{"id":1453011,"date":"2022-04-25T14:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453011"},"modified":"2022-04-25T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:15:03","slug":"15-patriotic-movie-moments-that-will-make-you-proud-to-be-an-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-patriotic-movie-moments-that-will-make-you-proud-to-be-an-american\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Patriotic Movie Moments That Will Make You Proud To Be An American"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F15-patriotic-movie-moments-that-will-make-you-proud-to-be-an-american%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Movie-moments-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>If you watch a Chinese film these days, you\u2019ll notice they mix Hollywood swagger with patriotic messages that trumpet the tyrannical Communist party. They make no bones about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But today\u2019s American Hollywood fare, by comparison, would rather apologize for our country\u2019s sins, both real and imagined, than sing its praises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That wasn\u2019t always the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Once upon a time, many American-made movies saluted the red, white, and blue without apology. You just have to dial back the calendar a few years to find them. Here are 15 iconic patriotic movie moments in American film that you won\u2019t find in most of today\u2019s woke blockbusters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cPatton\u201d (1970)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>George C. Scott\u2019s indelible performance as General George S. Patton earned him an Oscar for Best Actor and a place in Hollywood lore. The film is riveting and Scott\u2019s \u201cAmericans Love a Winner\u201d speech captures the general at his blunt best. The moment, replete with military iconography, finds Scott addressing an unseen group of soldiers in front of the biggest American flag you could imagine.\u201cAmericans love a winner, and will not tolerate a loser,\u201d he barks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a treatise on American exceptionalism that would most likely be deemed \u201cproblematic\u201d today.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cSuperman II\u201d (1980)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>Sadly, today\u2019s Man of Steel no longer fights for \u201ctruth, justice and the American way.\u201d But back in the 1980\u2019s, Christopher Reeve\u2019s hero did precisely that. Having defeated a trio of his planet\u2019s bad guys, the Krypton native helps restore some of the damage done by their reign. This includes Superman personally flying an American flag back to the White House.\u201cSorry I was away for so long. I won\u2019t let you down again,\u201d the hero says to the Commander in Chief after returning the White House\u2019s roof, with flag attached, to its rightful place.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cThe Pursuit of Happyness\u201d (2006)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>This fact-based drama is a love letter to the American dream. Will Smith\u2019s character is a single dad desperate to make a better life for himself on behalf of his son. When he lands the broker\u2019s gig he\u2019s been praying to snag,\u00a0 he celebrates the fruits of his impossibly hard work silently amidst a crowded big-city sidewalk. The music swells, he claps his hands, and the smile on his face says it all: hard work pays off in America. That moment, along with a stirring speech to his son on the American dream make this flick\u2019s patriotic elements, though subtle, stand out. \u201cIf you got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can\u2019t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can\u2019t do it. If you want something, go get it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cIndependence Day\u201d (1996)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>There\u2019s plenty to cheer about this blockbuster, from Will Smith\u2019s heroism to seeing those invading aliens get their comeuppance. But nothing tops Bill Pullman\u2019s goosebump-raising speech as the American president rallying his nation against impossible odds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: \u201cWe will not go quietly into the night!\u201d We will not vanish without a fight! We\u2019re going to live on! We\u2019re going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cRed Dawn\u201d (1984)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>This\u00a0 all-American affair directed by conservative auteur John Millius is one of Hollywood\u2019s most red-meat movies. The young \u201cWolverines\u201d battle back against a Soviet invasion, and while many lives are lost, the American spirit endures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The final scene shows a monument to the heroes who repelled the Soviet invaders. The inscription reads, \u201cIn the early days of World War III, guerrillas \u2013 mostly children \u2013 placed the names of their lost upon this rock. They fought here alone and gave up their lives, so \u201cthat this nation shall not perish from the earth,\u201d echoing President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Gettysburg address.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cRocky IV\u201d (1985)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>Sylvester Stallone\u2019s Cold War-era sequel is patriotic down to the hero\u2019s boxing trunks. But nothing tops the moment following Rocky Balboa\u2019s improbable victory when he rallies his \u201cenemies\u201d to applaud his win. Everyone in the hall, down to an actor playing USSR Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, applauds the plucky American draped in his country\u2019s flag.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cThe Avengers\u201d (2012)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>Captain America is a relic from another era\u2013literally. But his experience as a World War II super soldier comes in handy when a god from another planet seeks to conquer Earth. Loki, memorably played by Tom Hiddleston, lectures a crowd cowed by his mystical powers. He instructs them to kneel, but one elderly man refuses. The super villan prepares to punish him, when Captain America steps in, shield in hand.\u201cThe last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everyone else we ended up disagreeing,\u201d Captain America says before his fellow Avengers rally to his side. The suit. The memories of World War II. The courage to stare down bullies, even those more powerful than you can imagine. It\u2019s patriotic through and through.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cMiracle\u201d (2004)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>Any movie depicting the U.S. Olympic hockey team beating the USSR qualifies as a patriotic must-see film. Focus on the speech coach Herb Brooks gives to his team before the biggest game of their lives. \u201cTonight we \u2026 are the greatest hockey team in the world,\u201d Kurt Russell\u2019s coach tells his young players. \u201cYou were born to be hockey players \u2026 this is your time. They\u2019re time is done. They\u2019re over.\u201d Did he mean the Soviet squad \u2026 or the Soviet Union?<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cArmageddon\u201d (1998)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>Spoiler alert: the U.S. saves the world from an asteroid streaking straight to earth in this super-sized spectacle. That\u2019s enough to merit the film\u2019s inclusion here, but one comical sequence finds Bruce Willis\u2019 character listing the demands his team has for risking everything to stop the asteroid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One would-be hero wants his two friends to be granted U.S. citizenship. Another wants to visit the White House. The topper? \u201cOne more thing. None of them wanna pay taxes again,\u201d Willis\u2019 blue-collar hero says with a straight face to Billy Bob Thornton.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cThe Patriot\u201d (2000)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>Now, you can\u2019t go wrong with a title like that. Arguably the most rousing moment of this film about the American Revolution comes when Mel Gibson\u2019s character, in the heat of a major battle, realizes his rag-tag army is losing hope. \u201cNo retreat!\u201d he cries, grabbing an American flag and heading straight at the enemy with only the flagpole to protect him. In glorious slow motion, Gibson waves the fledgling country\u2019s symbol while his fellow soldiers find their second wind.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cMr. Smith Goes to Washington\u201d (1939)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>From his indelible film work to his heroism during World War II, Jimmy Stewart was as American as apple pie. This classic film finds him as the ultimate Everyman fighting a system that too often works against the people. Yes, it\u2019s patriotic to challenge your country, especially if you\u2019re doing so from a just and constitutional place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the most iconic scene Stewart\u2019s character, a freshman Senator, reminds us how the American ideal is always within reach. \u201cAnd this country is bigger than the Taylors, or you, or me, or anything else. Great principles don\u2019t get lost once they come to light; they\u2019re right here! You just have to see them again,\u201d Jefferson Smith says.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cPatriots Day\u201d (2016)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>This film follows the true story behind the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers. It\u2019s one of the least-appreciated films in recent memory, but it\u2019s a keeper from start to finish. Need some all-American goose bumps? Watch when Mark Wahlberg, playing a cop trying to root out the fleeing bombers, is asked if anyone could have prevented the atrocity. That isn\u2019t the point, the beat cop argues: \u201cThe only weapon you have to fight back with is love. That\u2019s the only thing he can\u2019t touch \u2026 I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any way that they can ever win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cThe Sandlot\u201d (1993)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>This kid classic is the best advertisement for America\u2019s national pastime. It also packs a patriotic punch during a scene set on (when else?), the Fourth of July. We see these young sluggers doing what they love best \u2013 playing baseball at night as Ray Charles croons, \u201cAmerica the Beautiful\u201d in the backdrop. The only lights required to cut through the inky sky? The fireworks exploding up above.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cWe Were Soldiers\u201d (2002)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>Here\u2019s Mel Gibson, again, this time as\u00a0 Lt. Col. Hal Moore, a soldier\u00a0 in the Vietnam War. He rallies his troops during one perilous moment by reminding them who they are and why they\u2019re all Americans. Yes, discrimination may be raging back home during the tumultuous \u201860s, he says, but on the battlefield they\u2019re all equal:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI can\u2019t promise you that I will bring you all home alive. But this I swear before you and before almighty God. That when we go into battle, I will be the first to set foot on the field and I will be the last one to stop off. And I will leave no one behind. Dead or alive, we will all come home together. So help me, God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u201cNetwork\u201d (1976)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span>This satire stars Peter Finch as a troubled news anchor at the end of his emotional rope. Its most notable line is feisty, unrelenting, and American to its core. Finch rages against corporate slime: \u201cI\u2019m as mad as hell and I\u2019m not going to take this anymore.\u201d It\u2019s Free Speech 101, the notion that Americans don\u2019t have to simply stand for bullies and blowhards but can do something about it by speaking up. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you watch a Chinese film these days, you\u2019ll notice they mix Hollywood swagger with patriotic messages that trumpet the tyrannical Communist party. 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