For those of you who are still weighing on a decision to purchase something meaningless as apposed to watching the film, let me give you an incentive. The Internship starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, tells the story of how two washed up salesmen are awaken to the digital age as they compete for an internship at GOOGLE with a group of young, whitty and tech savvy adults. With GOOGLE offering a potential entry-level position, both men soon realize that they must acquire new skills and do away with old traditions in order to compete in the new age job market.
They win over GOOGLE reps during a Skype interview and find themselves at the GOOGLE headquarters in L.A where Wilson later realizes that all work and no play keeps the family and kids away and Vaughn realizes that he never finishes what he starts. Above all else, and while really trying not to give the movie away, both men learn a bigger lesson about themselves and expose audiences to something as well.
So let's be frank for a second. In my opinion, the film actually gave the Vaughn and Wilson age group some awareness of certain online hits that they need to get hip to in the new millennium, i.e Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Instagram... and let's not forget GOOGLE! They found a crafty way to weave in all those social sites and dazzled audiences with a little humor in between to keep their attention span up.
Most importantly, and this is what I really appreciated about the movie, the movie had two voices. It spoke about the struggles for middle aged adults to compete with a generation who can take one concept and make millions thanks to the Internet. And it also spoke about the struggles that young adults of the new millennium have as we constantly strive to reach standards that are risen daily. We have to know how to do A, B and C while still finding a way to be stand out and be creative. It's hard.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not blind. Some characters and scenes could have used a bit more flushing out, but I think the primary goal that the movie set out to achieve, was accomplished.
But most importantly, and speaking from someone who just graduated college not even a month ago, I'm thankful to have finally found a movie that gives voice to how it actually isn't easy to stand out in the job market with requirements of today. Down to the credits (literally, don't leave the theater without having watched the credits, you'll thank me in the end, lol), I needed to see The Internship and am glad I did.
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