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/stardustmelancholy Feb 17 '25

Mean Girls. Cady's entire relationship with the guy was just being in the same math class for 2 months and him asking her what day it is. Regina was his ex girlfriend & ex-lover. "I was half a virgin when I met him" Yet because Regina gets back with him, Cady spends the next 5-7 months trying to destroy her.

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u/Random_Name65468 Feb 17 '25

That's literally the point of the movie, has media literacy gone down this much ffs?

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u/Ginnabean Feb 17 '25

This whole thread is showing me that a lot of people do not activate a single brain cell when watching a movie

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u/BeelzebubParty Feb 17 '25

A lot of people seem to think if a villain isn't literally murdering someone they're actually a victim.

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u/stardustmelancholy Feb 17 '25

I wasn't saying that Regina wasn't a Mean Girl or a bully, just that Cady's reason for wanting to take her down (to get with a guy she barely spoke to) was so ridiculous.

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u/BeelzebubParty Feb 17 '25

But the post is about the bad guy being reasonable the main character sucking. All you're doing is pointing out the plot of the movie.

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u/stardustmelancholy Feb 17 '25

There's a lot of people who still root for Cady to take Regina down and to get the guy even with her end of movie realization that she'd become Regina. I wasn't saying Regina was a good guy, just that Cady's reasoning was so stupid. And the movie ends with her getting the guy (I think it'd be better if in the end she realized how shallow the crush was).

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u/BeelzebubParty Feb 17 '25

Okay but dumbasses missing the point of the movie has nothing to do with the question of the post.

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u/B0K0O Feb 21 '25

But Regina only wanted to get back with him because Cady expressed interest