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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has something that current disney doesn't and that's heart, Puss in Boots feels like a return to the classics while also adding it's own charm and also it's own humor, which makes it absolutely great
@@finalmountain in 2022 Disney just completely flopped, rare diamonds in piles of mud doesn't change anything, also Encanto is an 8.5/10 for me it's good but not a masterpiece
@@finalmountain Idk Disney makes more childish or either weird movies for example strange world. Encanto was mostly a side movie, great but MOST movies are musicals, which is okay, to bring the magic of hope or Smth like that. But Dreamworks showed that their kids are growing with them, Like I saw a kid who was around 5-7 who was perfectly fine. I don't hate Disney but I can't root for it.
@@finalmountain Eh your true, boss baby isn't the worst but it's kinda cursed. Though I'm not saying Disney strange world is bad. Disney was my childhood and due to lack of teasers of strange world, I didn't even know it existed until someone on TH-cam did a vid abt it.
Just a slight correction, Puss in Boots doesn't take down the wolf, he proves himself to Death. He proves that he's earned the right to keep his last life, because he now appreciates it properly. As a result the wolf let's him go. Puss says himself that he will never be able to defeat death but he will always keep fighting for his life.
for sure, death is unstoppable, he chose what to do, he did say puss ruined the pleasure of the hunt because the persona he was after is no longer there.
Death's reveal I think was funny and amazing, as the whole point of his reveal was basically DreamWorks telling the audience 'he isn't symbolic, he is legit Death, don't overthink it' as we all know there would have been those people out there trying to create theories on the character thinking he was a legit bounty hunter. Plus it makes him more menacing.
My thoughts exactly lol. I’ve seen reactors go like “so you mean like metaphorically or-“ (deaths monologue about being actual death and not in any other fancy way) “Oh, so actual death then”
Yeah I really appreciate the straightforwardness, it's such a central theme of the story it's better to not leave it up in the air. Plus, it's funny. Scary, but fun.
Yea, definitely, people would read into it to much or try figuring out what death the character itself symbolizes when it doesn't symbolize anything he is LITERALLY death in this universe
He's great! I know his accent rubbed Latin Americans the wrong way in Narcos, but for an English speaker who didn't have that issue, I thought he was great. Likewise thought he chewed the scenery in Elysium and there was a really cool film about BOPE (can't remember the name, Elite Squad I think?) Where he was equally fun!
I took my little sister to this movie, I remember something that stuck with me is the fact that she was actually scared and intimidated by Death. She saw him as an actual threat! She's only 7, and it just reminded me how we've been given very little ACTUAL villains in movies. We need more powerful and intimidating villains!!!!
The fear that Death instilled in me reminded me of lord Shen when I first saw him in theatres which made me fall in love with Kung Fu Panda 2, I miss terrifying animated villains that leave an impact on you after watching
One thing I really liked about Goldilocks was that even though her declaration about wanting a "real" family was deeply hurtful to the bears, they still agreed to help her get the wish because they wanted her to be happy.
The Last Wish also does something Pixar's finest movies did: it talks about adult issues that most try to ignore. For me, what grabbed me was the idea of abandoning the solo mentality and finding your tribe. The reason Puss has such an obsession with his Legend status is that it is literally all he has, no friends or family to go back to.
And we figure that much during the village doctor scene. It comes across as funny at first but it becomes sad when you realize Puss In Boots grew up an orphan and therefore "walks alone"
He's so hilarious and evil at the same time and I love it. Like, this might sound weird, but if I were a villain, that's probably how I'd act. "You're not going to SHOOT a puppy?!" "Yeah, in the face. Why?"
This proves that Dreamworks still knows their audience and how to on truly deliver some great cinematic storytelling in the art of animation. It also proves that there are more stories in the Shrek universe to still share. Not only does it give us a massive upgrade on the animation, but it also manages to once again, call Disney out on their recent storytelling.
I agree. They have all that potential for exploring all the fairy tales and giving them the twists they deserve. Their take on Pinocchio, the ginger bread man, and the three pigs is hilarious.
Instead of realistic character designs and sets, as well as swampy colors, the designs are much more stylized and cartoony, the colors are much brighter, and the action scenes allow for some Spider-Verse inspired special effects. This makes it look like everything was made by actual artists instead of computer programs.
DreamWorks is definitely killing it!🤩 They managed to make a comic relief character into the deepest character in the Shrek franchise! Puss is honestly at his best in this movie and it’s great to see how he grows throughout the movie😁 Also, it was very refreshing and great that we got some actual villains! Something we’ve all been wants to see in an animated movie for quite some time! Amazing movie! DreamWorks, you did GREAT🌟
Big Jack Horner IS Disney Inc. BJH had a good childhood, representing the childhood many kids had during their Golden Era. He grew up to be a top-heavy (corrupt bosses), exploitative (to animators), heartless (Spider-man grave, anyone?), covetous (copyright abuse) business monger, with the goal to acquire all magical artifacts (intellectual properties) in the world.
Puss in Boots Last Wish, in many ways is a spiritual sucessor to Shrek 1, its a perfect middle finger to Disney that not only makes fun of all of their flaws, but also manage to make a better fairytale movie than Disney, including using the theme of the Wishing Star.
I also gotta add, in the scene where Puss gets a panick attack I got really emotional, you can feel the trauma and pure anxiety dripping off the scene, and the actual panick attack is so well done. As someone who has had a lot of panick attacks seeing that scene was really fucking awsome, it's so well done and scary accurate to what a real panick attack can feel and look like, DreamWorks really fucking killed this movie
Can I just say I kinda love the fact Puss in Boots 2 lost to Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio for the best animated feature? It actually make this movie better. Case in point, the scene where young Jack Horner gets upstaged by Pinocchio is a scene that is much funnier and topical now
Cinemasins literally said that if Del Toro's Pinocchio wasn't released in 2022,DreamWorks's Puss in Boots:The Last Wish could've won the best Pinocchio movie of all time That one scene of Jack Horner and Pinocchio was 100 times better than the American redub and the abomination of Disney's Pinocchio live remake
this movie came out at the right time. to remind us that animation is not for kids, and to remind us on how to make great villains. this will be remembered for a LONG time.
I'm not gonna lie, I wholeheartedly expected them to go the twist villain route and hit us with Perrito being the last secret villain, but for him to just be that dumb and empathetic made him amazing with how helpful he ended up being and not just stealing the wish for himself
It's perhaps the best film of the entire year, and that's impressive considering it's only just started. Sure, anything can happen between now and December, but it's a _really_ high bar to clear.
Yeah, that "i'm death, straigh up" works well because its there for all the internet folk that would tey to say he isnt really death, but a metaphor or something like that, so the way the wolf reveals who he is is to not leave room or any space for any theory about how death isnt really death, and even with that there still people who comes up with theories about who the wolf is because they dont accept that the wolf is, straigh up, death, and no one else.
To make a ''pure evil'' character like Jack work, you need to give him something else to avoid making him a boring character. Dreamworks did this perfectly with Jack. He was funny, great to watch and a walking pile of iconic quotes. Ercole from Luca didn't have that. And i think that's what made him fail. I know Ercole isn't ''pure evil'', just a prick but my point still stands.
Well Ercole wasn't even an antagonist really. He had almost nothing to do with the main character's goals. Maybe a slight roadblock but the driving conflict is the fact that the town kills sea monsters.
DreamWorks completely shitting on Disney is something I would have never expected, but it was bound to happen eventually. With how Strange World did and considering Pixar is making another Toy Story movie "why tf are they doing that, I have no clue" and also a movie called elemental which looks kinda cringe. But anyways, nice video
And they basically said Jack pretty much took out all of the Disney characters throughout the entire movie. Marry Poppins' bag, the cricket, magic carpet, etc. That's a potshot if I've ever seen one.
It absolutely deserves that rating. One of my favorite movies in recent memory. They managed to make this film hilarious yet emotional. Also, the skit at the beginning is straight fire!!
My fav characters were Goldilocks and the three bears (such icons awesome family dynamic ) and I love the dialogue in this movie and the visuals (also I love your videos )
The term straight up is actually an older term than most people realize. It was originally used as a term for alcoholic beverages where you shake it in ice and then pour it into a separate glass. And thinking about what it means as a way to cement truth in a statement by the current generation, I can see how it was adopted to be so: straight up = cold and true.
As a kid I adored puss and boots. Growing up with Shrek and Puss's spinoffs was great. This movie however was the first movie in a long time to legitimately give me chills with some of the shots music and animation. Bravo DreamWorks bravo.
I went to see this in theatres and I'm so glad I did! The visuals absolutely stunning and gave the vibes of an Arcane and Into the Spider-verse mix and I *LOVE* how it got more stuttery during the action sequences! The villain was actually really intimidating, especially since they had Puss actually bleed at that one part?!?! The portrayal of Puss' anxiety was handled and done really realistically and made you actually nervous for him, I have anxiety and I think the visuals and sounds did a really good job of showing what's it's like having an attack and I could practically feel Puss' chest tighten every time he heard the whistling!
16:28 yes, she can grab the map, but remember we still have Jack Horner on the play field, if she grab the map, Jack will target her with his magic weapons and she may not have time to rescue her family.
9:06 actually, I liked how he confirmed that. When I was in the theatre I was like, "yeah, right. As if they would put the actual embodiment of death in a kid's movie." But when he said that line, I was like, "oh crap, he's for real." I feel like with all the twist villains, death fake-outs, and confusing plots that have been in cinema lately, it makes it difficult for me to take things seriously anymore. I re-watched "The Princess and the Frog" the other day and quite frankly, I forgot that they killed off the firefly and I was waiting for him to be 'magically revived' by Mama Odie at the end of the film. That's how much plot twists have changed my perception of cinema these last few years.
I've watched several videos today talking about the great depth of the Goldilocks arc, and each has found some other subtlety. Didn't notice the acrostic in the book before, but the ending also is exactly out of her favorite story in the book (sitting on dad's lap and saying everything is just right to mama). While both are more easter eggs than narrative devices since you can't really get them without pausing the movie, it shows how much thought was put into things. Also in defense of the "on the nose" reference to what she's seeking being right in front of her, at that point a fresh audience doesn't know what her wish is, and all the other points labeled on the map have been obstacles to prevent the journey from continuing, so the fact that it produces her adoptive home works "right in front of her" works because the map appears to be defending the star rather than helping her find her wish. Regardless the themes of family and the "just right" motif are developed brilliantly in her (and by extension the bears') arc, and everyone clearly saw that.
14:44 I've watched dozens of these reviews on the last wish because it's very cathartic, but this is the first time I've seen this detail!! That's so incredibly subtle yet perfect!
This is an absolute 10/10! I just watched it today. I didn’t think an animated wolf could actually scare me at times. Jack Horner was a brilliant addition and didn’t feel out of place. How does DreamWorks do it with its sequels.
I think one of the best moments in the movie was when Puss ACTUALLY tells Kitty why he left her at the altar. Like I was fully expecting in that moment for there to be some kind of convenient interruption and Puss to not say anything because that's what happens in every movie. I've never been so happy to be wrong about something lmao
That is the proper way to "subvert expectations" in a movie. There were several scenes where I felt they were going to cop out with a trope, then did the unexpected and leaned into character development. Well done, Dream Works, well done indeed.
17:04 For some reason i get goosebumps during this scene every time. It feels like when a marvel movie foreshadowed the next superhero to join the MCU or something. Except instead of something new, it's the OGs.
Same man it gives me chills just thinking Shrek is somewhere in that universe with Fiona and his kids while Donkey is probably still annoying him everyday
Something I like about Deaths character design is that his eye colour is the opposite of Puss’s eye colour. Red to green. I’m not sure if that was intentional but I love it :)
This movie was so refreshing to watch. I may be a Pixar and Disney fan but Puss in Boots reminded myself that classic tropes can be re-imagined while also being fresh.
This is now one of my favorite films EVER now! Dreamworks, how I’ve missed your excellent film making. You more than deserved your victory at the box office over Disney last year.
Amen, Dreamworks gave us Shrek 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Now Puss in Boots[2] the last wish; all incredible and are generational animals much as the Disney 1990s animation greats of yore.
8:02 Big Bad Wolf is canonically a good guy now, and Death is just a terrifying rendition with a sense of justice who can also be perceived as a good guy, if anything, a *teacher.* So I can't even tell if Death is an antagonist if looking in that perspective, so he technically saved his life while risking it too.
it didnt just deserves all the praise, it EARNED it. It was beautiful. I loved that they allowed emotional moments to unfold and not ruin it with a joke. Yeah... looking at you Marvel.
What I love about Death: his whistle. The Millenial Whoop is a term for when a song alternates between the third and fifth note of a chord for a catchy singalong portion. - 🎶 We don’t even have to try, it’s always a good time… - 🎵 I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, sayin’… And more. Periodicity is the idea that measures and verses can have variations that answer each other. Classical music does this all the time, as does Mario themes. When Mario does it, the first period ends in a question that is answered by the repeat, as if the song is saying “there is adventure, who will go; there is adventure; let’s a’go!” When Wolf whistles, he goes up and down a G Major scale. Easy spot of the Millennial whoop. He then whistles the first periodicity: A into C. The audience is confused; is it a step up into A Minor, or a Millennial Whoop for G Major (a step down). He finishes the first period with G Flat, making the chord G Flat Minor. That makes the A and C a Millennial whoop, but into a very dissonant and unsettling chord. Wolf only goes into the second period once, while his music does it a couple times. He repeats the same G Major chord, but then does a solemn half half whole note rhythm of A, G Flat, G. Not only is his periodicity saying “Death calls, your life is uncertain; Death calls, your life is over,” but starting and ending on G says “Death is there from the start, and Death will remain when it’s over.” Who would have thought two chords could be so brilliant?! If it weren’t for its simplicity, I would put this up there with Vader’s Imperial March!
Fun fact: in brazillian Portuguese the bleep scene isn’t bleeped. Perrito says a word that’s kind of a swear, but technically not one. My 5 year old sister giggled so much
I finished the reaction video and I 100 percent agree it’s a 10 out of 10 they are finally bringing me back to when I was younger watching really good animation movies
"Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is quite possibly the best Dreamworks movie I've ever seen." Moses: I beg your pardon? "Our movie starts off with quite possibly the best first 10 minutes ever in an animated movie." Moses: Oh, now you've crossed the line!
Great video! PiB took me by surprise by becoming one of my favorite animated movies of all time. I gotta say though, you really undersold the Death reveal by skipping the first time he says it, staring through the purple crystal as it cracks and then shatters. THAT was an incredible, unforgettable shot and delivery. The followup was honestly a great way to ground him again as a guy with personality beyond the persona. Just my two cents!
When I heard there was a puss in boots 2, my first reaction was "there's a puss in boots 1?", and my second reaction was "Holy shit, this looks BOMB" Also, they had to do em like that with his reveal as "Death, straight up", because... People are STILL arguing if he's "actually the real death" 🤦♂️
This movie is just a treasure it's return to form for dreamworks and a new horizin opening a door for so much and if this dosen't win the best animeted feature im goona break into the house of the pearson that made that decision and make them fell unsafe
I genuinely think Jack Horner is such a great character despite being a villain cliche because he's NOT the only villain! If Jack were the only villain the story had to offer, we wouldn't be as obsessed with this movie. Puss in Boots gave us three archetypical villains: the evil irredeemable one, the one who is redeemed, and the one who is not really a villain - Death has a moral objective, kind of like all the villains who want to make the world a better place, but their means stand in opposition to the protagonist's. Ercole is just one type of a cliched villain with no nuance or anyone to make him more interesting. Jack Horner has TWO other villains to juxtapose him, and THIS MAKES HIM PRETTY AWESOME
13:38 can we all stop to appreciate how seamlessly they combine the characters in the background running at like 12FPS and the ones in the foreground running at 24/30FPS this is the moment where my girlfriend who knows nothing about animation or framerates stopped the movie and said "wait.....why are they moving differently in the back" lol so I got to berd out and explain why 😂
When I went to the movie theater and the “far far away” sign appeared you could hear how everyone gasped of joy Also small little detail that I loved, in the Spanish version instead of a P signature, it’s a G signature for “el Gato con Botas” which idk but for me I just feel like that detail is amazing. Props for you dreamworks for making the little kid inside of me who was confused why it was a P in the first movie be pleased
I just got home from Universal and I decided to watch puss in boots the last wish as soon as I got home. I have to say it’s the best recent DreamWorks film. The animation is incredible.
I saw this movie 5 times in the cinema and I thought it was absolutely amazing and slightly below Shrek 2. The Wolf has now become my new favorite movie villain but you had an interesting take on him when you were discussing how you would've changed his character. I personally wish he had one or two more extra scenes but other than that..... FANTASTIC VILLAIN! Great Review, I really enjoyed it :)
Now, there is one cool detail that I really love - during the giant scuffle (that's how I call it) the bell, used by giant, gives a sound 8 times, the last one indicating his 8th death
I like how his transition from the intro to the main review and commentary was by using the clip where puss literally says “you want to see something cool?”
This is the movie we all needed. I don't just see Death as a good villain, I see him as a savior. I'll explain what I mean in a future video I have planned.
I had a thought watching this video’s opening skit. Disney is talking about how viewers would rather have “generational trauma” as a villain and thus is why they don’t see the need to put a character in a villain roll. Encanto is the prime example everyone points to, but DreamWorks actually has already done issues with multiple generations AND still had a villain or antagonist character: - How to Train Your Dragon: Stoick and Hiccup at conflicts as the old vs new way of handling dragons, and living up to family expectation. Navigating issues of love and care for someone, but knowing when to let them go because it’s for the best. At the end of each movie, Hiccup battles something based on the ideas he’s learned through others, himself, and his father. The Red Death, a giant dragon he defeats with his cunning and stubborn Viking spirit to even take her own when others before him have failed. Drago and the Bewilderbeast with the same sort of lessons, and understanding through his dad’s death that not everyone can or will change. And finally taking apart Grimmel’s fleet of dragon hunters, which his dad had partaken in the past. Hiccup lets Toothless go, despite the fact he knows he wouldn’t be where he is without him but has realized love requires sacrifice for the ones you love, which Stoick had demonstrated ever since Hiccup was born. Bam! Trauma and villains. - Kung Fu Panda: Po and Lord Shen obviously due to the attempted GENOCIDE of the pandas that resulted in Po’s mother dying and him being separated from his panda family. The second movie is about him coming to turns with this past, and the third has a bit on him learning some more of his ‘pandaness’ from the community. I will also put forth Shifu and Tai Lung. The latter wanted to live up to expectations, which Shifu also wanted because that’s what he thought the universe wanted. However, both lost sight of the meaning of kung fu (Tai Lung for personal gain and Shifu for his own biases) and suffered in their relationships because of it. Unlike current Disney/Pixar characters with generational trauma, Tai Lung never learned and is arguably what a lot more people see when it comes to these types of relationships. A loved one who WON’T change even when amends are genuinely being extended. Bam, Bam. Trauma and villains. - The Prince of Egypt: pretty much the Exodus account of a people’s GENOCIDE of their babies, with one survivor who has to struggle with the dual identity of being a “sovereign son of Egypt, a proud history that’s shown, etched on every wall” and being called to “let [God’s] people go” against his adopted family. “The Plagues” sequence is two brothers in all but blood forced on different sides of a conflict that they didn’t start but they have to conclude. Once again, bam! Trauma and an antagonist! So DreamWorks has already beat Disney/Pixar to the punch of “generational trauma” being the only antagonistic force one needs in a movie. You can have one or both, and they aren’t mutually exclusive so long as you have a solid story and great characters to sell it.
What I love is all the small details, like how the bell rings a total of 8 times (including the last time it falls on top of him) during the fight sequence with the giant, signifying the lives he already lost and setting in stone just how grave his situation is. Then, at the bar, he has 8 empty glasses of the milk and was drinking from his 9th glass, showing even more that he's living his last life. When he asks for another glass, the bartender goes to the back, but never comes back as it's his last call, further putting the idea of him having to enjoy the last glass he was already drinking.
Definitely my new favorite animated movie of all time. Every scene was perfect. Every character was perfect. Every interaction was perfect. It's rare to see a movie with such a tight script and pacing.
“Head on apply directly to the forehead, Head on apply directly to the forehead, Head on apply directly to the forehead, head on available at Walgreens.” 16:23
Why I think the cast works: foils. A foil is when characters contrast or reflect each other. But let’s also apply this to character motivations. Puss wants to live without fearing death, but ends up doing it through valuing one life rather than using 8 as a safety rope. He learns a moral lesson through his foil, the Wolf Death who also seeks the legendary status of reckless Puss. Kitty Softpaws wants somebody she can trust with all her heart, and her entire heart. She is foiled by Perrito (who unconditionally trusts), Puss (who learns to trust alongside his wish moral), and Jack. Touching on Jack, he is a foil to reflect Puss’s selfishness, and the foil to Kitty’s wish. Where Kitty wants control in her relationships, Jack wants control over magic. The one who tightens their grip ends up losing it, and it’s fitting that Softpaws was the one to knock Jack into the bag. Perrito is foiled by Kitty (as explained above), and by Goldie. Goldie wants her biological family, rejecting the people who love her; Perrito is desperate for any family, despite rejections from potential friends. That’s why Perrito was the one who began changing her mind about staying family with the Bears. So in short: Puss is reflected in Kitty, and contrasted with Death in if the legend should live or die. Kitty is reflected in Jack, and contrasted in Perrito. Perrito is reflected and contrasted with Goldie. And everyone else is an accessory to enhance the main villains.
I would’ve loved to have seen a moment at the end of the film where Puss, Kitty and Perrito meet up with Shrek, Donkey, Fiona and a couple of the other side characters from the Shrek franchise. Regardless, I’m petty happy that we got what we got.
When disney took out the blank sheet of paper shouldn't dreamworks have said "there is no secret ingredient" or something cause that's exactly what happens in Kung Fu Panda 1
Your mentioning of the framerate going choppy when characters are in danger is something I didn't notice. I thought it was whenever a character was picking up a rhythm or speed for combat, but your take makes a lot of sense and _adds_ to the narrative. It cues us in with moments like Puss fighting the governor's soldiers, with how smooth it is, they're ni threat. But it's _really_ useful in the Ginat's fight because it subconciously clues us in how reckless and dangerous Puss is being during the fight. Which reasons why the entire fight has that choppy sense, and why the _giant_ is choppy too, because he too is in danger. And then it cullminates in the showdown with Death, as it's a bit smoother. Puss is in danger, but he willingly faces it down, and refuses to waver.
By popular demand, here are my thoughts on Puss in Boots 2! I do a LOT of talking here so I hope you don't mind, DreamWorks/Universal is pretty annoying when it comes to copyright claims so I try to use as little unaltered clips as possible.
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can u do guermos del toros pinocho its as good as this movie if its ok
Really love this movie, and I'm excited for Shrek 5
@Roni Nakajima I think it's a little worse than puss in boots but definitely is close to the same quality
Death is not a villain he's doing his gob
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has something that current disney doesn't and that's heart, Puss in Boots feels like a return to the classics while also adding it's own charm and also it's own humor, which makes it absolutely great
That’s a mean and unfair thing to say. May I remind you that Encanto is a 9/10 movie with heart.
@@finalmountain in 2022 Disney just completely flopped, rare diamonds in piles of mud doesn't change anything, also Encanto is an 8.5/10 for me it's good but not a masterpiece
@@finalmountain Idk Disney makes more childish or either weird movies for example strange world. Encanto was mostly a side movie, great but MOST movies are musicals, which is okay, to bring the magic of hope or Smth like that. But Dreamworks showed that their kids are growing with them, Like I saw a kid who was around 5-7 who was perfectly fine. I don't hate Disney but I can't root for it.
@@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375 eh I wouldn't say it's a complete flop. Turning Red was decent. Other than that their other two movies were trash
@@finalmountain Eh your true, boss baby isn't the worst but it's kinda cursed. Though I'm not saying Disney strange world is bad. Disney was my childhood and due to lack of teasers of strange world, I didn't even know it existed until someone on TH-cam did a vid abt it.
Just a slight correction, Puss in Boots doesn't take down the wolf, he proves himself to Death. He proves that he's earned the right to keep his last life, because he now appreciates it properly. As a result the wolf let's him go. Puss says himself that he will never be able to defeat death but he will always keep fighting for his life.
So many idiots will probably try to deny you,but I agree with you hands down
for sure, death is unstoppable, he chose what to do, he did say puss ruined the pleasure of the hunt because the persona he was after is no longer there.
I mean, he did put Anubis on his knees.
@@AllenTheAnimator004wha- who the hell would deny that? That’s literally what happens beat for beat lol
@@Me_Myself_Maly who would deny that? Kids who hate dying,that's who
Bro Disney lost at the box office to a Cat that wears boots 💀
Lmfao, exactly
Lol, so true.
That's exactly why they lost. People love Cats...
Even Marvel lost. Ant man made less money than this film
2022 in a nutshell: 6:59
Death's reveal I think was funny and amazing, as the whole point of his reveal was basically DreamWorks telling the audience 'he isn't symbolic, he is legit Death, don't overthink it' as we all know there would have been those people out there trying to create theories on the character thinking he was a legit bounty hunter. Plus it makes him more menacing.
My thoughts exactly lol. I’ve seen reactors go like “so you mean like metaphorically or-“ (deaths monologue about being actual death and not in any other fancy way) “Oh, so actual death then”
Yeah otherwise it’s more of a threat than a true statement
Death delivers that line about him being simply Death in the most funny and menacing way.
Yeah I really appreciate the straightforwardness, it's such a central theme of the story it's better to not leave it up in the air. Plus, it's funny. Scary, but fun.
Yea, definitely, people would read into it to much or try figuring out what death the character itself symbolizes when it doesn't symbolize anything he is LITERALLY death in this universe
The wolf is voiced by a Brazilian actor, and he is AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wagner Moura deserves to be a national treasure
He shined enough in Narcos and now in puss in boots
p i c k i t u p
He absolutely killed it (pun not intended) and managed to scare the crap out of me.
So in other words, Death can double jump?
He's great! I know his accent rubbed Latin Americans the wrong way in Narcos, but for an English speaker who didn't have that issue, I thought he was great. Likewise thought he chewed the scenery in Elysium and there was a really cool film about BOPE (can't remember the name, Elite Squad I think?) Where he was equally fun!
I took my little sister to this movie, I remember something that stuck with me is the fact that she was actually scared and intimidated by Death. She saw him as an actual threat! She's only 7, and it just reminded me how we've been given very little ACTUAL villains in movies. We need more powerful and intimidating villains!!!!
Hell my 31 year old self had goosebumps from him at certain points.
I love villians who are actual terrifying
He was giving me chills when on screen and I'm a 18 year old 6ft 1 guy that watches horror and paranormal stuff for fun
The fear that Death instilled in me reminded me of lord Shen when I first saw him in theatres which made me fall in love with Kung Fu Panda 2, I miss terrifying animated villains that leave an impact on you after watching
The whistle he does genuinely makes me uncomfortable (in a good way)
Unfortunately the internet has oversaturated it but that doesn't take points away
One thing I really liked about Goldilocks was that even though her declaration about wanting a "real" family was deeply hurtful to the bears, they still agreed to help her get the wish because they wanted her to be happy.
The Last Wish also does something Pixar's finest movies did: it talks about adult issues that most try to ignore. For me, what grabbed me was the idea of abandoning the solo mentality and finding your tribe. The reason Puss has such an obsession with his Legend status is that it is literally all he has, no friends or family to go back to.
And we figure that much during the village doctor scene. It comes across as funny at first but it becomes sad when you realize Puss In Boots grew up an orphan and therefore "walks alone"
Shrek/Donkey/Mama Imelda??
Turning Red TRIED to do that but it ruined it by horrible cringe humor, bad examples of parents, and a really niche story.
@@peterrealar2.067 that's your opinion. The cringe humor is what made Turning Red work as a film. I love that movie.
@@rommix0 You have no taste. Also, that dad was a pushover.
The excalibur being drawn from the magic bag is probably my best jack horner moment
Yeah I loved that scene
The fact that he just ripped it out of the ground chuck of ground and all was fantastic
"yeah I couldn't get this rock off it but it's still pretty cool, right?" one of the best lines in the movie. Laughed hard at that one
He's so hilarious and evil at the same time and I love it. Like, this might sound weird, but if I were a villain, that's probably how I'd act.
"You're not going to SHOOT a puppy?!"
"Yeah, in the face. Why?"
Excalibu- Excalibu- EXCALIBUR! xD lmao
This proves that Dreamworks still knows their audience and how to on truly deliver some great cinematic storytelling in the art of animation. It also proves that there are more stories in the Shrek universe to still share. Not only does it give us a massive upgrade on the animation, but it also manages to once again, call Disney out on their recent storytelling.
Massive upgrade on the animation?
I agree. They have all that potential for exploring all the fairy tales and giving them the twists they deserve. Their take on Pinocchio, the ginger bread man, and the three pigs is hilarious.
Most opinionated shit ever said.
Instead of realistic character designs and sets, as well as swampy colors, the designs are much more stylized and cartoony, the colors are much brighter, and the action scenes allow for some Spider-Verse inspired special effects. This makes it look like everything was made by actual artists instead of computer programs.
DreamWorks is definitely killing it!🤩
They managed to make a comic relief character into the deepest character in the Shrek franchise! Puss is honestly at his best in this movie and it’s great to see how he grows throughout the movie😁
Also, it was very refreshing and great that we got some actual villains! Something we’ve all been wants to see in an animated movie for quite some time!
Amazing movie! DreamWorks, you did GREAT🌟
It's like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
Big Jack Horner IS Disney Inc. BJH had a good childhood, representing the childhood many kids had during their Golden Era. He grew up to be a top-heavy (corrupt bosses), exploitative (to animators), heartless (Spider-man grave, anyone?), covetous (copyright abuse) business monger, with the goal to acquire all magical artifacts (intellectual properties) in the world.
Puss in Boots Last Wish, in many ways is a spiritual sucessor to Shrek 1, its a perfect middle finger to Disney that not only makes fun of all of their flaws, but also manage to make a better fairytale movie than Disney, including using the theme of the Wishing Star.
SEE I WASNT THE ONLY ONE THAT THOUGHT JACK WAS A REPRESENTATION OF DISNEY
I also gotta add, in the scene where Puss gets a panick attack I got really emotional, you can feel the trauma and pure anxiety dripping off the scene, and the actual panick attack is so well done. As someone who has had a lot of panick attacks seeing that scene was really fucking awsome, it's so well done and scary accurate to what a real panick attack can feel and look like, DreamWorks really fucking killed this movie
Can I just say I kinda love the fact Puss in Boots 2 lost to Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio for the best animated feature? It actually make this movie better. Case in point, the scene where young Jack Horner gets upstaged by Pinocchio is a scene that is much funnier and topical now
Oh yeah the Irony XD
Still it's good that Pixar's Turning Red didn't win, it didn't deserve to. So this is a huge win for all of us 😂😂
Well i mean Guillermo del Toro deserved that award tho. That Pinocchio movie was exquisite.
Nice details 😂
@@prajwalkrishnabhat5539 I don't disagree! love that film!
Cinemasins literally said that if Del Toro's Pinocchio wasn't released in 2022,DreamWorks's Puss in Boots:The Last Wish could've won the best Pinocchio movie of all time
That one scene of Jack Horner and Pinocchio was 100 times better than the American redub and the abomination of Disney's Pinocchio live remake
this movie came out at the right time. to remind us that animation is not for kids, and to remind us on how to make great villains. this will be remembered for a LONG time.
Oh hell yeah. Even scenes like the panic attack scene will be talked about for years.
Oh it will. Generations will rewatch this movie, it's inevitable. Since the concept of this move... comes for us all.
I'm not gonna lie, I wholeheartedly expected them to go the twist villain route and hit us with Perrito being the last secret villain, but for him to just be that dumb and empathetic made him amazing with how helpful he ended up being and not just stealing the wish for himself
If Disney/Pixar had done this film, Perrito would have been the villain.
@@stefanlaskowski6660definitely 😭
It’s kinda funny because Kitty thought the same thing in the beginning of the movie
Oh my gosh. DreamWorks had the best opening minutes. Shrek. Prince of Egypt. Kung Fu Panda. Megamind. All of these were absolute bangers
It's perhaps the best film of the entire year, and that's impressive considering it's only just started. Sure, anything can happen between now and December, but it's a _really_ high bar to clear.
Yeah PiBTLW, Top gun maverick, EEAAO, and Tar are the best movies of the year
The movie was first released in December tho. But yea some countries have it in early 2023.
technically its a 2022 movie because it first released in 2022 even if it took its time getting to other countries
Really? Pinocchio and Marcel were also pretty dang good too.
-Coff coff- John Wick 4
Ever since this movie came out, it’s been all over the internet and I LOVE that I can’t escape it
DreamWorks does something that's impossible for Disney to do: Actually make memorable villains
I think strange world would have been better if Jack horner was in it.
it's kinda ironic since disney was famous for their iconic villains
Yeah OG villains
Yeah, that "i'm death, straigh up" works well because its there for all the internet folk that would tey to say he isnt really death, but a metaphor or something like that, so the way the wolf reveals who he is is to not leave room or any space for any theory about how death isnt really death, and even with that there still people who comes up with theories about who the wolf is because they dont accept that the wolf is, straigh up, death, and no one else.
To make a ''pure evil'' character like Jack work, you need to give him something else to avoid making him a boring character. Dreamworks did this perfectly with Jack. He was funny, great to watch and a walking pile of iconic quotes. Ercole from Luca didn't have that. And i think that's what made him fail.
I know Ercole isn't ''pure evil'', just a prick but my point still stands.
Well Ercole wasn't even an antagonist really. He had almost nothing to do with the main character's goals. Maybe a slight roadblock but the driving conflict is the fact that the town kills sea monsters.
This, I mean who've even thought he's gonna pull an Excalibur, that is still stuck to it's stone? His premises as a pure evil was already great.
Ercole isn’t iconic?? We quote him daily in this house haha
Thats why Stella from Helluva Boss doesn't work, and why Bill Cipher, Scar, Jack Horner,etc. are so beloved.
DreamWorks completely shitting on Disney is something I would have never expected, but it was bound to happen eventually. With how Strange World did and considering Pixar is making another Toy Story movie "why tf are they doing that, I have no clue" and also a movie called elemental which looks kinda cringe. But anyways, nice video
What I miss In Disney, Great Story Telling and Villains. The Classic ones. Good thing we have DreamWorks.
And they basically said Jack pretty much took out all of the Disney characters throughout the entire movie. Marry Poppins' bag, the cricket, magic carpet, etc. That's a potshot if I've ever seen one.
It absolutely deserves that rating. One of my favorite movies in recent memory. They managed to make this film hilarious yet emotional. Also, the skit at the beginning is straight fire!!
Those skits in the beginning get me every time. The shade thrown at Disney and Pixar is hilarious😂
My fav characters were Goldilocks and the three bears (such icons awesome family dynamic ) and I love the dialogue in this movie and the visuals (also I love your videos )
The term straight up is actually an older term than most people realize. It was originally used as a term for alcoholic beverages where you shake it in ice and then pour it into a separate glass.
And thinking about what it means as a way to cement truth in a statement by the current generation, I can see how it was adopted to be so: straight up = cold and true.
Death drank alcohol at the bar so the saying checks out.
That's actually pretty funny, since the German translation of that line is something along the lines of "I'm death. Pure, without ice".
As a kid I adored puss and boots. Growing up with Shrek and Puss's spinoffs was great. This movie however was the first movie in a long time to legitimately give me chills with some of the shots music and animation. Bravo DreamWorks bravo.
I watched the movie 7 times, spent many dollars on popcorn and tickets and I do not regret it.
I went to see this in theatres and I'm so glad I did! The visuals absolutely stunning and gave the vibes of an Arcane and Into the Spider-verse mix and I *LOVE* how it got more stuttery during the action sequences! The villain was actually really intimidating, especially since they had Puss actually bleed at that one part?!?! The portrayal of Puss' anxiety was handled and done really realistically and made you actually nervous for him, I have anxiety and I think the visuals and sounds did a really good job of showing what's it's like having an attack and I could practically feel Puss' chest tighten every time he heard the whistling!
I ABSOLUTELY am in love with the theme song for this movie
“Fearless Hero: Movie Version”
I like how in the latin Spanish dub, death reveals himself with "I am death, unmasked"
It works better than straight up in my opinion
As an American, I still prefer straight-up, but unmasked sounds perfect for the Spanish version.
NO FKIN WAY
I feel like "straight up" is *the line* that will make this movie feel dated somewhat in its popular slang
@@freddiesimmons1394 In the German Version he says "Pur, without Ice"
@@verdichteterkranplatz1675 which means?
16:28 yes, she can grab the map, but remember we still have Jack Horner on the play field, if she grab the map, Jack will target her with his magic weapons and she may not have time to rescue her family.
9:06 actually, I liked how he confirmed that. When I was in the theatre I was like, "yeah, right. As if they would put the actual embodiment of death in a kid's movie." But when he said that line, I was like, "oh crap, he's for real." I feel like with all the twist villains, death fake-outs, and confusing plots that have been in cinema lately, it makes it difficult for me to take things seriously anymore. I re-watched "The Princess and the Frog" the other day and quite frankly, I forgot that they killed off the firefly and I was waiting for him to be 'magically revived' by Mama Odie at the end of the film. That's how much plot twists have changed my perception of cinema these last few years.
I've watched several videos today talking about the great depth of the Goldilocks arc, and each has found some other subtlety. Didn't notice the acrostic in the book before, but the ending also is exactly out of her favorite story in the book (sitting on dad's lap and saying everything is just right to mama). While both are more easter eggs than narrative devices since you can't really get them without pausing the movie, it shows how much thought was put into things.
Also in defense of the "on the nose" reference to what she's seeking being right in front of her, at that point a fresh audience doesn't know what her wish is, and all the other points labeled on the map have been obstacles to prevent the journey from continuing, so the fact that it produces her adoptive home works "right in front of her" works because the map appears to be defending the star rather than helping her find her wish. Regardless the themes of family and the "just right" motif are developed brilliantly in her (and by extension the bears') arc, and everyone clearly saw that.
14:44 I've watched dozens of these reviews on the last wish because it's very cathartic, but this is the first time I've seen this detail!! That's so incredibly subtle yet perfect!
Disney will never make something as good as this
They can, If only Disney stop all shits they doing now. And Look Back In the past.
10:08 now that is comedic gold
I'm so glad that Spiderverse is having such a great impact on the animation industry
6:17 WAIT, THE WOLF WAS IN THE BACKGROUND?!
I never noticed till now!
Gosh, Dreamworks is so clever…
This is an absolute 10/10! I just watched it today. I didn’t think an animated wolf could actually scare me at times. Jack Horner was a brilliant addition and didn’t feel out of place. How does DreamWorks do it with its sequels.
2 is definetely their lucky number, Shrek 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots 2 are just all epic bar raisers.
I think one of the best moments in the movie was when Puss ACTUALLY tells Kitty why he left her at the altar. Like I was fully expecting in that moment for there to be some kind of convenient interruption and Puss to not say anything because that's what happens in every movie. I've never been so happy to be wrong about something lmao
That is the proper way to "subvert expectations" in a movie. There were several scenes where I felt they were going to cop out with a trope, then did the unexpected and leaned into character development. Well done, Dream Works, well done indeed.
17:04 For some reason i get goosebumps during this scene every time. It feels like when a marvel movie foreshadowed the next superhero to join the MCU or something. Except instead of something new, it's the OGs.
Same man it gives me chills just thinking Shrek is somewhere in that universe with Fiona and his kids while Donkey is probably still annoying him everyday
This movie was so much better than some of the other Dreamworks movies that came out in last year's
Something I like about Deaths character design is that his eye colour is the opposite of Puss’s eye colour. Red to green.
I’m not sure if that was intentional but I love it :)
You’re not crying, your eyes are just cosplaying as a waterfall 16:09
The only reason i saw this movie on release day was because i didnt want to sit through the new avatar movie.. and i absolutely do not regret.
6:58 bro the moment I saw Puss was Disney I knew the bell was gonna be Dreamworks. I said: Dreamworks. And BOOM just like that.
This movie was so refreshing to watch. I may be a Pixar and Disney fan but Puss in Boots reminded myself that classic tropes can be re-imagined while also being fresh.
This is now one of my favorite films EVER now! Dreamworks, how I’ve missed your excellent film making. You more than deserved your victory at the box office over Disney last year.
Amen, Dreamworks gave us Shrek 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Now Puss in Boots[2] the last wish; all incredible and are generational animals much as the Disney 1990s animation greats of yore.
This movie makes me feel like a child again and that's a great thing.
8:02 Big Bad Wolf is canonically a good guy now, and Death is just a terrifying rendition with a sense of justice who can also be perceived as a good guy, if anything, a *teacher.* So I can't even tell if Death is an antagonist if looking in that perspective, so he technically saved his life while risking it too.
it didnt just deserves all the praise, it EARNED it. It was beautiful. I loved that they allowed emotional moments to unfold and not ruin it with a joke. Yeah... looking at you Marvel.
Yes, the opening skit and punches at Disney didn't disapoint haha
14:44 I NEVER noticed until now that the book was trying to tell Goldi she already has a family???
What I love about Death: his whistle.
The Millenial Whoop is a term for when a song alternates between the third and fifth note of a chord for a catchy singalong portion.
- 🎶 We don’t even have to try, it’s always a good time…
- 🎵 I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, sayin’…
And more.
Periodicity is the idea that measures and verses can have variations that answer each other. Classical music does this all the time, as does Mario themes. When Mario does it, the first period ends in a question that is answered by the repeat, as if the song is saying “there is adventure, who will go; there is adventure; let’s a’go!”
When Wolf whistles, he goes up and down a G Major scale. Easy spot of the Millennial whoop.
He then whistles the first periodicity: A into C. The audience is confused; is it a step up into A Minor, or a Millennial Whoop for G Major (a step down).
He finishes the first period with G Flat, making the chord G Flat Minor. That makes the A and C a Millennial whoop, but into a very dissonant and unsettling chord.
Wolf only goes into the second period once, while his music does it a couple times. He repeats the same G Major chord, but then does a solemn half half whole note rhythm of A, G Flat, G. Not only is his periodicity saying “Death calls, your life is uncertain; Death calls, your life is over,” but starting and ending on G says “Death is there from the start, and Death will remain when it’s over.”
Who would have thought two chords could be so brilliant?! If it weren’t for its simplicity, I would put this up there with Vader’s Imperial March!
17:08 “and off we sail to Shrek 5!”
2:55 NO! NEVER LET THEM COOK AGAIN
What?
That opening skit is perfect XD
Fun fact: in brazillian Portuguese the bleep scene isn’t bleeped. Perrito says a word that’s kind of a swear, but technically not one. My 5 year old sister giggled so much
I finished the reaction video and I 100 percent agree it’s a 10 out of 10 they are finally bringing me back to when I was younger watching really good animation movies
"Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is quite possibly the best Dreamworks movie I've ever seen."
Moses: I beg your pardon?
"Our movie starts off with quite possibly the best first 10 minutes ever in an animated movie."
Moses: Oh, now you've crossed the line!
Yeah. The Princes of Egypt will be my top movie forever.
@@Polemistis0416 Facts!!!!!
Great video! PiB took me by surprise by becoming one of my favorite animated movies of all time. I gotta say though, you really undersold the Death reveal by skipping the first time he says it, staring through the purple crystal as it cracks and then shatters. THAT was an incredible, unforgettable shot and delivery. The followup was honestly a great way to ground him again as a guy with personality beyond the persona. Just my two cents!
When I heard there was a puss in boots 2, my first reaction was "there's a puss in boots 1?", and my second reaction was "Holy shit, this looks BOMB"
Also, they had to do em like that with his reveal as "Death, straight up", because... People are STILL arguing if he's "actually the real death" 🤦♂️
Another cool detail is that, when Puss is remembering how many times he died, you can see the wolf in the corners of the death count
12:46
Except Perito.
And those minions. And the cricket-
This is literally the best animated movie I've seen this year 🤧❤️❤️
This movie is just a treasure it's return to form for dreamworks and a new horizin opening a door for so much and if this dosen't win the best animeted feature im goona break into the house of the pearson that made that decision and make them fell unsafe
At 13:11 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I AM THINKING. I thought he was a minor but BOY THEY SHOWED ME WRONG.
I genuinely think Jack Horner is such a great character despite being a villain cliche because he's NOT the only villain! If Jack were the only villain the story had to offer, we wouldn't be as obsessed with this movie. Puss in Boots gave us three archetypical villains: the evil irredeemable one, the one who is redeemed, and the one who is not really a villain - Death has a moral objective, kind of like all the villains who want to make the world a better place, but their means stand in opposition to the protagonist's. Ercole is just one type of a cliched villain with no nuance or anyone to make him more interesting. Jack Horner has TWO other villains to juxtapose him, and THIS MAKES HIM PRETTY AWESOME
13:38 can we all stop to appreciate how seamlessly they combine the characters in the background running at like 12FPS and the ones in the foreground running at 24/30FPS this is the moment where my girlfriend who knows nothing about animation or framerates stopped the movie and said "wait.....why are they moving differently in the back" lol so I got to berd out and explain why 😂
When I went to the movie theater and the “far far away” sign appeared you could hear how everyone gasped of joy
Also small little detail that I loved, in the Spanish version instead of a P signature, it’s a G signature for “el Gato con Botas” which idk but for me I just feel like that detail is amazing. Props for you dreamworks for making the little kid inside of me who was confused why it was a P in the first movie be pleased
I just got home from Universal and I decided to watch puss in boots the last wish as soon as I got home. I have to say it’s the best recent DreamWorks film. The animation is incredible.
Making me and my brothers laugh one again!! Love the video ✨💕
I saw this movie 5 times in the cinema and I thought it was absolutely amazing and slightly below Shrek 2. The Wolf has now become my new favorite movie villain but you had an interesting take on him when you were discussing how you would've changed his character. I personally wish he had one or two more extra scenes but other than that..... FANTASTIC VILLAIN!
Great Review, I really enjoyed it :)
9:06 He does...
Puss: "Youre no Bounty Hunter you are..."
Wolf: "DEATH"
That opening skit was amazing! The comedic timing was great!
Now, there is one cool detail that I really love - during the giant scuffle (that's how I call it) the bell, used by giant, gives a sound 8 times, the last one indicating his 8th death
6:58 You're right, this is literally Disney right now🤣
Ive been so excited about this video for so long now.
Aw yeah, you’re finally talking about this awesome movie!
6:34 now thats what I call music yes wish were talking to you
I like how his transition from the intro to the main review and commentary was by using the clip where puss literally says “you want to see something cool?”
5:07 Holy heck, TH-cam threw a "hey, wanna see something cool" ad in my face. Incredible
IS NO ONE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE TIMING ON HERE- 5:06
I'm death... straight up
Dreamworks: *NO THEORIES ON HIM.. OKAY*
The shrek theme coming in over the pan of far far away was amazing
what do you mean the giant came out of nowhere?? thats the sleeping giant of del mar! He's been there for decades
jkjk
This is the movie we all needed. I don't just see Death as a good villain, I see him as a savior. I'll explain what I mean in a future video I have planned.
I had a thought watching this video’s opening skit. Disney is talking about how viewers would rather have “generational trauma” as a villain and thus is why they don’t see the need to put a character in a villain roll. Encanto is the prime example everyone points to, but DreamWorks actually has already done issues with multiple generations AND still had a villain or antagonist character:
- How to Train Your Dragon: Stoick and Hiccup at conflicts as the old vs new way of handling dragons, and living up to family expectation. Navigating issues of love and care for someone, but knowing when to let them go because it’s for the best. At the end of each movie, Hiccup battles something based on the ideas he’s learned through others, himself, and his father. The Red Death, a giant dragon he defeats with his cunning and stubborn Viking spirit to even take her own when others before him have failed. Drago and the Bewilderbeast with the same sort of lessons, and understanding through his dad’s death that not everyone can or will change. And finally taking apart Grimmel’s fleet of dragon hunters, which his dad had partaken in the past. Hiccup lets Toothless go, despite the fact he knows he wouldn’t be where he is without him but has realized love requires sacrifice for the ones you love, which Stoick had demonstrated ever since Hiccup was born.
Bam! Trauma and villains.
- Kung Fu Panda: Po and Lord Shen obviously due to the attempted GENOCIDE of the pandas that resulted in Po’s mother dying and him being separated from his panda family. The second movie is about him coming to turns with this past, and the third has a bit on him learning some more of his ‘pandaness’ from the community.
I will also put forth Shifu and Tai Lung. The latter wanted to live up to expectations, which Shifu also wanted because that’s what he thought the universe wanted. However, both lost sight of the meaning of kung fu (Tai Lung for personal gain and Shifu for his own biases) and suffered in their relationships because of it. Unlike current Disney/Pixar characters with generational trauma, Tai Lung never learned and is arguably what a lot more people see when it comes to these types of relationships. A loved one who WON’T change even when amends are genuinely being extended.
Bam, Bam. Trauma and villains.
- The Prince of Egypt: pretty much the Exodus account of a people’s GENOCIDE of their babies, with one survivor who has to struggle with the dual identity of being a “sovereign son of Egypt, a proud history that’s shown, etched on every wall” and being called to “let [God’s] people go” against his adopted family. “The Plagues” sequence is two brothers in all but blood forced on different sides of a conflict that they didn’t start but they have to conclude.
Once again, bam! Trauma and an antagonist!
So DreamWorks has already beat Disney/Pixar to the punch of “generational trauma” being the only antagonistic force one needs in a movie. You can have one or both, and they aren’t mutually exclusive so long as you have a solid story and great characters to sell it.
What I love is all the small details, like how the bell rings a total of 8 times (including the last time it falls on top of him) during the fight sequence with the giant, signifying the lives he already lost and setting in stone just how grave his situation is. Then, at the bar, he has 8 empty glasses of the milk and was drinking from his 9th glass, showing even more that he's living his last life. When he asks for another glass, the bartender goes to the back, but never comes back as it's his last call, further putting the idea of him having to enjoy the last glass he was already drinking.
Definitely my new favorite animated movie of all time. Every scene was perfect. Every character was perfect. Every interaction was perfect. It's rare to see a movie with such a tight script and pacing.
Yay your back!
“Head on apply directly to the forehead, Head on apply directly to the forehead, Head on apply directly to the forehead, head on available at Walgreens.” 16:23
Why I think the cast works: foils.
A foil is when characters contrast or reflect each other. But let’s also apply this to character motivations.
Puss wants to live without fearing death, but ends up doing it through valuing one life rather than using 8 as a safety rope. He learns a moral lesson through his foil, the Wolf Death who also seeks the legendary status of reckless Puss.
Kitty Softpaws wants somebody she can trust with all her heart, and her entire heart. She is foiled by Perrito (who unconditionally trusts), Puss (who learns to trust alongside his wish moral), and Jack.
Touching on Jack, he is a foil to reflect Puss’s selfishness, and the foil to Kitty’s wish. Where Kitty wants control in her relationships, Jack wants control over magic. The one who tightens their grip ends up losing it, and it’s fitting that Softpaws was the one to knock Jack into the bag.
Perrito is foiled by Kitty (as explained above), and by Goldie. Goldie wants her biological family, rejecting the people who love her; Perrito is desperate for any family, despite rejections from potential friends. That’s why Perrito was the one who began changing her mind about staying family with the Bears.
So in short:
Puss is reflected in Kitty, and contrasted with Death in if the legend should live or die.
Kitty is reflected in Jack, and contrasted in Perrito.
Perrito is reflected and contrasted with Goldie.
And everyone else is an accessory to enhance the main villains.
I would’ve loved to have seen a moment at the end of the film where Puss, Kitty and Perrito meet up with Shrek, Donkey, Fiona and a couple of the other side characters from the Shrek franchise.
Regardless, I’m petty happy that we got what we got.
When disney took out the blank sheet of paper shouldn't dreamworks have said "there is no secret ingredient" or something cause that's exactly what happens in Kung Fu Panda 1
Your mentioning of the framerate going choppy when characters are in danger is something I didn't notice. I thought it was whenever a character was picking up a rhythm or speed for combat, but your take makes a lot of sense and _adds_ to the narrative. It cues us in with moments like Puss fighting the governor's soldiers, with how smooth it is, they're ni threat. But it's _really_ useful in the Ginat's fight because it subconciously clues us in how reckless and dangerous Puss is being during the fight. Which reasons why the entire fight has that choppy sense, and why the _giant_ is choppy too, because he too is in danger. And then it cullminates in the showdown with Death, as it's a bit smoother. Puss is in danger, but he willingly faces it down, and refuses to waver.
7:57 the whistle is actually from folklore that crows would whistle like that when they found prey😟