jimbow8 Wrote:You've got to be kidding me! Take this with a grain of salt because I haven't seen the movie yet, but that sure sounds like nationalistic paranoia. But I'm not sure because your question is rather vague and un-grammatical.

RichE Wrote:Well... I have seen the film a few times with others who pretty much felt the same way I did. In fact, I understand one of the big names behind the movie (and I'm trying to find out who) actually came out during a ralley in London calling the United States one of the most dangerous countries today that pushes cowboy imperialism on third world countries.

bones weep tedium Wrote:Just watched this movie, thought it was awful. Really regret wasting £3.50 of my hard earned cash on it.

I didn't detect any particular anti-US feelings in this movie --- the sniper and the doctor-ette both died to save the kids, and the commander fella who made the decision to make everybody still moving a target for extermination was shown to be introspective and reluctant to do it. He wasnt the usual 'yee-haw!' good ol'boy that you'd expect in an anti-US movie.

I think instead that there is an anti-military vibe to this film, and the dehumanizing effect that chain of command has on people. It just so happened that the army guys were all american.

Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Funny how it "just so happened..."

jimbow8 Wrote:Are you unfamiliar with this plot device? In many (most?) zombie movies the epidemic is the result of government incompetence or coverup of some sort.

Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:My point was, it was funny how they just happened to be American. But it's great to see you back, Jim. Even though you seem to be as deeply in thrall to Questionable Powers as ever.:p

jimbow8 Wrote:Funny how the bad guys in Raiders "just so happened" to be Nazis ... and a Frenchman. Funny how the bad guys in The Siege "just so happened" to be Muslims. How the bad guy in The Tomb "just so happened" to be Indian or how the bad guy in Gateways "just so happened" to be a black woman. Would you have been complaining if the soldiers had "just so happened" to be French soldiers?

The point being you can find an example of any type of "bias" you want if you look for it.

This is a mountain being made of a molehill.

Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:My point was, it was funny how they just happened to be American.

bones weep tedium Wrote:Still, I think it's a bit far fetched to say that the film is anti-American, when most of the Americans in it are really sympathetic characters.

In the first one, the Britishe soldiers at the end were horrid characters, yet no one ever accuses it of being an Anti-British movie

Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Have the filmmakers spoken about this question?