Rosario Banana's Reviews
Woke-free family entertainment
It's nice that Aardman still hasn't jumped on the wokeness bandwagon. Knock on wood.
The movie focuses on the importance of traditional family values and the main character avoids being a Mary Sue by having to deal with and overcoming her weaknesses.
Created: 12-20-2023
Not a masterpiece but still fun
I have a similar relationship with both Shrek 1&2 and Puss 1&2. The first instalments are good, polished adventures but I wouldn't call them incredible.
But then the sequels show up and take them to the next level.
All in all, the Shrek franchise has not been tainted by wokeness yet. Let's hope they can keep it that way.
Created: 01-17-2023
No wokeness this time around but the show is kind of a mess
First of all, it was originally meant to be 20 episodes long but Netflix cut the budget in half. So we were left with a rushed, 10-episode mini-series.
Secondly, they focus heavily on time travel. And yeah, it doesn't make much sense.
And, last but not least, they contradict a lot of Trollhunters lore here. They cram decades worth of events into a couple of days.
Created: 01-07-2023
A decent show but a step down compared to Trollhunters
There's still good stuff to be found here, especially with the returning characters from Trollhunters, but it's not as elegant as that series.
The first episode feels pretty rushed and they don't explain their world-building as well as Trollhunters did.
Plus, they did add some woke elements. The aliens are treated as illegal immigrants and it's pretty heavy-handed.
Created: 01-07-2023
A damn good animated show. In my opinion, Netflix's best.
It's the classic hero's journey and battle against evil. But it does it really well, with a high level of serialisation compared to most other cartoons from 2010s (like Miraculous Ladybug, for example). It tells a complete story in just 52 episodes with barely any fluff.
No wokeness to be found.
Created: 01-07-2023
My absolute favourite French animated movie
It's has it all - adventure, comedy, compelling characters, emotional moments, gorgeous animation, fantastic soundtrack, the works.
Plus, no real woke elements. In fact, the woke crowd would probably call this movie chauvinist due to the effect Khan, a muscular sports celebrity, has on women.
Created: 01-05-2023
Pretty darn woke and just not that great
It's clear the writers are very much pushing their moral values in this series.
There's the message of self-love, standard New York-style racial diversity without much thought put into it, the main character's lesbian romance with the creator's self-insert, the mentor's romance with a "non-binary" character, the religious extremism of the main antagonist and more. It very quickly adds up.
Plus, the story is just not that good. It feels like a poor man's version of the Witch Hat Atelier manga with a bunch of generic filler episodes.
In fact, I recommend checking out Witch Hat Atelier manga instead. It has the same basic premise (non-magical girl wants to learn magic from a recluse mentor) but it has much better world-building and story structure.
Created: 01-05-2023
Brilliant!
One of the best movies in the history of Dreamworks, arguably even better than Shrek 2. And absolute zero wokeness. Lots of focus on traditional moral values.
The only curious thing is that they added both black AND (pale) white people to this universe's version of Spain. Even though the first Puss movie only had regular Spanish people. Then again, this is the Shrek universe which is an americanised world of fairy tales. So maybe Puss 1 was the odd one out?
Still, this detail doesn't feel woke so it's not a problem.
Created: 01-05-2023
