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Watched it in Kenya ...going to watch it again. Wow! Totally different from what the many 'critics' on this thread (who trashed it without watching it) said. A great movie through and through. It is not anti capitalist (saying so would be like claiming Saddam was only being a capitalist wheb he invaded Kuwait!!!!). It is an amazing movie, and in the same way that the early patriots in the colonies fought against the British, so happens here. Oh wait ...those brave Americans were merely 'anti capitalist' when they stood up against the King's Dominion....right?

Bollocks.

It is a great movie, and an instant classic.

Just saw it. It was good. Yeah the “white guilt” is going to be uncomfortable for some, but it’s just a movie. Sit back and enjoy it. Some people were freaked out about another utopian, cliche ridden-movie called “Lost Horizon” in 1937.

The plot was pure adult-swim anime, but the effects were more impressive than Jurassic Park.

It is not anti capitalist (saying so would be like claiming Saddam was only being a capitalist wheb he invaded Kuwait!!!!). It is an amazing movie, and in the same way that the early patriots in the colonies fought against the British, so happens here. Oh wait ...those brave Americans were merely 'anti capitalist' when they stood up against the King's Dominion....right?

You really must be kidding us. Adam Smith didn't even publish Wealth of Nations until 1776. Colonial grievances against George III were building long before that. Excessive taxation without representation was what set off the War of American Independence.

Religiously, culturally, and politically we were the same as any Englishman: Practiced Christianity, celebrated Christmas and Easter with them, drank the health of the same King and served under his colors. Only we wanted our voice heard in Parliament, too, and fought to go our own way when they wouldn't let us have it.

Do FReepers a favor and don't even draw that comparison.