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* Many, many mobster movies, such as ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'', ''[[Goodfellas]]'', ''[[Casino]]'' and ''[http://chud.com/articles/articles/14228/1/YOU-GOT-IT-ALL-WRONG-DAY-FOUR/Page1.html Scarface]''. Far too many people see the big houses, beautiful women, expensive cars, and fancy suits and think of the protagonists as "men of honor". They completely forget that the characters are thieves, murderers, and drug dealers who lose everything and everybody close to them by the end. Worse still in that some of these movies are based on real events. The horrible things that the lead does in ''[[Goodfellas]]'' have [[Real Life]] analogues: ''[[Goodfellas]]'' was [[The Movie of the Book|The Movie]] of a nonfiction book. Henry Hill is a real person.

** ''[[Casino]]'' is also [[The Movie of the Book|The Movie]] of another nonfiction book by the same author, Nicholas Pileggi. Ace Rothstein was based on an actual guy, though the name was changed and Ace is comparatively less of a thuggish bastard, if only by virtue of certain incidents not making it into the film.

** ''Taxi Driver'' scriptwriter Paul Schrader blames [[Executive Meddling]] for the intentional toning down of Travis Bickle's racism (he was much more susceptible to muttering about the N-words and W-words, in addition to inciting hate crimes), thus making DeNiro's character a complex counterculture icon rather than the paranoid, simpleminded racist the character was intended to be.

* As [[Clive Barker]], creator of the ''[[Hellraiser (Film)|Hellraiser]]'' series, put it, "You've got Pinhead, who hasn't done a single decent thing in eight movies, and still gets mail from women who want to have his children."

* ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' is strongly remembered for [[John Travolta (Creator)]]'s iconic disco dance sequence at the end. However, within the movie itself, it is strongly implied that Travolta and his partner are actually the LEAST impressive dancers in the competition, and the only reason they win over their black and Puerto Rican opponents is because the judges are racist.

** Travolta's character recognizes this and in disgust gives the trophy to the runner-up couple. It shatters his vision of himself and makes him want to move beyond the shallow lifestyle he built around disco. The movie is remembered for how glamorous it made disco look.

** There's an actual school of thought behind this, do not recall the name for it but some 'moderate nazis/racists' advocate recruiting self-haters to fight in the streets while at the same time aiding those proud of their heritage to make enough to move home, and 'out of their country.' The most famous proponent of this school of thought is of course David Duke, followed by .

* [[YouTube]] comments on ''[[Red Dawn]]'' indicate that there is a small fandom who do not see it as the pro-American film that was intended. This fandom sees the Wolverines as Iraqis, Afghans, Vietnamese, Palestinians, or guerilla fighters from any other nation occupied by America or an ally of America. The Russians in the film are seen as Americans.

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