Best video I have ever seen when it comes to the dissection of the new disney films.
By his standard Ripley and Sarah Connor are passive protagonists
Both of those protagonists’ first films were on the horror side of Sci-fi, which is all about having things happen to them until they take action to defeat the threat.
It’s notable that their second films (Terminator 2 and Aliens) are much more conventional action films, allowing the protagonists to be very active.
Come on, that’s just special pleading. There are countless movies where things happen to the protagonist that they have no control over. All that matters is whether it’s well done or not. I mean think mow many origin stories involve something happening to the protagonist that serves as an inspiration for later action. Heck, Luke Skywalker was pretty damn passive until his EDIT: Aunt and Uncle got incinerated.
I don’t think the guy was trying to hate on anything, but some of his points were just silly.