With the US economy (not to mention most of the world) in shatters from a global recession, it’s rather disturbing to see Hollywood moguls be the recipients of the Barack Obama approved billion dollar bailout to its country’s banks.

The Dreamworks animated film, Monsters Vs Aliens, is offering a promotion in which tickets for the 3-D screenings (which normally are 25-50% more expensive than the 2-D screenings) will cost only the same amount as the cheaper 2-D screenings. This is a big bonus for the public, as 3D films are a rare treat. But how this promotion is being funding is the real issue. It has been revealed that Bank of America, who received 45 billion in what can essentially be labelled aid from the US government, are the ones behind the promotion.It’s also particularly suspicious when the president of Dreamworks, Lew Coleman, also happens to be an ex-vice chairman of the Bank of America.

Now I’m not an American citizen, but surely it’s a bit under-handed for hard-earned taxpayers dollars to be invested into the promotion of a blockbuster film, especially when that hard earned money is supposed to boost a failing economy in which jobs are constantly being lost and the levels of poor are rising rapidly.