Vonseux's Reviews
Favourite movie this year
Comming of age movie mixed with motor sports. Highly enjoyable despite having some mandatory wokeness to it: there is a female driver in the GT academy that didn't exist in real life (check pictures of 2011 class) but they couldn't pass the message women can't do it, right?
I'm ok with that, it's a nice message, I can live with some fiction in a real life storyline.
The other deciding woke element is the protagonist himself, yeah it's a true story of a black kid overcoming the odds, an nice pitch for the Investors and the opportunity to license a movie like this on the woke-age was irresistible, if not a necessity, and thanks for this wokeness we got one of the best movies this year. It may portrait Jann as a better driver than he is but the kid story is awesome on his own merits.
Created: 10-05-2023
Male fantasies done right
This movie is the epitome of middle aged man fantasy. It tickles every ich of you uncle or divorced daddy. It's made for traditional men and it delivers it on high quality.
Ladies will also enjoy the idea her husbands may still have some testosterone left in their bodies.
Created: 10-05-2023
Super Woke Bros
The toxic wokeness present on this movie doesn't prevent it from being very good and enjoyable but it is all over the place. It seems the American cut is most impacted by it than the Japanese version but I haven't watched that one. Mario can hardly be considered the protagonist here as he solves nothing and all male characters are silly or ridiculous. Peach is amazing of course and she needs no one to help her.
Created: 10-05-2023
Diverse cast and woke free
Naomi Watts plays a strong independent woman scientist, hero makes training with a female Sifu swordmaster, and you'll be surprised that the movie is woke free since all characters are well written and nothing seems forced upon the viewer. Diverse cast and male protagonist gets emotional.... but it works ? Proof you can have all the checkmarks a movie supposedly needs to have nowadays but wokeness free.
Created: 10-05-2023
