‘God Bless America’: Does New Blood-Filled Movie Take ‘Shot’ at God and Christians?
- Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:48pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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There’s a new movie starting to create a buzz. According to the trailer, the film is about a deranged middle-aged man with a brain tumor who decides that rather than taking his own life, he will go on a killing rampage to take out all those in our culture who he doesn’t like. And guess who he partially sets his sights on? Reality stars for one. But also Christian extremists.
The film “God Bless America,” buzzing now at the South by Southwest conference, imagines this fear in a black comedy on the silver screen [Content Warning for strong language]:
Along with a teenage female companion, the lead character Frank (Joel Murray) goes from pop culture critic to serial killer, spilling the blood of political extremists to spoiled reality TV stars. Newsbustesr ‘s Paul Wilson dissects the disturbing fantasy:
“While Frank’s rage against a shallow society is understandable, “God Bless America,” like Showtime’s hit TV show “Dexter,” celebrates a man who justifies using violence against people he considers evil, claiming “I only want to kill people who deserve to die.”
Unlike “Dexter,” the movie is clearly a black comedy that does not take itself seriously.
However, the movie’s title takes a gratuitous shot at the Christian God, by implying that God has “blessed” America with fools and idiots that need to be eliminated, and at those who revere America’s Judeo-Christian heritage. Goldthwait also depicts Christians in the usual Hollywood manner – by equating them all with the members of the extremist Westboro Baptist Church.
If a director were to make a movie titled “Allah Bless Saudi Arabia,” and had his protagonist indiscriminately shoot hatemongering imams, teenaged girls and people in movie theaters, he would be instantly blacklisted in Hollywood as a hateful bigot. But attacks on Christians garner only praise from the artistic community.
A movie that invokes the name of any religion’s God to justify gratuitous violence, no matter how cynically or “humorously,” goes beyond the pale. “
The “Bobcat” Goldthwait-directed film premiered in Toronto on September 11, 2011, was screened this past weekend in Austin and is slated for an April 6 U.S. release.
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Comments (71)
Cemetery
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:55pmI think it’s intention has the opposite effect on me…
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:12pmTHEORY: America turned away from Worship of GOD… So, GOD Blessed them with Liberals!
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 4:30pmTo all you stupid azz liberals:
Fact: More Christians have been KILLED in the last century than the previous 19 centuries combined.
Fact: Muslims still trade slaves, stone gays, women and children. They kill anyone that Worships different than they do. Deny women’s rights….
Fact:BIG Government has KILLED over 250,000,000 innocent men, women and children in less than 100 years.
Fact: So called “christians” have killed 5 people in the last 100 years in what you elude to as “Christian abortion bombings”.
Fact: Christians give more than all other groups combined… yes, those evil Christians.
Fact: over 250 million people are and have been killed by Humanist/Communist/big governments in less than 100 years.
Clearly Christians ain’t the problem that you make them out to be. Your problem is Christians telling the TRUTH and that hurts your agenda!
Report Post »CATPBJ
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 6:24pmCESNA152 —
How about some actual sources of your ridiculous ‘FACTS’.
Until you provide sources of your so-called ‘facts’ they are nothing more than a rant by some extremist idiot.
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:07pm@luke That is Hypothesis, no one on here seems to know what the definition of “theory” is… People who say “evolution is just a theory.“ Well so is ”Germ theory” but I’m gonna take those antibiotics if I need to
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:08pm@cessna Fact: muslims believe in the same god christians do
Report Post »SoNick
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:09amYou suffer from a really bad case of liberal derangement syndrome. Why is it that everytime someone does something you disapprove of, you call it liberal? Has anyone seen any liberal values touted in this preview? This movie shows us a guy who decides to live by anarchy and the rule of the gun, which are not exactll liberal traits. As for the title, I don‘t see what’s so offensive about God Bless America. Every single politician ends their hollow speeches with that catchphrase….
Report Post »adeleeeee
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:22amLie: muslims believe in the same god christians do.
Report Post »Amos37
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:45pmif the muslims believe in the same God as the chrstians and jews do, then why does their god have a different name? they we removed from the family tree when God sent Ishmael away, that’s why they hate us so much. they believe they deserve the inheritance because they were the firstborn, but God has already promised it to the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
There is no salvation with the muslim god, you can research it for yourself. until then, shut up and get your facts straight.
Cavallo
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:02pmThe production values look low budget and border on BrainDamageFilms and Troma like theme. Magnet is a lower production company. With all the garbage you can see on the movie shelves, why this one is getting Blaze attention is beyond me. You’re only helping these low talent losers out with the publicity. Did you know that Kevin Smith went and protested his own pseudo anti-Catholic movie Dogma to help amp up the publicity? And what about Red State? Definitely higher quality than this garbage, and seemingly just as biased if not more so. I try to avoid political movies nowadays. My side of the asile is usually poorly presented and the other side is usually pandering biased simple BS often filled with Marxist dogma and anti-religious bigotry. Is this movie supposed to be a sad sick knock off of Falling Down with Michael Douglas?
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:35pmYawn, A movie bashing christians, there’s a novel idea. Too bad it’s been done a million times. Trying to remember how much money the last christian bashing movie made? Or even the title of it? Grow a set and make a muslim bashing movie or better yet, an evolutionist bashing movie.
Let’s see, the Passion of the Christ, Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments ….. Wonder how much money they made?
Report Post »Longing for Change
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:33pmJust one more movie that helps teach our kids that there are no morals left in this country.
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:15pmThis kind of movie is the result of the developing disrespect for the various denominations of Christendom. The hypocritical practices of those calling themselves Christian is the cause.
We will, and do reap what we have sown. Maybe if John 13:34-35 was taken more seriously by “Christians” the world would be more able to show them respect.
Report Post »Not everyone claiming to be Christian, are actually true to Christ’s teachings.
Suzanne D
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:29pmGreat answer!
Report Post »TRUTHSENSE
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:01pmWHITFANG, You say “The hypocritical practices of those calling themselves Christian is the cause” of this kind of movie. Wrong. It may be like adding a single match to an already engulfed house fire, but most people know that such fringe groups like those depicted in the movie do not represent “true Christianity”. There were no Christian groups to base their false views of Jesus on when He was crucified. Jesus said that his followers would be hated just as He was. What Hollywood hates is that anyone would call their sordid lifestyle and trashy productions morally wrong. They hate God because they don’t want to be accountable to anyone, including Him.
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:31pmTRUTHSENSE,
I can agree with your assessment. It is also a valid perspective.
Report Post »sobrdj41
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 8:09pmMost of the people being killed in the trailer are liberal.
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:15pmJust listening to the radio show again. The scene where they have the ridiculous statements supposedly from the Tea party, in response to John McCain…there is a comment made about Barak Obama, supposed to be from tea…“Send him back to Africa”. First, I have never heard the Tea Party saying such a thing. Secondly, this is a real comment, but not by TEA! Try the Code Pink Rally in Florida that Breitbart took, which Glenn showcased in February 2011 on Fox, In response to the question what should be done about Clarence Thomas. Check it out! The left said this, not the right!
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:03pmMore brilliance from The Blaze: “There’s a new movie starting to create a buzz.” WOW what a lede.
That said, if the guy targets celebrities and pop-culture icons, doesn‘t that mean he’s attacking the liberal, socialist, communist, marxist, muslim celebrities that you guys so love to hate? Seems pretty equal opportunity to me.
Report Post »sobrdj41
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 7:59pmThank you for making sense.
Report Post »s0ck_monkey
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:00pmI like it! A Movie about something I wish I could do, but would go to jail over!
I wouldn’t shoot the Christian-types, though. Everyone else they talked about is fair game! :P
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:55pmAn Open letter to All.
Initially the Blaze and Glenn Beck seemed to be a avant garde media outlet for the “truth”.
Educated individuals have noticed what this site has morphed into. It is just another diversionary shell game, full of race, religion, and class warfare.
The most important stories are ignored, and we are left with this irrelevant, trivial, National Enquirer crap.
I have noticed a drop in comments to the stories which indicates a drop in viewers.
There are impeachment proceedings ongoing against OBAMA and the Main Steam Media BLAZE has made no note of this. They only report on stories like “See a Fox News Reporter Get Zapped by Military’s Wild New ‘Heat Ray’“ or ”Priest Accused of ‘Intimidating Behavior’ & Placed on Leave After Refusing Communion to Lesbian”.
Not to mention that I can’t even operate the BLAZE anymore due to the many advertisements and pop-ups.
I used to follow and tout Beck. As I continued my quest for the truth, I realized he was ignorant or
a part of the MSM global spin. He is the latter.
This Clip should have Been STORY NUMBER ONE on the BLAZE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkx8Grgo0_s
Also, regarding this whole DOJ joke. The DOJ is a JOKE, and the BLAZE should have done a Story about how this “Department of Justice” is a Foreign-owned PRIVATE COMPANY:
Report Post »http://www.manta.com/c/mmcmldj/united-states-department-of-justice.
news12kim
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:16pmWhy don’t you do your own blog… Glenn is showing the mindset of the film industry. Everything anti-American is important to see, so that we can be diligent.
I did look at your interesting video clip and news story and passed them on to others. Thanks
Report Post »TaintedBlaKK
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:34pmThank you for those, and I have to agree to an extent. We still have active duty troops on the ground in other nations, and this is news?
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:42pmLooks like the best movie to come out in years. I cant wait.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:31pm“Thou shalt not murder” ~ God
“but it’s fun and makes me happy” ~ Liberals
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:24pmKilling as in a War… is not Murder (re. the Book of Joshua).
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:37pmWe, humans have a fatal tendency to try to adjust the truth to fit our desires rather than adjusting our desires to fit the truth – Frank Turek
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:41pm@ lukerw
agreed. “Jus ad bellum” & “Jus in bello”
Romans 13:1-5
Genesis 9:6
Report Post »sobrdj41
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 7:48pmI believe it is “Thou shalt not Kill’. Killing during War may not be murder, but it is still killing.
Report Post »TPaine
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:27pmBTW, this movie came out in 2011 – it isn’t exactly “new!” Why now all the publicity?
Report Post »Suzanne D
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 2:32pmBecause it’s being released in the U.S. on April 6th of this year.
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:24pmUnbelievably irresponsible.
Report Post »TPaine
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:24pmNo, thanks! I’ll take “Act of Valor” instead. The only think I can think of when I hear the name “Bobcat Goldthwait” is a moron whose claim to fame is screaming instead of talking. Got to admit, he was funny in the Police Academy movies, but that’s about the apex of his talent.
Now, if he had filmed this nutcase cutting loose with a chaingun in the middle of the Academy Awards, I might take a look.
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:18pmBut Dexter is a black comedy.
Study, Mr. Wilson, Study. Buckle down and maybe your internship will lead somewhere.
Report Post »cherishedemblems
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:17pmBobcat Goldwait and every other Lib in Hollywood has one goal. To eliminate any group of people that would make an argument about their demented lifestyle. You do this by making the God fearing people of this country look nuts…then YOU portray your lifestyle as normal. Yeah, we should look to Bobcat Goldwait as an example of what everyone should do. He was then engaged to Nikki Cox, in 1997 when she was 19, yes a TEENAGER!!! He was 35! Come on America wake up and call these pedophiles out!!
Report Post »crazyoz
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:07pm“Fools and Idiots”. They must be talking about the anti Christian obama administration.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:28pmYep and “who need to be eliminated”. I can hold up a mirror and reflect whatever they say right back to them and mean it sincerely. The language of TRUE enemies is being spoken today.
Report Post »goldmind
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:04pmI like the premise, and it would work beautifully if it were Liberals vs Conservatives. Even using paint guns would be a start. Talking, doesn’t seem to turn on any lights, with either faction.
Report Post »goldmind
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:09pmIt should also be noted, this is Hollweird’s way of precipitating an event of similar consequence. There is some goofballs in our midst who will copy this behavior. Stayed tuned for Part II…in real time.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:11pmTaking Sides… in a War… cannot change anyone’s Opinion!
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:01pmGod will not be mocked by an individual or company. God is the final judge.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:01pmI’m bad; I like it…
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 1:00pmDebute In Austin of course…..
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:57pmThe “Bobcat” Goldthwait -directed film
Figues.
premiered in Toronto on September 11, 2011,
Any surprise here?
was screened this past weekend in Austin
Where else, but a US liberal cesspool?
and is slated for an April 6 U.S. release.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:57pmThe last “HOT” thing Bobcat did was set Leno’s couch on fire during the Tonight show, but this is a step up from his regular gig, of trolling men’s room with Pauly Shore looking for ex-senators tapping their feet.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 12:54pmDirected by Bobcat Goldwait..enough said. That stuttering derelict is still alive? Hollywood is doomed if they are relying on the likes of him. Liberals will lap it up though as ‘art’.
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