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."

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.

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?

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

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"

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

But movies aren’t the only thing teaching kids how to be decent people, parents play a huge role of…. Oh, wait… that’s being destroyed by society also.

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 🤦‍♂️

"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!

"It's okay to be arrogant, reckless, immoral, malicious, or even stupid as long as everything works out for you in the end!" -Modern Movies

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"

Great video. The narcissism I'm seeing in so many modern movies bothers me too. One example I often use is the comparison between the Toby Maguire SpiderMan compared to the Andrew Garfield SpiderMan. Toby's SpiderMan lives well the standard of "With great power comes great responsibility". At the start of his first movie he has some flaws. He seeks to use his power for his own personal benefit (making money to buy a car to impress a girl), but that action leads to the death of Ben. From then on Peter is using his power to help people. In his second movie, his using the power to help other people is making him fail college, lose jobs, barely scrape by enough money to live in an apartment. Even his aunt is struggling financially. Eventually he has enough and gives up and starts putting his life back together, but he isn't able to do that for long before having to return to hero work. Toby's SpiderMan is selfless. Andrew's SpiderMan is the complete opposite. He steels a random guy's badge to break into a highly secret facility, which then gets the guy arrested for trespassing, and Peter just laughs as he watches. HE LAUGHS AS HE WATCHES ANOTHER MAN GET HAULED AWAY BECAUSE HE STOLE HIS IDENTITY!!! He uses his powers to show off to his classmates and to impress a girl, and constantly talks back to her father. In the end he makes a promise to Gwen's father that he will leave her alone to keep her out of harms way, but then in the second movie he breaks the promise leading to her death. Tom Holland's SpirderMan is constantly trying to do the right thing, but he always does it in an attempt for personal gain. He fights crime to impress Stark so he can be an Avenger. It is then in the end that he realizes his place is as a Friendly Neighborhood SpiderMan and turns down Stark's offer. This is character development. In his second movie he's constantly wanting to escape responsibility so he can enjoy a vacation with a girl, and it leads to the rise of a conniving villain who reveals his identity. In his third movie he tries to get everybody to forget about him so he can get back to his normal life, but ends up causing mayhem across New York. So then he comes to terms with what he needs to do, and he selflessly saves the world by making everybody forget he exists, -even his best friend and girlfriend. Toby's SpirderMan is about using your power to help others, even at a personal cost. Andrew's SpiderMan is about using your power to promote yourself, and maybe help others while you do it. Tom's SpiderMan is about trying to use your power to serve yourself and others, but ultimately finding that to be impossible, and so thus chooses to help others instead of yourself. Toby's SpiderMan and Tom's Spiderman are good moral teachers, Toby's better than Tom's, but Tom's is good too. Andrew's SpiderMan is a trash human-being.

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.

A female friend of mine told me that about the last Mulan: "I liked the cartoon when I was a young lady because the character made a way for herself with her own wits and strength. Now all of this magic takes the effort away. In the movie, she is a *chosen one* from the first minute. In the cartoon, you would not be able to tell if she was going to make it or not until she actually made it".

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.

Modern feminism is not about raising women up. It's about setting them up for disappointment. The main idea is to create a large group of angry people. The flawed strategy is to think that an angry mob of societal failures will accomplish something productive by the power of their combined hatred.

The original Mulan showed that being clever and quick witted could make up for a lack of raw strength, and that being open to unorthodox thinking could lead to victory. That's something anyone can look up to, regardless of gender. I'm a guy, but I was never athletic or strong as a kid, I was always more analytical and intellectual. So I was able to relate to her and be inspired by her ability to overcome obstacles with her quick thinking. But I guess a heroine with universal appeal just isn't equal enough or some shit.

The thing about Mulan is that she didn't join the army to be a strong woman who feel like she is not respected and wants to be freed from the patriarchy...she does it to save her father who would surely die if he went, and he would go no matter the cost because he is an honorable man...She also does it for the honor of her family.

This is such a good point. Making Rey so overpowered and endlessly altruistic basically cut against the central message of the third movie, that you get to choose your family. If they’d planned those movies ahead at all, they would have shown us moments of her giving into rage or cruelty. Because they never showed us that she even had the chance of failing, physically or morally, they pinned themselves into a corner. Her choice didn’t have an emotional impact.

I’m a university campus pastor, and I’m chilled by how true your evaluations of the culture are.

My boss of an english teacher once gave me this advice: Characters are like gemstones; the more impurities a gem has the more brilliant its colour. You need to give your characters flaws to make their positive traits stronger

These lessons are a reflection of the inner workings of the people who created them. Enough said...

This might sound a bit silly, but in my opinion of all the movies I've seen the one with the best message on how to behave is the original Blob with Steve McQueen. McQueen is the ideal teenager (if not the ideal human.) He has teenage fun, but is respectful of the concerns of others at the same time and he is concerned about his friends. Then, when The Blob threatens the town, he doesn't panic but instead is resiliant and uses his creativity, observation skills and intelligence to solve the problem.

I think we can all agree Wanda was a villain, right? The whole point of the show was to slowly uncover all the dark things she was doing. She is the one who knocks (Walter White reference).

“Anakin’s inflated belief in his own superiority costs him everything” You missed the chance to say “cost him an arm and a leg” there

“Self-sacrifice is bad” is a sentiment that’s been showing up more and more in recent years.

One thing I never quite noticed about Anakin is that part of his mentality that he's the most powerful Jedi ever and his desire for victory to make the galaxy a better place is stoked and fueled by everyone telling him he's the Chosen One and that that's what he's meant to do, so he feels like he's supposed to be really good at everything and when stuff doesn't always work out, he gets upset and frustrated because he didn't have the power to stop something bad from happening and yet everyone's telling him how he's the Chosen One and how he's supposed to be so powerful and whatnot. The prophesy raises his expectations of himself so when those expectations aren't always met, he finds things or people to blame it on besides himself, because he's the Chosen One, it can't be his fault, but that's not just him telling himself that, it's also kinda what everyone else is telling him too by constantly talking to him about being the Chosen One

As a little girl, Mulan and Pocahontas were my cartoon idols. Never really thought it mattered so much what I watch but yeah, I can see why maybe modern characters set bad examples. Also, side note, as a little girl, I was never concerned about princesses "looking like me." I am neither Chinese nor Indigenous American. It was all about connection to the character

A key thing about Rey is the contradictions in her character. She's supposed to be "All the Jedi" and yet we never see her abide by their ideology. She's aggressive, spiteful, and never hesitates to let negative emotions overtake her. Kylo is the main focus of her negative emotions, and in a showdown between them where they're using the Force on a shuttlecraft, she lets loose with arcs of lightning. While the film no doubt wants us to think that this is a link between her and Palpatine, being his effective granddaughter, that's not how the Force works. You don't get superpowers based on lineage. Force lightning is a potent dark side ability, which basically shows us that all of Rey's negativity has actually pushed her Force powers more and more to that side of the spectrum. She's basically a Sith who calls herself a Jedi, and nobody questions it. The moral of her story is: Girls can be as vile as they want to be, but if they say they're all the good in the world, we have to accept it.

The "Why Modern Movies Suck" series should be required teaching in every film, theatre, and creative writing class on the planet. Well done. AGAIN.

I think we’re in a timeline where the arts and creativity just aren’t appreciated anymore by the masses. I mean, people’re talking about ai replacing artists so… People don’t wanna learn hard life lessons. They want easy, and shallow, and the people making these things want… well… money. Lots of easy money. And I think the lessons that these new movies are teaching may or may not speak a lot about the people who wrote them… At least the things they believe in.

Love the character arc of anakin skywalker from episodes 1-3 being used to outline the concept of 'good'... And it kind of is but there was a time when the "new" star wars were also considered pretty naff... What a delightful direction we're headed!

Original Mulan: Anyone is capable of great things if you play to your strengths whether it's phyiscal or mental 2020 Mulan: If you don't have superpowers then piss off.

"We're instead teaching people to be arrogant, complacent, entitled, narcissistic, and selfish." So true, so sad, and so devastating in the long run.

The original Mulan is incredible in this area because it doesn't set up Mulan as superior like the other one does. The old one says she is an equal to all the other characters, not because she can do all the same things but because she has her own strengths. She can do some things better, and the other characters can do some things better. It has nothing to do with gender other than to say they are equal. Mulan thinks outside the box. She solves solutions with her mind, not because she is smarter, more intelligent, but because she is more creative. Not Because of her gender, just because she is different. It treats her as a human being, whereas the remake only sees her gender. She used her other abilities because she needs to overcome the disadvantage she has in the physical realm of fighting. She has the grit and determination to do so. I love the message that she is an equal, just as capable as the others, without taking away the other characters' value, or saying that they all have to be the same. It allows for a genuine friendship of equals, and a wholesome character dynamic. Not this fighting over who is better based on a genetic coinflip the new movie pushes out.

Realizing that "make people suffer while trying to bring back your loved ones," has been done as a villain plot (e.g. Kingpin in Into the Spiderverse). Even something like having Wanda realize she's been a villain would have improved the outcome.

In the words of JRR Tolkien: “Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.”

Moral of original Mulan: If you work hard enough and don't give up you can achieve more than anyone expects you to. Moral of live-action Mulan: If you're born with supernatural powers you can do anything.

reminds me of how the new mlp generation's movie was like "lie, steal, and cheat to gain power, and then when it all blows up in your face ask the people you lied to, stole from, and cheated against for friendship- then you get to have the power" it felt like the actual friendship lesson was shoehorned in cause the main chartacter was depicted as the morally correct one the entier time despite doing some pretty dogshit things the whole movie from thieft and lies, to straight up treating the other races as monoliths- no one ever bothers to tell her "hey that's kinda fucked up, don't." the idea of friendship being the answer felt like it was an afterthought

The other side of Mulan is not just determination, but also the fact that the entire latter half of the movie is underpinned by the idea that *you don't have to be a man to succeed.* That women have their own strengths that they should be playing to and perspectives they should be providing instead of trying and failing to be "just as good as the men". Instead, our culture would prefer women accept naïve and harmful ideas about an imaginary androgynous culture where there are absolutely no differences between men and women whatsoever. A culture that says if you can't succeed in doing exactly what the men can do exactly how the men do it, it's an example that you're victimized by them and thus creates a self-feeding ideology that worsens relations between the sexes and makes *EVERYBODY* unhappy. Turns out that women who embrace the fact that they're women are not only much happier than the alternative, but they have so much to offer in relationships and society as a whole, and the original Mulan is a fantastic example of this.

I can't imagine how hard it must be as a 12 year old girl being constantly taught that "strong" woman are perfect in any conceivable way. Only to realise that they themselves have to study to pass school exams or that they have no chance in sports competition against physically superior boys. If teenage me would be taught this, I would feel as an inferior sub-human that is not worthy of being a proper adult. Simply because I was not born perfect and have to learn and train to perform skillful tasks. How can you cope with that?

You are right. And here's an even worse interpretation of The Message: "You are perfect, exactly as you are. You only fail or can't achieve your wildest dreams because other people are unfairly holding you back." It doesn't take much to draw the horrifying conclusion that those "other people" need to be eliminated.

I still remember the first time I watched the Force Awakens. Back then I wasn't aware of the current tendencies and was like what's going on? How the heck can Rey use her lightsaber easily and defeat anyone she comes across? Luke trained his ass off and still lost to Darth Vader. It destroyed any sense of believability and also fun of the story. I didn't even watch the next movies.

Long story short, c. 1985, myself and another person found ourselves trapped by ice and sinking fast in British Columbia's Observatory Inlet. Vertical cliffs at that point on each side even if ice would allow getting there. Began going down fast; looked like Jig Was Up but damn if all I could think of then was the number of times the Enterprise crew faced certain doom only to save themselves or have a save happen. Sure enough, a seaplane spotted us minutes later and took us off practically as the gunwales swamped. Super survival nightmare with a save faster than ordering a pizza so true Life/Death but such a timely rescue as to make it all moot and embarrassing, esp to those who REALLY fought in similar situations. POINT is that I never forgot that stubbornness to keep fighting in the face of overwhelming odds/no clear options that kept me from falling into my companion's more grounded panic. Surely there was NOTHING I could do but Star Trek instilled that keep fighting lesson and kept that to this day. And although I now... doubt ... maybe ... I would have actually done so but the Mossberg .30 carbine WAS nevertheless considered as a last mercy vs freeze drowning w/Orcas circling. So it may have saved our lives. I could easily see a "The Mist" scenerio if that plane was only a few minutes late!

Paradoxically, I think modern movies have actually helped to bring me and my family closer together. Because instead of sitting in a dark cinema getting lectured to for two hours, we now sit around a board game, or pack a picnic, or go for walks. So thanks Hollywood! Your poor hectoring and badgering movies have helped our family save money and bring us closer together by doing other stuff, instead of lining your pockets.

The fact that modern Hollywood movies are written by overgrown children as stated in a previous video might explain why they also teach awful life lessons. These two go hand in hand.

Modern movies fit so well those modern mindsets I can see in real life every day. Movie storys always tell something about the time in they were made. The Zeitgeist of that time.

Good point. Although I highly doubt modern hollywood writers ever thought about the ultimate meaning of their show. They resort to cheap trope and tricks; excessively rely on technology like CGI to make things more visually appealing and then try to add some emotional factors through said cliches like unnecessary, useless sacrifices and deaths to get the audience to feel some sort of emotion for a brief moment and then call it a day. It can literally be dumbed down to - Look at how cool this character is when they’re doing this or that - Look at how badass and cool this character acts destroying more things than the supposed villain - Look at these cool effects - These two fell in love, and then one of them died, or both dies; isn’t it so sad? It’s just like Romeo and Juliet *no its fucking not* - Hear this protagonist out, he’s sad, listen to his life story that just makes you sad for a second which has no correlation to the story minute as if he’s a game NPC. - Too powerful? Nah, we gotta make this a power fantasy. Ps. I also find it interesting how these points apply to mostly action movies because without them, there is nothing appealing about the film since they skipped out on deep characterization and the overall theme. Action movies get these cheat codes where it’s: ‘good vfx and cgi, cool fight scenes, badass mary sue protagonist, cliche love or sad troupes = success.

"The idea that your own personal happiness is literally more important than other people's freedom, well being and personal integrity - this is the world of a villain, not a fucking hero!" True that.

The message I get from most modern Cinema is, "It's okay for us to be terrible, because we were once oppressed." -Every film since 2017

I loved WandaVision. I don’t think it taught Wanda was right, it showed a story about a villain. It was so cool to slowly realize the character we had been following all along was the villain

It's already concerning how many people think Anakin was in the right the whole time whenever there's a discussion about, "Villains who were right" or Star Wars in general. The brain-rotted zombies always bring up the unfair rules and practices of the Jedi as if that justifies Anakin's betrayal when it doesn't, especially when the conflict comes from the fact he isn't forced to be a part of their ranks. If he hates the rules so much, he should leave, but no these morons think the Jedi should change and adjust themselves to his ideologies and wants in life. It doesn't matter that the Jedi Order operates the it does because of the guidelines that have been set by their predecessors, that weren't set to control them, but because they're safety measures to help not only themselves, but the people of the galaxy. Their main objective is to keep people who are Force sensitive away from the Dark Side because of the inherent danger it poses to the person who falls to it and eventual threat they become to others around them. They're already more powerful than the majority of people who are born without Force abilities, some powers include planetary destruction for those who can attain it, such as Sidious. But nah, it's more important that Anakin be given free reign to fully express himself and pursue everything he wants. It's the Jedi's fault he listens to Sidious, not his. It's not his fault he slaughtered literal children, it's the Jedi for raising "child soldiers" even though that isn't the point of having the younglings. It's not Anakin's fault that he enabled a sinister, downright evil man to completely dismantle democracy and justice to create an Empire of dominance and oppression, it's the Jedi for not giving him special treatment and breaking tradition to not hurt his feelings. It's a stupid debate that has no grounds at all. There's no mistake that the Jedi made mistakes of their own and are filled with flaws, but concerning how their organization works and the stability of their leadership, they were doing fine with great results. It took a betrayal from a self-entitled baby, and massive amount of manipulation over the course of a 1000 years to topple them, not a fundamental flaw from how they acted or lead the Order.

That's why I love the Lion Kings message. "Sh*t happens. Deal with it". Not many movies have that as their message

I think most people here didn't grasp that message, modern movies: teach us that we're perfect regardless of what the way we are. A very crappy way to feed narcissistic people. Old movies: everyone has their shortcomings, struggles, flaws but through hard work, sacrifice and determination we can overcome those challenges and achieve what we want.

A character who loses everything and creates a simulated perfect world by using real people to fill roles is literally a villain in an episode of Justice League. In that, the simulated heroes confront their creator because they know that the real people living in that world must be freed, even if it means they will sacrifice their lives.

It is amazing how your commentary is so spot on.

I always hated how people share the message of "you are enough". No, you're not. Be honest with yourself. Don't dog yourself, but be honest and realize you are flawed like everyone else and then work on your flaws.

It´s actually even worse with Rey because she is emotional and always angry when she fights, so it means she channels the dark side and should be a Sith, not a Jedi. Even Kylo Ren is more focused and calm when he fights.

Can you do a review of Sling Blade? It’s a great piece of film. Raw, honest, and sadly often forgotten. It’s shocking that Billy Bob Thornton didn’t get best actor for it. Love the channel and your crossover content with Shad and others. Thanks!

So glad to have a refreshing view like this. Thank you.

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” - George Orwell

I saw a movie last night, a romantic comedy, where the actual point of the movie is that *sometimes* cheating is ok. And it made it out to be a really cute story. I felt so gross after watching.

Man. I love you to death. I never miss one of your videos. And RU-vid often just starts autoplaying your video next no matter what I'm watching. But right now, I just realized halfway into this particular one, man, he's really harshing my buzz.

This is actually really insightful. And whether each point hits or not, the main idea stands on it's own.

How did a "barely functional Scottish alcoholic" become the voice of reason in these bizarre times? Great stuff as always.

"Skill and talent that isn't tempered by wisdom, restraint, and experience eventually leads to arrogance, impatience, and a dangerous overestimation of your own abilities... the longer, harder road is what builds character, resilience, and wisdom, the things that will serve you best in life." Beautifully said, cheers Drinker.

I thought I was just grumpy and not with the times. But you manage to unpick the layers of dross in each of your videos. Keep it up; even tho you know dilution is already happening.

Great video, i really enjoyed it and agree with most of your points, but I gotta defend WandaVision here for a sec. I think it was pretty clear early on in the series that in these events she became the villan. But definitely once she turned into the Scared Witch and also in Dr Strange 2.

As someone who wants to write, a lot of modern movies are a big inspiration as to what I shouldn't do when I write a story and characters. Edit: I just wanna write stories people can enjoy with characters that people can love. I don't wanna write political stuff cause I am not smart for those topics

I remember years ago, when Movies always showed a woman in a bar tossing a drink in a mans face as way of getting at him. I was at a bar in Tucson, and a woman did that to a guy who was talking to his friends. The guy stood there for a second, went to the bar, bought a pitcher of beer and dumped it over her. She just stood there awe-struck and one could almost hear her thinking, THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN.

I like and appreciate every episode you've ever produced!

Great lessons in this video. Good work sir.

I remember being genuinely shocked at the 'Rey Skywalker' moment. It would have been so much more affecting and inspiring if she had owned her real name of Rey Palpatine. Showing that she is not defined by her family name, or her ancestors' legacy and will not be ashamed of where she came from. But instead: "I'm going to choose the hero name for myself and just ignore/hide from the truth"

It's great how even Chinese RU-vidrs were talking about how the animated version of Mulan was so much better than the live action, which they thought was very disrespectul to the story.

It really makes me feel a mix of sadness and genuine hate filled anger when it comes to cinema in general…. They’re taking an art form I truly love and care about and has also influenced me enough to right my own screenplays and short stories and with cinema being the soulless black hole that it’s become, it’s made me even more determined to have my own stuff made, so that I could show modern movie goers TRUE ARTFUL CINEMA.. like we once knew and loved

First video of yours I have watched, love you already!

Another problem with a lot of so-called "Girl Power" movies is that in order for them to work, all of the men have to be too stupid to function or so evil that they collapse in on themselves. Such is not the case in the real world. In the real world, you will face adversaries and rivals who are VERY good at what they do, and so such stories ultimately set up their viewers for failure if they imbibe their shitty messaging.

I knew some of the folks who worked on "Mulan" in 1997. They were earnest, talented artists, determined to make the best story and entertainment they could. The recent "remake" was a horrifying cash grab that totally misunderstood everything important about storytelling and character development. There's simply no longer an excuse to support this constant tripe.

Disguising villains as heroes and then teaching their lessons to children is an absolutely terrifying idea, and even more so that this is what's actually happening. God have mercy on all of us

I learned quite a lot from the remake. Whenever I face overwhelming challenges, I just remember to be born with supernatural powers that make me the world's best at whatever skill I need to succeed.

You know what Disney thinks of their audience when we’re supposed to think that Kylo Ren is scary.

I'm 32 & remember as a child that any time we read a story, we would talk about: what the moral of the story is. It's something thats stuck with me throughout all sorces of entertainment & your intro perfectly sums it up. A lot of modern day entertainment is less about doing the right thing, or striving to be better, & more about using your circumstances as an excuse for your behaviour. It's just normalizing mordern generations to have a 'take no responsibility' & 'blame others' attitude. (which as you said with Tik Tok) Can be seen all throughout.

lol so on point. especially 9:45 about life lessons and personal feeling vs. humanity

I love this guy; he cuts to the chase, while also being entertaining, and he avoids the shrill and whiny stridency of so many youtube personalities. I raise my glass to you, sir...

This makes me think of Arcane. Vander taught Vi to take responsibility for herself and the people who followed her. Silco taught Jinx that she was perfect just the way she was. Vi grew up to be caring and brave and did everything she could to save her sister after getting out of prison, while Jinx grew up to blame everyone around her for her actions and became a terrorist. They're both brilliantly written and entertaining characters, but it's funny that the character who grew up with the modern empowerment tripe we get so often today ended up worse off than the one who endured nearly a decade of imprisonment, violence, and abuse.

Most modern movies are indeed teaching people to become villains rather than heroes, especially when they don't show the consequences of acting that way. Great video Drinker!

I absolutely agree, and also, I think modern movies tend to use messages rather than lesson ( and as you sad even those are awful) to me a message is an explicit point of the film around which the story revolves (eg: captain marvel and The Message) whereas a lesson is a product of the story itself. Any thoughts on this definition are welcome

What's more sadder is that we are already facing an age in which we cannot relate to new movies anymore. Are we getting old?

I remember getting scolded constantly by my friends due to my disdain for the political underpinnings and screwed up life lessons of certain movies. It was always the same ol' "its just a movie". But throughout all of history cultures and societies have been sculpted by the stories they tell. And the slope towards degeneracy has clearly been slipery. We are headed for hard times indeed.

Wandavision had me until that line from Monica. Wanda is supposed to be scary. When she leaves at the end it should be terrifying relief. This is someone so powerful they're one step from supervillain status. Then the show tried to frame it as some noble sacrifice and it rubbed me wrong. Let Wanda be a villain, let her struggle with what she did, and then grow as a character.

Disney is already infested with these kinds of writers. There is no hope for it.