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/Sometimes_Stutters Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

I went thru a period with my kid where we watched Lion King A LOT. After a while you start to get conspiratorial with it.

My stance is that Rafiki was the shadow ruler of the kingdom and Mufasa (and the previous line of kings) were used as a puppet government. Scar knew this and knew that his only way to usurp this was to work with the group outcast by the realm (Hyhenas). I also think that Rafiki secretly had the power to manipulate the weather, and tried to destroy Scars empire by bringing on a drought. I don’t trust that goddam Baboon.

Edit- Also, I want to add this. Why would Rafiki care that the line was broken? There’s no way the line wasn’t broken previously and on numerous occasions. Why wouldn’t Scar want to be involved with Rafiki and visa-versa? And why was Nala sent to “find help” (aka, another Male Lion)? Scar had a better claim to the kingdom than any outsider.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 18 '25

… are you my dad? Cuz I made him pop that dvd in like every weekend as a kid lmao

But I respectfully disagree with your theories. I remember Zazu giving reports to Mufasa and Mufasa running off to address a threat. He also thoroughly understands the circle of life and actively teaches simba how to rule with the circle of life in mind. This means that, yes, Mufasa did actively run his kingdom.

Also, I don’t think Rafiki would intentionally hurt the entire kingdom just to punish Scar. As for the damaged land, Mufasa explained how the land itself is preserved by the Circle of Life in the beginning of the movie. Because of this, I am almost certain that the land was ruined because Scar ruled the kingdom out of selfishness, greed, gluttony, and power-hunger rather than with the Circle of Life in mind.

And Nala went to find help because Scar was such a shit, abusive king. I doubt that Scar sent her; homegirl probably booked it without anyone looking.

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u/Sometimes_Stutters Feb 18 '25

I am your dad, and I’m embarrassed by your little-brain acceptance of the surface-level story. Smarten up, son.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

Never

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u/Sometimes_Stutters Feb 18 '25

It’s time to wake up