
I read Starship Troopers, the book, when I was in high school and didn't really pick up on the overblown militarism. I remember it as about a guy stuck in a system he wasn't all that sure about. But the patriotism of the movie seemed clearly satirical to me, but then I read that Heinlein was actually in favor of a kind of military state, so now I'm totally confused about it. Pacific Rim was clearly just what it was, a hero flick. Totally like anime. Mark was pointing out to me all the anime references like what shows the robot designs came from.
Dunkirk on IMAX has me interested.