I realized yesterday, Master & Commander is maybe the only film I know that presents mentorship/succession relationships between older and younger generations in a remotely healthy way
You have Show Girls—all the sexploitation, younger Nomi tripping older Crystal to break her leg, take the lead dance role. Orson's Other Side of the Wind—look at how they despise each other underneath the friendship, the way the veiled insults of their banter is actually serious. Succession—as fucked up a family as possible, the father-child relationships complete garbage. Three Women—well, I don't need to explain the plot of Three Women.
Jordan Poole/Steph Curry feels like a pretty wholesome relationship from the outside but who knows, and besides, that's real life! That's sports! That's not art!
Lucky Jack—what a lucky guy, he makes his own luck, being so good to his younger mentees, like First Lieutenant James D'Arcy