Madison Thames, Staf Writer

The Interview, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, was an action packed film that brought a whole lot of laughs. However, it has also brought political controversy from its content.

The controversy stemmed from the films characters main purpose, for Rogen and Franco to assassinate the North Korean President, Kim Jong-Un.

Because of this controversy, Sony Pictures went to the extent of cancelling the film, which came in full shock after the millions of dollars put into producing a movie.

I can see where this movie would be offensive and cause arguments; however what I think most people forget to remember is that it is just a movie.

Never did they say anything in the plot was true or going to happen, and in my opinion there are offensive movies shown all the time and they are not cancelled for it.

I do not think it was necessary to cancel the movie for this; maybe some people wouldn’t have liked it because it was offensive to them but you cannot please everybody in the entertainment world.

Putting aside the political controversy, The Interview was indeed full of comedy. Taking a look inside the storyline, James Franco played the character Dave Skylark, who was the star of his TV show Skylark Tonight.

When Seth Rogen, who played Aaron Rapaport, and Dave Skylark found the dictator of North Korea was a fan of the show, he tried to obtain an interview with him and succeeded.

The CIA who gave them a mission to assassinate the leader then contacted them. Once arriving in North Korea, Skylark befriended Kim Jong-Un, which set off a series of hilarious bonding moments between the two.

From blowing off missiles to play basketball they grew a friendship that made Skylark want to back out of the plan but then realized Kim Jong-Un was lying about killing innocent people of North Korea and starving them.

They did a great job of making this part of the movie extremely funny, putting the North Korean president in activities that he most likely wouldn’t be involved in real life. For instance, I died laughing at the scene where the President was jamming out to Katy Perry “Firework,” and it was scenes like this that made the movie.

The movie took a turn when they went on the air for the interview. Skylark showed on National Television that he wasn’t who the North Koreans thought he was.

Even though the film has been called offensive and too controversial to show in theatres, I still found it extremely funny and entertaining. I can understand why this plot has caused so many problems, but we do have to remember it is just a movie, and it is fiction.