In the film Seth Rogan's character tries to prove himself to be a more serious producer by securing Skylark an interview with the Kim Jong Un. The movie drags its feet tediously for thirty minutes to get to that point. Not before it casually mocks the gay community with making Eminem come out as a closet homosexual homophobic stereotype.
When the movie starts to pick up the only two female characters that show up in this all white male cast are used as props. The role of the CIA female agent is to "honey pot" the men by appealing to the party-going, privileged, chauvinist, Skylark's love of big boobs, revealing cleavage, long hair and glasses. It turns out later the CIA agent never had long hair or wore glasses. Same goes for Sook. Her role was to be the yellow fever fetish object of Rogan's character.
Many racist Asian stereotypes then ensue once they agree to interview President Kim. Rogan gets a little skit where he mispronounces words in a fake Asian accent. In fact, speaking in a caricatured version of an Asian accent was the requirement of all English speaking Asians in the movie. There were many moments when Park who plays President Kim seemed to have broken character, lost his accent and got tired of playing offensive racist stereotypes himself. I sympathize for Park- he seems to have potential as an actor. Park is one of many Asian men who rarely get any role in Hollywood and now he probably finds himself doing the last thing he ever wanted to play in a movie.
The movie was dreadful because it was blatantly done at the expense of oppressing women and Asians. It was painful to watch because it exposed how James Franco and Seth Rogan cannot carry movie by themselves without resorting to gimmicks. They overacted and strained their faces trying to pull off every joke like they're waiting for an audience to respond. I'm disappointed in the lead actors of the film because they have so much Hollywood hype behind them and now I don't know why people liked them in the first place. I wouldn't recommend the movie to anyone looking for a fun holiday film. It was also painful to watch because the women and Asian people in it did not seem to be enjoying themselves either. I just hope this film won't be elevated to the status of a propaganda film the U.S.A. uses to justify using force to intervene with Third World countries and later archived.
When the movie starts to pick up the only two female characters that show up in this all white male cast are used as props. The role of the CIA female agent is to "honey pot" the men by appealing to the party-going, privileged, chauvinist, Skylark's love of big boobs, revealing cleavage, long hair and glasses. It turns out later the CIA agent never had long hair or wore glasses. Same goes for Sook. Her role was to be the yellow fever fetish object of Rogan's character.
Many racist Asian stereotypes then ensue once they agree to interview President Kim. Rogan gets a little skit where he mispronounces words in a fake Asian accent. In fact, speaking in a caricatured version of an Asian accent was the requirement of all English speaking Asians in the movie. There were many moments when Park who plays President Kim seemed to have broken character, lost his accent and got tired of playing offensive racist stereotypes himself. I sympathize for Park- he seems to have potential as an actor. Park is one of many Asian men who rarely get any role in Hollywood and now he probably finds himself doing the last thing he ever wanted to play in a movie.
The movie was dreadful because it was blatantly done at the expense of oppressing women and Asians. It was painful to watch because it exposed how James Franco and Seth Rogan cannot carry movie by themselves without resorting to gimmicks. They overacted and strained their faces trying to pull off every joke like they're waiting for an audience to respond. I'm disappointed in the lead actors of the film because they have so much Hollywood hype behind them and now I don't know why people liked them in the first place. I wouldn't recommend the movie to anyone looking for a fun holiday film. It was also painful to watch because the women and Asian people in it did not seem to be enjoying themselves either. I just hope this film won't be elevated to the status of a propaganda film the U.S.A. uses to justify using force to intervene with Third World countries and later archived.
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