For me this was The Phantom Tollbooth, but that’s a 70s film, so muc older. Actually, the year I watched it on midday television after school was closer to 1970 than to the present.

Bit of context for the power level stuff: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hide-your-power-level

It only became an alt-right thing because it leaked from /a/ to /b/ and to /pol/, but it wasn’t originally alt-right. /w/allpapers always has a “power level” thread running with anime stuff that isn’t immediately obvious to the casual observer.

“The only way out is through” is only true when:

1. The chosen path leads to some desired result
2. There is no other path that leads to the same result
3. There is no other path that leads to a result of similar value
4. Staying without result is not an option

People are very bad at keeping an open mind once they’ve chosen a solution. They tend to stick with it as long as they think they’re still on track. They don’t stop to see what their actual choices are and if they can switch approaches halfway. You don’t have to “tough it out”, even when you’re already knee deep in shit and you’d have to wade back a mile to try a different path.