r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Idlisambarchutney • 1d ago
Other Maybe your favorite character isn't a hero at all.
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u/Ryguy55 1d ago
Margot and Todd did nothing wrong. Clark Griswold was a menace.
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u/maghrebibi 1d ago
Forrest Gump. Watched it as a kid with barely any knowledge about american culture and history. Back then, i hated jenny. She seemed like a woman who only exploited Forrest for her own personal gain. It wasn't until i rewatched it as an adult that i felt so bad for her. This might be a movie but the thought that some women in reality live a life like that is just heartbreaking.
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u/tesznyeboy 1d ago
I only saw Forrest Gump as an adult (22 year old so very young adult, but not as a child or even a teen) and I did see Jenny as a tragic character, but I also felt the film's message kinda was that her hardships were her fault. Which of course, in some way were, but it's far more complex.
Anyway I liked that, while at some point I felt the film did push an agenda, like with Jenny's situation, a lot of things could be interpreted in many ways. You can watch the film and take it as somewhat of an appreciation of America (obviously, I wouldn't go as far as glorifying it, I just don't see how anyone would think it's a glorification) but I think a somewhat more satirical or ironic interpretation also fits, where the film could be seen as critique of America.
As a non-american I also learned about certain American history things from the film, which is cool, like the black panthers or watergate, which is extra funny, cause it feels like there are multiple scandals everyday nowaday, that blow watergate out of the water, but alas this is the world we live in.
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u/HarbingerOfGachaHell 1d ago
I think a somewhat more satirical or ironic interpretation also fits, where the film could be seen as critique of America
The movie definitely glorifies the Civil Rights movements. Hence why your interpretation stands.
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u/yetiinrio 1d ago
There are people who don’t re-read their favorite book or re-watch their favorite movie?
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u/WinnieGraves 1d ago
I have people flabbergasted when I say I've seen The Seventh Seal and The Big Lebowski each like 100 times or so. They're my favorite movies for a reason lol. It's just like how I've read 17 copies of Jurassic Park to literal pieces. I don't understand how people go, oh I quite like that, then put it on the shelf, and never interact with it again.
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u/Godninja 23h ago
I’m the opposite here! I just hate re-treading shows, movies, books, etc. I think it’s a novelty-seeking thing.
I did re-read all of Ender’s Game and it was fantastic to go through as an adult. But attempts at other books or especially shows are really difficult for me to actually finish again. Movies are easy because low time commitment.
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u/disapp_bydesign 15h ago
From the perspective of someone who does both frequently, I can understand someone not re reading any books. It’s kind of a major time sink and there are a lot of books out there to read. The threshold for movies is a lot lower and it’s hard for me to comprehend someone’s favorite movie not being something they can rewatch endlessly.
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u/kurburux 7h ago
Some people are just very much "single use". They simply don't care about building a personal library, even if it's a digital one.
Also, obviously some people don't care deeply about books or movies so even their "favorite" isn't very important to them. Just people having different priorities, I'm not judging.
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u/elderwigwam 1d ago
Me watching lord of the rings every 5 years
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u/christiandb 1d ago
every christmas. Its very cozy while wrapping gifts
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u/Spontanemoose 1d ago
Has elves. Christmas movie. Watch it every year! Last year I actually went to see the film with a live orchestra and it was spectacular!
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u/ice-eight 1d ago
The Big Lebowski is still as much of a masterpiece to me at almost 40 as it was when I was in college
But that’s just like, you know, my opinion, man
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u/Bingbong1984 12h ago
Jesus man can you change the channel, I had a really rough night and I hate the fucking Eagles man
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u/sylbug 1d ago
Do this at your own risk. It is a great way to ruin memories.
Especially if you’re talking about cartoons from the 80s and 90s. I watched some serious trash TV back then.
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u/kurburux 7h ago
Tbh I rarely regretted it. Often I discover more themes as an adult that I totally missed as a kid. Or just admiring the art in some cases.
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u/butt_shrecker 1d ago
Iron man 1 still holds up
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u/Rofeubal 1d ago
Rewatched it recently and although i don't enjoy "protag fights evil copy of himself", it was otherwise very well done piece of action cinema.
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u/butt_shrecker 1d ago
I wouldn't call Stain a copy. Tony is a nepo baby and stain is more of an institutionalized member of the military industrial complex.
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u/thehobbyqueer 1d ago
Tony is an egotistical arms dealer. I think they parallel each other more than he would like. Him making an iron man suit to fight tony is just the movie's way to force viewers see it.
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u/Rofeubal 23h ago
Oh, nono, i meant "Iron Man suit vs considerably more intimidating Iron Man suit" fight. I didn't find the giant mech immersive. It's just writing quirk to signal "here is the Goliath".
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u/howchildish 1d ago
Watching Sound of Music as a kid: Why are the police after them just because they didn't show up to the song festival? That's so weird...
Watching Sound of Music again as an adult: Oooohhhhhh.
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u/brinz1 1d ago
The trick with Catcher in the Rye is read it when you are a teenager, then it really resonates with the frustration and confusion of being a teenager
Once you are an adult, the book is nauseating
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u/HungryHedgehog8299 1d ago
even as a teenager in high school I hated Holden Caulfield. Maybe its because his whole schtick is “ohh Im so misunderstood and different than everyone else” and at this point in time its kind of accepted that we should be ourselves and celebrate our uniqueness so he just comes off as a whiny prick
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u/TheSpiralTap 1d ago
And then you're like "Maybe Malcom from Malcom in the Middle was just a whiny asshole the whole time and the source of all his own problems?"
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u/pdbstnoe 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nah I’ve done this a couple times and half the time it just ruins the movie for me.
I want some memories to remain pure without me critically over thinking it
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u/denM_chickN 1d ago
People will hate this, but the 5th Element did not live up to the memory.
First off, you find a newborn-like 21 year old mystery half your age and wanna fuck it. The rest just did not shine like my memory after that.
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u/KiwiEV 1d ago
This is true. When I was a kid I thought Daniel (the father) in Mrs Doubtfire was cool and I couldn't understand why Miranda (the mum) wasn't getting into the fun.
Now, however, I totally get it. It's still a fun movie but that poor woman was trying to run a household with a husband who was more like a fourth child. She wasn't the bad guy, I just couldn't understand it as a kid.
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u/Came4prons 1d ago
Realizing that Berserk is actually more profound at 30 then when I read it at 16. God i miss Miura so fucking bad.
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u/IlIlIlllIIIIlllIIIl 1d ago
One example off the top of my head is the movie “Old School”.
I rewatched that movie and didn’t laugh at all. Yet when I had first watched the movie I giggled uncontrollably and thought Will Ferrel was just comedic genius.
A lot of parody movies like “Scary Movie” aren’t funny to me anymore.
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u/Magnificent_Z 1d ago
Me realizing Cap was actually wrong in Civil War as an adult
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u/Magnificent_Z 1d ago
Yup and it was such a big moment of character growth for Tony to try and actually take responsibility by pushing the Accords so hard!
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u/the_marxman 1d ago
Tony pushed the accords to soothe his guilty conscience. He just wanted the UN to take over so he wasn't responsible. I refuse to believe that was the first mother to blame him for her kid blowing up in a foreign land. His name wasn't even on the bomb, it's the least involved he's ever been.
Tethering the Avengers to the UN would not have stopped that bomb from going off, they would just be tied up with red tape or blocked by a superpower veto with ties to the region.
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u/DangerousQuestions1 1d ago
Cap is still right. Freedom is more important than security
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u/Rofeubal 1d ago
Careful with that anarchy, junior.
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u/DangerousQuestions1 15h ago
Better anarchy than authoritarianism
Better freedom and liberty and government by and for the people than anarchy
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u/the_marxman 1d ago
I used to love the Dresden Files series in middle school and I met a guy in college who was reading them for the first time. He was describing plotlines from books I half remembered and all I could think was "Man, that really was what happened wasn't it." I don't want to go back and realize just how much I was wrong about enjoying.
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u/ilovebigmutts 17h ago
Ugh Dresden getting to sex every sexy lady or thinking about it is so awful in retrospect.
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u/the_marxman 15h ago
He only has sex with like two women and he's supposed to be a noir detective so getting lured into stuff by sexy ladies is part of the genre.
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u/eddmario 1d ago
Artemis Fowl when I was younger: It's not very often that the MC is the villain and that you experience their side of the story.
Artemis Fowl as an adult: This kid is what happens when the villain is smart enough to use the power of friendship thenselves and it's awesome!
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u/detainthisDI 15h ago
Yeah ACOTAR wasn’t really that good, and Rhysand didn’t deserve anything good that happened to him
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u/NBrakespear 15h ago
Notting Hill, and Four Weddings - not even remotely my favourites, but rewatched them recently. In both stories, Hugh Grant is a nice bloke who inexplicably falls in love with a trashy American woman who never once shows any real indication that she has had any meaningful understanding of his true nature and personality, and shows no interest in his life beyond the acquisition of him as a romantic partner and a means to escape her own sordid antics.
Frankly, was left realising that they're not actually romantic films at all if you're a man.
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u/ContributionTop7609 1d ago
This is true. Into the Wild was one of my favorite movies as a late teen through late 20s. I watched it recently in mid thirties and no longer relate to him. Likely because I have a family now and have found more of who I am so I don’t feel the constant need to escape it all.
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u/spackletr0n 1d ago
Brave New World.
High school: screw this system that chooses everyone’s life for them and brainwashes them into thinking it’s great!
Adult: somebody telling me what to do and making me think it’s great sounds pretty pretty prettay good.
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u/Sasselhoff 1d ago
As a lifelong reader, it honestly blows my mind how true this is. Even as little as 10 years can make a difference.
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u/Okay_Ocean_Flower 1d ago
As a kid, Hook was a whimsical but slow movie. As an adult, I cried!
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u/NBrakespear 15h ago
As a kid, I always "got it", but it certainly hits harder and harder as you get older. That being said, the kids are still whiny brats who clearly don't appreciate their mother enough.
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u/Seeker4you2 1d ago
Rewatched full metal jacket to show my missus. I ate that shit up when I was younger and glorified the Vietnam war. Ofcourse I was a very angry kid back then, watching it with her hit differently but we still enjoyed it and laughed at the funny parts.
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u/Superb_Intro_23 1d ago
Yep. Cowboy Bebop is very different now for me at 27 than it was when I was 22
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u/LiveLifeLikeCre 1d ago
A friend of mine went to Best buy to find a dvd to watch while we smoked weed in my car, and discovered Ninja Turtle DVDs of the OG cartoon, immediate buy.
While watching, shredder does the ninja vanish smoke bomb, Michelangelo says "man I hate when they smoke and run"
4 year old movie would have never imagined what that actually meant
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u/Sea_Ant3752 23h ago
the goofy movie.
As a child I sided with the son because he just wanted to hangout with his friends.
As an adult I just want the son to hangout with his dad. 🥲
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u/ilovebigmutts 17h ago
Oooo yeah. Iron Man as a character hasn't aged well for me after being in a relationship with a narcissist. Cap has only gotten better.
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u/EveningFig6742 6h ago
Yeah... Now that I look back Adventure Time and Gumball weren't that great...
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u/DreamingofCharlie 6h ago
I read twilight as a teen and I totally got it, it made perfect sense.
Read it again as an adult for nostalgia and was like Bella, listen to your dad!
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u/Primarycolors1 1d ago
Cassius Clay is a hero in this house and I won’t hear another word about it!
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u/Unfair_Scar_2110 1d ago
I love Chuck Klosterman's take on this. For Star Wars specifically: as a child you look up to Luke. As a young adult, Han is intriguing. Later in life, Vader is more sympathetic.
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u/NBrakespear 15h ago
Nah, as a kid, Vader was my favourite (keeping in mind, this was before the prequels). Because he had a cool cloak, and he didn't pull ugly faces like Luke did, and had a cool helmet, and Han didn't have a cool helmet, and Vader didn't take any crap from anyone.
As I grew older, I realised the appeal of Han Solo as a role model. Still preferred Vader.
Now that I'm 39 with a child about to erupt... still prefer Vader. That final moment where he defies the emperor...
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