This article (and subject) makes me glad that I live in the UK

Ya, Americans are pretty fucking stupid.

" Ya, Americans are pretty fucking stupid. "

You people do realize that this is an American website made by Americans right? You should maybe consider that before bashing us. Besides, I have yet to see one shred of evidence that proves any form of human evolution. In all the thousands of years since we have been keeping history records we are still the same genetically.

"  "It is unbelievable to us that this is still a really hot potato in America. There's still a great belief that He made the world in six days. It's quite difficult for we in the UK to imagine religion in America. We live in a country which is no longer so religious. But in the US, outside of New York and LA, religion rules."  I agree with this. You'd think the most powerful nation on the Earth would have more sence then founding their nation on old stories.  " The film has sparked fierce debate on US Christian websites, with a typical comment dismissing evolution as "a silly theory with a serious lack of evidence to support it despite over a century of trying"".    Typical religious ignorance here. Darwin's theory has been prooven by advanced cell theory. "

" ... surely films like The Exorcist are far more insulting to Christianity than this? "

my views are that America is the most messed up country and nation and i enjoy sitting on my ass overseas and watching this fucked up shit go on.. 

Dear god let's circle jerk some more, that'll make good conversation. Most of the stuff in this thread is as bad as this could every be. I'm religious but I believe in evolution do I get a prize? I'll be the first to get annoyed at a intolerant and often unwilling to even listen to argument, christian but from what I've seen here at least, non-religious people are exactly the same if not worse.

 [The film has sparked fierce debate on US Christian websites, with a typical comment dismissing evolution as "a silly theory with a serious lack of evidence to support it despite over a century of trying".]
 
Yes. Where as we all know God is real because of the  ...um  ...uhhh ...things ...and ...um ...stuff.
 
I choose to blame inbreeding.

I don't think this is a case of religious persecution against Charles Darwin.
 
I think it's more of a "what kind of red-blooded American would want to watch this boring-ass movie about science?!"
 
Which is bullshit thinking because I, an American, would gladly pirate this movie.

Don't forget that the USA are a young country, so it's understandable they can't handle the whole religion thing properly yet. It took hundreds of years for Central Europe to get a somewhat solid grip on the concept of secularism, America just isn't there yet.

" Don't forget that the USA are a young country, so it's understandable they can't handle the whole religion thing properly yet. It took hundreds of years for Central Europe to get a somewhat solid grip on the concept of secularism, America just isn't there yet. "

It really does anger me just how ignorant some people are.

" Religious people are always hating on something that threatens their beliefs or encourages independent thinking. "

I'm surprised no film studios at least picked it up for a limited release. They had that Religulous movie, and books like 'The God Delusion' and 'God is Not Great' have been on the NY Times best seller lists, so I don't know why they think nobody would go see this movie. I also find it hard to believe that only 39% of people believe in evolution. This seriously makes me want to get that picture of a monkey turning into a man painted on the side of a van and go drive around the bible belt.

" @creamypies said:

" ... surely films like The Exorcist are far more insulting to Christianity than this? "

I imagine the opposite is true. At least at the church level. Movies like The Exorcist seem to instill the fear of God, which is of course good for churches. I know completely non-religious people who, as children, began praying nightly after that movie.  As to how this relates to America vs. UK ... WTF? I ain't even American, nor do I make it a habit to defend ignorance. But this is not true censorship. This is business. If I wrote this topic, I'd call it "This article (and subject) is why I'm glad I'm not a businessman".  Also, England has actually banned video games. America on the other hand has not. "

" @Damian said:

" @creamypies said:

" ... surely films like The Exorcist are far more insulting to Christianity than this? "

I imagine the opposite is true. At least at the church level. Movies like The Exorcist seem to instill the fear of God, which is of course good for churches. I know completely non-religious people who, as children, began praying nightly after that movie.  As to how this relates to America vs. UK ... WTF? I ain't even American, nor do I make it a habit to defend ignorance. But this is not true censorship. This is business. If I wrote this topic, I'd call it "This article (and subject) is why I'm glad I'm not a businessman".  Also, England has actually banned video games. America on the other hand has not. "

True, but the banning of a videogame is alot more understandable due to the level of interactivity. You watch a Saw film, and you're watching someone else subject people to these horrific things. Whereas, if you then go play a game like Manhunt... you yourself are the one making the decision of what, when, how and why you are going to commit these same things. But the point here is, there is nothing in this Darwin film that is offensive in any way. It's just showing the life of one of the most noteworthy people in recent history. I don't see how this can be banned and something like Ted Bundy can be allowed out? Surely the latter conveys much more upsetting material than the Darwin film. I think the banning of either medium in MOST circumstances is utterly ridiculous. Surely, that's why age ratings exist... right? "

" @Br3adfan said:

" Religious people are always hating on something that threatens their beliefs or encourages independent thinking. "

hey im religious, admittedly muslim, but religious nonetheless.  don't group us all together "

I remember as a teenager, having to push past religious protesters in the 70s, so I could see Monty Python and The Life of Brian.  That wasn't America.  Relgious ignorance and intolerance seeme more prevalent in the USA though.  Polls conducted have shown that AMericans will not vote (enough) for a President  who is an atheist, an adulterer yes, as long as he believes in god. 
 
I am still amused by the fact that the movie The Madness of King George (III) did not have the use of the III because it would confuse Americans, having not seen George I and George II.  Although the story is exaggerated with time, it is born in truth.

Hello, it's the US after all. What do you expect?

It just looks like a boring movie honestly. I would much rather watch Religilous, and that has to be way more controversial than this, and even that was played across the U.S.
 
Maybe it's just a shitty movie.

also bill maher's movies was good but not controversial 

Religion is the downfall of humanity. It's gotten us nowhere yet it's still going strong. Glad I realized this at an early age. I can't imagine being 50 and still believing that silly stuff.

Well that sucks.  I was looking forward to this movie.  Looks like I will have to import it.

I'll bet you 100 pounds that if the movie had Jesus winning a "no holds bared cage match" against Charles Darwin, we would see that movie go state side.

Dozens upon dozens of movies 50 times more controversial than that Darwin bio get released yearly here.  
It's a financial decision. They're not picking it up because they don't think they can make a profit off of it. It has nothing to do with some nutty religious blockade preventing the movie from being picked up - if any major distributor thought they could turn a dime on it they'd grab it in a second. Those silly Christian websites complain about everything - they have no bearing on what is released here.... that's not how the movie industry works in the US. The majority of people here are religious and evolution is still a touchy subject (which is a shame) but those niche religious groups in no way determine what movies see widespread release - dollars and cents do. Hardcore Christians protest each and every installment of the Harry Potter movies (due to their promotion of witchcraft or some such nonsense,) do you think those protests cause Warner Bros. to think twice about distributing the films? Not for a fraction of a second. 
Bill Maher just released a movie that centered around him ridiculing all mainstream religions for about an hour and a half into widespread release. 
Getting released isn't the problem - finding the audience is. If this movie isn't released here it won't be because of fear of a religious backlash, it will be because of fear of not finding an audience (wasting all of the money spent purchasing the rights, marketing, and distributing it.)

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974014/
 
The release date is September 25th of this year. So I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they had only recently started shopping around for distributors. It sounds to me like they're having trouble finding a distributor, and trying to push all the blame on religion. A film like this is a hard sell even if it's devoid of religious controversy. I'm sure it's a great film, but it's not going to break any box office records. I think it's a little silly for anyone involved with the film trying to claim that they can't find a distributor because we're too religious over here, and we won't allow it. Now, I'm sure there are some distributors who feel that way, but it'd be hard not to find a distributor in Hollywood who's ok with Darwin.

" @creamypies: I could build a tall wall of text right here about how much the systematic censorship in my continent (North America) pisses me off.  "

Gah, every time I see something like this a little part of me dies.

Would you really want to go see a move about Charles Darwin? Fifteen bucks (ticket, popcorn, coke) for a flic about a guy on a ship going around the world looking at animals?

Sorority Row is a decent movie to show to American's though. Darwin is too much for us, but when it comes to hot girls gettin' murdered, bring it on!

Hahaha, them Yankees never change...