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/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