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Essay:Greatest Conservative Movies (view source)
Revision as of 21:01, December 28, 2017
, 21:01, December 28, 2017Objection: Just because a movie like Home Alone 2 revisits all the same plot points as the first one does not necessarily make it great. Also, you spelled "versions" as "verisons." We need to improve spell checking to improve our reputation.
|1990
|1990
|PG
|PG
|This Christmas classic is about Kevin McCallister, who accidentally gets stuck home alone and thus learns to be independent and self-reliant. Not only that, but he defends his family house from burglars by resourcefully making booby traps out of everyday items, including firearms. Also Kevin is shown to have Christian values, as he goes to church and is shown praying and giving grace before his dinner. The movie also has very strong pro-family themes. After Kevin gets into an altercation with his older brother Buzz, he wishes his family would disappear. After he wakes up and finds his family gone, he is at first overjoyed at having no one talking down to him or telling him he can't do things, but as the film progresses, he begins to miss his family. Kevin's mother Kate is determined to get back to Chicago to see Kevin and is willing to make any sacrifice necessary. The film shows the value of charity with the character Gus Polinski (played by the late John Candy) who empathizes with Kate, being a father himself, and offers Kate a ride with his Polka band.
|This Christmas classic is about Kevin McCallister, who accidentally gets stuck home alone and thus learns to be independent and self-reliant. Not only that, but he defends his family house from burglars by resourcefully making booby traps out of everyday items, including firearms. Kevin is shown to be a Christian, too, as he goes to church and is shown praying and giving grace before his dinner. After Kevin gets into an altercation with his older brother Buzz, he wishes his family would disappear. After he wakes up and finds his family gone, he is at first overjoyed at having no one talking down to him or telling him he can't do things, but as the film progresses, he begins to miss his family and learns how important they are. Likewise, Kevin's mother Kate is determined to get back to Chicago to see Kevin and will make any sacrifice necessary. The film shows the value of charity because the supporting character Gus Polinski (played by the late John Candy) empathizes with Kate, being a father himself, and offers Kate a ride with his Polka band.
Three sequels, the third and fourth films without its original star as Kevin, followed later on.
|$285,761,243
|$285,761,243
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|''Home Run''
|''Home Run''
|1992
|1992
|G
|G
|On the one hand, the film is set within what is implied to be a Muslim state, and Aladdin does resort to lying to try and marry Jasmine. Also has a slight feminist bent due to Jasmine refusing to marry despite the law requiring for it (although not nearly to the same extent as with Belle and ''Beauty and the Beast''.). In addition, some lyrics to the opening song ended up cut due to fears of offending the Muslim populace, implying it was politically correct in nature. The Sultan was also shown to be a massive bumbler and overgrown child, which may hint at an anti-parenthood agenda. But on the other hand, the film does ultimately promote character integrity due to Aladdin ultimately deciding against lying and telling Jasmine the truth about himself, and despite the politically correct nature of the film regarding Islam, it ultimately showcases some more negative elements of Islamic culture via a vendor nearly chopping Jasmine's hand off due to her technically "stealing" in order to feed a starving child, as well as Prince Achmed being shown in a very negative light via his cruelty to Aladdin and children who got in his way, and being implied to be very poor husband material (and it was subtly implied that the reason why Jasmine refused to marry was because all the princes she encountered had in fact been as bad as Achmed), and the reason she fell for Aladdin was because he saved her life and showed kindness to her. Also has a condemnation against the occult to a certain extent, as the only explicit magic-user besides Genie was Jafar, the main villain.
|Based on the classic Arabian folk tale ''Aladdin and the Magic Lamp'', a poor thief is sent by a sultan's sinister vizier to unearth a magic oil lamp. Upon finding this, he accidentally releases the comical genie inside, who fulfills his wish to become a prince so he can legally court Jasmine, the sultan's daughter. On the one hand, the film is set within what is implied to be a Muslim state, and Aladdin does resort to lying to try and marry Jasmine. A slight feminist bent is present because Jasmine refuses to marry, ignoring the law requiring it (although not nearly to the same extent as with Belle and ''Beauty and the Beast''.). In addition, some lyrics to the opening song were notably cut due to fears of offending the Muslim populace, implying the film is politically correct in nature. The Sultan is shown to be a massive bumbler and overgrown child, which may hint at an anti-parenthood agenda. But on the other hand, the film does ultimately push character integrity because Aladdin ultimately decides against lying and tells Jasmine the truth about himself. Disregarding the film's politically correct treatment Islam, it ultimately showcases some more negative elements of Islamic culture via a vendor nearly chopping Jasmine's hand off when she "steals" some food to feed a starving child, as well as Prince Achmed in a very negative light via his cruelty to Aladdin and children attempting to stop him. The prince is implied to be a poor example of a husband, so it is subtly implied that Jasmine refused to marry because all the princes she encountered had in fact been as bad as Achmed. She then falls for Aladdin because he saves her life and shows kindness to her. There is a lesser condemnation against the occult as the only explicit magic-user besides Aladdin's Genie is Jafar, the main villain who dreams of becoming the world's most powerful dark sorcerer.
|$504.1 million
|$504.1 million
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|1990
|1990
|PG-13
|PG-13
|As implied by the title, the film gets its [[Patriotism|patriotic]] message across. However, due to a low budget, poor production values, and disjointed editing, the film becomes tedious and sometimes laughable. It would be twenty-one years before another adaptation of the conservative superhero's adventures would be made.
|As implied by the title, the Marvel Comics adapdation gets its [[Patriotism|patriotic]] message across. However, due to a low budget, poor production values, and disjointed editing, the film becomes tedious and sometimes laughable. It would be twenty-one years before another adaptation of the conservative superhero's adventures would be made.
|$10,173
|$10,173
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|$252.7 million
|$252.7 million
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|''Home Alone sequels''
|''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York''
|1992
|PG
|In the sequel to the first ''Home Alone'', Kevin McCallister is once again accidentally separated from his family while being laid over in New York City and must be self-reliant to survive. He takes advantage of an opportunity to save a children's charity from being robbed by the Wet Bandits from the previous film, using man-made traps against them once more with some modifications. [[Donald Trump]] makes a brief, positive cameo, too, to help Kevin navigate his way through the Plaza Hotel. Family values return as Kevin once again wishes his family away but then misses them. Kate's maternal instinct returns as well because she is determined to find Kevin, even when others tell her there is no hope. Kate once again finds help from a charitable, sympathetic person (in this case, an NYPD officer), who helps her by bringing her to Rockefeller Center, where she finds Kevin. All that aside, the fact that it recycles virtually all the same plot beats and jokes from the first film makes it questionable whether it exists to stress the importance of family, charity, and self-sufficiency or is simply a product of liberal Hollywood's greed.
|$359 million
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|''Home Alone'' 3, 4, and 5
|1997, 2002, 2012
|1997, 2002, 2012
|PG
|PG
|Sequels to the classic film, however they do not involve the original cast, and only the fourth film involves the original characters, they do have a similar story and themes to the originals (and in the case of the third film also depicts Communist North Korea and terrorism in a negative light, due to the main villains being internationally wanted hitmen who had ties to North Korea), however they were nowhere near as popular as the first two, since they were lesser verisons of the originals since it recycles many of the same plot beats and jokes from the first film makes it questionable whether it exists to stress the importance of family and self-sufficiency or is simply a product of liberal Hollywood's greed.
|Installments 3 and 5 in these sequels to the Christmas classic ''Home Alone'' do not involve the original cast, while the fourth only features part of the original cast. They each have a similar story and themes to the original, with the third featuring communist North Korea and terrorism in a negative light since the antagonists are internationally wanted hitmen tied to North Korea. However, they were nowhere near as popular as the first two because they are considered lesser versions of the originals.
|$30,882,515, N/A straight to DVD, Made for TV Film
|$30,882,515, N/A straight to DVD, Made for TV Film
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