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Why Modern Movies Suck - Nobody Can Stay Dead!

2023-09-18 Entertainment
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"No one is ever truly gone." Well, that's definitely the mantra for movies these days, where death is treated more like a casual inconvenience than a permanent end for most characters. Join me as I take you on a tour of the worst offenders. Grab yourself a Critical Doggo plush! https://www.makeship.com/products/the-critical-doggo-plush

Top Comments (10)

@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r 2023-09-18

"Somehow Palpatine returned" will remain the absolute worst written line in cinematic history and no one can tell me otherwise

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@TZ587 2023-09-18

It’s surprising that death is even considered a possibility in storytelling these days, given that modern protagonists have plot armour thicker than the writer’s skulls

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@chucksenhowzen9740 2023-09-18

Some will call it “actions without consequences,” I call it “lazy writing”

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@kevinoneil5120 2023-09-18

Remember when stories were allowed to END?

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@conormilroy6396 2023-09-18

“Somehow…palpatine returned” I walked out

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@StoryTeller8692 2023-09-19

Good thing Disney overcame all this by not letting characters die in the first place, even though they just got run through with a lightsaber. What a genius move.

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@internet_warlord 2023-09-20

The concept of multiverse was utilized in comics to accomodate new art styles and costume renditions of new illustrators without having to erase the past versions. In movies, it's just used to plug plot holes.

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@LordBaktor 2023-09-18

It used to be "dead men tell no tales" and it has devolved into "dead characters sell no tickets".

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@nothingtoseaheardammit 2023-09-25

The closing shot of Maximus heading through the Elysian fields is a perfect example of how death drives home a storyline and culminates a character's journey. It's "Happily ever after" for the real world.

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@TH3SHUR1F 2023-09-26

I love that the entire video ended on the shot of Elysium’s fields in “Gladiator”; one of the most poignant stories of “embracing death with dignity” in cinema history. “What we do in life echoes in eternity.”

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