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| − | |Three parapsychologists (later joined by a fourth teammate, who acts as their voice of reason) lose their jobs at Columbia University as they fail to deal with a ghost plaguing the New York Public Library, so they develop ghost-weakening "proton packs" and go into business ridding New York City of poltergeists. The film fittingly satirizes an unfair (and likely liberal) professor, senseless academic research, paganism, and a villainous EPA regulator. One conservative sample line by Ghostbuster Raymond "Ray" Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) when asked to shift from the public to the [[private sector]] reads, "I don’t know about that. I’ve worked in the private sector. They expect results!" A sequel, ''Ghostbusters 2'', followed in 1989, though there is some debate as to whether it qualifies as great since it revisits many of the same plot points from the first movie. The original film was remade in 2016 as a liberal revisionist and pro-feminist piece (with the four main character all female), which bombed at the box office and had a trailer almost universally panned on YouTube. | + | |Three parapsychologists (later joined by a fourth teammate, who acts as their voice of reason) lose their jobs at Columbia University as they fail to deal with a ghost plaguing the New York Public Library, so they develop ghost-weakening "proton packs" and go into business ridding New York City of poltergeists. The film fittingly satirizes an unfair (and likely liberal) professor, senseless academic research, paganism, and a villainous EPA regulator. One conservative sample line by Ghostbuster Raymond "Ray" Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) when asked to shift from the public to the [[private sector]] reads, "I don’t know about that. I’ve worked in the private sector. They expect results!" A sequel, ''Ghostbusters 2'', followed in 1989, though there is some debate as to whether it qualifies as great since it revisits many of the same plot points from the first movie. The original film was remade in 2016 as a liberal revisionist and pro-feminist piece (with the four main character all female), which bombed at the box office and had a trailer almost universally panned on YouTube. A second sequel called ''Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' was released in 2021, ignoring the 2016 remake and starring the grandchildren of Egon Spengler. |
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| − | |A clan of lemurs living on a tropical island finds an egg and raises a baby dinosaur from that egg: an ''Iguanodon'' named Aladar. When their island home is destroyed by a meteor shower years later, Aladar and four remaining lemurs join a herd of migrating dinosaurs on their way to their nesting grounds, all while predators lurk behind them. The movie portrays family - both by blood and adoption - very well, shown when the lemurs adopt and raise Aladar while he protects them in return. Even Kron - the herd's stubborn leader - and his sister Neera share a bond; Kron never acts harsh towards Neera, and Neera tries (but unfortunately fails) to save Kron from a ''Carnotaurus''. Aladar is also shown to be against [[Social Darwinism]], opposing Kron's strict belief that the old and weak should be left behind and helping the oldest dinosaurs in the herd keep up; his beliefs are also what gets Neera to like him, after watching him helping Eema the elderly ''Styracosaurus'' and two orphaned ''Iguanodons'' get some water. A novelization of the movie also has Aladar and Kron's ideals combine to "Standing together makes everyone strong". Redemption is also positively shown when Bruton - second-in-command to Kron - sacrifices himself to save the stragglers of the herd by bringing the cave down onto himself and a predator. | + | |A clan of lemurs living on a tropical island finds an egg and raises a baby dinosaur from that egg: an ''Iguanodon'' named Aladar. When their island home is destroyed by a meteor shower years later, Aladar and four remaining lemurs join a herd of migrating dinosaurs on their way to their nesting grounds, all while predators lurk behind them. The movie portrays family - both by blood and adoption - very well, shown when the lemurs adopt and raise Aladar while he protects them in return. Even Kron - the herd's stubborn leader - and his sister Neera share a bond; Kron never acts harsh towards Neera, and Neera tries (but unfortunately fails) to save Kron from a ''Carnotaurus''. Aladar is also shown to be against [[Social Darwinism]], opposing Kron's strict belief that the old and weak should be left behind and helping the oldest dinosaurs in the herd keep up; his beliefs are also what gets Neera to like him, after watching him helping Eema the elderly ''Styracosaurus'' and two orphaned ''Iguanodons'' get some water. A novelization of the movie also has Aladar and Kron's ideals combine to "Standing together makes everyone strong". Redemption is also positively shown when Bruton - second-in-command to Kron - sacrifices himself to save the stragglers of the herd by bringing the cave down onto himself and a ''Carnotaurus''. |
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| | |Young Indian boy Mowgli searches for his place in the world with the help of various talking animals in this Disney classic based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling of the same name, albeit significantly toned down to make the film a bit more family friendly. | | |Young Indian boy Mowgli searches for his place in the world with the help of various talking animals in this Disney classic based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling of the same name, albeit significantly toned down to make the film a bit more family friendly. |
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| − | A CGI/live-action remake was released in April 2016, directed by Jon Favreau. It created a plot different from the 1967 film but still retained some charm from the original, as well as including material from the classic Kipling novel. | + | A CGI/live-action remake was released in April 2016, directed by Jon Favreau. It created a plot different from the 1967 film but still retained some charm from the original, as well as including material from the classic Kipling novel. The movie also gained a sequel in 2003, as well as spinoffs like ''Jungle Cubs'' and ''Talespin''. |
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| − | |The movie showcases the consequences with the concept of playing God where the main antagonist Mewtwo, a clone, was shown to be disturbed at the revelation that he may have only been created to be the purposes of being a tool (with the message being more pronounced in the Japanese version due to religious censorship during dubbing). It also promotes the idea of self-worth and how the circumstances of one's birth don't matter so much as they try to push good, with Mewtwo ultimately being reformed upon learning this message. It also has an anti-cloning message, due to Mewtwo's aforementioned disturbance at his origins. A CGI remake of the film, ''Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution'', was released in 2019, nearly two decades after its release in America. | + | |The movie showcases the consequences with the concept of playing God where the main antagonist Mewtwo, a clone, was shown to be disturbed at the revelation that he may have only been created to be the purposes of being a tool (with the message being more pronounced in the Japanese version due to religious censorship during dubbing). It also promotes the idea of self-worth and how the circumstances of one's birth don't matter so much as they try to push good, with Mewtwo ultimately being reformed upon learning this message. It also has an anti-cloning message, due to Mewtwo's aforementioned disturbance at his origins. A CGI remake of the film - ''Mewtwo Strikes Back: Evolution'' - was released in 2019, nearly two decades after its release in America. |
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| − | |This animated story of the [[The Nativity]] is told from the perspective of anthropomorphic animals. The main protagonist - a donkey named Bo (Boaz for short) - aspires to be a part of the royal caravan crossing through Israel, but he finds a greater purpose: to help carry Mary to Bethlehem. Friendship is also portrayed well, as Bo's best friend - a white dove named Dave - stays by his side; even when he can easily escape from danger like flying away, Dave never leaves Bo to face danger alone. Bo even rescues King Herod's two dogs from a cliff, which results in the two dogs changing from bad to good and vowing to do good, thus showing that villains in movies can choose to leave their evil ways behind. | + | |This animated story of the [[The Nativity]] is told from the perspective of anthropomorphic animals. The main protagonist - a donkey named Bo (Boaz for short) - aspires to be a part of the royal caravan crossing through Israel, but he finds a greater purpose: to help carry Mary to Bethlehem. Friendship is also portrayed well, as Bo's best friend - a white dove named Dave - stays by his side; even when he can easily escape from danger like flying away, Dave never leaves Bo to face danger alone. Bo even rescues King Herod's two dogs from a cliff, which results in the two dogs changing from bad to good and vowing to do good, showing that people have a chance to change and do good. |
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