| − | |Widely considered to be the crowning achievement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this game-changing superhero film brings together several superheroes, all of whom previously starred in related films adapted from Marvel Comics, with the common objective of stopping the Norse god Thor's adopted evil brother Loki from conquering the world with an extra-terrestrial mercenary army. Despite being the first Marvel feature released by the liberal conglomerate [[Walt Disney Company]] and being directed by liberal Joss Whedon, the film condemns totalitarian ideals, namely Loki's actions. A pivotal scene has Loki forcing innocent Germans to kneel before him, but an old man refuses and indirectly references Hitler and Nazi Germany's actions when explaining why he won't. Arriving to confront Loki in the next instant, Steve Rogers/Captain America references Hitler and Johan Schmidt/Red Skull's attempt at taking the world via a similar ideology. Furthermore, the film condemns communism because the heroic assassin character Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, who works with the superheroes, implies that she regrets her time as a Soviet agent due to having to conduct various atrocities. Law-enforcement is depicted positively, too, as they join the Avengers in their climactic battle to defend New York City when Loki's army invades. Finally, while the film doesn't seem to favor any religion or non-religion in particular, it paints Christians positively when Captain America, before pursuing a fighting Thor and Loki, tells Black Widow, "There's only one God, ma'am, and I'm pretty sure He doesn't dress like that!" in an obvious reference to the Biblical God. Given that a lot of planning went into ''The Avengers'' even before Disney's acquisition of Marvel, it should come as no surprise that these conservative subtexts shine through. | + | |Widely considered to be the crowning achievement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this game-changing superhero film brings together several superheroes, all of whom previously starred in related films adapted from Marvel Comics, as they join the Norse god Thor (who is less of a god and more of an alien in this universe, thus averting support for paganism) in stopping his evil brother Loki from conquering the world with an extra-terrestrial mercenary army. Despite being the first Marvel feature released by the liberal conglomerate [[Walt Disney Company]] and being directed by liberal Joss Whedon, the film condemns totalitarian ideals, namely Loki's actions. A pivotal scene has Loki forcing innocent Germans to kneel before him, but an old man refuses to submit to "men like him", comparing Loki's actions to Hitler and Nazi Germany's actions. Arriving to confront Loki in the next instant, Steve Rogers/Captain America references Hitler and Johan Schmidt/Red Skull's attempt at taking the world via a similar ideology. Furthermore, the film condemns communism because the heroic assassin character Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, who works with the superheroes, implies that she regrets her time as a Soviet agent due to having to conduct various atrocities. Law-enforcement is depicted positively, too, as they join the Avengers in their climactic battle to defend New York City when Loki's army invades. Finally, while the film doesn't seem to favor any religion or non-religion in particular, it paints Christians positively when Captain America, before pursuing a fighting Thor and Loki, tells Black Widow, "There's only one God, ma'am, and I'm pretty sure He doesn't dress like that!" in an obvious reference to the Biblical God. Given that a lot of planning went into ''The Avengers'' even before Disney's acquisition of Marvel, it should come as no surprise that these conservative subtexts shine through. |
| − | |The film shows how the "counterculture" movements of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as drugs, lead to a miserable life. Also, Gump has a more conservative lifestyle, while Jenny leaves her liberal lifestyle after she realizes the shortcomings of it. In addition, the film also makes very clear that Lyndon B. Johnson was largely responsible for the Vietnam War, not Richard Nixon as most liberals tend to think (e.g., [[George Lucas]]). | + | |The film shows how the "counterculture" movements of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as drugs, lead to a miserable life. Gump has a more conservative lifestyle, while Jenny leaves her liberal lifestyle after she realizes the shortcomings of it. Finally, a main message is that Lyndon B. Johnson was largely responsible for the Vietnam War, not Richard Nixon as most liberals like [[George Lucas]] tend to think. |
| | |$329,694,499<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forrestgump.htm Forrest Gump] (1994). ''Box Office Mojo''. Retrieved July 30, 2016.</ref> | | |$329,694,499<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forrestgump.htm Forrest Gump] (1994). ''Box Office Mojo''. Retrieved July 30, 2016.</ref> |
| − | |Michael Keaton portrays Ray Kroc, founder of the capitalistic fast food empire [[McDonald's]], in this biographical histrocial drama detailing the obstacles Kroc overcame and the risks he took to succeed in business and redefine the fast food industry. The movie displays capitalism and fast food in postive light, (two things liberals are not very fond of). | + | |Michael Keaton portrays Ray Kroc, founder of the capitalistic fast food empire [[McDonald's]]—which is painted positively, much to the chagrin of liberals—in this biographical historical drama detailing the obstacles Kroc overcame and the risks he took to succeed in business and redefine the fast food industry. |