I've recently mentioned this in the "Movies I've Just Seen" thread but...
London Has Fallen has a sickening amount of Patriotism (American) ((I don't know if we can say we're put off my by patriotism of other countries)) that borders on the psychopathic.
I'm not going to explain the whole film but there are examples throughout, some top examples:
-Gerard Butler's character spends the latter half of the film bossing around SAS and saying how useless British intelligence is and how if he was in charge of London, this wouldn't have happened.
I can tell you that as a non-American, I roll my eyes every time I see a slo-mo american flag waving in a movie.
Canada's patriotism is locked in a small vial in the basement of a Bank of Montreal somewhere I think. Everyone gets a microdrop on Canada Day and back into the vault it goes.
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
Of course. I also get offended by people rooting for my local sports teams and anything that promotes the university I attended.
American exceptionalism carries through tons of movies in much more subtle ways, which is still pretty ham-fisted.I can tell you that as a non-American, I roll my eyes every time I see a slo-mo american flag waving in a movie.
This.Not just in movies, yeah.
Patriotism done right can be acceptable, see Independence Day
Patriotism that present only for the sake of patriotism is stupid, see Raimi Spider-Man
That shit makes my eyes roll, and I'm an American.
That was put in Spiderman since it was out pretty soon after 9-11
The screenshot I grabbed was from Spider-Man 3 which was from 2007.
Why are we #1 again? Surely not for our education or politics, lol.Nope. I like it. USA #1
I also don't care if I'm watching an international flick and it happens to be patriotic. I think that shit is cool.
Oh really? I remember them adding something to the first Spiderman.
Yes, the ending of Raimi Spiderman 1 made me cringe hard.
Authentic historical photos don't count.
If we think we're #1 long enough it might come true!Why are we #1 again? Surely not for our education or politics, lol.
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