History DeconstructedTrope / Film

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' deconstructs EvenEvilHasLovedOnes. [[spoiler: Ego, Peter's father]] genuinely fell in love with [[spoiler: Meredith]] but their evil goals was still their ultimate ambition, leading them to [[spoiler: willingly give Meredith a brain tumor to kill her and stop himself from returning to Earth.]] This is also the case with [[spoiler: Peter]] whom they liked and bonded with. But once [[spoiler: Peter]] rebelled against them, they had no problem [[spoiler: using Peter as a living battery]]. In fact, the only reason why they bonded with [[spoiler: Peter]] is because the latter possessed the same powers as them, making them useful. [[spoiler: Ego's other children weren't so lucky.]]

* Unusually for a spy movie, the ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' is [[LuddWasRight against the concept]] of BigBrotherIsWatching and {{Attack Drone}}s, and even deconstructs the two tropes. While C/Max Denbigh constantly spouts the idea of digital surveillance and thinks the 00-agent program is outdated, [[DaChief M]] is more concerned about their undemocratic dangers, and even directly questions C if all the data that's going to be fed might actually end up in the wrong hands. M even wonders whether C's surveillance plan will be able to deal with questionable situations, especially if someone who just sits with such technology would be capable of pulling a trigger and killing someone. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Bond and M's suspicions regarding C and the Joint Intelligence Service/"Nine Eyes" program were correct, as C turned out to be TheMole working for SPECTRE and the program itself is a Trojan horse for world domination. If the data from all that surveillance isn't kept secure, then it's a double-edged sword, since [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]] had bankrolled the formation of the Centre for National Security, and with this, they can have unlimited backdoor access to all the data gathered and use it to stay ahead of the opposition and destroy their enemies, namely 007]].

* Unusually for a spy movie, the ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' is [[LuddWasRight against the concept]] of BigBrotherIsWatching and {{Attack Drone}}s, and even deconstructs the two tropes. While C/Max Denbigh constantly spouts the idea of digital surveillance and believes the 00-agent program is outdated, [[DaChief M]] is more concerned about their undemocratic dangers, and even directly questions C if all the data that's going to be fed might actually end up in the wrong hands. M even wonders whether C's surveillance plan will be able to deal with morally difficult situations, especially if someone who just sits with such technology would be capable of pulling a trigger and killing someone. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Bond and M's suspicions regarding C and the Joint Intelligence Service/"Nine Eyes" program were ultimately proven right, as C turned out to be TheMole working for SPECTRE and the program itself is a Trojan horse for world domination. If the data from all that surveillance isn't kept secure, then it's a double-edged sword, since [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]] had bankrolled the formation of the Centre for National Security, and with this, they can have unlimited backdoor access to all the data gathered and use it to stay ahead of the opposition and destroy their enemies, namely 007]].

* ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'':

* Unusually for a spy movie, the ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' is [[LuddWasRight against the concept]] of BigBrotherIsWatching and {{Attack Drone}}s, and even deconstructs the two tropes. While C/Max Denbigh constantly spouts the idea of total surveillance and believes the 00-agent program is obsolete because of technology, [[DaChief M]] is more concerned about their undemocratic dangers, and even directly questions C if all the data that's going to be fed might actually end up in the wrong hands. M even wonders whether C's surveillance plan will be able to deal with morally difficult situations, especially if someone who just sits with such technology would be capable of pulling a trigger and killing someone. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Bond and M's suspicions regarding C and the Joint Intelligence Service/"Nine Eyes" program were ultimately proven right, since C turned out to be TheMole working for SPECTRE and the program itself is a Trojan horse for world domination. If the data from all that surveillance isn't kept secure, then it's a double-edged sword, since [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]] had bankrolled the formation of the Centre for National Security, and with this, they can have unlimited backdoor access to all the data gathered from "Nine Eyes" and use it to stay ahead of the opposition and destroy their enemies, namely 007]].

* Unusually for a spy movie, the ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' is [[LuddWasRight against the concept]] of BigBrotherIsWatching and {{Attack Drone}}s and even deconstructs the two tropes. While C/Max Denbigh constantly spouts the idea of total surveillance and believes the 00-agent program is obsolete because of technology, [[DaChief M]] is more concerned about their undemocratic dangers, and even directly questions C if all the data that's going to be fed might actually end up in the wrong hands. M even wonders whether C's surveillance plan will be able to deal with morally difficult situations, especially if someone who just sits with such technology would be capable of pulling a trigger and killing someone. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Bond and M's suspicions regarding C and the Joint Intelligence Service/"Nine Eyes" program were ultimately proven right, since C turned out to be TheMole working for SPECTRE and the program itself is a Trojan horse for world domination. If the data from all that surveillance isn't kept secure, then it's a double-edged sword, since [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]] had bankrolled the formation of the Centre for National Security, and with this, they can have unlimited backdoor access to all the data gathered from "Nine Eyes" and use it to stay ahead of the opposition and destroy their enemies, namely 007]].

* Unusually for a spy movie, the ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' is [[LuddWasRight against the concept]] of BigBrotherIsWatching and even deconstructs it. While C/Max Denbigh constantly spouts the idea of total surveillance, [[DaChief M]] is more concerned about its undemocratic dangers, and even directly questions C if all the data that's going to be fed might actually end up in the wrong hands. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, M's suspicions regarding the Joint Intelligence Service/"Nine Eyes" program were ultimately proven right. If the data from all that surveillance isn't kept secure, then it's a double-edged sword, since [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]] had bankrolled the formation of the Centre for National Security, and with this, they can have unlimited backdoor access to all the data gathered from "Nine Eyes" and use it to stay ahead of the opposition and destroy their enemies, namely 007]].

* ''Film/AThinLineBetweenLoveAndHate'' deconstructs TheCasanova trope. Martin Lawrence plays Darnell, a male chauvinist ladies man who has a habit of pursuing women and then throwing them to the side when he's done with them. He actively pursues a socialite named Brandi, who ''has'' suffered this treatment from men in the past before. After managing to [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrost the Ice Queen]], Darnell manages to start dating her....up until he's no longer interested because he'd rather hook up with his childhood friend. Although the movie starts off as a typically Romcom, it [[CerebusSyndrome it goes dark from this point.]]

* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' deconstructs TheHero and SideKick dichotomy or in otherwise labels. It shows the insecurity of young high school students today and can lead to serious consequences like [[spoiler: Gwen Grayson or in otherwise known as Royal Pain.]]

* ''Film/TheLastJedi'' deconstructs LockedOutOfTheLoop. [[spoiler: Admiral Holdo refuses to tell anyone in the Resistance what the plan is to save them from the First Order fleet following them, or that there actually ''is'' a plan. As a result, Poe decides to take matters into his own hands, supporting Finn and Rose's unauthorized mission to hack into the enemy ship and destroy its tracking system. The plan ends up completely failing and almost got Finn and Rose executed by the First Order because the codebreaker they found turns out to be a DirtyCoward who sold them and the Resistance out as soon as they got caught. Then Poe and several others become convinced that Holdo is a traitor and they mutiny against her. Keeping people in the dark about such things is terrible for morale, and that low morale in a disorganized band of rebels is a recipe for desperate, rash, and even insubordinate behavior. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero The end result is that 95% of the Resistance force gets wiped out]]. So long story short, [[PoorCommunicationKills if Holdo took the time to reassure everybody that she did have a plan and worked to have everybody trust her, most of the good guys could have survived the movie]]. It gets worse when Poe states that he would have gladly gone along with Holdo's plan and would have trusted her if he had known she actually knew what she was doing]].

* ''Film/TheLastJedi'' deconstructs LockedOfTheLoop. [[spoiler: Admiral Holdo refuses to tell anyone in the Resistance what the plan is to save them from the First Order fleet following them, or that there actually ''is'' a plan. As a result, Poe decides to take matters into his own hands, supporting Finn and Rose's unauthorized mission to hack into the enemy ship and destroy its tracking system. The plan ends up completely failing and almost got Finn and Rose executed by the First Order because the codebreaker they found turns out to be a DirtyCoward who sold them and the Resistance out as soon as they got caught. Then Poe and several others become convinced that Holdo is a traitor and they mutiny against her. Keeping people in the dark about such things is terrible for morale, and that low morale in a disorganized band of rebels is a recipe for desperate, rash, and even insubordinate behavior. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero The end result is that 95% of the Resistance force gets wiped out]]. So long story short, [[PoorCommunicationKills if Holdo took the time to reassure everybody that she did have a plan and worked to have everybody trust her, most of the good guys could have survived the movie]]. It gets worse when Poe states that he would have gladly gone along with Holdo's plan and would have trusted her if he had known she actually knew what she was doing]].

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' deconstructs the team's initial TeethClenchedTeamwork that occurred in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' and continued in ''Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron''. While the Avengers were able to work together, they never fully trusted each other or worked out their initial grievances. All of this made it much easier for politics [[spoiler: and Zemo]] to drive a wedge in and break them apart.

* BigBrotherInstinct is deconstructed through Charles and Raven in ''Film/XMen''. Despite having good intentions about being concerned about his foster sister, Charles inadvertently becomes overprotective of her and denied Raven the chance to embrace her true appearance and abilities, as well as obliviously ignore her crush on him. This led to her turn to Erik as a mentor and love interest and eventually join him in his cause against humanity.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys is brutally deconstructed with Solange from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', who is married to Dimitrios and suffers through a loveless, unhappy marriage. Out of spite, she hooks up with Bond and laments to him that she had "so many chances to be happy" with "nice guys" but keeps being drawn towards bad men instead. Later in the film, her association with the man who helped orchestrate the bomb plot (Dimitrios) and the man who foiled it (Bond) is what got her tortured and killed.

* ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' deconstructs the PapaWolf trope. Wade (whose daughter has been kidnapped) is one of the most unsympathetic characters in the film. He is willing to barter money over his daughter's life (despite being extremely wealthy), and his insistence on handling the ransom money is motivated mostly by his dislike of Jerry. As far as he knows, the kidnappers gave specific instructions for Jerry to bring the money, so going himself could very well endanger Jean. He charges into the drop-off with a concealed pistol and no information on the kidnappers other than the time and place of delivery. [[spoiler:His Clint Eastwood act when interacting with Showalter is completely ineffective, gets himself killed, and exacerbates the danger to his daughter's life even further]].

* ''Film/((Fargo))'' deconstructs the PapaWolf trope. Wade (whose daughter has been kidnapped) is one of the most unsympathetic characters in the film. He is willing to barter money over his daughter's life (despite being extremely wealthy), and his insistence on handling the ransom money is motivated mostly by his dislike of Jerry. As far as he knows, the kidnappers gave specific instructions for Jerry to bring the money, so going himself could very well endanger Jean. He charges into the drop-off with a concealed pistol and no information on the kidnappers other than the time and place of delivery. [[spoiler:His Clint Eastwood act when interacting with Showalter is completely ineffective, gets himself killed, and exacerbates the danger to his daughter's life even further]].

* Film/((Fargo))'' deconstructs the PapaWolf trope. Wade (whose daughter has been kidnapped) is one of the most unsympathetic characters in the film. He is willing to barter money over his daughter's life (despite being extremely wealthy), and his insistence on handling the ransom money is motivated mostly by his dislike of Jerry. As far as he knows, the kidnappers gave specific instructions for Jerry to bring the money, so going himself could very well endanger Jean. He charges into the drop-off with a concealed pistol and no information on the kidnappers other than the time and place of delivery. {{spoiler:His Clint Eastwood act when interacting with Showalter is completely ineffective, gets himself killed, and exacerbates the danger to his daughter's life even further}}.

* Creator/BruceLee's ''Film/FistOfFury'' shows the hero's RoaringRampageOfRevenge escalating the violence rather than stopping it, to the point that [[spoiler: by the end of the movie, TheHero is a completely broken man who has lost everything in his desire for revenge... including his girlfriend and his family, [[StuffedIntoTheFridge who have been brutally slain by the enemy]]. In the end, he kills the BigBad and soon turns himself in to the police, [[DespairEventHorizon having nothing left to live for]].]]

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' deconstructs the team's initial TeethClenchedTeamwork that occurred in ''Film/TheAvengers'' and continued in ''Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron''. While the Avengers were able to work effectively together, they never fully trusted each other or worked out their initial grievances. All of this made it much easier for politics [[spoiler: and Zemo]] to drive a wedge in and break them apart.

* ''IpMan'' takes apart OldMaster with Master Hung, who is badass enough to hold his own against Ip Man and Twister, but his age caused exhaustion to settle and it eventually [[spoiler: cost him his life]].