Proof that America is the most mentally backward country in the word

[chaseter]

Nearly all of those were dealt with wars, guns, death, genocide, etc...Really gritty human survival stories with monsters of men.

Queen Elizabeth is an important figure, that is on the same level as movies about Presidents and people love to see movies that reveal the dark past of people that were presented as leaders of men. Darwin was an important historical figure, but his life wasn't that compelling to be a great biopic.

You can come up with 1000000 examples, keep doing it. You can type them all in here. It doesn't change the fact that distributors aren't picking it up for fear they aren't going to make a good profit. You also listed 17 films over a 20 year period. I wonder why we don't have tons of great biopic pics that are raking in the big dough. Actually I don't wonder. It is the exact same reason why the distributors didn't put it in theatres and that is that Americans don't go in hoardes to see biopics. And, as the original debate entailed, it has nothing to do with religion.

 

[chaseter]

You knew the titles and the years they came out~ I don't know what to do next.

 

[SuperFerret]

This story pretty much backs up my feeling that the world would be a whole lot better off without religion.

That's flat out wrong and you know it. Humanity has been killing each other for millenia for all kinds of reasons, including religion.

It's a shame that there's no one in the US that wants to take a chance on this movie, Darwin is an interesting figure.

 

[psychocheeseman]

just saw the trailer - it looks pretty good, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BREvUKpZTeU&feature=player_embedded#t=100

that jennifer connelly is still a fox!

 

[CelticPredator]

It's amazing how easily people get away with generalizing about Christians, but if they generalize about homosexuals or African Americans, then they get in trouble.

Because gay people dont go out and kill you for being straight. Or how most black people dont go out and kill you for being white.

I didnt know Christianity taught its members to go kill blacks. I also didn't know that Christianity was for whites only

Or, is black or white a religion in your head

My post was directed towards the one above mine. Christains have been known to kill gay people just for being gay.

However, the black comment...I dont know. I was trying to connect the KKK there...so...whatev.

 

[DBella]

just saw the trailer - it looks pretty good, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BREvUKpZTeU&feature=player_embedded#t=100

that jennifer connelly is still a fox!

Thanks for the video link, psycho.

It does look good and definitely something I'd be interested in watching.
It's good to see such a talented pair on the screen together.

 

[SuperFerret]

Christains have been known to kill gay people just for being gay.

So have people of many other groups. Homosexuals have been persecuted for being who they are for a while, it's not exclusive to Christians.

 

[Franklin Richards]

You guys made it seem as if this was a documentary or something. This is a fully realized Hollywood treatment of a film with A and B list talent.


And even pretty people to look at, if you care about that.


So White Chicks 2 will be circulated but THIS won't?


That's ****ed up.

 

[Franklin Richards]

So have people of many other groups. Homosexuals have been persecuted for being who they are for a while, it's not exclusive to Christians.

But weren't those other groups Christians too?

 

[SuperFerret]

But weren't those other groups Christians too?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

 

[chaseter]

Islamic members have persecuted and killed gays. I would even bet that atheists/agntostics have persecuted gays. Persecution is not bound to any particular religion. More importantly, it is not associated with all members of any group so using blanket statements is wrong.

 

[CelticPredator]

So have people of many other groups. Homosexuals have been persecuted for being who they are for a while, it's not exclusive to Christians.

Yes this is true...but this is about america. And the question was "Why do Christians get badmouthed, nothing happens, and if you say something about blacks or gays, everyone gets offened".

I presented my reason. You dont have to agree.

But it could also be the simple fact that Black and Gays arent religions. So....

 

[The Guard]

I was unaware Darwin had a hot wife by 2009 standards. Interesting.

Anyway, you know who's probably responsible for this? Ned Flanders.

"Can't let this little doozy get out..."

 

[bullets]

My post was directed towards the one above mine. Christains have been known to kill gay people just for being gay.

That's a monster that hides behind Christianity.

 

[Venomfan]

Islamic members have persecuted and killed gays. I would even bet that atheists/agntostics have persecuted gays. Persecution is not bound to any particular religion. More importantly, it is not associated with all members of any group so using blanket statements is wrong.

thankfully theres nothing actually in the New Testament to support the way these supposed "christians" act. they have nothing to fall back on when they do these terrible things even in the religion they claim to be doing it in the name of.

and America isn't the most backward lol, theres a whole lot less you can get released in the middle east. its too bad though for you americans that wanted to see it in the cinema. hopefully we'll get it in canada

 

[SuperFerret]

I just noticed the great irony in this thread.

 

[Suirou]

The wonders of IMDb.

Read the bolded, underlined words~ young grasshopper.

OK, so here are some reasonably successful biopics about non Americans from the past twenty years that I can think of off the top of my head:

My Left Foot (1989)
Braveheart (1995)
Michael Collins (1996)
Shine (1996)
Elizabeth (1998)
Quills (2000)
Frida (2002)
The Hours (2002)
The Pianist (2002)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Downfall (2004)
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
The Queen (2006)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
La Vie En Rose (2007)
Valkyrie (2008)

Soooo...

 

[chaseter]

Sarge has a photographic memory supported by a 60g hardrive.

 

[chamber-music]

Darwin is on British money...how is he not a British figure Franklin is on US money...is he not a US figure? Like I said, Franklin was a US figure and a global figure just like Darwin, but I guarantee you no one would care to see a movie about Franklin in Europe. So, why would distributors spend money to buy the rights when they don't think anybody will see the film

I would agree that it is partly Hollywood but this has absolutely nothing to do with religion. It is just a distributor not wanting to risk losing money, nothing else.

I didn't say Darwin is not British I said his work transcended his nationality

I don't think I saw you say Darwin was a Global figure as well but nationality aside the fact that Benjamin Franklin was an American figure does not mean people in Britain or Europe would not see a movie about him.

There have been plenty of American figures who have been portrayed on screen be they Jesse James or John Adams that have been shown in the rest of the world and had an audience regardless of if it stars a famous person or if they know about the historical figure. People watch it for entertainment


Paul bettnay was on TV talking about the movie the other day and the movie Young Victoria which he is in about Queen Victoria is even more a British figure and that has the studios having a bidding war over it at the moment and it doesn't star any A-Listers.

I have to agree that a movie about Darwin's scientific processes would be boring. A movie about the world and church reacting to them, though...that I'd go see.

Its basically one of those BBC dramas dressed up for a movie

heres the plot

CREATION is the powerful and true-life tale of Charles Darwin and the most explosive idea in history.

A world-renowned scientist, and a dedicated family man struggling to accept his daughter’s death, Darwin is torn between his love for his deeply religious wife and his own growing belief in a world where God has no place. He finds himself caught in a battle between faith and reason, love and truth. This is the extraordinary story of Charles Darwin and how his master-work “The Origin of Species” came to light. It tells of a global revolution played out in the confines of a small English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the most provocative idea in history – evolution; and a theory saved from extinction by the logic of a child.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Read the bolded, underlined words~ young grasshopper.

that still doesn't mean he used IMDB for the dates... he just could have typed in the bio movies he knew of off the top of his head. It's not really hard to remember movie titles... the years yea... but not the titles

 

[Backdrifter]

This article features some really shoddy journalism.

Somebody made a movie about Darwin > American distributors won't pick it up > IT'S THE CHRISTIAN'S FAULT!

Could it possibly be because this movie won't make any money in this country? Without generalizing too much, I think most of the people who would go see this film would go out of some kind of principled response. An act of rebellion, or what have you. Frankly, a movie about Darwin sounds boring.

Really? That's not journalism. That is thinly veiled hatred and intolerance.

 

[Majic Walrus]

This article features some really shoddy journalism.

Somebody made a movie about Darwin > American distributors won't pick it up > IT'S THE CHRISTIAN'S FAULT!

Could it possibly be because this movie won't make any money in this country? Without generalizing too much, I think most of the people who would go see this film would go out of some kind of principled response. An act of rebellion, or what have you. Frankly, a movie about Darwin sounds boring.

Really? That's not journalism. That is thinly veiled hatred and intolerance.

qft. A movie about Darwin doesn't sound interesting because I'm not really into his particular field of science and frankly I don't see a lot of drama involved.

With few exceptions the majority of Sarge's Massive Mind List were movies that took place during a war or civil upheaval at a time when there was a lot of stuff going on that was changing the world.

Darwin by comparison looks rather boring.

 

[The Battousai]

If anyone has seen NOVA's version of Darwin's exploits, you'll see potential for some poignant drama (though it's not incredibly frequent). It all depends on how the narrative flows.