from imdb.com: But Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post suggests that the movie may be ill-timed. "Blacksburg is still numb. The rest of us are still reeling. And Hot Fuzz, which pokes fun at America's fetishistic gun culture while deliriously wallowing in it, now arrives on screens striking a tone of antic overkill that, from its giddy lock-and-load sight gags to its climactic shootout on a placid village green, right this minute seems oddly tone-deaf and tasteless."
The Virginia Tech shooting is definitely tragic and my heart goes out to those that are affected by a crazy person. But condemning a movie that was filmed last year and has been known about for months just because it is released the weekend after a horrible event is close-minded and hyper-politically correctness-sensitivity overboard.
If you didn't like the movie (Hot Fuzz, a British parody of American action/cop/buddy movies), just say so. Don't bring in outside news events that just happen to correlate to a minuscule degree. If Ms. Hornaday is trying to call the film distributors to act with corporate responsibly, maybe she should call on the news stations that blare the non-stop violence 24/7 when an act of violence happens.
If Ms. Hornaday is using this viewpoint to explain why the movie may not do well at the box office, I think she should focus on her job and review movies, not estimate movie grosses or call it "tasteless".
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