Awake not Woke!

Feels a lot like the late 90's early 2000's screwball, misfit character/redemption comedies. An Apple TV movie I had never heard of yet was surprised how much I liked it. If you like those types of movies you will probably like this. Same characters, humor, general feel. The humor for the most part is good. There is a few cringe scenes but it manages to keep them to a minimum. There is maybe a little DEI in the casting, there is no race baiting or anything brought up but it's there. Also one scene about 30 seconds or so where a character dismantles the entire covid hypocrisy with a comparison to the 'dangers of pickleball over tennis.' It's clearly a joke but if you don't like anything that can be considered 'political' it's about 30 seconds to a minute and that's it.

A darker, more adult-toned adaptation

Even though the animation still looks a lot like the old Batman: The Animated Series that used to be on TV, the storytelling feels a bit grittier and way more faithful to the comics. Honestly, it’s really solid. Zero woke. Really good adaptation. Hope part 2 drops soon.

Everybody dies, and that's life.

Way too many annoyingly "modern" characters like the priest or whoever he was during the beginning funeral, Lois (Hal's mom), the girl bullies in the bathroom/class, Hal's brother Bill (the younger version mainly), Ted... Why is there "sex education" in the combined class of Teenagers? Westerners are so disgusting. The story gets somewhat interesting when the brothers grow up (at least to me).

The reimagined cringy & nonsensse story.

The cringe is JUST WAY TOO MUCH. Most camera movements, acting, dialogues, etc., are just awful. What does the title even mean? She didn't die in the movie. Was the meaning of "Death" in the title just for her killing in self-defense?