Comments on: “American” in Movie Titles

By: alguien

alguien — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:53:41 +0000

You don’t have idea the offensive it is for the other american countries to call America to just a country.

Get a real name for your country.

By: Russell Warrington

Russell Warrington — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:59:24 +0000

Didn’t Mena Suvari star in 3 films in a row with either america or american in the title?

By: DOJ

DOJ — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:51:35 +0000

is the chart distribution different for say German/French/Chinese cinema?

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:49:55 +0000

The term American is what everyone understands to mean, a person from the United States. The is the only country in the Americas with the word America in the official name. If you are from Panama, you are Panamanian. If you are from Canada, you are Canadian. If you are referring to the continents, you distinguish between North and South America. I don’t see the issue here, honestly, alguien.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:43:17 +0000

alguien must be from South America. Or Europe. Those are the only regions that can’t seem to wrap their brains around the term “American”.

I’m a Canadian and I live in North America. But I would never call myself an American! That would just be confusing.

By: Sofar

Sofar — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:18:01 +0000

Yeah, but how many movies made in the U.S. o’ A are about the U.S. o’ A? It seems as though foreign studios are more likely to make a movie about us and with our name in the title. I’m keen to see one, too, see how everyone else thinks of us. I already know they don’t like us (it’s ’cause of our freedom) but it’d be interesting to see how other countries think we act day to day in our natural environment.

By: Weirdsmobile

Weirdsmobile — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:26:30 +0000

I’d be interested to see how many of those “American ____” titles are from after “American Beauty” or thereabouts. There are weird trends that crop up in titles. Remember a while back when there was a spate of books and movies with “The Good” in the title, like “The Good Father,” “The Good Mother,” etc.? I’m not sure how these trends get started, but it’s very odd.

By: HW

HW — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:25:14 +0000

Ahem!

Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh yessssssssssssssssssssssss

American this and that……….. very good!

However - why is it still called the WORLD Series when the world hasn’t participated in it? Always boggled my mind, that one. They should simply call it the American Major League BaseballFinal Championship Finals Series. That would be so much better.

Now - as for India making more “films” than the USA? Well - in the USA, there are many more TV CHANNELS with their own long-running 1-hour series (try counting those) and MOWs and Mini-Series too - which are, in effect, films, but are not necessarily included in the numbers of “films” - but the sheer volume of production in Hollywood far out-paces every other country’s.

By: JM

JM — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:52:35 +0000

So alguien if American isn’t a nationality… what nationality is someone from the United States of America?
Unitedese? Stater? Or maybe American?
And yes… Bollywood produces 3 times as many movies annually as does Hollywood. Second is Hong Kong. Hollywood is third in terms of number of productions per year.

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:32:41 +0000

And yet, off the top of my head, I can only think of American Beauty. Now that I’ve skimmed that page, however, I can only conclude that “American” is a weird word.

By: alguien

alguien — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:33:04 +0000

America is a continent. American is not a nationality.
US is not the only american country.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:13:18 +0000

I think the Indian film industry is actually larger. Maybe that’s why the word “American” is in so many titles. A bit of insecurity perhaps?

By: Rainbow

Rainbow — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:37:45 +0000

I´m not surprised.