Honestly my biggest gripe with so many Hollywood movies. Villains bring up great points and then just so we have to keep rooting for the status quo commit senseless murder
It’s a trend I’m noticing, people are unhappy with the status quo, but the higher ups love it.
The compromise? Villains used as a mouthpiece for the audience and then given a moment in the third act where they sit down to eat a basket of puppies and some “We need a solution but men like you will never give it!” for our hero to support the status quo but have a false pretense of a copout… it made me really appreciate Jack Horner for being an actual goddamn villain in a sea of “The Bad Guy is right, but…”
Now I’m randonly remembering Disney trying to actually sell Cruella DeVille of all people as a feminist girlboss antihero…
As if anyone could root for a woman who wants to skin literal puppies alive in order to make a dress…
Honestly my biggest gripe with so many Hollywood movies. Villains bring up great points and then just so we have to keep rooting for the status quo commit senseless murder
That’s MCU for ya
It’s a trend I’m noticing, people are unhappy with the status quo, but the higher ups love it.
The compromise? Villains used as a mouthpiece for the audience and then given a moment in the third act where they sit down to eat a basket of puppies and some “We need a solution but men like you will never give it!” for our hero to support the status quo but have a false pretense of a copout… it made me really appreciate Jack Horner for being an actual goddamn villain in a sea of “The Bad Guy is right, but…”
Now I’m randonly remembering Disney trying to actually sell Cruella DeVille of all people as a feminist girlboss antihero…
As if anyone could root for a woman who wants to skin literal puppies alive in order to make a dress…
Basically every good vs evil narrative from hollywood for the past 30 years has been this.
The “Malcom X was a bad guy!” Trope is offensive as fuck to anyone who knows basic history
Okay, which one of you is the Riddler from the new Batman?