Foreigners In American Made Films: Iparticipate 5

Ben Browning

American films can sometimes be offensive to the foreigners in the films.  Sometimes it gives foreigners a good name in films.  It all depends on the film and what kind of movie it is.  For example, in war movies we see foreigners as enemies because they were during that time.  When people see those movies they automatically think that those type of foreigners are bad people.  We stereotype when we see movies.  in other movies such as slumdog millionaire and Rush Hour 2, that take place in a foreign country, we can somewhat relate to them because we see how they live. 

As I said before war movies such as Lone Survivor makes the audience hate the foreigners in the film but because they are enemies at that time.  Just because they are enemies in that movie does not mean that all of their people are like that.  Later on in that movie the main character receives help from some local foreigners.  I enjoy this part of the movie because it shows that everyone in that area are not bad people.  As I said before when American made films take place in other countries it shows how they live and how foreigners are not much different then us Americans.

I do not think the foreigners skin color or anything of that matter make a difference on how we picture them in movies.  I believe it all matters on how the movie portrays the foreign characters.  Just like a foreign love interest is exotic and a foreign leader can be intimidating and cause the audience not to like that specific character.  Yes some movies portray foreign characters as bad people but that does not mean that all foreign character of that nationality are bad people.

I believe that a lot of  American movies show us foreigners as us Americans see them.  Which is not right, but the film makers do this for the film.  The audience members need to look pas this and understand that it is just a movie and it is not like that in real life.  Some films show a positive side of foreign countries.