Die Hard made us feel proud to be american

Die Hard made us feel proud to be american Mar 31, 2017 15:55:46 GMT

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Post by kingkoopa on Mar 31, 2017 15:55:46 GMT

Mar 31, 2017 7:44:10 GMT joekiddlouischama said:

Mar 29, 2017 3:55:04 GMT ck100 said:

This isn't the 1980's. The Cold War has long been over and the U.S.S.R is gone.

I remember Rambo II being such a big box office success during this time of Americans being proud to be American.

The USSR is gone, but all of its adherents are not. I will be curious to see if Russians again start figuring heavily as Hollywood villains over the next few years.

I wonder this too...especially with the current political climate (which I have no desire to explore here).

I tend to think that 9/11 changed everything. I know that's a cliche, but watching a movie like "True Lies", with a Middle-Eastern terrorist as the villain, is kind of a different experience these days. 'Terrorists' became the new 'Russians' in a lot of American films, but the tone of action films in general seemed to get a lot more somber...probably due to the wound of the attack and the ongoing wars being still a bit fresh.

I miss movies like "Top Gun." Hope we can get back to that sort of climate.