ARGO

[hairlesswookiee]

 

[Bullseye]

The thing to remember most movies made in Hollywood will always deminish the efforts of other countries in movies like this whether its the Canadians in Argo or non-American troops in WWII movies. American audiences in general are not interested in non-American heros.

 

[The Josh]

I don't know about that.

 

[Bullseye]

Do you think a movie on say Monty or Zhukov would do well at the box office in the US where most movies are made. BTW I believe the same to be true of most countries. They have no real interest in other countries heros.

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

Do you think a movie on say Monty or Zhukov would do well at the box office in the US where most movies are made. BTW I believe the same to be true of most countries. They have no real interest in other countries heros.

I agree with what your saying however I disagree about having no interest at all in other countries heroes. If your talking real life historical hero's yes, but fictional hero's no. Batman, superman, marvel movies do very well in other countries. Also Clint Eastwoods Letters to Iwo Jima movie portrayed the Japanese as heroes and it was received very well here in the states. But ya movies about specific historical figures that have no relevance or association with america will not be very popular.

 

[IrishJedi]

ARGO. Great, well-made movie.

/End discussion

 

[darthviper107]

Do you think a movie on say Monty or Zhukov would do well at the box office in the US where most movies are made. BTW I believe the same to be true of most countries. They have no real interest in other countries heros.

2010, The King's Speech won best picture.

 

[Bullseye]

2010, The King's Speech won best picture.

Oscars and box office don't correlate. How much did it make at the US box office?

 

[Eli26]

People are hypocritical.

 

[darthviper107]

$138 million which is a very high amount for a film like that. If you want to go for box office, Skyfall, a film about a British hero made over $300 million in the U.S.

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

$138 million which is a very high amount for a film like that. If you want to go for box office, Skyfall, a film about a British hero made over $300 million in the U.S.

Its a fictional hero though.

 

[Snadinator]

People are hypocritical.

They certainly are. If an oscar awarded film that depicted the American's involvement as a footnote in WW2 and acted like it was the true story, these same defensive people would cry bloody murder.

 

[Eli26]

Its a fictional hero though.

No more fictional than Argo is... hehe

I tease... I enjoyed it. It did its job.

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

They certainly are. If an oscar awarded film that depicted the American's involvement as a footnote in WW2 and acted like it was the true story, these same defensive people would cry bloody murder.

Wasn't letter to Iwo jima nominated??? That didn't portray america as heroes, in fact it did the opposite. Showed them as bullies crushing an undermanned an out guned band of Japanese soldiers.

 

[The Josh]

Do you think a movie on say Monty or Zhukov would do well at the box office in the US where most movies are made. BTW I believe the same to be true of most countries. They have no real interest in other countries heros.

They might. It all depends on how the event was in real life and how it might pull people in. Living in the US I feel I can say we love history even if its world history.

 

[darthviper107]

Its a fictional hero though.

Does it matter?

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

Does it matter?

Box office returns prove it does. Name a movie about a real British hero which had no involvement with the US that generated huge box office returns in the US? Box office returns equals interest

In addition name a american movie about a real historical american hero that generated huge box office returns in england (one that had no involvement with British history- or that had no impact on england)

You may find one but it will take a lot of research lol

 

[CriterionCollector]

Box office returns prove it does. Name a movie about a real British hero which had no involvement with the US that generated huge box office returns in the US? Box office returns equals interest

In addition name a american movie about a real historical american hero that generated huge box office returns in england (one that had no involvement with British history- or that had no impact on england)

You may find one but it will take a lot of research lol

Lawrence of Arabia

 

[BadMoon]

People are hypocritical.

Argo **** yourself.

 

[Skywalker(OG)Kush]

Lawrence of Arabia

Nice work! I stand corrected. Either way its not very common