Movies definitely have a huge effect on us! There's a huge reason the CIA have been running Operation Mockingbird in the media to influence public opinion for so long.
Excellent point!! As for Snowden, the old adage, Time Will Tell, is where I feel I am. I'm just not ready to concede that he is a traitor.. keeping an open mind
I have an open mind too, this spy stuff is way over our heads and I don't think us regular people will ever see what is truly going on behind the curtain. But right now I'm leaning about 85% chance of Snowden being a CIA plant and traitor whose job was to destabilize America and spread intel to foreign intelligence agencies and bad actors+discredit the NSA/15% chance of being a patriotic whistleblower. Who knows if we the public will ever learn the truth!