The Interview

To sum up the (eventual online) release of The Interview this Christmas:  either something seriously disturbing just happened along the lines of George Clooney's angry Deadline interview

OR

Sony just pulled off the actual most brilliantly orchestrated publicity stunt in history. Slight risk of starting WWIII but hey, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

To be honest I probably wouldn't have even attempted to watch The Interview it if it hadn't been for the hot fuss the North Korean's made. And then the hilarity that ensued from the Sony hacking scandals. (Which I do totally morally disagree with for any future reference). If judging this movie from the dismal This Is The End which read more like a film student's final year project (inexplicable in-jokes which did not translate to anyone who was not James Franco, Seth Rogen or close circle of croonies) than a Hollywood movie.

Although the film is not yet out in Europe yet, and I will watch it when it comes out, or at least as much of it as I can stomach. I think the following Twitter post is a pretty accurate representation of my expectations:

In conclusion either 1 small point for freedom, democracy and not letting freedom of speech be dictated by one small group's opinions and a pivotal point in history where we all just sat at home watching the new form of international intimidation and warfare become a real affecting-every-day-lives-reality and did not do a blind thing about it. Or 1,000,000,000 points for the best marketing campaign that ever happened. I have a horrible feeling that we may have gained just 1 point in this exchange.