God Bless America

[MacGuffin]

Release date: May 31, 2012

Starring: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton

Directed by: Bobcat Goldthwait

Premise: On a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill Frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16-year-old Roxy.

[72teeth]

It was Amaturishly Great, with a both capital A and G

[Pwaybloe]

Lots of people pointing guns in random directions?

[Pubrick]

Lots of people pointing guns in random directions?

Seems like the perfect metaphor for America.

[Robyn]

Lots of people pointing guns in random directions?

Seems like the perfect metaphor for America.

Nailed It.

[Reel]

begins in my hometown of Syracuse! Wish they would've focused on knocking off more people here, but then it'd be like Bobcat's making a statement of "I'm killing off my past," sounds more like a movie I'll make one day.

[Pwaybloe]

begins in my hometown of Syracuse! Wish they would've focused on knocking off more people here, but then it'd be like Bobcat's making a statement of "I'm killing off my past," sounds more like a movie I'll make one day.

I know this is just a stupid trailer, but the message I'm getting is "you annoy me, so I am going to shoot and kill you".  That sounds like a premise written by a 14-year old high school kid.  I suppose as I get a little older I don't find much humor in violence anymore.  This trailer appears to glorify it, which is characteristically typical of the demographic I'm guessing they're going after. 

Reelist, judging from your comment about the spoilers in "Seven" and your Tarantino avatar, I'm guessing you're fairly young.  Please don't take this as an insult, but I'm guessing this premise appeals to you.  Do you agree?

[Reel]

yeah, I'm young as in I'm immature. but at 23, I'm no spring chicken. Yes, this premise appeals to me and I forked over $10, but I just have undying loyalty to Bobcat, the only filmmaker I know from my town. I'll always come down on the side that's for rather than against him, but I still had problems with this film. The killing gets pretty tedious after awhile, I preferred hearing the two characters go on rants, but that could go on  forever if they didn't give them something to do. I think the real issue I had with it was the gun violence, it becomes old hat. If they really wanted to do something shocking, why not torture their victims into changing their ways instead of just killing them? That's a movie I'd be much more interested in seeing, but I liked it anyway. All of Bobcat's films kind of have to grow on you, at least in my experience.

[pete]

isn't killing people you don't like the premise for every other horror film? The only difference seems to be that because this was directed by a comedian, the satire's slightly more on-point than just a bunch of teenagers.

[Pwaybloe]

Reelist, thanks for the reply.

isn't killing people you don't like the premise for every other horror film? The only difference seems to be that because this was directed by a comedian, the satire's slightly more on-point than just a bunch of teenagers.

Pete, I'm not really sure who you are directing this comment, nor am I clear on what exactly you're trying to say, but I'll roll with it.  I'm not a horror movie fan, and I never have been.  I think your comparison to horror movies and satire is very valid, but I don't think it makes a difference if it was directed by a comedian.  Just like a horror film, this trailer glorifies and makes violence humorous.  That's great for some people, but it's just not for me. 

[SiliasRuby]

I absolutely adored this film. It was everything I expected and more. I wouldn't consider it a straight up horror as I don't think many other people call it to be that either but i couldn't over how fantastically dark this piece of celuloid was...