The new movie about Charles Darwin, starring (former neighbors!) Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly, is having trouble finding a US distributor because it’s “controversial.”

I don’t even have words for how stupid this is. I mean, I guess there’s the old, “If you don’t want to see it, don’t go to the movie.” I don’t like Megan Fox or horror movies, so Jennifer’s Body will not be getting my $12.50. See how easy that was, Science Haters? But we could even dial it down a bit and say it’s just a story about a man who had a crisis of faith when his daughter died.

Or, you know, we could point out that saying “Evolution is just a theory” is the same as saying George W. Bush was just a government official.

But whatever. We’re apparently willing to accept giant fighting robots in movie theaters but not a movie based on a story about one of the most important scientific discoveries ever. Fine, Middle America. Deprive me of seeing this movie. Only makes me want to see it more.

Here’s the trailer:

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Muhammad Ali was in Ireland yesterday in the hometown of his Irish great grandfather. Click on the link to see Ali literally kick ass.