Why Modern Movies Suck - They Teach Us Awful Lessons

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Classic Mulan: "Takes her father's armor and leaves home at night to join the war so her father didn't have to join the war." Modern Mulan: "Throws away her father's armor cause it's slowing her down."

A friend of mine started to study literature and the art of writing. Her Professor deadass told them in the first lecture "if you want to write good stories, then dont take examples from the current cinematic climate"

Moral of anakin: how arrogance and an inflated ego can lead to an even darker path than the one you're trying to avoid. Moral of Rey: does she even have one?

The scariest villains come not of murder, or being mean. But instead, the truly scary villains come from which teach those watching to act immoral, selfish, and plague their thoughts with greed, all while being portrayed as a hero.

I remember how much Luke Skywalker struggled to learn to become a Jedi. Even against Yoda’s advice, he put his additional training on hold and tried to go after Darth Vader. It cost him his hand as a result, but he learned from it, went back to finish his training with Yoda, and was able to succeed, not so much by defeating his own father in battle, but for refusing to turn to the dark side by striking him down. THAT was great writing.

We are in a timeline when Critical Drinker talking about movies is far more entertaining than 95% of the actual movies that come out of Hollywood.

Teaching “positive life lessons” through cinema is a dying art.

A perfect example of character development is Tony Stark. He starts off as an arrogant jerk, and eventually becomes a selfless hero.

I think the idea is they're so afraid of being seen as sexist that they just write women with absolutely no flaws. Ironically though, claiming that for a female character can only be good if she's just perfect at everything from birth and can't just be some normal person who got to where she is through hard work and determination seems way more sexist.

Important note about Mulan you left out: She took her father’s armor and rode off in the middle of the night to go to war so her father didn’t have to. She chose to go go save her family and because she loves her father. A theme that would never be found in today’s films.

Disneyy back in the day loved the whole "Zero to hero" in their movies and now their movies are "Hero the whole time"

Tai Lung from Kung Fu Panda is another example of talent and entitlement (like Anakin). Hubris seems to be a common villainous trait because it’s satisfying to see that hubris broken down by a hero.

"You come from nothing" "you're a palpatine" and "I'm Rey Skywalker" sum up the ridiculousness of this entire trilogy.

The most frustrating thing about female protagonists in modern movies is that their only character flaw is the evil men in their life holding them back - because they're otherwise perfect at everything and have no lessons to learn. Fucking barf. I loved disney's original mulan because she was such a fuck-up at everything she did, and the only thing she had going for her was her cleverness. Other dudes were fucking up in the training, but she was literally the worst at everything, and through hard work, she became better. Loved it. Watching characters try and fail, and then try harder and succeed - I love that so much. That's been taken away from all female characters.

One of my favorite Disney movies growing up was Hercules. As a young lad that movie was incredibly inspiring in regards to hard work and perseverance while still maintaining the message that the true you inside is beautiful and worthy of love and belonging. The song "Go the Distance" still makes me tear up. Could you imagine them trying to remake that one today? Smh 🤦‍♂️

But that's exactly what we see in the world these days... people fail to recognize a challenge they need to overcome, instead they see injustice. It's not they who need to do better, it's the whole world around them. I hate what we've become.

"Imagine going into every situation firmly convinced you are already perfect and you'll just naturally succeed because you already have what you need." I think we are living this social experiment right now!

Correction: Animated Mulan didn't join the army as a sign of patriotism. She did it to protect her elderly father.

I remember being told that tv "rots your brain" back in the 80's and 90's growing up. I've been teaching over 15 yrs 4thgrade to 8th grade and over the course of the decade (its hard to believe all this time has passed) Ive noticed that students seemed to progressively lose the "if we work as a team, us mentality compassionate mentality" to a more of a I its all about me and what I can get for myself regardless who is in my way" attitude. I have found myself having to step in and show what it means to have compassion and not take things for granted, that a bundle of sticks is stronger than just one stick that snaps without the support of others. I hope that movies realize the message they are branding into young minds and I hate the PC "the message" that is injected in most main stream movies that kids in that age range will watch, will get curious, get on TikTok and find others who are curious as to what a certain celebrity stands for and takes what the actor/actress is saying as the "Bare Naked Be All End All Truth"