Re: (OT) Pearl Harbor was; Re: Final Fantasy

At 08:45  14/04/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Derek Fulton wrote:
> > I seen the trailer for Pearl Harbor and can only hope the movie
isn't just
> > a bunch of Americans 'sucking it up' after being 'surprised' by the
> > faceless Japanese, the movie poster I've seen shows no names of
actors who
> > I might guess portray 'Japanese characters'.
>
>	  According to this, they *are* trying to put a human face
>	  on the Japanese.  This is a practical consideration, as they
>	  will also be marketing this movie in Japan.
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010411/en/film-pearl_1.html

Read the article and I'm yet to see anyone put forward a 'Japanese' 
character of note. It's important to remember that the American movie 
industry makes films for AMERICA and other markets are just a bonus. In 
fact it just confirmed my suspicions of the makers using the 'Titanic' 
factor, some of the posters I have seen suggest it and the article
confirms 
it. To me it suggests the makers of the film don't have a high opinion
of 
the target audience.

Derek

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