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What movies are pure liberalism? (hexbear.net)

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Been awhile since we've done this thread, and it's always fun. Here are some of my picks:

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) is really bad. Will Smith's inspirational moment is going to the New York Stock Exchange and seeing all the happy rich guys in suits walking around, and wanting to be like them. Having to do stuff like brown-nose executives, sleep in train station bathrooms and pull his son out of daycare due to lack of money are presented not as flaws of the system but evidence of Smith's smart bootstraps-oriented thinking. This movie is the Mein Kampf of liberalism.
Air (2023) is really bad too. Literally a feature-length Nike commercial coupled with a fuckton of Michael Jordan worship, the message being that a bunch of rich guys deserved to get even richer because they signed a sneaker deal. The closing 5 minutes of the movie are a "where are they now" montage showing how much money all the Nike executives made, yay!
Anastasia (1997), which portrays the Russian Revolution as the result of a wizard's curse and communism as bad because it got in the way of the Romanovs living in big palaces and wearing fancy dresses.
The Post (2017), about a wealthy, heroic girlboss newspaper executive who makes the heroic decision to...uhh...not block the publication of a story that would expose the lies of a corrupt president threatening our democracy (take THAT drumpf)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I mean it can a well made movie even if the message is bad and encased in liberalism. Same with the Will Smith flim mentioned in the original post.

Though it's been a long time since I watched either, so I can't give an accurate judgement on why these movies are well liked despite the end messages being bad. Maybe people are just trapped in liberalism and therefore relate to it? That's all I've got for now.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

idk i'm not even talking about the message of it, it's just so fucking lazy. 2.5 hours of "member this" and referencing historical events with Forrest inserted on the sideline, with nothing really connecting each dot. Like they didn't even try to come up with a plot or an antagonist or any type of stakes to care about the meandering random unconnected bullshit

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

there is absolutely a plot. the emotional core of the movie is Forrest's unconditional, unfaltering love for Jenny in the face of her pain and self destruction. Not that that plot is without its problems, but more than the nostalgia bait, it's what makes the movie watchable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Jenny isn't in 90% of the movie, only the opening and ending. She's barely even a character

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

That’s also not true she is sprinkled in through the movie. That being said she’s basically used as a prop to demonize the entire counter culture of the era and she ends up dying because of it. She’s like the boomer cautionary tale personified.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Forest Gump wasn’t the least enjoyable thing to watch. Pursuit of Happiness had way too many brain worms to ignore though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

My Jr High principle sent out a newsletter to parents telling them to watch it