DarthBrooks: Liberal snuff film.

Remember when Kevin Smith made great movies?

What?

And no.

Does anyone actually have an explanation for the title? I like Kevin Smith, so I'll be a bit disappointed if there is some sort of knock that all "red states" are full of sociopathic religious nut jobs. Apart from Mississippi, anyway.

log_jammin: I rarely say this but....That was one shiatty trailer, even for just a teaser.

still hope it's a good movie.

Not enough words flying at your face?

Nabb1: Does anyone actually have an explanation for the title? I like Kevin Smith, so I'll be a bit disappointed if there is some sort of knock that all "red states" are full of sociopathic religious nut jobs. Apart from Mississippi, anyway.

I get the feeling it's a horror film double entendre. But what do I know? Come on, everybody! Let's drag the rotting, reeking carcass of the politics tab into the showbiz tab, and inject some prickly Christmas cheer!

Soonerpsycho: Not enough words flying at your face?

Or whooshing noises? Or some guy with throat cancer speaking entirely in sentence fragments that begin with prepositions?

HappyTheDog: If that's the case, why is it called red state?
Fred Phelps is a Democrat.

Fred Phelps transcends normal labels. He is not conservative. He is not liberal. He is dogshiat. Walking, talking, dogshiat.

notimeforhippies: Looks like porn for Christian haters. Hopefully it won't be couched that way but rather as a really scary horror flick. Religious nutjobs can be dang scary. (Ask Berg and Pearl.)

Would this movie have ever been made if the religion that these people were bonkers for was Islam? The irony is that if there were Christians out there who were this nuts Kevin Smith would never have had the balls to make this film. This film is proof of the tolerance of the Christian community.

Not really so much as the fact that the majority of the United States would like to see each and every crazy fundie involved in a terrorist bombing thrown into the deepest, darkest, derpiest hole they could find.

Trust me, if the southern, evangelical nutjobs (like Phelps and his ilk) thought they could get away with blowing people up and/or mowing down a bunch of non-believers like some of the crazy fundamentalist Muslim groups in Buttfarkistan can get away with it (or stoning rape victims...) because their governments allow it, they would in a heart beat. Notice that the Muslims that live and work in the US don't go around blowing shiat up either.

Religion is religion, and the only reason that the current brand of nutjobs haven't gone so far is that our country won't sanction or turn a blind eye to it.

Now, as to why Smith chose to go after this religion: He said that after watching Phelps and his ilk, he could see them forming a little cult in the middle of nowhere and killing a bunch of folks that they deem unbelievers. He just wanted to make a thriller, and it seemed like decent material to work with. He's not insulting Christians (he's a Catholic himself), he's insulting idiots.

captain_heroic44: Nabb1: Does anyone actually have an explanation for the title? I like Kevin Smith, so I'll be a bit disappointed if there is some sort of knock that all "red states" are full of sociopathic religious nut jobs. Apart from Mississippi, anyway.

How come it's acceptable for Fox to be fair and balanced, but it is unacceptable for Kevin Smith to be fair and balanced the other way?

Thing is, Fox News pretends to be, you know, NEWS. This is just a movie. And a silly thriller/horror movie at that. I don't think it's supposed to be any grand political statement anymore than "The Bone Collector" or "Seven" was supposed to be.

captain_heroic44: Nabb1: Does anyone actually have an explanation for the title? I like Kevin Smith, so I'll be a bit disappointed if there is some sort of knock that all "red states" are full of sociopathic religious nut jobs. Apart from Mississippi, anyway.

How come it's acceptable for Fox to be fair and balanced, but it is unacceptable for Kevin Smith to be fair and balanced the other way?

Honestly, does nonsense like that seem intelligent to you before you write it and hit "Add Comment"?

Any Pie Left: i still have no idea what this movie is about.

Crazy American religious zealots with guns are afraid of the feds taking their guns and religion away. The feds investigate them and then the crazies fire at the feds, and then the feds shoot back. Then Jay dances naked to the tune of "Car Wash" at the end. Silent Bob holds the boom box.

That doesn't look like a Kevin Smith movie at all. Seriously, he sucks. I don't understand how his movies (after Clerks) get any funding at all.

coco ebert: Seriously, he sucks. I don't understand how his movies (after Clerks) get any funding at all.

Stab in the dark here, but I think it has something to do with profitable return on investment.

Axana: I watched the trailer and then went to the Wikipedia to figure out what the hell I just watched.

"Red State begins by following three horny high school boys who come across an online ad from an older woman looking for a gang bang. Boys being boys, they hit the road to satisfy their libidinal urges. But what begins as a fantasy takes a dark turn as they come face-to-face with a terrifying "holy" force with a fatal agenda."

Yeah, I didn't get that from the trailer at all.

/waiting for the inevitable "go back to watching Michael Bay movies you uneducated heathen" response

It didn't have that feel, no. I didn't get the horny teenage thing either. But personally, that Wiki description doesn't sound right. I mean, Smith said that he wanted to play this one straight. And that description sounds like the setup to one of his comedies.

Not putting it past him, or saying that it's wrong, but it just doesn't sound right.

SharkTrager: 2chris2: In case you didn't realize it, the movie is at least somewhat based on the westboro baptist people:

Which makes the title Red State total fail.

Or, it's just a catchy name that let's people know the basic concept?

/it's just a freaking horror/thriller
//stop freaking out over a title