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* ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'': Generally discussed as a anti-war film, there is a strong positive side. Both the book and film depict the horror of the mission but also the extraordinary success and tenacity of the Americans in completing the raid: less than two hundred men engage in a firefight with several thousand Somalis kill 1,000 of them, even with serious problems in command and control hindering the raid.
* The ''[[Star Wars]]'' films. It's right there in the title. The enemies are dehumanized (faceless stormtroopers or mindless droids) and portrayed as evil.<ref>though with the prequels it's not as clear what makes the Separatists the bad guys</ref> The Rebels are ragtag bunch of heroes and the Empire as an evil oppressive regime. In any case, all battle scenes in the series are played for action and excitement.
* The infamous ''[[Mortal Kombat: Annihilation]]'' has [[Evil Overlord|Shao Khan]] saying, "Earth is under attack, and [[
* Discussed in Buffalo Soldiers, war my be hell, but waiting around as a US soldier on a military base in East Germany with nothing to do is nearly as bad. When one of the soldiers is beaten up for walking on the wrong part of the base he points out how his fathers war friends are the best of friends, how they still meet up every year, even 45 years later (the films is incidentally set against the fall of the wall).
* ''[[Casablanca]]'': Being [[Up to Eleven|on the run from Nazis]] with your home conquered and a price on your head sounds like a [[Screw the War, We're Partying|a non-stop party]].
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