I've had a cat that was a bit on the selfish side even for cats, but.. Whenever I was sad, even before I realized it myself, it would do that little head bunt and press into me until I felt better. He never left me alone to be sad. Cats can be therapy too
My sister had a cat so evil that if you asked my then 3 year old niece what sound a cat makes, she would hiss at you loudly. And growl. She nailed the sound by the way.
Death is one of if not the best DreamWorks antagonist ever. His whistle still sends shivers up my spine. I like how, at the start, Puss was bragging about having "never been touched by a blade." So the moment Death was actually able to cut him, Puss became a scared, anxious mess. It's the moment he realized that he's not invincible after all.
also THANK YOU for being one of the few folks out there to recognize that Death is an ANTAGONIST to the story, not an actual villain. Death takes personal insult to Boots because he "laughs" at the face of death, but him wanting Boots to face his own mortality is NOT villainous behavior, that's just something everyone has to do eventually anyways!
Death is the only guarantee in life. Whether we like it or not. It's an inevitability. That's why he said no one's outrun me yet. Because you literally can't.
@@thekaijusleepsI actually disagree, although I completely understand why people would say he’s an antagonist, because in real life death is just a force of nature. In this movie however, Death is a villain because he is getting revenge on puss for the callous way he treats his lives. He wanted to kill puss early out of spite, and although he changes his mind at the end, it’s only because he realizes he won’t get any satisfaction out of it. He even says “why the hell did I play with my food. Your ruining this for me”, which shows he had no intention of teaching puss anything and is actually angry that puss learned to value his life. An antagonistic death is a completely apathetic character that would have no quarrel with puss despite his arrogant nature, and certainly wouldn’t have gone through so much trouble to torture and then kill anyone.
"At what point in the process did the animators regret agreeing to do the beard?" Funny you should ask. According the director, the animators kept asking if there was a way to write the beard out of the story earlier. But the beard had to stay as long as it did because it symbolizes how Puss walls himself off from others. I don't think it's a coincidence that the gatito blade is what cuts it away. (The director discusses the beard in this video: th-cam.com/video/TwKHzRAdBhc/w-d-xo.html )
I think its a neat idea, you see him down on his luck and slowly regaining bits of himself and looking like the Puss of old until he finally gets his sword back to fight Death
23:14 Yep! Ashes, ashes, we all fall down (dead). Perrito's map is _secretly_ horrible; the River of Relaxation is the River Styx, and Quick and Easy Solutions? That's "taking the easy way out." I knew this was going to be something else when Puss _bled,_ but wow.
it's not that puss needed two blades to beat death, it's that in that fight he was fighting defensively protecting his life and not attacking relentlessly
Yes, adding onto that: The second blade was a blade he got from having people close to him and letting them enrich and improve his quality of life. He did not have them earlier, so he was not equipped to face Death, both metaphorically and literally. Him using that particular blade as his secondary weapon is a metaphor.
The animation, especially in action scenes has half as many frames. This means there is far less smearing, and it means that when you pause the film, each frame looks like art from a comic book. They also used a similar technique to Spiderverse, except instead of cell-shading, they used a pastel watercolour, to make it look like a fairy tale book come to life. It's really a tour de force of what Animation can be used for.
It also is interesting in the fight scene after Puss throws the stick and Perrito gets snatched by Jack, there are times when Puss is not in the fight and he is moving at the normal frame rate while the people fighting in the background are moving at the halved frame rate. You can tell whether someone is participating in a fight based on their frame rate.
I like how the map doesn't really make the "road to your wish" your life, but instead it's how you perceive your life. So for example, Perrito's thrown into the water, but he saw it as fun, so he has a river of relaxation. It's like if you can see how something bad in your life made you stronger, or see the good in it, it makes your path to what you wish in life easier.
I am a literal teenager, I don’t usually get scared by movies, but DEATH?? That guy made me paranoid, like looking behind me to make sure he isn’t there😭💀💀 I’ve never been so scared of a dream works villain, let alone in my teens. HUGE applause to those who worked on Puss In Boots (Side note, I can’t believe that a side character in Shrek got a spin-off series that OUT-RATED The Avatar movie)
When I went to see this in the theater, it was just me and a mom with her young kids. During the first Wolf scene, one of the children said "I hate this" and it's one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
When I went to see The Lion King, there was a little kid (maybe 4-5 years old) who started crying when the hyenas chased Simba and Nala in the elephant graveyard, so his parents had to leave with him. Yeah, animated movies are for kids. Or not. Sure, some animated movies are for kids, but Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, and the likes, typically are not. If you keep the story and jokes, but replace the animations with live action and real actors, people would call them action comedies.
My hot take for the Pocket full of Posies scene is: when Puss and Kitty are held hostage and one of the flowers is lifting up Perrito, I imagine that flower is showing Perrito off to its counterparts like "hey, look, this one gets it!"
23:30 "a Pocket full of posies" is not about the Black Death. It’s just a very wide-spread nursery rhyme where you dance around and then fall down. But it became common in victorian times to ascribe the darkest possible origin stories to nursery rhymes, with very sketchy historical speculations.
The wolf putting the coins on the eyes is a reference to Ancient Greek funerals were they would put coins on the dead’s eyes so there could take the boat to the underworld aposed to swimming.
23:22 is great that you saw that, thats a reference to the plage, there is also a reference to drawning and suicide in perritos map, but he decide how to see it and reember it, thats perritos character.
I like how we, as a species, can all agree that perhaps the MOST cringe-inducing injury ever committed to film is a tiny sword under a giant's nail. I just recoil every time and clench my fist when those scenes come up XD
It’s really telling who has experienced something related to Spanish splinter irl versus those who haven’t. Anyone who hasn’t doesn’t react much, but anyone who has cringes so hard lol
It's one of those things where the realness of it makes it far more horrible. Being instantly skeletonized by a carnivorous plant? Hilarious. Splinter under your nail? Your soul cringes.
30:15 it's really beautiful how this part explores how sometimes you have wishes but you don't realize you already have what you wish for and goldilocks and the bears she wanted to wish for her human family back and the wish thing told her you already what you wish is already in front of you and then the house showing her how she already has a family.
You guys got the pocket full of posies bit, but all his are dark. The river of relaxation, as in when he almost drown. The field of quick and easy solutions is a 'self deletion' reference.
I will be completely honest. I'm not a Shrek fan. I've maybe seen the first two movies, but I never watched the first Puss in Boots, let alone the series (though, I did catch my daughter watching it, so I was aware of it). I... _loved_ this movie. If I hadn't heard people talking about the wolf, I never would have watched this movie in the first place, but I'm very glad that I did. I mean, it is an eleven-year-later sequel to a spinoff of a franchise which had so much bile aimed at Disney... and yet... it delivers one of the most complex, emotionally compelling narratives about coming to terms with the difference between what you think you want and what you actually need, interpersonal relationships, mortality, and legacy. How in the name of all that is good and holy did they pull that off?!? Also, I'm not going to lie. I'm kind of on the wolf's side. At the start of the movie, Puss doesn't care who or what he steps on (I mean, in Puss' position, I'd have probably hesitated to step on a kid's face), and he is throwing a party in the governor's home, which would have resulted in everyone being thrown in jail, and he is so flashy and showy that he winds up putting everyone at the party in a whole extra level of danger from the giant. It almost doesn't _matter_ that he saved them after, he was just fixing a problem that he created. And I love how Death shows up in the chase, because Puss is right back to showing off, even as he _uses_ the people on the streets as a tool in his getaway. Great. He gave them money. It wasn't a sacrifice on his part, it was just money that... happened to be in the back of the cart that they stole. Still, it would have been _very_ easy for those horses to not stop in time... or at all, and run those people over, injuring them if not killing them. At the start of the movie Puss is the "hero" because he's good at spinning it and convincing people that he isn't just a reckless showboater with no regard for anyone's life, especially his own. But, by the end of the movie... he's an _actual_ hero, able to have meaningful relationships with others, and value life. So. Live your life, Puss.
23:19 Thank you for this clarification. I wasn't familiar with it, and although I've seen many reviews and reactions to this movie no one else has addressed this particular theme. Every time I come back to this film or its reviews, it shows me more elements that I had overlooked. Enjoyed watching your reaction. Thank you for your time and I send my sincerest greetings from Poland!
btw. at 29:17 (The scene where the Puss laments that he left Kitty at the altar) when Clary looked at Nerdy while he was making this 'oh shit...' face I was like: "Dude, wtf did You do Her?!" Not judging, just observing...😂
Puss has been posthumously given the Darwin Award 8 times. I love it, but I can't imagine how pissed Lobo must be upon seeing that time after time, always with the same arrogant feline pain-in-the-ass. (Not to me, but definitely toward Lobo.)
I feel so pessimistic because as soon as Goldie didn’t wanna tell anyone I thought her wish would be about wanting a human family but every reactor is like “oh she doesn’t feel bear enough she wants to be a bear” like I was right but I just feel like an asshole 😭😂😂
Thinking back on it, the design of Death's character really is quite smart and well thought out imo. It's a very cool idea to have death's "lore" in this universe be that he appears as whatever his target is most fearful of. In this case, his target was an arrogant cat who believed himself immortal and could never be cut. So, he appeared as a cat's predator, armed with a weapon specifically made to get around an opponent's guard and cut them. Everything with his character is symbolic and exists with purpose, whether that's to be a mirror for the MC or to convey feelings, like terror, on screen. It's all very well done.
Death is based on the folkloric character of the Grim Reaper, whereas the tune he whistles is based on The Silbón, a legend associated with the Los Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela.
I like how even early on they hint that the Wolf is Death-the coins over the eyes is a reference to the (apparent) practise of doing the same to the dead as payment for the ferryman (some say the Greeks did this but we don't actually have proof of that, in fact it's usually put in/on the mouth).
I mean... his overall design and what he says is incredibly telling as well. Black hooded cloak, sickles for weapons, "Nobody's escaped me yet" etc. They weren't exactly being subtle about it.
@@qrowing and yet somehow people don't seem to noticed, I supposed the wolf part throws them thinking he's JUST the big bad doggo when in reality he is Death, straight up.
@@corryjamieson3909they probably thought big bad wolf. I mean that a wolf fairy tale character. I knew he was death cuz of the glowing red eyes and white fur and weapons. And the cloak. And my suspicion was confirmed cuz of the coins over the eyes. Paying the ferryman when you die. I like roman/Greek mythology. And that a famous one
I loved the first Puss in Boots movie. It had been so long since that one that I wasn't sure if the sequel was ever coming. I was so happy when an official release date was finally announced. And it was definitely worth the wait!😺
Death is not a villain and he is not an antagonist, he is a force of nature. Just like there is life, there is also death. There is balance, as God intended. God brought death into the universe.
23:31 honestly all 3 of perrito's parts are dark if you think about them Pocket full of posies: You guys got that one River of relaxation: like the one that he was nearly drowned in fields of quick and easy solutions: for all the stuff perrito has gone through it wouldn't be hard for "quick and easy solutions" to take on a much darker context
"Didn't think I was gonna rewatch this movie together with Bo Burnham and Anya Taylor-Joy" was literally the first thing I thought when I started this video. XD
This movie is in my top five animated along with Your Name (Kimi no Na Wa) - 2016, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - 2022, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - 2018 and How To Train Your Dragon - 2010
I find it interesting that it took you so long to figure out the Wolf is literally Death xD Wasn't that obvious from the start? like appearing out of thin air?
Wagner Moura is a Brazilian actor who plays Pablo Escobar in Narcos, and he's in the Elysium movie as well. In Brazil, he's pretty big for his role on 'Elite Squad'
Exactly, it's about the journey, not the destination. Like that game, Alice Madness Returns, the ending is mentally scarring where awful truths are revealed about the main protagonist and the world she inhabits, forcing them to come to grips with said reality and moving on from the trauma the truth has caused. But the journey is an adventure through various technicolor, fairy tale inspired environments, taking in the sights as you platform, shoot, hack, and slash your way to adventure. Yes, you'll see some horrifying shit along the way, but that's what fantasy is all about, right? The journey!!!!
For anyone interested Wagner Moura, voiced Death, is a brazilian actor that did Tropa de Elite 1 and 2, the first one being probably the most famous brazillian movie worldwide, he is Pablo Escobar in Narcos and a lot more stuff in Brazil and internationally
bag of holding I think you just suffocate after a bit, so technically you can survive being in one but only for as long as your air lasts. Getting back out, now that could be tricky.
Just putting that out there, the nursery rhyme Ring a Round the Rosie might have existed before the Plague and has nothing to do with it. There is no evidence of any connection between the two. The Plague thing is a speculation. Great reactions to this fun movie.
For a movie that comes from the Shrek universe it is mostly fun and giggles but the Death Wolf is really a good villain. I was surprised this movie was that good which i was not expecting at all. That said Dreamworks has always been pretty solid when it comes to making Quality movies. You can't beat Death. The reason why death could cut Puss is because he takes his life for granted..and because Death has been around for pretty much let's say...the beginning of life itself so he has plenty of practice. But the reason why Puss was able to defeat him is because he finally valued his sense of self and that you really only get one good shot at it. 9 lives of bad choices still makes a rotten existence on the whole if that is all you accomplished. I don't think Death really came out to claim his soul..but to teach him a valuable lesson to not take anything for granted. Death only comes when it's his time to go. And Death can wait. He was just annoyed at the Cat for wasting the precious life he so casually threw away.
I'm so happy someone else said the unicorn horn effect was like the birthday party/Grunt one from Halo. I thought about that immediately the first time I saw it.
Oh. The whole pocket full of posies thing u mentioned amazing red head lady? On top of what you said, it was also because back then they believed bad smells caused disease, so that's why they tried to avoid it other than it smelling awful
A lot of elements here are not something kids would understand. Traumatic backstories, anxiety attacks and death. Behind the incredible colors and animation this movie is pretty dark. Its a masterpiece tbh
Fun fact about Death:I don't know why people haven't talked about this or mentioned it but when Death Clashes his weapon thingies Or Thunder appenes the black pupils in his eyes become white making him seem even more creepy
I’ve seen the movie a bunch, but only through reactions like this, and there were so many pieces I hadn’t actually seen before, so I was really excited to see new things from it I adore how death was portrayed as an antagonist but not a villain but also just as something fucking terrifying and god it was great Edit: and as an animation/aspiring animator the blending of art styles and turning 3-D art into an actual art medium that different styles can be developed with dhskdbbxkdjsgshksjdvdn God I love dreamworks
I'd say death is a villain, just not the main one. Mans is trying to kill puss while instilling fear. Breaking the laws of nature while trying to kill him
This movie was such an unexpected breath of fresh air, not only in the Shrek franchise, but in the animation industry. I kept hearing people talking about how great the movie was and for the first 15 minutes I didn't really get it, like I loved the animation and the humor was hitting, but it still felt like the typical animated adventure movie. It wasn't until Puss had his major panic attack and we saw Goldie's deepest wish that I realized this was something special, and man did they stick that landing. Sidenote: Shrek III is unequivically the worst movie in the entire franchise, worse than the original Puss in Boots movie, and is in my estimation one of the worse animated feature films a major studio has ever released.
I prefer just one reactor at a time, but this was so fun to watch! That cringe with the Spanish splinters. Then the dog vs. cats bickering. Then again with the last Shrek movies 😂
the bag is mary poppins so many reaction channels just think its a bag of holding why would a film base in fairytales, nursery rhymes and legends have something from DnD in it. i mean the bag has umbrellas on it
@@johnyaxon__ Familiar with the phrase, and the sentiment, but it doesn't really explain how you can fear fear. I think FDR meant more that, why should we be afraid? We have nothing to fear, nothing we can't overcome, that the only thing stopping us is fear. but how would one "be afraid, of being afraid"? "Fear of fear", isn't the same as what FDR said. this is purely a hypothetical/philosophical question of course.
@@SoloRenegadeSuppose someone is afraid of death. But looking into the eyes of death, and seeing that there is nothing terrible, in fact, you simply begin to appreciate life not as an abstract concept of "life", but as a concrete experience, temporary, but worthy of being lived. If existence is not painful, but is filled with some meaning - friendship, love, adventure. But if the experience still becomes unbearable, then death is not something bad, but appears as an angel, granting liberation from the shackles of bodily torment. Realizing that death is not something to be afraid of. And in life, since it happened to us, you should find something good and appreciate friends and loved ones. The cat conquered the fear of death, realizing that death is not as terrible as it seemed to him. That is, not death is something bad, but fear.
Also since you both met before I wanted to know that I myself have cats I rescued 3 when they were babies outside my house and one was born in my room by accident and I do feed Unless cascades it's the right thing to do and I do love dogs it's just I lost 2 dogs that were my friends And nerdy I understand the cat's smell I deal with it every day but I always wear a Is mask and spray a lot So the house smells a brand new !!!
Yea this movie is sooooooo good that its criminal One of the best movies that Dreamworks has ever done and of the best movies last year...AND it competed with Way of Water and managed to profit despite its competition
If I remember correctly, the part you said felt like attack on titan was indeed inspired by attack on titan per the director's words in an interview but I could be misremembering
I've had a cat that was a bit on the selfish side even for cats, but.. Whenever I was sad, even before I realized it myself, it would do that little head bunt and press into me until I felt better. He never left me alone to be sad. Cats can be therapy too
My sister had a cat so evil that if you asked my then 3 year old niece what sound a cat makes, she would hiss at you loudly. And growl. She nailed the sound by the way.
A cat's purr is actually very therapeutic. Thats why some cats will lay on you and purr. They know it soothes you
Death is one of if not the best DreamWorks antagonist ever. His whistle still sends shivers up my spine. I like how, at the start, Puss was bragging about having "never been touched by a blade." So the moment Death was actually able to cut him, Puss became a scared, anxious mess. It's the moment he realized that he's not invincible after all.
also THANK YOU for being one of the few folks out there to recognize that Death is an ANTAGONIST to the story, not an actual villain. Death takes personal insult to Boots because he "laughs" at the face of death, but him wanting Boots to face his own mortality is NOT villainous behavior, that's just something everyone has to do eventually anyways!
@@thekaijusleeps RIGHT I LITERALLY SAID ANTAGONIST BECAUSE A FORCE OF NATURE IS NOT A VILLAIN, HE’S A FORCE OF NATURE!
Death is the only guarantee in life. Whether we like it or not. It's an inevitability. That's why he said no one's outrun me yet. Because you literally can't.
@@S1D3W1ND3R015 wasn’t it escape?
@@thekaijusleepsI actually disagree, although I completely understand why people would say he’s an antagonist, because in real life death is just a force of nature. In this movie however, Death is a villain because he is getting revenge on puss for the callous way he treats his lives. He wanted to kill puss early out of spite, and although he changes his mind at the end, it’s only because he realizes he won’t get any satisfaction out of it. He even says “why the hell did I play with my food. Your ruining this for me”, which shows he had no intention of teaching puss anything and is actually angry that puss learned to value his life. An antagonistic death is a completely apathetic character that would have no quarrel with puss despite his arrogant nature, and certainly wouldn’t have gone through so much trouble to torture and then kill anyone.
"At what point in the process did the animators regret agreeing to do the beard?"
Funny you should ask. According the director, the animators kept asking if there was a way to write the beard out of the story earlier. But the beard had to stay as long as it did because it symbolizes how Puss walls himself off from others. I don't think it's a coincidence that the gatito blade is what cuts it away.
(The director discusses the beard in this video: th-cam.com/video/TwKHzRAdBhc/w-d-xo.html )
I was really wondering that! I like the beard but it’s not “puss” you know?
It shows how he's let himself go at the shelter...he's past caring until the star gives him hope again.
and it still got rob from the oscar
I think its a neat idea, you see him down on his luck and slowly regaining bits of himself and looking like the Puss of old until he finally gets his sword back to fight Death
@@gerardovelazquez724 Think about it this way: Jack Horner got screwed by Pinocchio _twice_ now.
It's nice how in a world where Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales are twisted and distorted, Goldilocks' story is twisted into being absolutely wholesome!
So true
Imagine her Fully acting like a bear
Or worst she became a cannibal
@@keyariwiley4313worse?
@@kudokudos4549In the original, the bears ate her.
I think you dont know the real originals of most Fairy Tales, they are extremly dark, especially the Grim ones.
@Gandorhar I'm well aware! Most fairy tales get twisted comedically. So this version of Goldilocks is pretty wholesome!
23:14 Yep! Ashes, ashes, we all fall down (dead). Perrito's map is _secretly_ horrible; the River of Relaxation is the River Styx, and Quick and Easy Solutions? That's "taking the easy way out." I knew this was going to be something else when Puss _bled,_ but wow.
jeez, that's dark.
Gawd damn. Can we please just think of it as happy? That’s way too depressing especially for perrito （ㅎ(ｪ)ㅎ） Geezus
@@infinitymocha can't deny the truth.
Not Styx, but the river he got his favorite sock from. If he relaxed then, he would’ve died.
@@rpgincorporated8302 OH MY GOSH...
most of the original children's fairytales were dark, and even meant to scare children. they weren't merely stories, but life lessons.
it's not that puss needed two blades to beat death, it's that in that fight he was fighting defensively protecting his life and not attacking relentlessly
Yes, adding onto that: The second blade was a blade he got from having people close to him and letting them enrich and improve his quality of life. He did not have them earlier, so he was not equipped to face Death, both metaphorically and literally. Him using that particular blade as his secondary weapon is a metaphor.
The animation, especially in action scenes has half as many frames. This means there is far less smearing, and it means that when you pause the film, each frame looks like art from a comic book. They also used a similar technique to Spiderverse, except instead of cell-shading, they used a pastel watercolour, to make it look like a fairy tale book come to life. It's really a tour de force of what Animation can be used for.
It's the same team as spiderverse too
@@Volition366
It is?
So the team is freelancing? Since itsv was from Sony....
It also is interesting in the fight scene after Puss throws the stick and Perrito gets snatched by Jack, there are times when Puss is not in the fight and he is moving at the normal frame rate while the people fighting in the background are moving at the halved frame rate. You can tell whether someone is participating in a fight based on their frame rate.
When Death says: "I am Death, straight up!" I had chills up and down my whole body!
I like how the map doesn't really make the "road to your wish" your life, but instead it's how you perceive your life. So for example, Perrito's thrown into the water, but he saw it as fun, so he has a river of relaxation. It's like if you can see how something bad in your life made you stronger, or see the good in it, it makes your path to what you wish in life easier.
banderos said that his heart attack a couple of years ago really helped him in this role
I heard it inspired the story as well. The movie was a labor of love for a lot of ppl
I am a literal teenager, I don’t usually get scared by movies, but DEATH?? That guy made me paranoid, like looking behind me to make sure he isn’t there😭💀💀 I’ve never been so scared of a dream works villain, let alone in my teens. HUGE applause to those who worked on Puss In Boots
(Side note, I can’t believe that a side character in Shrek got a spin-off series that OUT-RATED The Avatar movie)
When I went to see this in the theater, it was just me and a mom with her young kids. During the first Wolf scene, one of the children said "I hate this" and it's one of the funniest things I've ever heard.
The hell?? Why did he hate it??? Does he have no taste?
@@zombifiedpariah7392 Presumably because he was scared lol.
@@inklypse4248 Lol
When I went to see The Lion King, there was a little kid (maybe 4-5 years old) who started crying when the hyenas chased Simba and Nala in the elephant graveyard, so his parents had to leave with him. Yeah, animated movies are for kids. Or not. Sure, some animated movies are for kids, but Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, and the likes, typically are not. If you keep the story and jokes, but replace the animations with live action and real actors, people would call them action comedies.
Something similar happened when I went to see puss in boots in theaters, this poor kid got so scared he started crying during the cave scene
15:07 Him saying "Theres no way they could smell Puss" the face she makes after he says it absolutely killed me lmao
My hot take for the Pocket full of Posies scene is: when Puss and Kitty are held hostage and one of the flowers is lifting up Perrito, I imagine that flower is showing Perrito off to its counterparts like "hey, look, this one gets it!"
23:30 "a Pocket full of posies" is not about the Black Death. It’s just a very wide-spread nursery rhyme where you dance around and then fall down. But it became common in victorian times to ascribe the darkest possible origin stories to nursery rhymes, with very sketchy historical speculations.
It literally is tho
Wagner Moura is from Brazil, he is an excellent actor, one of the most famous roles he played was in Narcos playing Pablo Escobar.
He also did perrito in both English and latin american dub
@@LATAM_EQUINOX No, Perrito is done by Harvey Guillén.
Also....he did Tropa de Elite (Elite Trop) 1 and 2. Very tough movies with heavy content, but very good.
@@Japhd92 yeah i don't know why i said that, but still, perrito is played in both by the guy You mentioned👍
The wolf putting the coins on the eyes is a reference to Ancient Greek funerals were they would put coins on the dead’s eyes so there could take the boat to the underworld aposed to swimming.
23:22 is great that you saw that, thats a reference to the plage, there is also a reference to drawning and suicide in perritos map, but he decide how to see it and reember it, thats perritos character.
I like how we, as a species, can all agree that perhaps the MOST cringe-inducing injury ever committed to film is a tiny sword under a giant's nail. I just recoil every time and clench my fist when those scenes come up XD
It’s really telling who has experienced something related to Spanish splinter irl versus those who haven’t. Anyone who hasn’t doesn’t react much, but anyone who has cringes so hard lol
I've had a splinter under my nail, probably one of if not he MOST painful thing I've ever experienced lol
It's one of those things where the realness of it makes it far more horrible. Being instantly skeletonized by a carnivorous plant? Hilarious. Splinter under your nail? Your soul cringes.
It's between that and Waymond giving himself papercuts between all of his fingers in EEAAO
There's almost a storybook element to the animation, like it's taken right out of a children's library, which is so fitting for this movie.
30:15 it's really beautiful how this part explores how sometimes you have wishes but you don't realize you already have what you wish for and goldilocks and the bears she wanted to wish for her human family back and the wish thing told her you already what you wish is already in front of you and then the house showing her how she already has a family.
You guys got the pocket full of posies bit, but all his are dark. The river of relaxation, as in when he almost drown. The field of quick and easy solutions is a 'self deletion' reference.
Your guys reactions to the wolf appearing when they get away in the wagon, was so relatable. So so relatable 😂
The Lobo voice actor (Wagner) was Pablo Escobar from the “Narcos” Netflix series
I love seeing everyone's visceral reaction to the Spanish splinter scenes XD
I never thought I'd hear a Bad Dragon reference during a Puss in Boots reaction lol. That collection would be a nice chunk of change.
I will be completely honest. I'm not a Shrek fan. I've maybe seen the first two movies, but I never watched the first Puss in Boots, let alone the series (though, I did catch my daughter watching it, so I was aware of it). I... _loved_ this movie. If I hadn't heard people talking about the wolf, I never would have watched this movie in the first place, but I'm very glad that I did. I mean, it is an eleven-year-later sequel to a spinoff of a franchise which had so much bile aimed at Disney... and yet... it delivers one of the most complex, emotionally compelling narratives about coming to terms with the difference between what you think you want and what you actually need, interpersonal relationships, mortality, and legacy. How in the name of all that is good and holy did they pull that off?!?
Also, I'm not going to lie. I'm kind of on the wolf's side. At the start of the movie, Puss doesn't care who or what he steps on (I mean, in Puss' position, I'd have probably hesitated to step on a kid's face), and he is throwing a party in the governor's home, which would have resulted in everyone being thrown in jail, and he is so flashy and showy that he winds up putting everyone at the party in a whole extra level of danger from the giant. It almost doesn't _matter_ that he saved them after, he was just fixing a problem that he created. And I love how Death shows up in the chase, because Puss is right back to showing off, even as he _uses_ the people on the streets as a tool in his getaway. Great. He gave them money. It wasn't a sacrifice on his part, it was just money that... happened to be in the back of the cart that they stole. Still, it would have been _very_ easy for those horses to not stop in time... or at all, and run those people over, injuring them if not killing them. At the start of the movie Puss is the "hero" because he's good at spinning it and convincing people that he isn't just a reckless showboater with no regard for anyone's life, especially his own. But, by the end of the movie... he's an _actual_ hero, able to have meaningful relationships with others, and value life. So. Live your life, Puss.
14:51 Well that got heavy out of nowhere.
This movie is so, SO good!! And honestly, Perrito might be my favorite animated character of all time.
23:19 Thank you for this clarification. I wasn't familiar with it, and although I've seen many reviews and reactions to this movie no one else has addressed this particular theme. Every time I come back to this film or its reviews, it shows me more elements that I had overlooked.
Enjoyed watching your reaction. Thank you for your time and I send my sincerest greetings from Poland!
btw. at 29:17 (The scene where the Puss laments that he left Kitty at the altar) when Clary looked at Nerdy while he was making this 'oh shit...' face I was like: "Dude, wtf did You do Her?!"
Not judging, just observing...😂
Good pick, patreons!
5:15 creative director of the movie said the opening was based on Attack on Titan, specifically the ending sequences of one of the earlier episodes
Lmfao i never noticed Mama Bear just stroking a cat while they're at mama Luna's
(At 20:55) Wasn't DreamWorks ALREADY mocking Disney when they first made Shrek 1?
This movie took huuuuge influence from "into the spiderverse", and I love that.
Four parties in the movie.
Puss, Kitty, and Perrito.
Jack Horner
Gold and the three bears
And death incarnate.
Puss has been posthumously given the Darwin Award 8 times. I love it, but I can't imagine how pissed Lobo must be upon seeing that time after time, always with the same arrogant feline pain-in-the-ass. (Not to me, but definitely toward Lobo.)
I feel so pessimistic because as soon as Goldie didn’t wanna tell anyone I thought her wish would be about wanting a human family but every reactor is like “oh she doesn’t feel bear enough she wants to be a bear” like I was right but I just feel like an asshole 😭😂😂
Thinking back on it, the design of Death's character really is quite smart and well thought out imo. It's a very cool idea to have death's "lore" in this universe be that he appears as whatever his target is most fearful of. In this case, his target was an arrogant cat who believed himself immortal and could never be cut. So, he appeared as a cat's predator, armed with a weapon specifically made to get around an opponent's guard and cut them. Everything with his character is symbolic and exists with purpose, whether that's to be a mirror for the MC or to convey feelings, like terror, on screen. It's all very well done.
Death is based on the folkloric character of the Grim Reaper, whereas the tune he whistles is based on The Silbón, a legend associated with the Los Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela.
20:52 the Shrek franchise was all about mocking Disney and fairytales
he really made it in life with that beauty of a wife
Randomly when i was in 1st grade my school put on a play of a bunch of nursery rhymes and I was Little Jack Horner. Glad to see my boy grown up
I like how even early on they hint that the Wolf is Death-the coins over the eyes is a reference to the (apparent) practise of doing the same to the dead as payment for the ferryman (some say the Greeks did this but we don't actually have proof of that, in fact it's usually put in/on the mouth).
I mean... his overall design and what he says is incredibly telling as well. Black hooded cloak, sickles for weapons, "Nobody's escaped me yet" etc. They weren't exactly being subtle about it.
@@qrowing and yet somehow people don't seem to noticed, I supposed the wolf part throws them thinking he's JUST the big bad doggo when in reality he is Death, straight up.
@@corryjamieson3909they probably thought big bad wolf. I mean that a wolf fairy tale character. I knew he was death cuz of the glowing red eyes and white fur and weapons. And the cloak. And my suspicion was confirmed cuz of the coins over the eyes. Paying the ferryman when you die. I like roman/Greek mythology. And that a famous one
I loved the first Puss in Boots movie. It had been so long since that one that I wasn't sure if the sequel was ever coming. I was so happy when an official release date was finally announced. And it was definitely worth the wait!😺
Wagner Moura the voice of the wolf plays Pablo Escobar in Naros, it would be worth checking out if you haven't seen it yet.
Death is not a villain and he is not an antagonist, he is a force of nature. Just like there is life, there is also death. There is balance, as God intended. God brought death into the universe.
i love that whenever he's close to death, the wolf is close
23:31 honestly all 3 of perrito's parts are dark if you think about them
Pocket full of posies: You guys got that one
River of relaxation: like the one that he was nearly drowned in
fields of quick and easy solutions: for all the stuff perrito has gone through it wouldn't be hard for "quick and easy solutions" to take on a much darker context
24:43 Journey before Destination goncho!
I get the feeling the wolf is "Anubis". Canine, Death, Coins on the eyes. And TECHNICALLY he would be a "fairy tale".
"Didn't think I was gonna rewatch this movie together with Bo Burnham and Anya Taylor-Joy" was literally the first thing I thought when I started this video. XD
This movie is in my top five animated along with Your Name (Kimi no Na Wa) - 2016, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - 2022, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - 2018 and How To Train Your Dragon - 2010
She may not talk a lot, but her expressions say EVERYTHING
Yea I feel like 90min is that sweet spot once you get to 120min you start feeling it.
I find it interesting that it took you so long to figure out the Wolf is literally Death xD
Wasn't that obvious from the start? like appearing out of thin air?
Perrito is my favorite character in this and by far one of the most wholesome and cutest characters in the Shrek Universe
Death is my favorite character. He's not a hero nor a villain.
@@johnsantos507absolutely
Pup friend: Billy Maximoff
Death: Rio
Puss in boots: Agatha
Wagner Moura nailed as the Wolf
Wagner Moura is a Brazilian actor who plays Pablo Escobar in Narcos, and he's in the Elysium movie as well. In Brazil, he's pretty big for his role on 'Elite Squad'
"BAD DRAGO-"
STAAAAAHP
25:18
The fact that he reacts the same way as kitty 😭😭😭
They need to do the cosplayyy
Exactly, it's about the journey, not the destination. Like that game, Alice Madness Returns, the ending is mentally scarring where awful truths are revealed about the main protagonist and the world she inhabits, forcing them to come to grips with said reality and moving on from the trauma the truth has caused. But the journey is an adventure through various technicolor, fairy tale inspired environments, taking in the sights as you platform, shoot, hack, and slash your way to adventure. Yes, you'll see some horrifying shit along the way, but that's what fantasy is all about, right? The journey!!!!
Wagner Moura Killed it as Death, so good to see our Brazilian shine in such a great piece of art that this movie is!
I'm very glad I wasn't drinking anything when she whispered 'Bad Dragon'. If you don't know why that was funny, go ahead and Google it.
For anyone interested Wagner Moura, voiced Death, is a brazilian actor that did Tropa de Elite 1 and 2, the first one being probably the most famous brazillian movie worldwide, he is Pablo Escobar in Narcos and a lot more stuff in Brazil and internationally
bag of holding I think you just suffocate after a bit, so technically you can survive being in one but only for as long as your air lasts. Getting back out, now that could be tricky.
27:57 It's funny that it was this moment that TH-cam decided to give me a trailer for Expend4bles as and ad.
Just putting that out there, the nursery rhyme Ring a Round the Rosie might have existed before the Plague and has nothing to do with it. There is no evidence of any connection between the two. The Plague thing is a speculation.
Great reactions to this fun movie.
That face - 20:30; that's when you know you're watching a good villain!
For a movie that comes from the Shrek universe it is mostly fun and giggles but the Death Wolf is really a good villain. I was surprised this movie was that good which i was not expecting at all. That said Dreamworks has always been pretty solid when it comes to making Quality movies.
You can't beat Death. The reason why death could cut Puss is because he takes his life for granted..and because Death has been around for pretty much let's say...the beginning of life itself so he has plenty of practice. But the reason why Puss was able to defeat him is because he finally valued his sense of self and that you really only get one good shot at it. 9 lives of bad choices still makes a rotten existence on the whole if that is all you accomplished. I don't think Death really came out to claim his soul..but to teach him a valuable lesson to not take anything for granted. Death only comes when it's his time to go. And Death can wait. He was just annoyed at the Cat for wasting the precious life he so casually threw away.
The bit with the cat paws🐾 got me 😅🤣😂👏👍❤🎉
I'm so happy someone else said the unicorn horn effect was like the birthday party/Grunt one from Halo. I thought about that immediately the first time I saw it.
My first thought was Kingsman. The first movie when everyone heads exploded
Mama Bear is... an awesome mom, and a mama bear.
Oh. The whole pocket full of posies thing u mentioned amazing red head lady? On top of what you said, it was also because back then they believed bad smells caused disease, so that's why they tried to avoid it other than it smelling awful
Wolf best antagonist
Jack Horner best villain
Perrito best character
A lot of elements here are not something kids would understand. Traumatic backstories, anxiety attacks and death. Behind the incredible colors and animation this movie is pretty dark. Its a masterpiece tbh
Well...
its not a kids movie.
Its a FAMILY movie. Which means it has something for every family member to enjoy
Which is why it important to discuss stuff after the movies you watch. Explain things in a kid friendly way if you have kids.
Fun fact about Death:I don't know why people haven't talked about this or mentioned it but when Death Clashes his weapon thingies Or Thunder appenes the black pupils in his eyes become white making him seem even more creepy
17:27 I was EATING when you said that.... My computer was almost covered in sandwich ingredients.. XD
it's the same animation style as Arcane you guys should definitely watch the show if you haven't it's an amazing show.
Death is amazing character.
Goldie, the Three Bears, and Jack Horner are funny villains.
perrito is an amazing side character. He is funny.
Death: scratches Puss
Puss: hella traumatized
but earlier Puss was literally mauled to shreds by 4 dogs, died horribly and no PTSD in sight 😂😂😂
Ikr, Mama Bear is one of the best. :')
12:47 my grandma also has like 50 cats she has like 4 jobs just to feed them all
It was so amazing in theaters, the style they did of the frames 🔥
I’ve seen the movie a bunch, but only through reactions like this, and there were so many pieces I hadn’t actually seen before, so I was really excited to see new things from it
I adore how death was portrayed as an antagonist but not a villain but also just as something fucking terrifying and god it was great
Edit: and as an animation/aspiring animator the blending of art styles and turning 3-D art into an actual art medium that different styles can be developed with dhskdbbxkdjsgshksjdvdn
God I love dreamworks
I'd say death is a villain, just not the main one. Mans is trying to kill puss while instilling fear. Breaking the laws of nature while trying to kill him
The interesting thing is everyone who has a wish gets their wish granted including the villains.
This one of the best animated movies in recent years along with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse!
This movie was such an unexpected breath of fresh air, not only in the Shrek franchise, but in the animation industry. I kept hearing people talking about how great the movie was and for the first 15 minutes I didn't really get it, like I loved the animation and the humor was hitting, but it still felt like the typical animated adventure movie. It wasn't until Puss had his major panic attack and we saw Goldie's deepest wish that I realized this was something special, and man did they stick that landing.
Sidenote: Shrek III is unequivically the worst movie in the entire franchise, worse than the original Puss in Boots movie, and is in my estimation one of the worse animated feature films a major studio has ever released.
I prefer just one reactor at a time, but this was so fun to watch! That cringe with the Spanish splinters. Then the dog vs. cats bickering. Then again with the last Shrek movies 😂
the bag is mary poppins so many reaction channels just think its a bag of holding why would a film base in fairytales, nursery rhymes and legends have something from DnD in it. i mean the bag has umbrellas on it
Just for you know, wagner moura plays Pablo Escobar in Narcos
the theme of the whole movie is fear. fear of death, fear of loneliness, fear of being hurt by others, etc.
Fear of fear
@@johnyaxon__ how does one, "fear fear"?
@@SoloRenegade "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” the famous quote of Franklin D. Roosevelt
@@johnyaxon__ Familiar with the phrase, and the sentiment, but it doesn't really explain how you can fear fear.
I think FDR meant more that, why should we be afraid? We have nothing to fear, nothing we can't overcome, that the only thing stopping us is fear.
but how would one "be afraid, of being afraid"?
"Fear of fear", isn't the same as what FDR said.
this is purely a hypothetical/philosophical question of course.
@@SoloRenegadeSuppose someone is afraid of death. But looking into the eyes of death, and seeing that there is nothing terrible, in fact, you simply begin to appreciate life not as an abstract concept of "life", but as a concrete experience, temporary, but worthy of being lived. If existence is not painful, but is filled with some meaning - friendship, love, adventure. But if the experience still becomes unbearable, then death is not something bad, but appears as an angel, granting liberation from the shackles of bodily torment. Realizing that death is not something to be afraid of. And in life, since it happened to us, you should find something good and appreciate friends and loved ones. The cat conquered the fear of death, realizing that death is not as terrible as it seemed to him. That is, not death is something bad, but fear.
Also since you both met before I wanted to know that I myself have cats I rescued 3 when they were babies outside my house and one was born in my room by accident and I do feed Unless cascades it's the right thing to do and I do love dogs it's just I lost 2 dogs that were my friends And nerdy I understand the cat's smell I deal with it every day but I always wear a Is mask and spray a lot So the house smells a brand new !!!
FINELY!!! SOMEBODY RECOGNIZES THE MARY POPPINS BAG AND UMBRELLA!!!!!
lmao yes big guy, all us fellow AoT (Shingeki no Kyojin ) fanatics immediately saw that reference too! lol yes very beautiful scene.
Yea this movie is sooooooo good that its criminal
One of the best movies that Dreamworks has ever done and of the best movies last year...AND it competed with Way of Water and managed to profit despite its competition
It released at the same time but I don't think they competed as they targeted different demographics. I have personally enjoyed both.
If I remember correctly, the part you said felt like attack on titan was indeed inspired by attack on titan per the director's words in an interview
but I could be misremembering
14:46 That side eye was palpable.