Strawman Has a Point: Difference between revisions

** Even in the ''first'' movie, [[Unbuilt Trope|Harry isn't portrayed as completely in the right]]. Everyone seems to forget (probably because the sequels [[Retcon|retconned]] it) that at the end of the movie, he ''quits the force'' because things just don't work. Not to mention that the killer goes free because of Harry's misconduct: it's certainly not the case that Harry's methods get things done in spite of being unconventional and illegal.

* In the remake of ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', various characters from the government and military are depicted as being callous, paranoid, and inhumane when they immediately imprison the injured alien visitor and attempt to interrogate him about what he's doing on Earth. Even though the viewers are supposed to be disgusted with their behavior, there's one minor problem; Klaatu is indeed planning to destroy the entire human race, taking all of a day and a couple interviews to verify it as the right course. [[Properly Paranoid|The "inhumane" government officials were completely correct to treat him as an enemy.]]

* In ''[[28 Weeks Later]]'', the American military eventually order the total execution of all non-military personnel in London, infected or not, rather than risk letting the newly-resurgent virus spread. American soldiers gun down hordes of frightened civilians who are obviously not yet infected, which is pretty horrifying. However, we also know that the virus completely wiped out Britain in a matter of weeks, so this extreme position does not seem so unreasonable. By the end, {{spoiler|we learn that the heroes' successful escape from the mass execution has, in fact, allowed the virus to spread to the rest of the world and possibly doomed the human race. It's likely that the film always intended the heroes' position to seem somewhat dubious, albeit with good intentions}}.

* ''[[Christmas with the Kranks]]'' expects the viewers to side with the neighbors who criminally harass the title characters for simply deciding to to celebrate Christmas by taking a cruise instead of how they usually did. Their daughter went off on a Peace Corps assignment and this is the first time in almost two decades that they've had this kind of time to themselves, except that [[Serious Business|the annual Christmas lights competition]] in which the neighborhood competes annually would count against them having a family out of town and not competing, and they couldn't have ''that''. That's right, the entire plot of the movie is because the neighborhood wants some little certificate or maybe a trophy to put in Town Hall for a year. Makes you wonder how the film would expect them to react if, say, a Jewish or Muslim family moved into this neighborhood. The film was critically panned, with many critics pointing out the horrific [[Unfortunate Implications]] and arguing the message was downright vile.