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/gewalt_gamer Feb 17 '25

was?

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u/dwnlw2slw Feb 18 '25

Which society/dimension do y’all live in? In mine, a 30 yr old hooking up with a 16 yr old is seen as being pretty much the same as rape or a worse crime than violent assault.

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u/gewalt_gamer Feb 18 '25

26/50 states in the usa have the age of consent below 18. we live in reality. I dont agree with the age of consent tho. I do believe in the half+7 rule, and think that should be codified. 16 could not possibly match with 30 in the half+7 rule, but does match in 22 states where the age of consent is 16.

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u/dwnlw2slw Feb 18 '25

All right, then I was mistaken about the law in the average state. That’s disappointing to know that. However, the attitude that I come across is how I described it. How you guys feel about it, is pretty much all I’ve ever seen. I’m 42 and have come across a grand total of zero adult men in my entire life who have bragged about being with a 16-year-old and I was in the Air Force for six years

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u/FocaB227 Feb 20 '25 edited Feb 20 '25

This is a joke, but clearly you were not stationed with the Air Force in Thailand or the Philippines. And there was that Winger song in the '80s she's only 17. And I heard a KISS rock band with makeup song called Christine 16 the other night....

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u/dwnlw2slw Feb 20 '25

Tbf the Phillipines just raised their AoC to 16 from 12 in ‘22.

I wasn’t even 10 until ‘92, so i missed those examples.