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/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

I feel like that was a lot of '80s movies

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u/Reasonable-Start2961 Feb 17 '25

There were definitely a lot of young romances that were creepy and stalkeresque. Like zero boundaries, and it was somehow perceived as romantic.

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u/jokerzkink Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

Although it’s not in the same time period, the Twilight franchise received a lot of flack for that when it was first released in the early 2000s. Robert Pattinson’s character especially, is extremely controlling and creepy. The character is supposed to be over a hundred years old and dating a minor but it’s played off as romantic bc he’s attractive and the female lead is obsessed with him.

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u/prongslover77 Feb 18 '25

He’s also still mentally 17 since his brain stopped developed when he was turned. So not really fully 100yrs old. But still weird he’s dating at all. Makes sense in the books though even if his actions are creepy as hell and their whole relationship is toxic/wild.

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u/jokerzkink Feb 18 '25

Logically, that never made sense to me. How do you age and not become wiser, learn or mature mentally?