Hollywood's Recent War Movies Portray No Bravery in America

I don't have to tell anyone that September 11 changed how safe Americans felt in the world. Our willingness to forsake our principles seemed far more acceptable in the face of our fear. Yet, there were still people who stood up, and told us to remember that principles are just ideas when they are forsaken because they are hard to keep. Hollywood and the mainstream news media couldn't be counted amongst the brave. Instead of taking the risk of changing minds, making the American people face the truth of their behavior, they grabbed their bongos and started playing the war melody.

Films tend to reflect the population who watch them. In the last year a number of movies have come out finally attempting to show the truth about the run up to Iraq, the consequences to innocent people because of the war on terror, and how our unwillingness to face our own culpability has been the cutting off of our nose to spite our face. Reviewers, probably relieved that realistic portrayals of our actions have finally have come into the mainstream media, call these movies called brave, unabashed and courageous. Many of these movies are powerful, well acted and beautifully shot but all they prove is that the American media is only brave enough to kick a dead horse.

As of late, the vast majority of American citizens want an end to the war in Iraq. They wanted it so badly, they voted in a new party into Congress in hopes things would change. It's no surprise then that Hollywood studios began to produce films reflective of the changing views in America.