When did you realise that Spielberg was the most effective boomer propagandist? All of his movies except for Duel have a clear political agenda.
ET
Take an alien into your family home and "help him find home"
Indiana Jones
The Holy Grail is not for you
Jaws
Give your life to a liberal out-of-towner from New York
The Color Purple
Youc country was oppressive and abusive, but then through strength and empowerment it was liberated by Whoopi Goldberg
Hook
Men have to sacrifice their career, sense of mission and perhaps even higher purpose to play with their kids
Amistad
White people were terrible slave owners, especially Southern types, but it's okay because liberals and the unconquerable spirit and noble dignity of black guys
Saving Private Ryan
Even though war is brutal, harrowing, and will leave you with PTSD, it's definitely worth it if the enemy is the evil Germans
The Terminal
Even though it is almost impossible to create community in the desolate isolation of the modern hellscape, I'm going to pretend it's possible.
Munich
Cycles of violent revenge are actually justified if they are done against Israel
Lincoln
America was racist and horrible, but then a really boring guy forced it not to be, hooray
West Side Story
America has always been a nation of immigrants, a diverse kaleidoscope of different people from different places, sure, there's the odd fight or murder, but this is what ultimately makes us special, and this is why we want to be in America.
Jurassic Park
The profit motive is bad when done in name of evil Faustian white man science, but it is good when done in the name of earning over 1 billion for Universal Pictures under Sidney Sheinberg and 250 million for me personally