While as a teenager I was an admirer and fan of Seth Rogen, as I have grown up I found myself tuning in less and less to his prolific output. I loved Superbad, I still value Pineapple Express and I think I saw This is the End. His more recent years have been marred by my own appreciation in cinema, that said I think he has a place.
James Franco was someone I had largely ignored until recently. I knew something about Spiderman, saw and hated 127 hours or some pish but apparently he is a cool guy. He again has a massive output so it is a challenge to screen the things I’d enjoy from the thongs – that which does not suit me and makes me largely uncomfortable.
Plus I can only download so much as I’m travelling the world in a blaze of technicolour glory and limited Internet access. Films are reserved for time on a bus or slow hours in a hostel.
There was of course, no getting away from the Interview. The marketing campaigns led by Sony and North Korea respectively were unparalleled however unfortunately the film was not. The basic concept should have been funny and in more skilled hands I’m sure would have been. Bar James Francos silly moments, some unexpected silly violence and jokes about cocks it really wasn’t all that. If Eddie Murphy had made this film it would have been incredible. Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan would have bettered it. The action sequences weren’t gripping, the dick joke weren’t funny. They were the two boxes they had to tick. It was funny in parts, I enjoyed the ongoing Frost/Nixon satire but most scenes are punctuated by Seth Rogens laugh which when we all first heard it was the laugh we had to emulate, the chuckley stoner who managed to bed women despite everything. Now however, that same laugh sounds like a small animal is being molested nearby. Unfortunately the jokes are about as funny, which depending on what your sense of humour is… It grows olds after a while.
The main problem this film had was the hype, if it had arrived silently on Netflix alongside a twenty bag and a dominoes it would have been great. But it didn’t, we all took notice and took time out of life to dedicate an hour and a half for something that didn’t perform.
I’d rate this film oh well out of who the fuck cares.? /Wtf

Mr Hummels