader America is mortal
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#29
Actually one critic said the violence in it exceeded what is normally found in most horror films.
FSogol
Dec 2014
#18
To her credit, Aerows did write me a very nice PM....which was gratifying, since the alerter
msanthrope
Dec 2014
#41
Which lemonade stand would be bugged and the real child kidnapped and tortured? That CIA?
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#62
I am just beginning to understand this thing. I have one question: When did he get back in control
jwirr
Dec 2014
#40
The belief that comic book style "action" movies sell lots of popcorn.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#55
Comedy. The same way Ben Stiller tried to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia in Zoolander.
cleanhippie
Dec 2014
#65
Brainwashed as opposed to deliberately being hired by the CIA to assassinate, yes, I see.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#86