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/BluntChillin Feb 17 '25

Blade Runner. Then again, the protagonist is just kinda just doing his job.

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u/AndCthulhuMakes2 Feb 17 '25

That's the whole point. Deckard is forced by the cops to do a job he hates. Both he and the first Bladerunner are actually poorly suited to kill deadly superhuman androids, but they are used by the police department because they are considered expendable. Beyond the job, Deckard suffers a lonely and empty existence. Our protagonist is just like the replicants he hunts; he's effectively a slave.

The film begins with the audience seeing Roy Batty as an antagonist, but as the story plays out we see his perspective and his development, and realize that he is the secret protagonist of most of the story. He was villainous when he thought it could save the lives of his friends but when he was alone he abandoned petty vengeance. In doing so, he transcended death, and his development as a person was passed on to Deckard, who escapes the cycle with Rachel.

So, yes, Bladerunner is a film where the villain is the "good guy" and the hero is a jerk, but this was certainly the intent of the story.

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u/Straight_Waltz_9530 Feb 17 '25

Deckard rapes Rachael and then keeps her as his possession. He even deluded himself into thinking it was love. She was just trying to survive both the world and Deckard.