The plot of the 3rd movie is also because America or at least partly. The sandman became a criminal because he couldn't afford care for his incredibly sick daughter otherwise.
There's so many movie plots like that too. It's normalized.
Also this military installation (I think) surveyed an anomaly during an experiment and they failed to do any kind of follow up. It's the kind of homer Simpson level of incompetence that the US is known for (at least where I live).
I'd expand that to American movie plots that are about the normalised urge to lay your hands on a million bucks that are potentially available for one reason or another.
Suddenly half of US American movies (and many others) are like that. And not just from recent decades.
The first few time I was like: why does the movie assume that this is a primal urge, almost like sex?
Why is it presumed that everybody wants to lay their hands on that money? Why is shrugging and saying "meh, I don't care about money that much" never an option?
Now I just accept that this is a deep-seated part of US American culture.
The live action Lilo and Stitch also has a plot point where Lilo goes to the hospital and Nani can't pay for it because she doesn't have insurance. I turned to my mom in the theater and said "this wouldn't be happening in Canada"
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Stolas@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 1d
The plot of the 3rd movie is also because America or at least partly. The sandman became a criminal because he couldn't afford care for his incredibly sick daughter otherwise.
There's so many movie plots like that too. It's normalized.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 9 pts · 1d
Breaking Bad comes to mind.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 23h
Also this military installation (I think) surveyed an anomaly during an experiment and they failed to do any kind of follow up. It's the kind of homer Simpson level of incompetence that the US is known for (at least where I live).
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 3h
I'd expand that to American movie plots that are about the normalised urge to lay your hands on a million bucks that are potentially available for one reason or another.
Suddenly half of US American movies (and many others) are like that. And not just from recent decades.
The first few time I was like: why does the movie assume that this is a primal urge, almost like sex?
Why is it presumed that everybody wants to lay their hands on that money? Why is shrugging and saying "meh, I don't care about money that much" never an option?
Now I just accept that this is a deep-seated part of US American culture.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 12h
The live action Lilo and Stitch also has a plot point where Lilo goes to the hospital and Nani can't pay for it because she doesn't have insurance. I turned to my mom in the theater and said "this wouldn't be happening in Canada"