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When was the last time you sat in a theater in a foreign country and watched an American made film and the crowd response?

I'm a sailor. I've seen numerous American films in foreign countries. Most recently less than a year ago. In Dubai (yep, an Arab/Muslim country) our films are the practically the only ones shown in the multiplexes. And yes, the audiences love them. If they didn't, they wouldn't be profitable to show.

But don't take my word for it. Look at foreign box office grosses. Sure, some films are bigger hits internationally than others, but the big-budget action flicks tend to rake in cash worldwide. Nobody makes mindless, effect-laden blockbusters better than we do.

I might be a tad thick headed but how does foreigners liking our movies make them like the American government?

Most of the films I have seen coming out of Hollywood the bad guys are employed by the American government.

I do agree that the foreign audiences pack the movie theaters but then again what type of message are they receiving as to how Americans act and live.

I have sat in theaters and heard audiences whistle and clap approval when the American military took a bullet from the terrorist.

No those audiences were not in San Francisco or Berkeley.

So we might just have a difference of opinion as to how audiences react to certain films.