I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this movie from the trailer. Watched it in the youtube thread last month or so and I've shown it to a few people since then. Just. Not sure. I haven't seen it but I'm pretty sure Bobcat's strengths aren't those that are capable of handling this movie's premise in a way that isn't just some cathartic grindhouse insanity.
Ubikoh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by thenRegistered Userregular
With “God Bless America,” writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait has manufactured an exhilarating sensation of disgust, funneling a reservoir of frustration into an acidic script that somehow manages to be hilarious while remaining enormously unnerving. It’s a sniper-sure shot of rage striking the heart of American culture, having a blast wiping away the scum of the Earth. It’s a chaotic tear through reality shows, social irritants, and amateur singing contests that’s finessed superbly by the helmer, who commits in full to a lunatic idea. Even for a filmmaker who’s made pictures about bestiality, autoerotic asphyxiation, and alcoholic clowns, “God Bless America” still manages to astonish with its audacious content and ballsy execution. It’s a couch potato battle cry capturing the zeitgeist in a bold, bloody fashion.
if I keep an eye out for people who suggest it is in any way good I can easily assemble a list of people who are awful and/or insane
Enjoying mindless dreck means you are insane? Shit, better go lock up everybody who ever watch a Saw movie, or anything Michael Bay ever made. Shit, I love the Evil Dead trilogy, perhaps I'm a disgusting monster?
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HarrierThe Star Spangled ManRegistered Userregular
With “God Bless America,” writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait has manufactured an exhilarating sensation of disgust, funneling a reservoir of frustration into an acidic script that somehow manages to be hilarious while remaining enormously unnerving. It’s a sniper-sure shot of rage striking the heart of American culture, having a blast wiping away the scum of the Earth. It’s a chaotic tear through reality shows, social irritants, and amateur singing contests that’s finessed superbly by the helmer, who commits in full to a lunatic idea. Even for a filmmaker who’s made pictures about bestiality, autoerotic asphyxiation, and alcoholic clowns, “God Bless America” still manages to astonish with its audacious content and ballsy execution. It’s a couch potato battle cry capturing the zeitgeist in a bold, bloody fashion.
Seriously this. Is some girl who wants to make it big on American Idol really the linchpin of the rot eating up the United States?
I don't wanna kill anybody. I don't like bullies. I don't care where they're from.
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Ubikoh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by thenRegistered Userregular
“God Bless America” doesn’t shy away from the premise, instead jumping into the adrenaline rush of murder, observing Frank and Roxy brainstorm their kill list, sharing their repulsion with a world that celebrates high-fives, strippers-turned-screenwriters, and amateur singers.
if I keep an eye out for people who suggest it is in any way good I can easily assemble a list of people who are awful and/or insane
Enjoying mindless dreck means you are insane? Shit, better go lock up everybody who ever watch a Saw movie, or anything Michael Bay ever made. Shit, I love the Evil Dead trilogy, perhaps I'm a disgusting monster?
yo, truthbomb
if you at all enjoyed the saw films you are a bad person
if I keep an eye out for people who suggest it is in any way good I can easily assemble a list of people who are awful and/or insane
Enjoying mindless dreck means you are insane? Shit, better go lock up everybody who ever watch a Saw movie, or anything Michael Bay ever made. Shit, I love the Evil Dead trilogy, perhaps I'm a disgusting monster?
yo, truthbomb
if you at all enjoyed the saw films you are a bad person
I've never seen any of them. And whilst they are absolutely without merit, a person enjoying them is not automatically a bad person.
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Ubikoh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by thenRegistered Userregular
ok i was looking at the Rotten Tomatoes "reviews" and one of the "reviewers" linked to a Compuserve forum post and then i lost all faith in Rotten Tomatoes
if I keep an eye out for people who suggest it is in any way good I can easily assemble a list of people who are awful and/or insane
Enjoying mindless dreck means you are insane? Shit, better go lock up everybody who ever watch a Saw movie, or anything Michael Bay ever made. Shit, I love the Evil Dead trilogy, perhaps I'm a disgusting monster?
yo, truthbomb
if you at all enjoyed the saw films you are a bad person
I've never seen any of them. And whilst they are absolutely without merit, a person enjoying them is not automatically a bad person.
no it does
sorry for the truthbomb
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
To steal from the film’s director during his post-SXSW screening Q&A, Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America is a violent film about kindness. Because unlike other, lesser films to which this one will undoubtedly be compared — the likes of Kevin Smith’s Red State or (gasp) Uwe Boll’s Rampage – the violence is easily overshadowed by the simple, elemental philosophy behind Frank’s spree: he only kills those who deserve to die.
you heard it here folks!
a high school girl deserves to die
fans of a tv show deserve to die
a dude capturing evidence of Frank's 4 murders deserves to die!
oh
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Ubikoh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by thenRegistered Userregular
To steal from the film’s director during his post-SXSW screening Q&A, Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America is a violent film about kindness. Because unlike other, lesser films to which this one will undoubtedly be compared — the likes of Kevin Smith’s Red State or (gasp) Uwe Boll’s Rampage – the violence is easily overshadowed by the simple, elemental philosophy behind Frank’s spree: he only kills those who deserve to die.
you heard it here folks!
a high school girl deserves to die
fans of a tv show deserve to die
a dude capturing evidence of Frank's 4 murders deserves to die!
Man I was hoping this would at least be a clever parody or, like Solar also hoped, would at least subvert the entire thing and make people who sympathise as well as relate to the main character feel awful.
Disappointed it does and is neither of these things.
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your mother is
That trailer scared me.
STOP SHOOTING STRAWMEN
THIS IS WHY ALL OUR NEIGHBORS MOVE AWAY
if I keep an eye out for people who suggest it is in any way good I can easily assemble a list of people who are awful and/or insane
http://www.blu-ray.com/God-Bless-America/112355/?show=preview
Enjoying mindless dreck means you are insane? Shit, better go lock up everybody who ever watch a Saw movie, or anything Michael Bay ever made. Shit, I love the Evil Dead trilogy, perhaps I'm a disgusting monster?
oh the horror of high-fives
although it's labelled as a "Preview"???
yo, truthbomb
if you at all enjoyed the saw films you are a bad person
not even joking
I've never seen any of them. And whilst they are absolutely without merit, a person enjoying them is not automatically a bad person.
the person who wrote that review is probably worse than the movie!
no it does
sorry for the truthbomb
It's great that you enjoy patting yourselves on the back so much, but can you wind back the hyperbole a notch or two?
I would if I was being hyperbolic????
Do you even get that you are doing the same thing as the character in this movie? "You like/do this = you are automatically the worst person ever"
is this how reign in hell ends
would you watch this movie
On the torturemurder machine!
you've BURNED people with your lies, now watch as I fucking burn you to death
you were always giving people the COLD SHOULDER, now I will freeze your lungs with liquid nitrogen
can you handle my DARK IRONY
Man, don't make me look up words.
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you heard it here folks!
a high school girl deserves to die
fans of a tv show deserve to die
a dude capturing evidence of Frank's 4 murders deserves to die!
Disappointed it does and is neither of these things.
shoot him in the dick at least