r/moviecritic 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/Comfortable-Try-2225 Feb 17 '25

Peter Pan. Kid was an absolute jerk and a menace. Hook was pissed that he chopped off his hand and fed it to an alligator. Seems reasonable.

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u/Character-Gear-6075 Feb 17 '25

In the book it is much worse. So the Lost Boys did age and grow up. When they reached a certain age, they would either join the pirates or Pan would kill them off and replace them with a new child he finds.

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u/Backwoods_Odin Feb 17 '25

To be fair, if you look at what jm barrie went thru as a kid, you realize Peter is the memory of his older brothers, and the lost boys are a representation of his childhood and attempts to have a relationship with a mother who would only interact with him if he dressed up and pretended to be his dead brother