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Not that great
It had its moments but overall this one fell flat
Created: 12-27-2023
Not as woke as you think
It's a mostly female cast, but the story makes sense as to why that is the case. The action is realistic and the story is original. Definitely worth watching!
Created: 12-27-2023
One of the best films ever made
Nothing woke about this gem of a movie. Original script and incredible performances!
Created: 12-27-2023
Woke free fun
This film doesn't lean into any woke BS. There is a female assassin but its done in a realistic way. Minorities are heavily featured but not in an effort to be diverse, their inclusion is germane to the story. Great film!
Created: 12-27-2023
Just look at the casting
Women and minorities dominate the cast. In this ridiculous movie women are capable of beating men single handedly. Wokeness aside, this movie sucks. Its a blatant cash grab trying to wring every last dollar out of a franchise that ended years ago.
Created: 12-27-2023
It’s a bit woke but I’ve seen worse
The film features a diverse cast of voice actors, including Olivia Colman, who is an outspoken advocate for women’s rights and gender equality, and Trevor Dion Nicholas, who is a Black American actor and singer who has performed in various musicals, including Hamilton.
Created: 12-27-2023
Groundhog Day
Palm Springs is not for the very conservative or family viewing. There is casual sex and (briefly) homosexual sex. However, it is done for jokes, in the style of old SNL, and there is no nudity. The homo moment is not done to push an agenda, in my opinion. Therefore, I will call it not woke.
It is one of those cute films that takes a simple sci-fi premise and creates a comedy-romance from it. It's successful in this, better than most films in this subgenre.
Created: 12-27-2023
80's Style Wokeness. No Problem.
Yeah. There's a heavy duty interracial couple here, but I'll forgive it. Reminds me of the few interracial couple you'll find in 80's horror movies. Not in your face. Not entirely necessary, but whatever. No other DEI shoved in your face. Just blood and guts. Thanksgiving in a fun movie full of blood and guts. I'd recommend it.
Created: 12-27-2023
For streaming, not much woke here
I thought this movie was a Netflix-made movie, or Paramount or whatever made for streaming services. Usually, those kind of movies are excellent candidates for wokeness. I'm sure Blackberry injects a little bit of wokeness into the story, it wasn't noticeable. The story isn't too bad, if not just a little trite. If you're looking for kind of a fun watch without much of a DEI agenda, watch Blackberry.
Created: 12-27-2023
Good Lord...
Racist AND woke!!
Created: 12-27-2023
Off the charts woke - so easy to guess the culprit
For anyone realizing the plot is woke it becomes super simple to determine who the culprit is:
- the gay Belgian detective
- the female back main suspect
- the black male tech rival
- various other female and Latino suspects
- the privileged white cis male tech billionaire
Who could it possibly be?
Created: 12-26-2023
Anti-American
The anti-American propaganda in this movie reminds me of the Wandering Earth movies, which were made by China. So much so that I looked to see if the studio company of the Creator is Chinese. Nope, the responsible studios are Regency, owned by an Israeli billionaire, and 20th Century Studios, owned by Disney. LOL.
Spoilers follow, but they are mild.
I agree with much of Bob A's review, yet my ratings are radically different. The reason is that I view the film as a partially valid criticism of the military-industrial complex. The fictional future country where the conflict takes place is New Asia, which spans from eastern India to Japan and so includes Vietnam (but not China). One scene echoes how American troops mistreated Vietnamese villagers during the Vietnam War. The orbital weapons platform the Americans created is ridiculous, took 10 years to build, and apparently bankrupted the country, which again sounds like the DoD's approach to war. They were never particularly worried about the threat if they spent 10 years building this after the war had already started. Therefore, the pretext of this war was fake, which again sounds familiar.
In the film, the US army leadership is comprised largely of cartoon villains, much like in Avatar. Another film it reminds me of is Starship Troopers, because America has its fascist groove thing on here. They lay it on too thick, crossing the line from criticism to propaganda.
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The film has dazzling visual effects and landscapes. It has similarities to Blade Runner both in visuals and theme, mixing retro style with futuristic tech. For example, there is a "hover junk" (an air-floating "sail" ship). How cool is that?
The plot is not so cool, though. Some oddities may be explained by the US not trying to win the war, while the AI is possibly playing 4D chess. Still, it feels like a hot mess.
Chinese-British actress Gemma Chan plays Maya here and an android named Mia in the TV series Humans (UK). The interracial marriage between Maya and the black male lead doesn't seem woke, because she has to be Asian and he must be an American army grunt, but their relationship is too superficially developed to invest the audience emotionally.
It's watchable as popcorn entertainment and eye candy. I didn't notice any anti-white or anti-male wokeness, just anti-US-military sentiment that may be intended to undermine America and benefit China.
Created: 12-26-2023
