Flesh and Blood: A group of mercenaries kidnap a princess and defend a castle in a siege. It was the first movie I saw where the kidnapped princess wasn't some honorable holdout for her true love.
(I just had to look this movie up again because I couldn't remember the right name, and realized it's yet another Paul Verhoeven movie.)
The Incredibles The entire movie is essentially an argument for Carlylism. The heroes are super humans who are forced to hide after their inferiors weaponize the law against them, while the villain is essentially a jealous bioleninist who recognizes the only way for him to be exceptional is to kill everyone with actual talent and merit.
Flesh and Blood: A group of mercenaries kidnap a princess and defend a castle in a siege. It was the first movie I saw where the kidnapped princess wasn't some honorable holdout for her true love. (I just had to look this movie up again because I couldn't remember the right name, and realized it's yet another Paul Verhoeven movie.)
The Incredibles The entire movie is essentially an argument for Carlylism. The heroes are super humans who are forced to hide after their inferiors weaponize the law against them, while the villain is essentially a jealous bioleninist who recognizes the only way for him to be exceptional is to kill everyone with actual talent and merit.
Of course the sequel fucked it all up.