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Feel ashamed

posted 21 years ago by skurk-
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First of I think the movie wasn't any good at all.

But what made me feel angry or atleast humiliated was the image of how the Hollywood or how the director think of Sweden as a country. I don't know if there was a irony of it all or a big lack of research.

I live in Sweden myself and mix Sweden with some German langugue and citynames is pretty weird.

And of course they end the movie with some image of how we, the sweds live in a top of a mountain full of snow. I dont know really how to describe my feelings. I really should't care but I cant help to cut it looose.

This is an image from the middle of the summer in Sweden:
http://www.nykoping.se/upload/bilder/nykoping/Stend-12.jpg

I know that some of you may think that Im freaking out, but I what I hate most is this types of pictures US has towords our country. Maybe it was just irony, who knows?

[–] sydnee_man 13 years ago

The movie pokes fun at everybody: straights, gays (especially gays), beauty queens, Hispanics, blacks and whites. It was an equal opportunity over the top satire and I thought it was hilarious.

I really don't think they meant it as an insult.

[–] DrChinstrap 12 years ago

1. Swedish people are soft/ naive

2. Haters gonna hate

3. Hollywood isn't always accurate, apparently.

[–] jmsimonic 11 years ago

The only thing anybody should be ashamed about with this movie is that they did not see it sooner. Horatio Sanz is almost better than Cuba. Good Times!

[–] tinycatpenis (132) 7 years ago

Where's the irony?