05-27-2014, 07:28 PM
LONDONER Wrote:You forgot the Brits. Hollywood loves British villains.
True, though I think that's happening less and less in Hollywood flicks these days. On the flip side, we also love British heroes and protagonists like Bond and Sherlock Holmes (sorry about the whole Robert Downey thing by the way). The qualities that Americans like in these heroes are the same as what makes British villains so scary: intelligence and wit. We think you're all so god damned smart and it scares/impresses the hell out of us.
American heroes just punch things until they're fixed.
Unfortunately, I can't think of a single Middle Eastern or Russian hero in a mainstream American movie.