Uh-oh. Proud, flag-waving Americans are OUTRAGED this evening after Seth Rogen tweeted a controversial hot take about American Sniper, the biopic about Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle that made beau coup money at the box office this weekend. Though Rogen was the subject of so much American pride just a few weeks ago when he told North Korea to suck it, he is now being compared to Michael Moore.
The beloved stoner funnyman — a CANADIAN, too — tweeted that Clint Eastwood’s drama about one of America’s deadliest snipers reminded him of the Nazi propaganda movie shown in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds.
American Sniper kind of reminds me of the movie that's showing in the third act of Inglorious Basterds.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 18, 2015
Stolz der Nation a.k.a. Nation’s Pride is the name of the movie-within-a-movie (directed by Eli Roth!) and it’s about a Nazi sniper. You probably recall it being used before the entire theater of Nazi officers was set on fire in Tarantino’s WWII flick.
Fighting words like that, of course, are sparking ire from the Internet. For example, Dean Cain, a friend of Kyle’s and the actor who plays Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, wants to kick his ass:
https://twitter.com/RealDeanCain/status/557104417816584192
And this guy is really mad for supporting The Interview in the first place:
@Sethrogen classless hack. We supported you with the interview and you pull this? Fuck you.
— Chris Ocasio Cortez- Keck/ PHD (kinda sorta) (@keck1157) January 19, 2015
It goes on and on and on and on:
https://twitter.com/Txsrowdy10Ron/status/557330863621668866
https://twitter.com/pandemoniumcirc/status/557330825554190336
https://twitter.com/fox8111ROLLTIDE/status/557330802984615936
There are literally thousands and thousands more tweets like this. And now Rogen is backtracking.
I just said something "kinda reminded" me of something else. I actually liked American Sniper. It just reminded me of the Tarantino scene.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 19, 2015
I wasn't comparing the two. Big difference between comparing and reminding. Apples remind me of oranges. Can't compare them, though.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 19, 2015
But if you were having a slow news day, you're welcome for me giving you the opportunity to blow something completely out of proportion.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 19, 2015