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To some Chinese, The Interview is ‘the greatest film in history’
Today Online ^ | December 27, 2014

Posted on 12/28/2014 6:30:55 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

To some Chinese, The Interview is ‘the greatest film in history’

Published: 8:23 AM, December 27, 2014

BEIJING — Even before Americans began flocking to theaters on Christmas Eve to see The Interview — Sony Pictures’ comedy about a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plot to kill the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un — Chinese film fans by the thousands were downloading mostly pirated versions of the movie on domestic video-sharing websites. By midday yesterday (Dec 27), more than 300,000 people had seen the film, and the reviews, by and large, were favorable.

“Perfect, the greatest film in history, all hail Sony,” read one online comment. Said another, “Their ability to amuse is out of this galaxy,” referring to the film’s stars, Seth Rogen and James Franco.

In one sign of the enthusiasm for the film, whose theatrical release was initially held up after a hacking attack on the studio, The Interview scored an 8 out of 10 rating on the Chinese Internet movie database Douban, with more than 10,000 people posting reviews. In their comments, some people acknowledged having not seen the film, but wanted to show their support for what many approvingly described as an act of subversion against North Korea.

Although China is North Korea’s only significant ally on the world stage, many ordinary Chinese have mixed feelings about their government’s relationship with North Korea, which has been called as close as “lips and teeth”. Some have come to see a reflection of their own condition in North Korea’s poverty, repressiveness and over-the-top propaganda. Online, some commentators have begun to refer to the North Korean leader as “Fatty Kim the 3rd”.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; interview; nkorea; northkorea; pyongyang

1 posted on 12/28/2014 6:30:55 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; ...

P!


2 posted on 12/28/2014 6:31:27 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Thanks for posting this it is interesting.


3 posted on 12/28/2014 6:39:10 PM PST by mojo114 (Pray for our military)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Oh that interesting what do they think of team America the movie

I bet Kim Jong II probably got tear eye to song I am so roaney


4 posted on 12/28/2014 6:40:41 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: SevenofNine

In America, we pronounce it, STALLONE! ;^)


5 posted on 12/28/2014 6:48:47 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Asian chicks don't usually do much for me, but yay this.

6 posted on 12/28/2014 6:51:41 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro
Asian chicks don't usually do much for me ...

Me neither ... no matter how many times I ask them.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!

7 posted on 12/28/2014 7:03:57 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: TigerLikesRooster
“Their ability to amuse is out of this galaxy,” referring to the film’s stars, Seth Rogen and James Franco.

Like Jerry Lewis in France.

8 posted on 12/28/2014 7:55:10 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

Strange cultural things I don’t understand....


9 posted on 12/28/2014 8:31:34 PM PST by DB
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I did like his movie "It's Only Money."

Jesse White AND Jack Weston in it.

10 posted on 12/28/2014 8:35:17 PM PST by MUDDOG
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Although China is North Korea’s only significant ally on the world stage, many ordinary Chinese have mixed feelings about their government’s relationship with North Korea...

Anyone, anything, any country that stands near North Korea becomes filthy by proximity. North Korea - the 'pigpen' of countries....

11 posted on 12/29/2014 8:26:56 AM PST by GOPJ (White people in black neighborhoods should expect to be the victims of black crime.- Flaherty)
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