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SPOILER-FILLED Review of Spider-Man: SJW

These comments include BIG SPOILERS, so refrain from reading if this is a concern.

Uncle Ben has been replaced completely by Aunt May. Aunt Ben is surly and unlikable (Hollywood's version of a "strong" woman.) She has Happy wrapped around her little finger, reducing him to an emotionally needy and clingy mess, while she tells him their involvement was simply fun and no big deal. In fact, until she dies, the movie is basically the Aunt May Show. In the grand tradition of the recent MCU (i.e., Avengers: Endgame), Peter must be saved by a "strong" woman--in this case, the completely powerless, untrained, and ordinary-in-every-way May. Before taking her last annoying breath, she teaches Peter all the wrong lessons, with the ultimate one (and main message of the movie) being that all people--even super-villains who are mass murderers--deserve second chances. All the villains are depicted as victims who need help, and that's just what Uncle May, Peter, and company set out to do. There are a lot of woke examples that ensure I'll never watch this movie again, but the following is the most blatant:

Jamie Foxx: "You're from Queens. You got that suit, you help a lot of poor people. I just thought you was gonna be Black."

Andrew Garfield: "Oh, man. I'm sorry."

Me, too--I'm sorry I watched this. I really enjoyed the MCU early on (particularly before Disney took over), but it's now agenda-driven garbage.

Woke hard for a main hero

Main hero, Scott, was transform from quick thinking and easy going dude trying his best from first Ant-man into stupid MALE who need constant guidance from female Wasp at each stage of the movie. Of course he needed combat training in the first movie and Wasp was strong character back then but in Second movie it was ridiculous

Decent series until newest season

I think there was no woke traits before. It's mostly heart warming series about humanoid animals and their families. many stories for little kids - dentist visits, organizing birthdays, younger siblings etc.
But recent introduction of lesbian couple was a no go.

Great series for both kids and adults

A series before woke. Great story, fantastic characters. Really mature despite multiple gags. Do not mistake with following series called Legend of Korra.

Great series

Chuck is a gem. It's an easy going fun spy comedy series. It got flows (mostly plot holes) but main story and characters are great and you will forbid most of the mistakes. No woke detected.

Crazy good!

Went into this expecting nothing. However, I found myself engaged by the crazy action, good characters, engaging story, and phenomenal song and dance. Only complaint is that the runtime is a little much. Oh, and no woke!

Disney usual

Not a good movie from a writing perspective even without the wokeness. Does contain the usual Disney agenda of same sex couples, drag queens, all males being ignorant, and jokes about virgins. All of which felt forced and not just part of a narrative.

Great movie! Maybe a touch of wokeness but nothing to make me mad

No gayness, had favorably portrayed male characters. The female lead was tough but feminine. And she connected with the main guy. There was even a black character and I was surprised when they didn't keep him alive simply to avoid being called racists. The only thing that even could've been considered woke-ish was a monster hunter character whose gender was hard to know--at least until she uttered her one line. Great movie! Super refreshing to have another marvel movie with no wokeness. Keep an eye on this director!

Bad through and through

Please don’t watch this drivel. Won’t be touching Neil Gaimana work again. Such a shame.

Medium level woke

Despite being a superhero show, this is definitely a show made for a female audience. On wokeness, three episodes in, and the first had a couple of woke parts in the script, the second episode was relatively wokeless in comparison, and the third brought wokeness back. I personally didn't find it unbearable. If the reboot of charmed is a 5 in wokeness (unwatchable) then this is probably a 2 or 3. That being said, if you can get past the woke parts, there are a few chuckles and good special effects if you are a fan of shows like drop dead diva. Don't expect anything to be a realistic portrayal of the legal system.

I didn't find this woke. I'm only 3 episodes in, but there was no gender or alphabet ideology that I could see from 3 episodes. No woke sermons. It might be a bit slow moving for some but the I found it worthwhile. There are some gaps in the story that purists might not like, but I understand they only got partial rights and couldn't write for those bits. I'll keep watching and update the review if it goes downhill from there.

Get through the first hour and you'll be rewarded

Without giving away any spoilers, there are several elements in the first hour that are fully woke: neofeminism, revisionist history, GWMS (guilty white man syndrome), hyperpacifism - all while being perfectly fine with a social structure of royalty/inherited superiority and subjugation of people into classes or stations of work w/little to no advancement. So there seems to be some confusion and conflicted values at play. But make it past this point and one could argue that some enlightenment takes place, or even redemption from a couple of those initial portrayals. The bits of history, action sequences, special effects, and pretty good acting make it an enjoyable movie - and one of those worth discussion afterwards.