Can anyone think of a single disaster movie example...

dr gonzo

Where America isnt alone in saving the world?

Ill even take films where America is at least aided by more then a token foreigner ala armageddon, its just infuriating to see 6+ billion people being shown as a complete waste of time and space but America is jampacked with useful, capable individuals.



...maybe i just hate Michael Bay

PeakOutput

what was the one were they ended up in china boarding the arcs?

Nervous Wreck

dr gonzo wrote: »

Where America isnt alone in saving the world?

Ill even take films where America is at least aided by more then a token foreigner ala armageddon, its just infuriating to see 6+ billion people being shown as a complete waste of time and space but America is jampacked with useful, capable individuals.



...maybe i just hate Michael Bay

This is what happens when you watch primarily American-made films, no?

Peyton Manning

Ha, the OP reminds me of my first night living in halls at uni. Bunch of sitting around talking, watching TV and Armageddon comes on. Creepy German guy who had been deathly quiet all night suddenly pipes up with hatred in his voice "Oh look, America saves zee world, how lucky are we! Where are zee Germans or zee Japanese? Only America can save us."

Room went a bit quiet after that tbh.

dr gonzo

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

This is what happens when you watch primarily American-made films, no?

Ah yeh i know. Im not saying an American made movie shouldnt show Americans as the heroes, im not begrudging them that, i just think a little more geographic diversity would not only make more sense but it would be realistic too.

Tom_Brady wrote: »

Ha, the OP reminds me of my first night living in halls at uni. Bunch of sitting around talking, watching TV and Armageddon comes on. Creepy German guy who had been deathly quiet all night suddenly pipes up with hatred in his voice "Oh look, America saves zee world, how lucky are we! Where are zee Germans or zee Japanese? Only America can save us."

Room went a bit quiet after that tbh.

lol, i can picture this perfectly. I unlike this irate German know when to keep my mouth shut.

mike65

First question - which other country makes disaster movies? There are probably a few non English language flicks lurking from Japan, USSR.

im invisible

how many times has James Bond saved the world?
and he's Scottish

Edit, Disaster...

hes not scottish? does a good accent, had me fooled...

mike65

James Bond is NOT Scottish even when played by a Scot.

Galvasean

In The Day After Tomorrow the US president makes a speech about how nations they had previously considered third world are giving sanctuary to US immigrants.

uncleoswald

As far as I can tell all of the recent major Hollywood disaster movies have bent over backwards to included a token Russian, Asian, Indian etc... Sure they are usually horrible clichés, sometimes only there for comic relief, or overly earnest hero types who's deaths will pull at your heartstrings but they are there.

All I know is if there is an invading alien fleet heading towards earth anytime soon I'll be mostly looking across the pond for help.

krudler

Sunshine

Nolanger

King Kong vs Godzilla.

uncleoswald

krudler wrote: »

Sunshine

Excellent example. And it isn't a coincidence that Sunshine wasn't only funded in the US so could have a more 'worldwide' outlook.

Nolanger

Day the Earth caught fire.

johnny_ultimate

Nolanger wrote: »

King Kong vs Godzilla.

Godzilla in general really, barring that one crappy one we don't talk about. With monster movies in general, the Asians tend to kick some anti-apocalyptic ass, as they do in much anime.

Vokes

uncleoswald wrote: »

Excellent example. And it isn't a coincidence that Sunshine wasn't only funded in the US so could have a more 'worldwide' outlook.

Is it a good example though? At least three of the cast were made use american accents.

nicowa

mike65 wrote: »

James Bond is NOT Scottish even when played by a Scot.

James Bond is British - AFAIC - and is therefore allowed to be Scottish.

And on the original topic - nope! Can't think of one really - Day after Tomorrow does include China and India in a way that really suits though (I think).

uncleoswald

Vokes wrote: »

Is it a good example though? At least three of the cast were made use american accents.

Inevitable since most of the money was still coming from the states and would have to make up most of its money in that market. Could have done with more Asian's/Indian's but it certainly isn't America going it alone. There probably would be no qualified Irish people and Cillian Murphy would make a terrible Indian.

Nolanger

Juggernaut - bombs on a cruiseship killing everyone until Irishman Richard Harris saves the day!

indough

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_(1980_film)

mike65

Day the Earth Caught Fire was caused by USSR and USA letting off nukes that tilt the earths axis but the attempt to re-tilt it is left open, ditto Virus - no happy ending there either I think. Juggarnaut was clearly the potential end of a boat, not the world. Great film, hasn't been shown for donkeys years.

ztoical

Does Star Trek 4 count?

dr gonzo

krudler wrote: »

Sunshine

Ah yes, very good example, bit the diversity i was looking for in that one. Shame about the end though.

As for the parallel James Bond discussion, he, as a character is half Scottish at least.

Hank_Jones

Thread reminded of a bit from Independence Day.

EXT. DRY LAKE - SECONDS LATER

As they step out of the tent we SEE more than a HUNDRED
FIGHTERS PLANES from different nations parked around them.
They've all gone into hiding out here in the desert, divided
into many smaller camps.

Reginald and Thomson follow their Arab cohort, walking through
the many other campsites. Thomson gets some stares from the
IRAQI PILOTS.

REGINALD
I still get believe this.

THOMSON
The Iraqis don't appear altogether
too pleased with this arrangement.

REGINALD
How do you think the Israelis
feel?

Sure enough a campsite of ISRAELI PILOTS sits very near by.

ANGLE - ARABIAN AIR FORCE CAMP

Dozens of Arab pilots are gathered around a large radio as the
Morse code comes through. Thomson quickly kneels down, taking
notes.

THOMSON
It's from the Americans. They
want to organize a counter
offensive.

REGINALD
It's about bloody time. What do
they plan to do?

EXT. ICE PLATEAU - SIBERIA - DAY

Several Russian Pilots are gathered around a radio, their
dozen MIG FIGHTERS standing behind them.

RUSSIAN #1
(subtitled)
They claims to be able to bring
down their shields.

RUSSIAN #2
When do they want to attack?

EXT. VOLCANO BASE - FUJI - DAY

At the base of a large Volcano in Fuji, several Japanese
attack helicopters stand near their pilots, gathered around a
radio.

JAPANESE PILOT
(subtitled)
The attack begins in thirteen
hours.

As if, in the event of aliens attempting to take over the planet, everyone waits for America to save them...

Nolanger

mike65 wrote: »

Juggarnaut was clearly the potential end of a boat, not the world. Great film, hasn't been shown for donkeys years.

It's out on DVD under a different title called Terror on the Britannic.

mike65

What an awful title! Sounds like one of those low budget TV movie cash-ins that were popular time fillers in the late 70s/early 80s. Staring James Franciscus, Red Buttons, Raquel Welch, Noah Beery Jr and William Conrad.

dr gonzo

Hank_Jones wrote: »

As if, in the event of aliens attempting to take over the planet, everyone waits for America to save them...

Haha, i'd forgotten about that scene but yeh, thats pretty much exactly what im talking about.

mikhail

krudler wrote: »

Sunshine

Whatever about the point raised over accents above, that's an interesting example because three of the crew are Asian and one's a Mauri. How often do you see a big-budget Hollywood movie where the majority of the main characters weren't white? The pandering Slumdog Millionaire (and that's also Boyle!) and stuff outright aimed at "the urban market" like Shaft or Big Momma's House aside, I'm struggling to think of any.

dr gonzo wrote: »

Haha, i'd forgotten about that scene but yeh, thats pretty much exactly what im talking about.

I see the point you're making, but in fairness, at that point in Independence Day, everything even remotely conventional - plus nukes - had been tried and failed. I'm not sure exactly what you expect fighter pilots to be doing about that. At least the foreigners took part in the actual take down of the aliens. (Anyone who calls spoilers: it's a Roland Emmerich movie FFS.)