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The Interview (2014)
It Ain't No "Dr. Strangelove"
I'll admit it. I was a victim of all the hype and controversy of the movie, so I just had to see The Interview. Those who call this movie a satire of the Hermit Kingdom and geopolitical relations between two nations are a bit off. The movie depends too much on the slapstick and shock genre of comedy. Did it make me giggle? Of course!
As a comedy, The Interview is okay. It made me laugh at the sheer stupidity of Franco's character juxtaposed with Rogen's slightly more rational personality. From then on, the laughs can be found by poking fun at Kim Jong Un, so I guess that could be the satire in the movie. Can it hold a candle to Kubrick's satirical masterpiece, "Dr. Strangelove"? Heck no. But, the important thing to remember is The Interview is a comedy, with a laugh or two by America's bromance of the year, Franco and Rogen. The movie's worth the money but we'll only remember The Interview as one of the few films that managed to greatly affect the real world, for better or for worse. Not many movies can say they did that.
State of Affairs: Masquerade (2014)
The Kickstart We Waited For
Finally, after six episodes, the show I was slowly losing attention for finally kicked itself into full motion. The slow burn of the first five episodes was at times tiring and repetitive, but in this episode, I felt the pace start to accelerate and a conflict finally settle and encompass itself into the characters and people of the nation.
The identity and motive behind each character is unique and engrossing. There is no single enemy in State of Affairs. Those who we thought to be enemies were later revealed to be allies with Charleston Tucker all along. A mixture between the tall and wide plot arcs of a masterpiece such as Game of Thrones and the political stratagem of the television giant, House of Cards gives State of Affairs. Of course this show has not mastered the plot mechanics that the show shares with its competitors (yet...), but Masquerade shows us there is far more to look forward to at the turn of State of Affairs. Episodes at this pace could jump start the show into the spotlight and shake off its initial negative reviews.