Hollywood Double Standards+ American Ones.

I've noticed this before but these are two blatant examples.

THE PATRIOT a film from 2000 starring Mel Gibson. It was about a small band of American rebels led by Mel Gibson against the British during the War of Independence. The movie carefully made the British out to be really bad guys. However if you watch the film the rebels are using basic rebel moves such as ambushes that are used all over the world. Basically, in England the film would have been titled THE TERRORIST.

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR. Tom Hanks plays a US congressman who arranges aid to the Afghan rebels when the Soviets invaded in the 80's, eventually leading to the Soviet withdrawal. I noticed two things about this film.

Except for one short sequence the Russians are never seen getting killed. It concentrates mostly on equipment such as helicopters being destroyed. The one short sequence with Russians is similar to The Patriot in that the Russians are portrayed as really bad guys.

The US is basically accusing the Iranians of arranging aid to the Afghans currently fighting the Americans in Afghanistan. Therefore the same film could be made from the Iranian point of view at some point in the future.

I'm not saying the Americans are wrong, I just think it's a bit of a double standard.