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Essay:Greatest Conservative Movies (view source)
Revision as of 12:34, March 18, 2019
, 12:34, March 18, 2019→Debatable Whether Conservative: Adding Austin Powers to the list. Don't know if it should be listed as debatable or as liberal.
|Released during the [[Michael Eisner]] era of [[Disney]]. On the one hand, the main villain is a military commander who would endanger the lost city of Atlantis just to be rich, and it is implied that he would commit treason by selling the power source to the Kaiser during World War I for the same motivation. The theft of the crystal to become rich could be seen as a condemnation of capitalism. That being said, however, capitalism has also been promoted in a more positive light in the form of Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric but ultimately good-hearted billionaire who funded the expedition in the first place, and in addition, most of the principal cast was shown to have dreams of getting a better lot in society, with it being heavily implied in the ending that they ultimately succeeded in achieving those dreams after selflessly trying to save Atlantis, which acts as an implicit promotion of both capitalism and the American Dream.
|Released during the [[Michael Eisner]] era of [[Disney]]. On the one hand, the main villain is a military commander who would endanger the lost city of Atlantis just to be rich, and it is implied that he would commit treason by selling the power source to the Kaiser during World War I for the same motivation. The theft of the crystal to become rich could be seen as a condemnation of capitalism. That being said, however, capitalism has also been promoted in a more positive light in the form of Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric but ultimately good-hearted billionaire who funded the expedition in the first place, and in addition, most of the principal cast was shown to have dreams of getting a better lot in society, with it being heavily implied in the ending that they ultimately succeeded in achieving those dreams after selflessly trying to save Atlantis, which acts as an implicit promotion of both capitalism and the American Dream.
|$84,056,472
|$84,056,472
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|''Austin Powers'' franchise
|1997, 1999, 2002
|PG-13
|A series of films that parodied spy films such as the [[James Bond]] franchise. On the one hand, liberal values are promoted such as Austin Power's promiscuous swinger nature being promoted as a positive, as well as usage of scatological humor throughout. In addition, one of the villains, Frau Farbissina, is mentioned to have been a founder of the militant faction of the Christian organization [[The Salvation Army]]. The first film also downplays the Cold War and the death of Communism by mentioning that the 1980s were among the "unimportant decades" in Austin Power's crash course. On the other hand, it does promote some chivalrous aspects, as Austin in the first film made it very clear to Vanessa Kinsington, the daughter of his former partner that not even he was willing to have sex with a woman who had too much to drink, and there is an implicit promotion of [[Gay conversion therapy]], as Farbissina was established as a lesbian in the second movie, yet after sleeping with Dr. Evil in the past, she ended up becoming pregnant (with Scott Evil, Dr. Evil's son, being the byproduct of the affair), and it is implied afterward as well as in the third movie ''Goldmember'' that she became straight afterward and genuinely loved Dr. Evil, enjoying a kiss that with him that was otherwise meant to slip a key to him to aid in his escape. Family values are also given a slight promotion, as Farbissina defended Scott Evil from Dr. Evil's otherwise abusive actions to him, and part of the third movie involved Scott and Dr. Evil growing closer to their relationship, and it is also revealed that Dr. Evil was in fact Austin's brother, leading to some redemption for the latter, and the third movie makes clear that some of Austin's problems were the result of his father Nigel being a neglectful father. The second movie also has an anti-body positive message as well with Fat [censored].
|$876.3 million (all three films)
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|''Back to the Future''
|''Back to the Future''