Pha-Q woke's Reviews
Watchable Despite the Wokeness
Some DEI overrepresentation in the background and supporting characters. This has the usual Disney Feminism. Even though it's called wandavision it is really the Wanda show with Vision being more of the secondary lead. This in itself is fine as Scarlet Witch is a great character and the story and writing is actually really good. However this ends being a very Female centered and lead movie all around. Female lead, female villain, most of the close secondary characters are female. Then we have the villain, a white male who leads a mostly white male S.W.O.R.D. militaristic company who want Vision for a weapon. This is offset by the trio of 'good' characters, an Asian male agent, a white female tech genius and a black female agent. Toward the end her military support is of course let be another female. The bad white male character just gets more and more over the top psychotically evil as the show goes on. Despite the agenda this is still a very watchable
show. The acting is great, the FX are for the most part top tier and as I said the writing and story are well thought out and come together great. If you can look past the woke I would say it definitely worth a watch for MCU fans.
Created: 09-21-2024
Surprisingly Well Done Prequel Series
The only thing maybe that could be woke is there is a lot of female leaders among the ruiling classes. There are also men as well as both male and
female heroes so I didn't really see it as woke. This is a pretty faithful prequel of sorts to the original from 1982 with a lot of little Easter eggs.
The puppets are well done with limited CG and the voice acting is good as well. If you are familiar with or enjoyed the og movie this is a great series.
It was cancelled after only 1 season but it has enough of a satisfying ending to still be worth while.
Created: 09-17-2024
Like an SNL Skit That Goes For Way To Long
DEI casting. Mixed race couple. Casual racism. Another modern 'comedy'. Nothing but stupid, slapstick over the top childish comedy. Every character is so damn stupid. Awkwafina is horribly miscast. The general idea is actually not bad and could of been ok with a different main character. She is so awkward and unbelievable. One of the early scenes has her surviving somehow with no help against dozens of attackers including a martial arts class who can't manage to kill 1 small bumbling woman. Make the comedy a little more subtle and less SNL sledgehammer over the head and this could of been a very entertaining film. Any actual funny moments come from John Cena's character surprisingly, though they are few. This third world trash depiction of future dystopian California is pretty much a perfect depiction of modern CA so I guess that's at least accurate.
Created: 09-16-2024
Stupid Comedy and No Identity Make This a Disappointment.
Only one black character that I can recall so even though it's likely this was a DEI casting decision it doesn't overstep into over representation. There is a gay character and a lot of feminism nonsense including Johansson character being a completely horrible girl boss type. This movie was so disappointing for me. It has no identity at all, one minute it's a romance, then it switches to slapstick comedy, than governmental conspiracy theory and it juggles them all poorly. It just jumps around jarringly between genres. The acting is ok but it's all just so over the top corny and stupid comedy. While there are some actual laughs I was rolling my eyes much more than laughing. This is another movie with an entire cast of just unlikable characters, especially the gay director and Johansson's character. They are just awful people and I hated them instantly. What a waste of some actually talented actors to make this muddled mess.
Created: 09-16-2024
Star Trek Meets Godzilla... and It's Bad
All white people are evil villains in this and all Japanese are good and noble. Yes it is Japanese made movie but still it's a little over the top and unnecessary. This is one of the worst. The FX are just terrible even by 90's direct to video standards. The acting is bad especially by the American actors, the dialog is bad, the story makes no sense with huge inconsistencies and plot holes everywhere. Best to move along, nothing worth seeing here.
Created: 09-12-2024
A Little Drug Out and Slow Paced
Nothing woke. Not a bad movie really but just needed to be edited down a little and the pace tightened up a bit. At 135 minutes it seems to really drag especially at the beginning. While the story is interesting and the acting good the first 20-30 minuets can be hard to follow as it jumps
around a lot and it takes to almost the 1 hour mark to really get going. Unfortunately by then I was getting bored with the slow pace. If you don't mind the very slow pace it might be interesting for you. It could help as well if you know more about Korean culture as that may make
it more interesting and less boring at the beginning.
Created: 09-11-2024
Poor Horror Anthology Anime
Nothing woke. This is an animated Japanese anthology series. The voice acting is not so good, the animation is average at best. The stories are
very weak however. At only 25 minutes an episode and some episodes have 2 stories in that runtime it all feels so rushed and glossed over. Non of
them is really scary and most feel unfinished or like your getting only part of a story, especially the ones with only 12 min episodes.
Created: 09-07-2024
Another Failed Horror Comedy
All white males are incompetant morons. All blacks and females are smart and capable. White female states a black male is her ex, meaning
mixed race couple. The acting is not so good, the general story idea isn't bad but as a comedy most of the humor isn't that funny. The majority of the jokes revolve around how stupid the white male characters are.
Created: 09-07-2024
Better Than Some of The Previous Apes Movies
The big thing here seems to be the assumption that Raka is gay. I don't know where that's coming from or how you would get there. Nothing
is actually said other than the line 'he was my village'. He says this after revealing he is part of a clan of keepers for Caesar and they
were all destroyed and the 2 of them where the only ones left. This line seems to be referring to the fact they were the only ones of the clan
that were left as it is following the discussion that Noa lost his whole village. I didn't get a gay vibe at all from him. However it should
be noted that only 2 humans are really in this movie. The 'good' strong smart noble female and the 'bad' weak white male that gives in and follows the Apes. Also of note is the end reveal of the survivors underground seems to be almost entirely female. That aside I thought this was a better entry for the franchise. The CG is actually very well done as is the acting and voices. The story is a little cliché and you can kind of guess most of it but I still found it an enjoyable film.
Created: 09-06-2024
Another Poor Godzilla Movie
No woke. This is almost worse than Godzilla 1985. The movie has no idea what it wants to be so it just throws about 4-5 different plots in
and non of them make any real sense. The acting and dialog is terrible. This feels like one of those late night trash action films that used to play on HBO or Cinemax in the 90's. The editing and music are out of place and awful. The only good thing is there is a lot more monster action than the previous movie. The suits and fx also look much better. Unfortunately the bargain bin story, acting and music just is too much to make this worth watching unless you fast forward to just see the Godzilla parts.
Created: 09-05-2024
