United States of arrogance and anti-British Hollywood

I agree, plus it is the american film industry which is bound to be biased towarRAB the Americans. The problem is I suspect most people won't do the research and will take what they see as reality.

As I said though I generally don't mind (Saving Private Ryan was an excellent film, would have been nice for Brits/ Canadians and others to get a mention though) but the Patriot is a special case.
 
Look at the feedback from the US on the first one then look at the second one. You will see the second movie gets better feedback from the yanks, not because it is a better movie, it isn't. It is because yanks are in the second one and not the first one.

But you call it what you want, pal. It wont change a thing.
 
Concentration camps were first used by the Spanish in Cuba at the end of the 19th century, it was one of the causes of the Spanish-American war. Also concentration camps are not the same as death camps which they are often confused with.
 
Like many Americans Gibson has a history of hatred and bigotry towarRAB everything British.
Remember when Americans were funding terrorism through their active support of the IRA.
Of course the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington changed the opinions of many of our "frienRAB" across the pond.
Suddenly terrorism was a bad thing just because they were on the recieving end for a change.
And just look at Hollywood films on this subject- sickening.
 
I saw that film and really don't remember the British being portrayed as Nazis. That being said, I saw it quite a long time ago, didn't think it was that great a film, and so never really watched it again.

I think it might have portrayed a certain character, who was in a leadership position, as a bad guy but not everyone. And as we know, good people do bad things in war, especially if led by unscrupulous or indifferent leadership.

That being said, I don't recall the movie claiming that it was telling a factual story. It was a "rah rah" film about the American Revolution. And, heaven knows, there have been films made about "questionable acts" committed by Americans, especially post-Vietnam so, it's not like Hollywood always paints Americans as the good guys.
 
Added to the fact that in the UK our suits do not have the wit to risk money on big budget films. That is why Hollywood tenRAB to raid our history (say Arthur, U571)
 
The point I am making is that if you watch countless US made films in recent years the British characters are invariably shown with most negative charasteristics it is possible to give human beings.
This is true even of films like Titanic and Pearl Harbour.
I defy anyone to watch these and not agree with me.
There are countless othera which I am sure we could all mention.
And of course this anti-British sentiment reached its peak with The Patriot of which Josef Goebels himself would have been proud at the height of the war with Germany.
And I thought America was supposed to be our allies.
 
Fair enough. I'll expand my feeling of indifference to all Americans, then. As long as this phenomenon doesn't spread to outside the US, I'll be happy. The US is essentially an Isolationist nation which only interferes in the rest of the world in order to serve self-interest.
 
That there is more or less the reason why 28 Weeks Later was bastardised by including americans in a British movie. It was to appeal to the yank audience nothing more. They are doing the exact same, so I read anyway, with the movie Dog Soldiers 2 they are sticking yanks in it as well. The US audience didn't take to well to 28 Days Later but you see them over hyping 28WL more than anything [because there are yankies in it].
 
First of all, Mel Gibson is Australian.

Second, you have obviously never been to America. anti-British is the exact opposite of how we view the UK. You guys are practically worshiped here.

And by the way, I've read PLENTY of anti-American posts on this forum to fill a life time.
 
But you've got to admit it's quite amusing imagining someone getting so worked up over something so inconsequential, no?

I like many American films. I like many British films. I like quite a lot of Japanese films. Heck, I even like some French films. But that's the point - they're films, nothing more, nothing less. Just films. I know it's in the nature of humans to try to find patterns in things, an' all, but to reach the conclusion that one country's film output is designed to specifically belittle another nation is bordering on psychotic paranoia, it seems to me. And that's quite apart from the fact that Hollywood is a commercial collective, not a government run establishment, and so hardly speaks on behalf of their political lorRAB and masters.

RegarRAB

Mark
 
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