First off, this is a movie blog, not a political blog, so there will be not politics mentioned here. Having said that, I'm a big Obama fan, but after reading this article from /Film.com, it got me thinking of whether these movies say anything about America as a whole. The story stems from the traditional gift exchange of the U.K. Prime Minister and President Obama; Obama was given a pen holder from the wood of the anti-slave ship HMS Gannett, and Obama gave the Prime Minister a collection of 25 DVD's, ironically the same as AFI's top 25 movies of all time. However appropriate or inappropriate a gift, the post is about whether there is a meaning behind any of these movies, and if there is a message, is it a good message. Let's take a look at the movies:
Citizen Kane
The Godfather
Casablanca
Raging Bull
Singin’ in the Rain
Gone with the Wind
Lawrence of Arabia
Schindler’s List
Vertigo
The Wizard of Oz
City Lights
The Searchers
Star Wars: Episode IV
Psycho
2001: A Space Odyssey
Sunset Boulevard
The Graduate
The General
On the Waterfront
It’s a Wonderful Life
Chinatown
Some Like It Hot
The Grapes of Wrath
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
To Kill a Mockingbird
Without a doubt, these are some great movies, but is there a movie that shouts "we are the U.S. damnit, and we kinda like you crazy Brits, despite the bad teeth stereotype?" I don't see one, maybe E.T. or Psycho, but nothing else.
What do you think? Any good messages in any of these movies, or did Obama just decide a $200 Bestbuy giftcard would seem a little trite?
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