Demand For ‘The Interview’ Is Shooting Up In North Korea And Its Government Is Freaking Out - Polidicks

[QUOTE=AJ10017;46811463]51% and 63% is still pretty terrible.[/QUOTE] Dude, how high are your standards?

[QUOTE=GammaFive;46811480]Schools taught us that anything below 70% is a failure.[/QUOTE] Well, I grew up in Buffalo, New York. Our standards weren't exactly high. The movie got more positive reviews than negative anyways.

[QUOTE=AJ10017;46811463]51% and 63% is still pretty terrible.[/QUOTE] you gotta realize the rest of the reviews from critics come in when the movie is in theaters, and the interview couldnt go to theaters due to threats

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;46811523]Dude, how high are your standards?[/QUOTE] 75%+ and a movie that isnt terrible

[QUOTE=Xieneus;46811475]I liked it and I'll probably watch it again down the road.[/QUOTE] Apparently you're dumb for liking it like for real, all this complaining about people not liking the movie and going "TOO BAD IT'S SHIT AND YOU'RE WRONG FOR LIKING IT" when the most important part of this is the fact that [I]North Koreans are wanting to watch a move about their ~glorious leader~ getting bashed and assasinated.[/I]

[QUOTE=GammaFive;46811480]Schools taught us that anything below 70% is a failure.[/QUOTE] Video games* Anyhow, this is a really good thing. A similar sort of thing was happening in Romania before its own revolution, too; Just a huge smuggling ring distributing massive amounts of foreign movies due to controversies caused by the Streisand effect. And it's beautiful.

Anyone who is into films will tell you to watch it and appreciate it because it's a film. Any moviegoer knows that people's opinions don't mean shit when it comes to films - everyone likes certain things. People calling people dumb for liking a movie are cunts.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;46811432][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Wubil0C.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE] I'm completely unsurprised that rottentomatoes didn't like it. It really is a cult-y kinda film. If you don't like Seth Rogen and James Franco, you're not gonna like the movie. Also, I'm not that surprised only 63% liked it. The hype generated by all this shit got people from way outside the typical audience to watch it. I fucking loved it, but then again I loved Pineapple Express and This is The End, so I guess I'm really the target audience here. So I totally understand people who wouldn't like it. I mean, my family would totally hate it :v:

[QUOTE=GammaFive;46811480]Schools taught us that anything below 70% is a failure.[/QUOTE] Schools in Asia taught Asians that anything under 90 percent is a failure.

I want to meet the brave souls that smuggle this movie into North Korea.

[QUOTE=MissingGlitch;46811724]I want to meet the brave souls that smuggle this movie into North Korea.[/QUOTE] Just the tip

[QUOTE=AJ10017;46811544]75%+ and a movie that isnt terrible[/QUOTE] Man you have some high standards.

[QUOTE=croguy;46811614]Video games*[/QUOTE] No. Schools. US education system uses 70% as minimum passing grade - and barely at that, you're expected to get 80% or higher - except the few professors who use their own grading system.

[QUOTE=redback3;46811637]Anyone who is into films will tell you to watch it and appreciate it because it's a film. Any moviegoer knows that people's opinions don't mean shit when it comes to films - everyone likes certain things. People calling people dumb for liking a movie are cunts.[/QUOTE] "People's opinions don't mean shit" is a bit extreme, there is such a thing as valid criticism I mean, imo, The Interview is a pretty lazy movie. I love Seth-Franco films and this is one of the worse ones. There's way more cheap jokes than most of their stuff, a lot of missed opportunities, and some jokes drag on for too long while some are cut before they should've been. On a technical aspect it's pretty lame too, most of the shots and camera work are just boring, and the CGI landscapes are obvious and jarring

Free North Korea radio has an extensive history of twisting facts; I would take anything they say with a grain of salt.

[QUOTE=Paradox621;46811851]Free North Korea radio has an extensive history of twisting facts; I would take anything they say with a grain of salt.[/QUOTE] Like North Korea doesn't?

Air bomb the whole country with the dvds

[QUOTE=Lijitsu;46811836]No. Schools. US education system uses 70% as minimum passing grade - and barely at that, you're expected to get 80% or higher - except the few professors who use their own grading system.[/QUOTE] My school district set 60% or better as a passing grade, january of my senior year. :v:

What parallels can you draw between this movie and "The Great Dictator"?

[QUOTE=croguy;46811614]Video games* Anyhow, this is a really good thing. A similar sort of thing was happening in Romania before its own revolution, too; Just a huge smuggling ring distributing massive amounts of foreign movies due to controversies caused by the Streisand effect. And it's beautiful.[/QUOTE] *video game critics Back on topic, this is like if some PsyOps warfare operator dreams came true. I mean, fuck, if enough North Koreans see this it might actually set something on.

Best news I've read in a while. now I can't stop imagining those secret bars that were used during the prohibition of alcohol in America but instead secret shady looking Macguyver movie theaters hidden in the back of random establishments with a bunch of North Koreans all gathering around to gasp at the knowledge of their leaders butthole. And also their astonishment at figuring out all those gay breadcrumbs M&M left around . I feel think this movie will end up being shown to kids for history in high school just like that other poster :v:

[QUOTE=MisterSjeiks;46811756]Just the tip[/QUOTE] The tip is the hardest part.

[QUOTE=AJ10017;46811544]75%+ and a movie that isnt terrible[/QUOTE] Is your opinion of movie seriously based off others opinions/ratings of it? If I see a movie is rated '75%' I can say "well about 3 out of 4 people liked it". That doesn't mean I like it or not (nor if it's terrible or not). Movies can be fantastic movies without lots of praise too, just imagine a movie with extremely uncomfortable subject matter in it that would make it really hard to watch (but the movie itself was brilliant and worth watching in the end). Would it be a bad movie because most couldn't handle the movie?

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;46811432][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Wubil0C.png[/IMG] 51% isn't exactly critically panned. That's more of a mixed reception.[/QUOTE] This is not a bad thing.

[QUOTE=GammaFive;46811480]Schools taught us that anything below 70% is a failure.[/QUOTE] Over here 50% is a pass. Shit, in high school getting 40% would earn you some points towards graduation, but was still considered a fail.

[QUOTE=gk99;46811599]Apparently you're dumb for liking it like for real, all this complaining about people not liking the movie and going "TOO BAD IT'S SHIT AND YOU'RE WRONG FOR LIKING IT" when the most important part of this is the fact that [I]North Koreans are wanting to watch a move about their ~glorious leader~ getting bashed and assasinated.[/I][/QUOTE] it makes sense when you think about it. iirc the leader worship took a pretty big nosedive when Un came into power because nobody knew who the fuck he was. Il was pumped up and groomed to be the next dear leader for the entire time he was alive, but when he died they pulled Un in, who as far as anyone knows had nowhere near the same amount of grooming, if any at all.

[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;46811121]Im sure the penalty for possession of the movie in North Korea would undoubtably be extremely severe, probably somewhere along the lines of torture, death and maybe the slaying of their whole family.[/QUOTE] That sounds like a typical rainy day version in North Korea [editline]29th December 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=AJ10017;46811463]51% and 63% is still pretty terrible.[/QUOTE] "what other people think about X is what really matters, not my OWN opinion of it"

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;46813240]it makes sense when you think about it. iirc the leader worship took a pretty big nosedive when Un came into power because nobody knew who the fuck he was. Il was pumped up and groomed to be the next dear leader for the entire time he was alive, but when he died they pulled Un in, who as far as anyone knows had nowhere near the same amount of grooming, if any at all.[/QUOTE] He had a lot of grooming actually. Since 2001 iirc, when his oldest brother was caught trying to go to Japanese Disneyland with a fake passport. The other brother Il considered too feminine, so Un was next in line. He actually served in some of the same leadership positions Il did when he was being groomed. whether the people have any confidence in him is another matter.

[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;46811133]It'll be the first media they'll see in their entire lives that won't be kowtowing to their leader and treating him like an infallible god, and that's incredibly important. Especially considering the fact that the movie probably portrays Un as a shithead (I havent seen it), so it could be eye-opening to the more or less brainwashed NK population[/QUOTE] it's not the 90's famine anymore, the black market selling bootleg dvds and shit is pretty big

[QUOTE=outlawpickle;46813655]He had a lot of grooming actually. Since 2001 iirc, when his oldest brother was caught trying to go to Japanese Disneyland with a fake passport. The other brother Il considered too feminine, so Un was next in line. He actually served in some of the same leadership positions Il did when he was being groomed. whether the people have any confidence in him is another matter.[/QUOTE]His older brother's getting caught trying to smuggle himself into DIDNEY WORL!!! gets me every goddamn time. Some manchild neckbeard son of a tinpot dictator of an Asian country gets busted posing as a guy named "Big Bear" (or something like that) in Japan sounds like the setup to a hilarious but [i]really racist[/i] and probably gay joke. I just imagine this Japanese guy at the airport (our brave hero didn't even make it to Disneyland) suddenly glaring at this fake passport with a clearly fake Chinese name on it, and then slowly looking up at this tracksuit wearing motherfucker standing there like an awkward dumbass. Then the Japanese guy gets a wicked samurai scowl, and yells "YOUUUU... YOU ARE KOREAN!" and then fifty Japanese cops just tackle the poor son of a bitch.