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LGBTQ in the first episode.

Strong LGBTQ representation.

I'm no investigative sleuth

Those Internet sleuths on Reddit won't have any trouble figuring this thriller out in a few seconds. It reads like a Netflix Lifetime Movie. I'm kind of surprised at the lack of woke propaganda in the movie.

But. We do have to obligatory super duper mixed race couple to deal with. At least they don't hop in the sack or make out and stuff and David Ajala is a cool black dude since he's from England and all that. They kind of dislike each other and keep their distance.

The books I read are usually classics, so I had to ask AI if the original boyfriend was black or green or what, but AI says that is unspecified. AI likes to make everyone happy and joyous, but if that is the case, I guess we have artistic liberty to change stuff around and make the boyfriend black. You know, like all modern films do.

Watchable

Other than the eye sore forced diversity among background characters there isn't much. Likely because the main characters are based on real life people so they didn't have what to do.

Woke trash remake

The first few episodes started off fine. But later episodes turn out to be woke trash with political preaching as usual

Woke free, very little action and a great story.

This is based on Robert B. Parker's character, Jesse Stone, an alcoholic, disgraced Los Angeles police detective that gets a second chance as a small town Chief of Police in the east coast town of Paradise. That's pretty much where the story from the novel ends. The book was good. The movie is good. They just don't tell the same story. In my opinion, Selleck plays his best role with the possible exception of Matthew Quigley.
The whole series is heavy on story and light on action. It's slow, but not in a bad way. Jesse solves crimes with impressive, yet realistic, detective skills.
I could write the same review for every movie in the Stone series. According to IMDB, Selleck is working on the next one. I hope so. These movies are binge-worthy.
On another note, this was the second movie of the series, but, being a prequel, I recommend starting with it, and then moving on to Stone Cold, etc.

Had to see for myself.

I was almost dissuaded by this site from watching this movie. Being rated as super-woke is a strong statement.
There is definite wokeness in this one...
- Ethnic representation: Yes, Astrid and some others are darker skinned. This doesn't fit the history of the Vikings. It's obvious pandering to wokeness. It's annoying, but there was no agenda beyond that. No ethnic issues were addressed in the story.
- Women in authority: There were several women in authority. That is not authentic. Women were recognized in Viking culture as persons with rights, but not in authority. Again, historical accuracy was compromised in favor of wokeness. There was, however, some implied agenda on this point. Astrid was put in charge of the attack. She took charge and led the battle plan.
- LGBT: It could be said that Ruffnut and other female characters were somewhat masculine. There was no implied orientation otherwise.

I hope this is helpful for sorting out the conflicting reviews on this one.

Come on

This need to be a good rating site and I am not going to rate everything that has a tiny thing in it I do not like as ‘woke’.

The move is pretty good, yes, it has 1 gay couple, however, it is absolutely not forced into it, it is not obvious, does not put any focus on it, plus the gay dude headbutts the other one to death. I mean, they are not suddenly getting a ‘special’ treatment.

So for me, overal, not a woke movie.

put a chick in it and make it

Lol

there becoming more woke

But I love how Olivia stood up for life in one episode. But a lot of episodes are woke

ew

Can't stand this show. It's pro offing unborn babies ect and promoting lgbt stuff

There are some episodes kinda woke.

Way better than the last Jurassic Parks!

I gotta say, this movie is actually good! Not some instant classic or anything, but definitely entertaining. I started watching it super skeptical, but honestly? It’s what the last Jurassic Park should’ve been instead of that woke snoozefest we got.

This one actually feels like the old-school ones, the kind that took themselves seriously, not just trying to sell action figures to kids, but to really give the audience a good time.

I’ll be real: when it comes to FX, it’s nowhere near Spielberg-level magic, and yeah, you can tell AI had a hand in some scenes… but it’s still fun to watch.

Anyway, if you’re in the mood for a solid popcorn flick with a bit of that classic cinema vibe — I totally recommend it. Oh, and about the “woke stuff”? Yeah, there are a couple of small inconsistencies here and there, but nothing major — like a 1 out of 5 on the woke scale, tops. I won’t even tag it as “mild woke” because, honestly, deserves a chance.

Movies like this are exactly what we need more of, films that don’t try to moralize us, but just want us to chill on the couch, grab some popcorn, hang with friends or family, and have a genuinely good time.

Enjoy it!