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Not 100% woke but close

For starters, the cast’s ethnic diversity doesn’t reflect American reality.
Furthermore, the good guys end up being Hispanic, Black, or otherwise non-Caucasian, while the bad guys are white—or, if they’re women, blonde.
In two out of three episodes, there’s at least one line about how hard life is if you’re a woman.
I’ve watched half of the first season, and doctors are arguing about cutting testicles in a transgender teenager.
There aren’t any gay characters in the cast yet, but I still have a lot of episodes left to watch.

Great book, good movie.

The woke is minimal. Climate change is presumptive, but without any agenda or major concern in the story. This is about a clear and present threat to the solar system. There's enough in the trailers about the alien, Rocky, that it's not a spoiler to mention him. In a nutshell, Grace is sent on a one-way mission to a star that may provide a solution to the threat. He meets up with Rocky, who is basically doing the same thing from his star system.
How does the movie compare to the book?...
There are basically two ways to portray a book in movies: Make a series, such as Queen's Gambit, Reacher, Pride and Prejudice, etc., or re-write the story in a screenplay that will fit into a single movie, like this one. They did a great job with that in my opinion. They left a lot out of the story and added what was necessary to rebuild continuity. As usual, the book was better, but the movie is definitely worth the watch. I recommend both.
I just realized that the paragraph I just wrote could also describe The Martian, which was also written by Andy Weir.

Funny

Alright, I had some hopes for this one and honestly, it didn’t disappoint. I had my doubts because it’s hard to get excited about any new release these days with all the overhyped promos, but based on the trailer, the final product felt pretty on point.

It’s a comedy that doesn’t take itself seriously and just aims to entertain with a heavily overdone topic, but the ridiculous approach actually makes it funnier and more enjoyable.

ℹ LIGHT SPOILERS
I do wish it had leaned more into the sci-fi/fantasy elements (especially when it comes to weapons and other gadgets), but it looks like the budget mostly went to paying the main cast and, to be fair, that actually helped carry the movie since the plot isn’t always the strong point: Sometimes it's is and others not.

Entertaining, simple, and totally predictable and thankfully, there’s no “woke” stuff.

A good popcorn flick to kill some time, built around a topic that’s everywhere these days.

Enjoy it!

It’s not woke. That’s clearly one of the main reasons it didn’t win any Oscars, even though it was nominated for several. Not that those awards really matter, but given how Hollywood is these days, it’s worth pointing out.

As for whether it’s actually good or not, that really comes down to personal taste.

It’s about an arrogant, compulsive liar with zero empathy (at least toward 99% of the people and animals in the movie) chasing a sports dream. But to get there, he pulls every dirty trick in the book, fraud, lies, dumb arguments, and some pretty ridiculous shady deals.

An ok is uneeded update/remake of bewitched. The acting is ok and Ferrel is his usual self but a bit miscast in the role. A different actor
could of elevated this up a notch. There are some decent jokes but it's not really laugh out loud at any point and all a bit too silly in my
opinion. I don't know if I would really say it's woke. I guess Ferrell's character could be seen as the beta emasculated male depending on how you look at it. He's more of a loser self centered douche who's manipulated by witchcraft. Both female and male characters are shown to be wrong in how they treat each other and what they think they want though. I think this is kind of in how the viewer would perceive it. I will give it a mild woke just because it's kind of in how you see it.

Almost

Applies to both Hurley and Fraser. Great sense of comedy. Average acting chops. Works great in a less serious movie.

Also, Hurley is unbearably hot. Fraser probably is too.

The skits are good, decently executed, though hobbled by a disappointing production value. Looks unpolished. And a somewhat predictable overall arc.
To be fair, I find Ramis (Spengler from Ghostbusters) as a director to be hit or miss, and this one definitely is not on par with Groundhog Day.


The sex relationship angle would just not fly in today's Hollywood. Which is a good thing. For the movie, not for Hollywood, let'em crash.

So, basically negative on the woke scale, only mildly funny, but utterly likable leads.

It says it's based on a true story but I didn't care enough to check on accuracy tot he facts. The acting is average and passable I guess. It's another movie with annoying stupid characters doing dumb things and nobody is likable. Set in 1967 it never really feels like it. They just through some sort of period clothes and and hair in and call it a day. The attitudes and speech are all off. A positive is they used an actual real bear instead of CG. This means it looks great. Unfortunately it also means you will never see the bear and actors in the same scenes so all the 'attacks' are badly shot close ups of bears pawing and biting sleeping bags and cuts to people getting slowly drug away by a person just off screen. No tension or realism to any of the scenes. It's all pretty slow and gets very boring very quickly. I stopped paying attention around the 50 minutes mark somewhere but I'm not
really sure why this is rated R. There are no on screen attacks, the small amount of blood and a few post attack quick shots of wounds are nothing you wont see on tv anymore and i don't even remember there being any language. It's all very sanitized PG content. As for woke there are 2 token black characters that seem unlikely in 1960's Montana mountains. The female ranger seems to be far more competent than her dumb lazy male counterparts and naturally has to deal with sexism. The female characters in general are smarter and able to keep it together more than the overly emotional dumber men.

Holy Shit I was Confused

We got the original to re-watch and I've been putting it off because I remember the review on WokeRNot saying it's full of lesbians and bisexuals and utterly woke. I had no idea they remade this film in 2025 and there you have it, that's where the all the woke horseshit comes from. The original is actually a great film.

I keep asking AI why Hollywood keeps remaking these films. It says easy money is the reason. Nostalgia. Maybe I'll ask why they must make them so woke.

More talking than story

Cheap, half-baked movie that feels like it was written by a blind guy’s feet; with an unoriginal script where they just keep arguing and talking in a genre that’s supposed to be “show, don’t tell” and on top of that, it’s woke too.

I couldn’t even make it past 30 minutes.

Rise of King David with a lot of music and less violence.

This movie is a composite of some of the events in David's life, leading up to being king over Israel. The David and Goliath scene skipped the part where David beheaded Goliath with his own sword. There were more instances of violence being removed or reduced.
There was a lot of music. Too much for my preference.
I would suggest that parents watch this with their children and then discuss the Biblical account as they see fit. It's their responsibility so they should make that decision.

Fun Jason Statham action flick!

Nothing woke here! This is how action movies should be... have a hero, the bad guys coming to get him and the girl who gets caught up in the middle which he has to save now. Very little slow or dull parts and it keeps you interested the whole movie. Must watch for all Statham fans!

Not bad. Nothing exceptional.

No woke at all.
I was hoping for more trick-riding, or rodeo action. There was very little and it involved a lot of quick scene changes. The best part of this movie was the exceptionally good acting by a 12-year old. The story was Hallmark-ish. It was predictable... and cheesy. It's a good choice for a clean, family movie night.