It's not just propaganda, it's also the fact that a lot of what is portrayed in films is outside the realm of experience for regular people. People just can't

It's not just propaganda, it's also the fact that a lot of what is portrayed in films is outside the realm of experience for regular people. People just can't tell what is realistic and what isn't, because many people just don't know. Battles, gun fights ("it's just a scratch, walk it off"), stabbings, fights and so on. Then there's topical films like Contagion, and Outbreak. And then there are disaster films portraying tsunamis nothing like the ones we saw in Japan and Banda Aceh.