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Weird, but justifiably so

This is weird -- almost artsy-fartsy, which I'd normally associate with wokeness. Still, it's creative and unusual in the right sort of ways, and has no real downsides from what I recall.

Probably the only movie about the IRA that's accurate

So many movies about the IRA glorify these communist terrorists. This is one movie -- perhaps the only one -- that really conveys their cold cruelty and the terrible habit that Irish Republican culture has of going from childish frivolity and rejection of deep thought to hate-filled murder in the name of deep thoughts.

More woke, more profiteering

The sequels didn't need to be made. Episode 4 was a self-contained archetypal hero story, that contained all the necessary elements. The others are all just cashing in, and twist the original traditional hero message in the retelling. Like all of holywood, with each new episode, religion, dedication, wisdom, experience, and other virtues take more of a back seat, women do more of the fighting and other male roles, and the men become more campy and silly. At least Luke does mature into a Jedi, over time, through training.

Pretty woke

This is a movie about a devout traditional community, and someone ignoring all the rules of that community and betraying the principles that she was raised with for the modern idea of "free love". Set that aside though, and it's a good movie, certainly not woke by TODAY's standards.

Mostly a great, non-woke movie

The central woke theme is that a bitchy career woman still gets to have everything she wants in life. However, most of the rest of the movie is chastising her for this and more about valuing traditions and getting away from that life. It's also just a great story, with at least one great actor.

Almost feels like this was made as justification for the woke, to go ahead and try to divide society over Trump.

Amazing prescient movie

This is not woke. It's set in a woke future, in which people are super-soft, and have wimpy jobs like greeting card writer, but this is similar to the futuristic world in Demolition Man. However, it doesn't render judgement on that or promote it, and it could be seen as commentary on where woke society is going and where it is now, or just how these people's lives happen to be. That's not the point of the movie.

What's great about about this movie is how accurate the futuristic sci-fi is. This might well be how AGI enters our lives -- and how it leaves our lives. Very likely you'll see something like this in your lifetime.

Not great but watchable

Nothing really woke in this. Not as good as the original but watchable in a turn your brain off and enjoy the action kind of way. Acting is ok, cgi is decent with some notably bad scenes. Story is kind of stupid but again its watchable.

Follow up review…

Original:

(Only a few episode in) But I don’t get the wokeness rating on this one. I haven’t seen much wokeness, and I find it to be a funny show so far. It’s a comedy after all, so it’s hardly a shock that humorous deprecation plays a role. Does it play off the stereotypes often associated with middle American football fans? Yes. But it also portrays the protagonist (who is the object of the stereotype-based deprecation) as a kind and able man.

Follow up:

It does have left leaning takes on politics disguised as jokes. But it seems downright quaint compared to the usual drag-queen gender bending ‘diversity’ obsessed nonsense we’re inundated with these days. Nevertheless, it is politically tilted left.

Puss in boots the last wish

100% not woke. Not as cleverly written as the original but well worth watching.

Netflix WWII Woke Animation

This isn't so much a WW2 story as it is a diversity in war story. While it is true the Thunderbirds were comprised of native Americans, Mexicans and cowboys its hammered into the story at every opportunity. Also within 10 min of the 1st episode we get a Nazi soldier lecturing an American soldier about racist America. The animation used is such a low frame rate that it just looks choppy and sluggish. It never feels like your in a warzone in battle scenes. Everything moves slow and sluggish and everything just feels cheap and off.

Ugh

Not even The Rock can save Disney from its slow woke death