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True Blue (1996)
I wish I'd seen it sooner
I just caught this on DVD (2005) , and wish I'd seen it on release. I know little of the inner workings of the Blue Universities , or rowing , but of course being an Englishman always watch the boat race , and have since childhood. It was quite revealing how involved Americans are at Oxford , and the on board filming , and location shots were excellent. The first scenes showed a threat to takeover by the yanks , but slowly throughout the film the real metal of men was tested until the best comment in the movie summed it all up "It isn't great oarsman that win the boat race but great men" or words to that effect , which left the yank speechless. The whole film slowly revealed what type of man makes a good eights rower , and what is lacking in American character . A brilliant education in what it means to be British , and why we will always be superior to Americans. The one thing missing was some basic background in rowing rules , like the seat tests ? and stations ? etc.
Starship Troopers (1997)
Who are the bugs?
I enjoyed this film hugely , but who are the bugs exactly ? It's obvious that the military personnel are a send up on Nazi's , especially the mind reading gestapo . But are the bugs portraying Jews ? Or just substandard humans , the genetically impure ? I notice that there are very very few blacks anywhere as well. Satire yup , Nazi propaganda , yup , anti Semitic ? It appeared that way to me . I especially liked the advertising , the clever portrayal of web/TV integration , but was annoyed there was seemingly little imaginative advance in weapons technology. There is so much pro USA propaganda in the movies today , that this was a refreshingly blatant send up.