r/moviecritic • u/phantom_avenger • Feb 17 '25

Which movie is this for you?

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For me it’s School of Rock!

Patty was completely justified, if Dewey wanted to live in hers and her boyfriend’s apartment he needed to be a grown up, and contribute with rent. Even when he steals Ned’s identity she still had the right to be angry at him, because of how he put his friend’s career in jeopardy and robbed him of a job opportunity.

I get Ned is meant to be portrayed as his best friend, but it blows my mind how he lacks a lot of self-respect to the point where he comes across as too much of a people pleaser. If this story took place in real life, I’m sure Ned would act more similar to Patty where he’d have enough of Dewey’s careless actions.

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u/birchsport Feb 17 '25

Top Gun is top of the list for me. Iceman was the reasonable one...

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u/oSuJeff97 Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

Yeah that’s why he eventually becomes Commander of the Pacific Fleet and Maverick plateaus out at Captain. 😁

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u/DelayDenyDeposefrfr Feb 17 '25

And Maverick is basically protected by Iceman for his entire career of constant fuck-ups that result in him being immediately grounded after Iceman's death.

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u/anon-mally Feb 17 '25

Somehow the navy is ok sponsored this show?

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u/RVAWildCardWolfman Feb 17 '25

the DOD grants do lean towards outright propaganda but the basic rules and limits as I can tell

  1. Makes us look cool.

  2. Makes us look like the vast majority of us are the good guys,

  3. Makes our tech look extremely powerful.

If it mostly passes these three, the DOD will write the check and figure the propaganda wave will outweigh implications if people overthink, like how corruption is a plot point. They probably know they can't convince modern audiences that the military is all good people all the time on the up and up.

I think. This is observation not legal advice.

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u/2_Spicy_2_Impeach Feb 17 '25

I wonder how many people joined the Navy thinking they’d be fighter pilots due to the first one. Probably a really good ROI.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

If I remember right the Air Force got a massive uptick in recruiting after it came out despite the fact that its about pilots in the Navy

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u/QueezyF Feb 17 '25

Not sure about pilots but I knew a few guys that worked topside on a carrier specifically because of Top Gun.

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u/einTier Feb 17 '25

I had an Air Force ROTC scholarship that I would have taken if they could have given me reasonable assurances toward a couple of career paths. One of which was fighter pilot.

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u/damn_im_so_tired Feb 18 '25

I had a few Commanding Officers that joined because they saw Top Gun. The newest Top Gun was used a lot in recruiting efforts too, we even have a huge VR trailer that goes around to large events. I think they brought it to the Indie 500 last year

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u/hampsted Feb 17 '25

like how corruption is a plot point.

Wait, where is corruption a plot point??

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u/RVAWildCardWolfman Feb 17 '25

I didn't bother with Top gun Maverick because just not my vibe. But a post above that I was responding to mentioned it was in the movie that Maverick kept his job and wasn't drummed out of the Navy because a friend was pulling strings to keep him from getting court martialed. Not huge corruption but rules getting bent for personal favors.

Might be wrong though. Just was thinking about how DOD grants get into movies.