Bingo!!
We thought that immediately at our house.
Sony most likely did test viewing of the movie - with horrible reviews and results — and, as they’re nearing bankruptcy needed a “Hit.”
And, this wasn’t it.
I’d rather scrub my kitchen floor than watch this!!
Freepers have told me that this is a ridiculous idea and that I don’t understand Hollywood or big business well enough to grasp how much financial risk was really involved here. Maybe they are right.
But what seems inarguable to me is that a lot of people in the industry (and I mean cultural critics) seem totally in the tank to make this movie into something respectable.
I haven’t seen anyone compare it to “Citizen Kane”, but they seem to almost come close. People — it’s a Seth Rogen flick. These may be amusing, they may have an audience. They may have a tendency to make money. But “has to be seen”? I don’t think so.
It’s a trashy, vulgar, “B” picture that is attractive to frat boys and grown-up adolescents. It’s not “good”. It’s not “important”.
But some people are spinning like crazy trying to convince the world of the cultural importance of this major motion picture. Like Obama, this is surely a case of “The Emperor’s New Clothes”.
I watched it via post #26. Fast forwarded thru it. It probably had a couple of amusing moments. I liked “This is the End”, even though it was pretty gross.