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* ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' and ''[[Click]]'' try and make it clear that you shouldn't want fantastic solutions to your life's problems like [[God]]'s powers or a magical remote control because [[This Loser Is You|you're selfish]] [[Butterfly of Doom|and you'll end up screwing up your life (and everyone else's) even more]]. But let's face it, people walked out of those films thinking "[[I Wish It Was Real]]" and if they learned anything, it was only [[Fantastic Aesop|what not to do if it were]]. Sure, that's useful...
* ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' features scenes of violence and rape intended to be morally repulsive, but actually inspired some real-life copycat crimes. In fact, one could argue that the movie's popularity rests almost entirely on its sensational aspects.
* ''The Condemned''. The [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] star vehicle revolves around a shady producer who arranges for death row inmates from around the world to be dropped on an island and forced to fight to the death, while the "show" is broadcast onto the Net under the name [[Title Drop|"The Condemned"]]. However, [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] Films made the bizarre decision to turn this into a moralist tale by having several characters berate the brutality and senseless violence of the show... all the while showering ''the audience'' with scene after scene of brutality and senseless violence. To top it all off, it culminates with this quote: "All of us who watch... are ''we'' The Condemned?" (To which several critics replied "Yes. Yes we are.")
* ''[[Confessions of a Shopaholic]]'' spends so much time lovingly showing off gorgeous, high end fashion that it's a bit hard to take its moral against irresponsible [[Conspicuous Consumption]] seriously. A TV promo on TBS said over the end credits of ''[[Sex and the City]]'' says something like "Can't decide what to wear? Go see ''Confessions of a Shopaholic'', now in theaters!"
** Trying to make compulsive shopping look like the hip thing to do during a ''recession'' didn't help much either. Nor was turning the debt collector into a [[Designated Villain]] by making him a jerk.
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