What's up bros, I'm Jonathan.
And I'm Caleb.
We are a couple of bros on a mission to give you guys the most detailed movie reviews out
there with as little bias as possible.
Welcome to the All Bros.
This week on the podcast we'll be talking about two items in 4K Spotlight.
One movie we both have seen and one movie that I'm assuming we both have seen.
But maybe Caleb is watching horror movies without my knowledge, that bitch.
Just kidding.
You know that's not true.
Yeah, you're right, you're right.
You just wanted to call me a bitch, asshole.
I did.
I very much did.
We got nothing through the wall, so after that we'll be moving on to our headliner
of the evening which will be our breakdown of Puss in Boots, The Last Wish.
So Caleb, what do you say we get started?
I say let's do it.
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Alright, so with 4K Spotlight we got two movies coming out.
The first one being Black Adam, which we'll be getting two exclusives.
One being a Best Buy exclusive steelbook.
Is anyone really shocked by that?
I will say I like the regular 4K cover more than the steelbook because the steelbook is
just like a close up of the Rock's face with his hood on and his eyes glowing.
But the regular 4K cover has him sitting on the throne in like a cool ass pose.
I think that looks way cooler.
Dude, it looks freaking sick.
Yeah.
So, that's one of the exclusives and then the other one is a Walmart exclusive that
comes with a...
So you'll get the 4K copy of Black Adam along with a...
I'm assuming it's a Walmart exclusive Funko Pop or maybe they just put in the...
No, actually no.
That one does look different.
So yeah, it is an exclusive.
Sorry.
So yeah, you'll get the 4K copy of Black Adam along with an exclusive Funko Pop if you guys
want to get that.
So like I said, it's a Walmart exclusive.
But other than that, we're just getting a bare bones 4K and Blu-ray release.
I love that Warner Brothers does the poster art for just the regular Blu-ray, but for
when it comes to the 4K, they go all out and they'll either do the cool ass teaser posters
for these movies or they'll just make up their own new art and I love it.
Yeah, dude.
I will say with that Walmart one, not super impressed with the pop figure.
Yeah, I'm not either, honestly.
I know the rock has to rock, but I hope with James Gunn just kind of doing a total revamp
of the DCU, I hope when they do go back, like go to do Black Adam, I hope we get a Black
Adam with hair.
Yeah, I kind of agree with that.
That's always kind of been like the staple.
He always kind of has the Vulcan haircut.
Yeah.
Like I've always dug that and then like the same thing with the ears.
So like the rock not doing any of that shit, like obviously just doing a shaved head.
Like I said, the rock's got to rock, but I was kind of hoping for more.
That's fair.
And honestly, dude, like I think they freaking hit the nail on the head.
The dude who played his son's version of Black Adam, I guess.
Yeah.
Like the champion.
I am well in the bet that he'd make a really freaking good Black Adam.
He plays a young version of the rock on the show Young Rock.
Like he plays the 90s version of him, like when he was getting big in WWE.
Oh, cool.
Yeah, so like has the hair and everything.
And so I feel like he'd be a really good fit, but he does kind of have like a rock.
Like it's so weird to say this, but he kind of like acts like the rock.
Where his acting ability isn't the best, but I don't know if that's his fault or if it's
because he's playing the rock.
I mean, I don't know.
I mean, have you watched Young Rock?
Yeah, I've actually really enjoyed the that version.
Is it as good as Young Sheldon?
Young Sheldon is better.
The Young Rock is.
Have you ever seen A Princess Bride?
I actually have not.
OK, so like the way that I can best describe Young Rock is it kind of has that type of
storytelling where.
So like the whole show is run around Randall Park interviewing The Rock for his presidential
campaign in 20 whatever.
OK.
Like somewhere down like in the future.
And so he's.
Yeah, so Randall Park is interviewing The Rock and The Rock is like sharing all these
stories from different periods of time in his life.
So they have like when he was a young kid and his dad was like the hot ticket item and
talking about like how he grew up around like Andre the Giant and.
Oh, let's see who else.
I'm not super like well acquainted with these.
With these guys like Randy Savage.
OK, so like how he grew up around those guys because his dad was like one of them, but
then made some like bad business deals.
And then there's like a teenage version of him like when he was growing up in the 80s
and dealing with his dad having been kind of like blacklisted from WWF.
And and all that.
And then so that's like his teen years, like 1516 area.
And then they have the older version of him where it's like.
The early 90s where it's like kind of starts off with him playing football for Miami, eventually
going off to Canada and then like picking up his like wrestling career.
And like starting it like they just barely got to the point where he adopted the name
the Rock.
Oh, OK.
Yeah, because his his dad's wrestling name was was Rocky like Rocky Johnson.
OK.
And so the the Rock went by Rocky Maivia.
And so everyone just called him Rocky.
And so when people would like address him and his dad in public and be like, hey, Rocky,
like they got confused on who was who they were addressing.
OK, so like he eventually was just like, OK, yeah, we need to address that.
And so he changed his name to the Rock.
OK, cool.
Yeah, so like it's cool, like it's definitely cool and like.
Like it's a good like it's good stories, good storytelling.
It's just that maybe the setup is a bit odd.
All right.
Because it's like because it will be like on the Rock, like talking to Randall and he's
just like, well.
Like just some big life lesson like, oh, like, oh, I don't really do that anymore, because
when I was a kid, this is a lesson that I learned and blah, blah, blah, blah.
And then I get into like the actual story.
Gotcha.
And so I'm like, that's that feels a bit annoying.
Like like it's OK.
Just get just get to the story, dude.
Fair enough.
And like it's it always has like revolves around someone doing something like right
now, like their their whole thing is that he the Rock has to go and go to another country
because there's a coffee shortage in the US and the main coffee supplier to the US is
like not wanting to do trade deals.
And so he goes travels to like the leader of that country and there was just someone
that was elected that was like kind of a nobody and having like that imposter syndrome.
He's like, oh, yeah, well, I felt that.
And like this is how I handled it, like dealing with this back in the 90s when I was like
doing this, this and that with WWE or WWF and just like, dude, just get to the story.
Huh.
OK.
So I mean, it's good.
It's like once you get past the cheesy like rock stuff and get into like the story, it's
pretty good, but not anywhere near close to freaking young Sheldon.
Like I freaking love young Sheldon.
All right.
Cool.
The other new release coming up, Black Adam is Pray for the Devil.
And I did not see this one in theaters, nor do I really have any urge to see it.
We talking about it.
Well, I don't know.
I mean, it's still a new release.
And I mean, the cover is like really cool.
You got to give it that kind of like freaking it's like kind of like messed up.
Like you see, like it's a little girl with like, I'm assuming, like satanic hands going
over her face, freaking hair going into her mouth.
And then of course, the hands are holding across just it's a very busy cover and I kind
of love it.
So yeah, if you guys want to check out Pray for the Devil comes out as well Tuesday.
So yeah, you got Black Adam and Pray for the Devil.
So that's it for a 4K releases or 4K spotlight.
So Caleb, what do you say we move on to our headliner?
I say let's do it.
Alright so said earlier, our headliner of this evening will be our breakdown of Puss
and Boots the Last Wish.
But before we jump into that, we did ask a question of the week.
Yeah, we're bringing these back guys.
We're finally bringing them back.
And we actually got some responses.
So Caleb, do you have those pulled up?
Yes, I am just about to pull those up.
Okay, sweet.
Maybe.
Okay.
So, for those of you that don't know, so we posted this on Twitter and Instagram.
I don't think we got any hits on it with Instagram.
Let me just double check to make sure but I'm pretty sure it's a no.
Yeah, that is a negative.
Nothing on Instagram.
But we did get a few responses over on TikTok.
So the question that we asked was, like in Puss and Boots the Last Wish, Puss had nine
lives but is down to his last life.
So we asked, if you had nine lives, what are some ways that you would lose some of those?
And the responses we got are pretty great.
So the first one we got wasn't really an, it was a response but I'm going to read it
anyway.
It was from gummy8601 who just said, yay.
So we appreciate your response.
We appreciate your yay.
Yay.
And then we got some like legitimate answers.
So let's see, we got Kenny with guns2 who responded, jumping off a bridge because I
was curious.
You know what?
I like that.
I know, right?
Like no one wants to say like, oh yeah, I would totally jump off a bridge.
But it's just like, I feel like everyone gets that urge.
Just like, I wonder what it'd be like to jump off this bridge.
My favorite thing whenever I hear that, I think of, you know, like the classic, oh,
if your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?
Like what your mom would say.
Yeah.
Best one I've seen is yeah, when your mom's like, oh, if all your friends jumped off a
bridge, would you?
And the kids just like, hell yeah, that's my bro, mom.
Of course I would.
Those are my boys.
Exactly.
It's funny shit.
Freaking true though.
Like I would, I feel like I'm definitely not the one that's like, I'm not like thinking,
oh yeah, I want to jump off the bridge just like, cause I feel like that's like a good
way to die.
But it's just like, if I feel like I could survive this, I, I would be willing to try
it.
But yeah, like completely understandable with this one.
Let's see.
Next one we got was bra moment.
Ye.
Okay.
I like your name.
Yeah.
I don't know how it's, or it's like bra moment.
Yeah.
I don't know what, how else to like, to say that just bra moment.
Why he, he said eating fiberglass because yummy cotton candy.
Okay.
Do you know what he's talking about?
No.
Okay.
Have you ever seen insulation in a house?
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
So that like the insulation in the houses are usually like fiberglass.
So that's what he's talking about.
Okay.
That makes sense.
Yeah.
And that's like one of those things.
Totally get it, dude.
Same as do I.
Oh man.
Like dude, I can't imagine how horrible that death would be because like you would think
that the, like that, that stuff is just like super soft and like fun to play with or whatever.
Right?
Yeah.
I would assume so.
Yeah.
That shit will like eat your arms up and make you itch.
Like you've never itched in your life.
It is chicken pox was bad, dude.
Like legit.
Like when I work with that stuff, I have to wear long sleeves.
Shit man.
God damn.
Like it is wretched if that gets on your skin.
But again, it's one of those things that like just looks good to eat.
So yeah, definitely one of those things.
All right.
And then our last response comes from master underscore, underscore, master underscore
bowl two five one who says hug as many cacti because I'm curious.
Okay.
That might be my favorite one.
Really?
But just, ow.
I think that's probably why just because like, like the bridge one I get, but like I get
you're curious, but why?
Like who the hell wants to hug a cactus?
I think that's why it's my favorite.
I feel like it's just like, like cactus are just so oddly shaped.
I feel like, okay, out of all three of these, it's like eating fiberglass might be my favorite
because it's like one I totally get.
But but the cactus, I've had cactus stuck in my ass before and it's not fun.
Okay.
I got to know how the hell did you get cactus stuck on your ass?
We need a story time here.
Well it's not much of a story.
It's just I was riding a bike and went to stop, but when I went to stop, it was on dirt.
And so it was like drifting.
And so like I tried to turn to, but I hit a rock and then I just kind of like tumbled
over into some fricking cactus.
Oh shit, man.
Like I said, nothing fun, but.
What that's not freaking blast.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Yeah, it wasn't like crazy or anything.
It's just riding my bike in the dirt and getting real unlucky with where I landed when I fell.
Oh shit.
Yeah, I will say this.
I didn't know I had it in my ass for a while.
Like I know I fell into a cactus and there was like some stuck to my shirt and I like
pulled those out, no problem, but I was right.
So I was riding my bike like back to wherever the hell I was and just kept feeling this
like scratching like on my on my butt.
And I was just like, what the hell?
And like I was adjusting like an adjustment, just trying to get comfortable, not realizing
that that's what it was.
And so I adjusted and I like moved in a way and it just kind of pushed the cactus a little
further up my ass and I was like, OK.
And so I had like I got off my bike and like realized that it was like right on my frickin
pants pocket.
Nice.
Hell yeah, man.
Yeah, but that that shit lingers.
Oh shit.
Oh anyway.
But yeah, that's all the responses we got.
So thank you to everyone that responded.
We really appreciate you.
Yes.
Amazing responses.
Loved it.
Hell yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, getting on to our review.
Cale, do you want to let people know how we break down movies on this podcast?
I would love to.
If you are new to our breakdown system, we have split movies into eight different categories
that we individually score to come to a final Albreos letter grade.
The eight categories that we score are story, writing, acting, character development, effects,
music, costumes, and then we give our own personal score at the very end.
All of those numbers get magically added up and spit through our algorithm that gives
us a letter grade to compare this movie to others of a similar grade, as well as a percentage
that gives us a official ranking for these movies.
The rankings don't really matter as much as the letter grade does, but it's still kind
of fun to know where they rank within their schoolhouse grade.
Yeah.
So yeah, without further ado, if you have not seen Puss in Boots, The Last Wish, definitely
do yourself a favor and go check this one out.
It is currently only available in theaters, but is definitely worth the price of admission.
So with that, if you listen past this point, Rose is about to spoil the entire movie for
you.
So if you listen past this point and it's spoiled, it's your own fault.
Yeah.
So yeah, without further ado, Rose.
Yeah, reading with Rose.
Here we go.
Alright, after the events of the first film and sometime after Shrek Forever After, Puss
in Boots hosts a party in the Governor's Mansion when an earthen giant attacks them.
He manages to subdue the giant, but is crushed by a bell shortly after.
Waking up, he is informed by a doctor that he only has one life left after dying eight
times before.
Puss initially brushes it off, but after losing a duel with a black hooded wolf in a local
pub that night, he reluctantly goes to the house of Mama Luna, an elderly cat lady, to
be a domesticated pet, seemingly putting his outlaw career to rest.
Time passes and within his new home, Puss has grown a beard and meets an optimistic
dog who has disguised himself as a cat to eat the endless supply of food.
Their conversation is cut short when Goldilocks and the Three Bears crime family shows up
to find him.
However, after they find Puss's marked grave, they inadvertently reveal the existence of
a wishing star to Puss and that the map will be delivered to Big Jack Horner that night.
Seeing it as an opportunity to restore his lives back, Puss breaks into Jack's factory
to steal the map, unexpectedly reuniting with Kitty Softpaws who holds a grudge on him after
a previous incident at Santa Colombo.
After a skirmish with Goldie's group and Jack Horner's goons, they, along with Perito,
the dog from the cat home, manage to escape with the map which instructs them to go to
the dark forest.
Entering the forest, the trio find out that the dimension morphs into different landscapes
to whoever wields the map.
The dimension transforms into a hellish setting for Puss and Kitty, though it becomes simpler
when held by Perito.
While riding downstream into the river of relaxation, Puss gets his beard shaved off
by Kitty before getting rid of a stick which Perito follows, leading to the latter being
captured by Jack.
Goldie and her gang arrive and a skirmish ensues, but mid-fight, Puss sees the hooded
wolf again and runs off in fear, distracting Kitty and enabling Goldie to obtain the map.
Puss reveals and elaborates what happened at Santa Colombo to Perito.
He left Kitty at the town's church on his wedding day, which she has regretted ever
since.
Kitty overhears their conversation and reveals that she never came to the altar either, feeling
like she could never compete with someone who loves himself more than her.
The two manage to reclaim the map from Goldie's group, but Perito is captured by them.
As the dimension morphs, Puss is accidentally trapped in the cave of lost souls after touching
the map and instructs Kitty to retrieve Perito.
Inside the cave, Puss encounters his past lives and the hooded wolf again, who introduces
himself as Death and reveals that he wants to obtain Puss's last life as retribution
for evading him.
Puss cowardly runs away with the map, an act which Kitty and Perito sees from afar.
Meanwhile, Goldie reveals that she wishes for a human family, much to the bearer's
dismay.
Finally reaching the star, Puss is about to make his wish but is stopped by Kitty, who
calls him out for his selfishness.
Shortly after, they are interrupted by Goldie and Jack, and a fight ensues, during which
Jack is thrown into his magical bottomless bag by Kitty and Goldie saves Baby Bear when
he is almost thrown off the star.
Puss encounters Death again, and a fierce duel erupts between the two.
After he boldly stands up to Death and defeats him in the clash, the cloaked wolf begrudgingly
decides to spare Puss, remarking that they will meet again before departing.
Just then, Jack re-emerges from his bag, having eaten a cookie that makes him grow big, and
seizes the map from Puss and Kitty.
As Jack attempts to make a wish, Perito manages to distract him long enough for Puss, Kitty,
and Goldie to reclaim and rip the mapped shreds, causing the wishing star to collapse and killing
Jack.
In the aftermath, Goldie finally accepts being a part of the Bear family while Puss reconciles
with Kitty.
Sometime later, they, along with Perito, steal a boat from the governor and set sail to new
adventures and to reunite with some old friends.
Yeah, I'll fully admit at the end, when you see the frickin' far far away in the background,
I'm like, OH MY GOD!
I lost my shit.
Dude, me too.
I was just like, there's no way!
They frickin' set up a sequel!
THEY DID!
SHREK'S COMIN' BACK!
Uh, dude, I can't wait to hear the announcements on that.
Yeah dude, me either.
Oh man, I'm so pumped.
And I hope they keep the animation style.
That's like my biggest hope.
I hope so too.
Because yeah, it's so freaking good.
It's so different and I love it.
Yeah, I think...
I think the animation style works really well for Puss in Boots.
Just because of how action packed his life is.
It's going to be interesting to see if they take the same route with the future Shrek project.
Yeah, I agree.
That is going to be very...
I mean, but they did like...
I know...
I saw they pointed out that they did the same thing with the bad guys.
So this is definitely the road that DreamWorks is wanting to start to go down.
Definitely try to keep with the animation that they've established.
But also kind of add into the Spider-verse-esque animation to all their projects.
Yeah, which I'm honestly not upset about in the slightest.
No, I'm not either.
This is easily one of my new favorite animation style.
Same here.
Yeah, it's just...
The only thing that I'm hesitant about, at least when it comes to Shrek...
Like I said, this works really well with Puss in Boots because it's just action packed as all hell.
Bad guys, same deal.
It was action packed very action heavy.
Spider-verse, very action heavy as well.
It's just kind of like...
Shrek doesn't scream action packed to me.
That's fair.
So it's just going to be interesting how that animation style works within the Shrek world without making it feel too modern.
Or not modern.
Too...
Like muted.
Like if they're not doing crazy action with it.
But yeah, super freaking pumped.
But anyway, getting into this breakdown, the story for this was really freaking good.
It really was, and I feel it had so many surprises.
Because I honestly don't know if I...
I don't know if I actually watched any of the trailers for this movie.
Or took a look at the poster that well.
Because when they did the whole freaking Goldilocks and the three bears, that just came out of freaking nowhere for me.
And the freaking three bears scared the ever living shit out of me when they were first introduced.
Because I straight up thought that they were just going to be like three slaves to Goldilocks.
Yeah, I know. That's what I thought too.
I was just like, this is going to be weird.
Yeah, like damn, y'all are going really dark and you know what, I kind of love it.
But then of course that's not the direction they go.
But you know what, that's okay because the direction they do go with the bears is great.
But yeah, just that.
I had no idea who Jack Warner was.
I've never read the fairy tales of him.
So he was a brand new character for me.
And fantastic character, fantastic villain.
Freaking all the villains in this movie are fantastic.
Especially the wolf, Death.
I remember a reviewer I saw pointed out that I'm pretty sure that that character could give kids nightmares.
And yeah, I absolutely agree.
That's some scary shit.
100%.
Yeah, was Iris okay after this movie?
She was actually fine.
Okay, that's good.
I think she reckoned, so for those of you that don't know, I took Iris, my two year old daughter,
to go see this movie with, like to go see this movie.
And I think she was able to recognize that he was a villain.
Like she just kind of had that really good instincts when it comes to that.
And I think it's just a matter of how he was animated too.
Like he was very scary.
And she was like, she wasn't like super scared.
Like she wasn't trying to hide or anything when he came on screen.
He was an intimidating figure for her.
Because I could tell she'd be like, ooh.
But it wasn't anything that like scared her.
That's good.
I'm glad to hear that.
Yeah, like I think she recognized him as the bad guy because when he was fighting Puss,
he was like, she was very like, oh no, like watch out.
And doing that sort of thing.
But yeah, like she did so well with this movie.
Like she did even better with this movie than Minions.
That's awesome.
Yeah, she did awesome.
Like now this is going to be like any kids movie that we do from now on.
I'm taking her with me.
Yes.
I love it.
Was there a lot of people on your screen or screen?
Surprisingly, no.
So I went to go see this.
Like I try to choose a time, at least when I take Iris, a time that is somewhat
inconvenient to people.
OK.
Like I feel like Tuesdays are usually like the cinema is like busy days, especially if
you live in an area where they do like five dollar Tuesdays, which our area does.
But I went to the local AMC, which is already an unpopular theater.
We went to the eleven o'clock showing, which I feel like it was like the first showing
for for Puss in Boots.
So I feel like that's just like eleven is just kind of like the perfect time where I
know I could get Iris up and out the door.
But I feel like other people wouldn't be able to do that with their kids.
And they like usually try to go for a time that's a little bit later, like around
sometime afternoon.
Like I think eleven is just like really pushing it for kids.
So that's where I thought I'm like, OK, I feel like I have a decent shot at getting
into a good viewing at eleven, which we did because we were the only ones in the theater
other than like one other guy.
OK, cool.
So I feel like a little shady.
Oh, yeah.
Like he came in and I just I got a little bit nervous because he was just like.
He came in with like his wearing a hoodie with sunglasses, like dark sunglasses.
And I'm like.
Why are you doing that, bro?
Yeah, that's OK.
So on some red flags.
Yeah, some major red flags.
And so what I did this is is because so I gave Iris her ticket, which she dropped
somewhere, which I'm super upset about.
I wish I I want to do like something where like for her, where I keep all of her.
All the tickets for the movies that I take her to.
Oh, and I want to do that with like both my kids.
I haven't found out like exactly what I want to do with it yet.
Like I was talking to Brielle and she said that she had a friend where they went to movies
like every week during like one summer.
And so she made like a picture frame, but then like Mod Podge all the the movie tickets
onto the frame.
That's so cute.
Yeah, right. And I'm like, OK, that's cool.
But I want to do something like better.
I love that.
So I don't know exactly what I want to do.
And it's like I need it needs to be something that I can replicate because I want to be
able to do it with both of my kids.
Yeah.
Or like all of them, I guess, if we have more than two.
I was going to say, is this like I'm like, bro, are you like announcing on this podcast
that something's happening?
No, not yet.
OK.
I was like, because I can't believe you didn't tell me before we recorded.
Like this is how I find out.
Like, no, you'd find out like day one.
Yes.
But anyway, like I want to do something.
So if any of you that like have ideas on something I could do, like I what I'm going to do for
now is like build a little bit like a little box or something that I can store all the
tickets in.
But I wanted I want to do something with the tickets.
I just don't know what yet.
Yeah.
OK.
Like I still have our tickets.
So cute.
Yeah.
All right.
And like I want to like give it as a birthday gift when they like are 18 or something like
that.
Yeah.
Dude, that's going to be so cute.
I love this idea.
Yeah.
But it's like movies are kind of like my big thing.
Yeah.
Like the thing that I like go to do a lot.
And so like my plan kind of has to revolve around going to see lots of movies with them.
Yeah.
Like a frame like the whole frame thing.
Like it's a decent idea, but with how many movies we would go like me and my kids would
go to see, it's just way too many to fit on like one frame.
No, man, I get you.
So, yeah, I'll like I said, I'll have a way to store them.
But I need I need a way to like present them or to like just like a display for them.
Yeah.
So, yeah, like I said, if anyone has an idea, let me know.
But anyway, getting back to like the whole big bad wolf thing, like she was like I said,
she was able to recognize the big bad wolf as the villain.
She was able to do the same thing with like Jack Warner.
And she was a little I think she got a little confused by Goldilocks.
That's understandable.
I completely understand that.
Yeah.
But I mean, she she did like enjoy the funny moments with them.
Yeah.
So that was that was kind of fun for for me to see.
But yeah, I think that may have been my only like real big issue with the story is it felt like it got very crowded.
I see where you're coming from with that.
I know for me, it didn't really feel that way.
I feel every everything that they had to cover made sense.
Like it made sense that we had basically three villains, even though Goldilocks and three various like they were kind of.
I don't know. How would the hell would you explain them?
Like, I guess they were villains, but not at the same time.
Yeah, I mean, they did have some antagonistic qualities to them.
But I don't know.
It is odd.
So like, for those of you that don't know, like Goldilocks and the three bears were after this map that led them to the last wish.
And the three bears didn't know what Goldilocks was going to wish for because she's just kind of the ringleader.
But Goldilocks was wanting to wish for a real family.
That's got to hurt. Like when she said that, I'm like, damn.
Yeah, I know. It's just like, holy shit.
Look, all I'm saying is they could have eaten you when they they caught you, you know, eating their porridge and, you know, sleeping in their beds.
But they didn't. They took you in.
And then you're going to slap them in the face with, oh, I actually want a real family.
I want humans. It's like, damn.
Dude, I think what got me in the feels was when Mama Bear was just like, OK, like.
Like you could tell that it like hurt her, but she's like, if that's what will make you happy, like that's what will help you do.
And I'm like, that was very smooth.
Like, dude, that frickin was just an emotional gut punch.
That was a very good scene.
Like, oh, man, like that just hurts your hurt my feels like so bad.
Oh, that was rough.
But anyway, it's like.
Yeah, like you understand, like the appeal of this, like the last wish, I think it would have.
I think we needed a bit more foreshadowing that that's the that that was the goal from Goldilocks.
Because it yeah, I don't feel like we got to sit with that enough.
That's fair. At least not in the way that we got to sit with Jack Warner and his wish.
Yeah. Where it was very obvious Jack Warner wanted to like put an end to magic or not an end.
He wanted to like have the only magic in the world.
So we knew kind of from the get go that that was his ultimate goal.
True. It's and then Goldilocks was just a little up in the air.
It was very. I like I thought like initially that she was going to wish for like her and the three bears to be like the big crime bosses.
Like because like the way that she was saying like, oh, I'm just going to wish for everything to be just right.
It's like, OK, what does that mean? But then it just kind of felt like, oh, yeah, we're doing crime.
So it's OK. So they just like one the wish for being like a crime boss or what's the deal with that?
Did it ever cross your mind? It was just me that like maybe her just right would have been her wishing that she could also be a bear.
Oh, I did not anticipate that as a possibility.
I mean, honestly, OK, I will say at that moment, I did not think of that, but I just barely thought of that.
That would have been an interesting take. Yeah, that really would have.
Especially with like no one getting a wish. Yeah, like that would have been a really interesting thing to to explore.
Like maybe she like what was going to wish for that to like finally because because they did kind of like lead up to that where Baby Bear kept telling her like, oh, you're not a bear.
Like he brought that up. Like I think he brought it up a couple of times where he's like, oh, you're not a bear.
Like like you're not a bear. You're not a bear. So, oh, that would have been a good one.
What the hell, Dreamworks? I'm just kidding. Yeah, like that.
Interesting, very interesting. I think that like that would have worked really well because like maybe that like that was our whole thing.
Maybe she didn't feel like fully accepted because she wasn't a bear.
Because it felt like she had like the emotional attachment to them where it was like she viewed them as family because she called him mama and papa and.
They called him Baby Bear. Yeah.
So. Yeah. Ooh.
That that's a damn that would have been a really interesting thing to explore.
And that would have been a really good use of the wish. Yes, absolutely agree.
But so yeah.
But anyway, like I said, my my issue was just near the end. It felt very busy, especially with the Jack Warner thing.
I think it just was.
It just it felt very crammed.
Like just packed full of of issues, because it's like they like number one, they had to resolve the issue with Jack Warner Goldilocks and the three bears.
And then immediately after they had to fix the issue with the with death.
Again, the big bad wolf.
So it just felt like, OK, there's a lot going on here.
So I think that's I think that's like I said, that's my only issue with this story is that near is the the conclusion of it felt very.
Quick. And it's in the way that it concluded the story.
So, yeah, I'm not sure where I'm sitting with my story grade, though.
What like what are you thinking?
I'd say I'm pretty high. Like, honestly, overall, like it was a really good story for a sequel.
Definitely dove a lot more into Puss in Boots as a character, had some really good villains and it was great to see Kitty Softpaw's back.
So. I think I'm going to go like a 91.
Oh, wow.
I don't think I'm quite in the 90s yet, like it just with my my issues.
Understandable, but I am fairly high, like I might be in like the eighty eighty nine range.
All right. Fair enough.
Like I said, it's super close, like the rest of the story was just was pure perfection.
Like, I feel like the the way that we traveled through the different instances of like Puss in Boots were were really good.
Like we had.
Like the top of his game like Puss, and then we moved on to the living in fear and just like in a total shit show of a of a life version of Puss in Boots back to like a motivated to.
Obtain a certain goal.
And then just dealing with all of the like the issues from his past when it came to like Kitty Softpaw's.
Yeah.
And just like all that those those issues and I feel like the only one that felt like out of place was Jack Warner.
Like story wise. Yeah, and I get where you're coming from.
But I mean, he did make a pretty decent villain.
He really did.
There is an interesting like thought, though, that I just had.
I wanted to look up real quick just to see if they were ever.
Addressed because you remember in the first Shrek movie, the three bears were in that.
Oh, yeah, they were. Yeah, because you have babies crying just like this cage is too small.
Yeah, I'm wondering if like Goldilocks was in that movie at all.
It doesn't seem like she was like I just looked up Goldilocks in the three bears Shrek and nothing, nothing.
No, like no Goldilocks, but definitely like the three bears.
So that that's kind of funny.
Yeah, that really is.
So you can kind of tell there's no real continuity there.
I don't think I wonder if they like talked about the like those models like at all, because in that version.
So Mama Bear has a like a pink.
I don't even know what kind of hat that would be like a beret.
And in the Shrek movie, she has like a pink bow.
I think I'm remembering this from the first Shrek.
Yeah, this might be different bears because I think.
OK, so from what I can see, Papa Bear has like old man spectacles on and Mama Bear has a pink bow.
But then there's another.
There's another picture with Mama Bear, and she's like a stuffed rug.
Oh, yeah.
What's that? Which one's that from, though?
What is that one?
Was that the third? Oh, no.
Or was it the fourth?
Nope, that's still the first. A few.
Wait, really?
In the scene where Shrek's donkey takes a look around, sees other fairy tale creatures being captured and taken away.
Among those, the three bears with Papa and Mama Bear in one cage and Baby Bear in another.
Later on, when Shrek finds all of these characters at his swamp,
the camera shows Papa and Baby Bear together in front of a bonfire with Baby Bear crying.
A few minutes later, a shot of Lor Farquaad's bedroom shows a bearskin rug
with the same pink bow Mama Bear was wearing in the first scene.
Oh my god. Yeah, it's so F-type.
However, she appears alive and well in Shrek Karaoke Dance Party,
a musical short included on the Shrek VHS, before the credits and set during the last scene of the movie
before Shrek and Fiona leave on their honeymoon.
Okay.
So that doesn't make a lick of sense, so whatever. I guess you can't really trust Shrek continuity.
No, you really can't. So, yeah.
I'm like, good lord, that's fantastic.
Yeah. Oh, anyway.
Yeah, sticking with writing, this was really well written.
Yeah. It really was. Super solid jokes, especially adult jokes.
One, I was not expecting to hear a person say, say, hell.
I know that took me off guard, too.
And then the fact that they kept cutting, they would cut out before they would say something.
There's a part where Kitty Softpaws was just like, well, this is a load up.
And then someone cuts her off. Yeah.
They did it a couple of times for her end post. It was freaking hilarious. I loved it.
But, dude, I got so happy when they still had the all cat.
That made me so freaking happy when he made an appearance.
I'm like, yes, that's like the biggest thing that I wanted from the first movie.
So thank you so much for that. I appreciate that.
Dude, I am so upset that that was in one of the trailers that I watched.
It what? Dude, I'm so glad I didn't watch any of the trailers.
Yes. I was so happy.
I was still like thrilled that he was in this movie.
You can't have a Puss in Boots movie without the all cat. Like, come on.
They totally agree. And, um, gosh, like starting off, I thought the dog was going to be like super annoying.
I did, too. But he just like, like played a sweetheart.
Like every scene that he was in, I was just like, oh, we love you.
Oh, yeah. Especially the whole like when he's just like, are you sure you don't want to rub my belly?
It's therapeutic. I'm like, oh, gosh.
Yeah. But I love that he actually got to perform that therapy dog role.
Yes, that was awesome.
Like for those of you that don't know or that haven't seen it,
Puss starts to either hallucinate or starts to see the big bad wolf that's coming for him
and kind of has a like a big old like a big panic attack where he's like running away from him.
He's just like just scared to death and you and the dog. What's his name?
Pareto. Yeah, Pareto. Yeah.
Comes in and finds him in the woods and he's like laying under a tree and he's like hyperventilating,
just breathing very, very heavy, just and then Pareto comes in, lays on his stomach and lays on like Puss and Boots stomach
and like slowly calms him down and tries to like talk with him and basically acting as a therapy dog.
And it like that was just like just such a sweet moment.
And a moment like I said, like set in reality, I feel like that kind of grounded Puss and Boots as a character.
Yeah, I'll absolutely agree.
Yeah. So, I mean, that's something that can also be like discussed within like character development,
but I feel like it was a very important written scene. Yeah.
And then just like the rest of everything that they that they did with them.
Like, I love what they did with the opening where how boisterous he is and like singing his like fearless hero song
and like just going like absolutely crazy on that that giant that came into his town and like everything.
Like it was just so smartly written, like just like it's on the same level as I feel like Shrek is.
Yeah, no, I absolutely agree.
I swear, like one of the writers of the first one came back for this one.
Let's find out.
So do you think you did like this the story by.
So, yeah, so it says the head.
So, oh, wait.
Oh, they changed characters.
OK, never mind. Well, because it said like, says it was announced that the film be held by Bob Paris,
the head of story of the first film and one of the three directors of Sony Pictures,
Sony Animation Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse.
But then it says in February 2019, Crawford Crawford was later announced as a new director.
Oh, wait. No, I'm sorry. Wow. I'm effing this up. I'm sorry.
So Bob Peresketti was announced in February of 2019, but then it was changed to Crawford in March of 2021.
Along with Mercado, who is the head of story on the first film.
OK, there we go. OK.
So the writers for this.
So the story was by Tommy Swardlow and Tom Wheeler.
So they wrote the story. So Tommy Swardlow has worked on.
So he did the screenplay for The Grinch.
Oh, OK. And he also did the screenplay for Little Giants.
And Snow Dogs. OK, that's throwback right there. Yeah, right.
And so the other writer or the story by writer was Tom Wheeler.
And he's actually done some really good stuff, too.
So he did or so he worked on the first Puss in Boots movie.
He did the screenplay for the Three Diablos Puss in Boots short.
I never saw that. He did the Lego Ninjago movie, which.
Wasn't half bad. Yeah, I enjoyed that one.
He also wrote the story for Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
I love it. That's awesome. Yeah.
And then the other writer or the screenplay writer, Paul Fisher.
He worked on the. The Puss in Boots TV series.
He also worked on those. Yeah, he also worked on the Lego Ninjago movie.
OK, he wrote the screenplay for The Croods and New Age.
And he also worked on Flushed Away. All right, very nice.
Yeah, I mean, so the so it doesn't seem like any of them worked on like preview
like Shrek material, like it's always kind of been Puss in Boots related or like.
Yeah, like the Lego movies, but the Lego movies are also like really well written.
That is very true. They really are. God, those are so enjoyable.
Yeah, they are. So, yeah, I personally feel like their writing was just was top notch.
It really was. Would you go higher than story?
I might be where you were at with story. I might be sitting at like a 91.
You know what? I'm going to give my story in writing the same, so I'm going to match you with a 91 as well.
All right. Next up, we got voice acting.
So first we got Antonio Banderas, who voiced Puss in Boots.
We have Salma Hayek, who voiced Kitty Softpaws.
Harvey Gwilan, who voices Pareto. Florence Pugh, who voices Goldilocks.
John Mulaney, who voices Jack Horner. Wagner Mora, who voices the Big Bad Wolf.
Ray Winstone, who voices Papa Bear. Samson Keo, who voices Baby Bear.
And then Olivia Coleman, who voices Mama Bear.
Like there wasn't a huge list for like this cast.
Like it was a pretty well compacted cast. Yeah, it's true.
Like honestly, like so those were like the main people.
And then the rest of the cast, like the only like big ones that like.
And it's not even like the actors being big.
It would just be like the bonus characters like we got Pinocchio.
And the Gingerbread Man. Yeah, God, it was so great seeing those two together or not together, just seeing those two.
Yeah, I freaking loved them.
And then like the other the rest of them were the the Baker's Dozen gang members. Yeah.
Which I mean, this movie probably didn't spend a whole lot on like just the cast.
So probably saved a lot of money going that way.
But I freaking this cast, dude, they freak were incredible.
They really were like, oh, my God, so good.
Yeah, and especially like so.
I mean, there are three actors that had never done voice work before.
That did incredible work.
So do you have the cast list pulled up?
I do take a shot at who you feel like didn't do like who hasn't done voice work before.
Uh, I think Florence Pugh is one of them.
Yeah, she's she's definitely one of them. OK.
This is just a shot in the dark Wagner Mora.
Damn. Yeah, really? Yeah.
Holy shit. Damn. I don't believe that he'd been doing it forever.
Yeah. So he he voices voice the big bad wolf.
And yeah, his performance was incredibly terrifying. Yeah.
Ah, that's hard. Um.
All right. Shot in the dark, Olivia Coleman.
No, it was actually Ray Winstone.
Son of a bitch. That was going to be my second.
God damn it. So close.
I was almost three for three.
Yeah. But I mean, dude, for never having done voice work before, those three were incredible.
Dude, straight up. Oh, my God.
Yeah, like Florence Pugh, dude, like
there hasn't been a single thing that she's been in that I've disliked.
Same here. Same here.
I actually just recently rewatched Don't Worry, Darling.
And she's very much the best part of that movie.
She's definitely not the problem with it.
Have you seen it? No, I haven't.
I've just heard it's not that good.
It's not. Um, have you ever seen The Stepford Wives?
No, I've not. Shit.
OK, it's basically a remaking of that movie.
Oh, OK. It's like it's total bullshit.
Anyway, yeah, for her first
voice acting performance, dude.
Like, absolutely blown away.
So who let's let's say top three.
Like, what would your top three for this movie be?
OK, number three. Got to give it to Florence Pugh.
His Goldilocks. Oh, my God. Like everything that you said, she was fantastic.
And I was caught off guard by like how freaking good she was.
Did you know that that was her going into or that she was in this movie or?
I did not. Like I was like the voice sounds so familiar.
But then finally, when the credits started rolling, I'm like, son of a bitch.
Yeah, I was Florence Pugh.
Yeah, I was actually I was.
I picked up her voice like pretty early on, like it took a minute.
I was just like, that sounds like.
Really close to Florence Pugh.
I don't know why I didn't pick it up at first, but.
It's just like a hard time putting the name to it.
I don't know. Maybe I'm just so used to her talking her in her Yelena voice
that whenever she actually does her her real voice, it kind of throws me off.
That's understandable.
Just because I like when I think of like how she talks, like I always think of like little women
because that was like one of my first introductions to her.
That's that's fair. It was like little women.
And then I had just watched like Don't Worry, Darling.
So like in that she she had an American accent.
Yeah. Oh, OK.
And so that was pretty easy to like it was it was easy to pick up on.
Yeah. OK. But yeah, like if I had only known her from from Black Widow,
yeah, I think that might have thrown me off.
Number two, got to give to John Mulaney as Jack Horner.
Oh, my God. I love him when he plays villains.
He's so freaking good, is it?
And I will say, like when it comes to like the two like animated roles that he played this year,
his voice definitely makes more sense coming out of Jack Horner than it did Chip.
Don't get me wrong, I liked him as the voice of Chip.
But this the this voice makes a lot more sense coming out of the character.
And just he's so diabolical, so evil. And just I loved him so much in this role.
So that's my number two. And then number one, I, of course, got to give it to Antonio Banderas
coming back to play Puss in Boots. Fantastic as ever.
You can still tell that he gives his heart and soul to this role.
And I once again had such a great time just hearing his fantastic voice coming out of this amazing character.
Oh, yeah. Definitely. I'm giving my number one to Antonio Banderas.
He just inhabits the voice of Puss in Boots so freaking well.
Like, any time anyone will bring up Puss in Boots, like that's immediately who I think of.
Like, it's it's always it will forever be Antonio Banderas for me.
So same, absolute same.
Like every time like someone like brings him up, like my instant reaction is like always hearing the pray for mercy from.
Yep. So, yeah, love, love, love, love Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots.
So definitely my number one. My number two.
Actually going to go to this one.
It's honestly it could be a coin flip for me, but I think we gave it to Wagner Mora, who plays the big bad wolf.
Oh, yeah. Excellent choice. He has such an intimidating voice.
He does. Like, oh, my God.
It like I don't know what it what like if they altered his voice at all or like what they did.
But it's just the way that he spoke like his voice isn't like super deep, like how you would think like the big bad wolf would talk.
It's just has just a shadiness to his his voice.
That's just mind boggling. It's just unnerving.
Like when you hear him speak and like the way that it like sends the chills down.
Puss in Boots is spine and like makes his hair stand up on end.
It's just like it does the same to you. Like I felt myself getting chills when he would talk.
It was just, well, frickin mind boggling and just and to know that this is his first voice acting performance, dude.
What? That is frickin insane.
Yeah, if he doesn't, I would be genuinely upset if we don't get to see hear him in more villain roles as time goes on.
Oh, dude. Same. Yeah, I'm going to be pissed, honestly.
Yeah. So, oh, oh, so good. So frickin good.
My number three like this is another like kitty.
It's probably like a three way coin flip for me on this one, like for my number three spot,
because it could easily go to Florence Pugh, who voices Goldilocks and John Mulaney, who plays Jack Horner.
But I am actually going to give it to Harley Gwilan or Gillan, however you say that, who voices Purito.
OK, I like it.
I just love the innocence that he's able to portray from like just from his voice.
Like it almost gave me like Josh Gad's Olaf vibes.
Yes. Oh, absolutely.
Yeah.
So I frickin loved what he was able to to do.
And I don't know if I've ever heard him voice it like let's see who else he's done.
Like if he's done any other like voice work.
Yeah, he hasn't really had anything that's like big, like he's done a decent amount of voice work.
It's just not any big roles.
Gotcha. OK.
I'm trying to see if there's like anything.
Yeah, it's all just like like weird little voice moments or just like really small roles.
And then he's only like in a few episodes of some some stuff.
OK.
But yeah, like Purito is so good.
Frickin loved his voice with this.
But like I said, three way coin flip between Florence Pugh and John Mulaney.
That's fair. That's completely fair.
So yeah, that's my my top three.
Nice. Very nice.
So what would you give your your acting score?
It's pretty high. I mean, it's it's.
Wow. Sorry. I had to like bring further.
Not like honestly, everyone was great.
I really didn't have any problems with the cast.
Everyone was great.
Like if I can think of like when it comes to like main cast members, like maybe like the one that like didn't really stand out that much to me.
I mean, I think Salma Hayek, but she still did an amazing job as Kitty Softpaw, just like she did in the first Puss in Boots.
So that's really I'm not docking her for that because she still brought her a game.
It's just some characters and their voices kind of outshined her.
So, you know, honestly, think about a 90.
Not quite in the 90 range.
I think a lot of my my issues come from the extras, which obviously they're extras.
They're not going to dog it too much.
But I definitely agree with you where for someone who's supposed to be one of the main side characters like Kitty Softpaw's, I feel like she shouldn't have been outshined as much as she was.
But I mean, if you if you if you're talking where Salma Hayek is considered the weakest link from this cast, like that just talks to how incredibly strong this movie is with its cast.
Yeah.
So I'm I'm probably sitting at around like an 87 with acting.
All right, moving on over to character development.
Obviously, we're going to be doing this off of Puss in Boots and his story arc.
What do you think of this?
Like this different take of Puss?
I loved it.
I honestly, this was such a great idea for a sequel that Puss in Boots is on his last life and like him having to realize how he wants to spend that that last life and then, you know, him bringing in the last wish.
And, you know, if he can get it, he wants his nine lives back. But then at the ending realizes that, you know, the one life that he has been given the last one is what's been laid out on his on his table with Kitty Softpaw's and Pirito.
That's the kind of life that he wants.
That's that's where he'd be happy.
And that's how he really wants to spend his last life.
And so seeing him lead up to that, you know, going through the fear of death, the having to reconcile with Kitty Softpaw's making befriending Pirito.
I feel it's a very strong character arc, especially for Puss in Boots.
Like, honestly, I didn't think that a side character from the Shrek movies could have such a strong character arc. But lo and behold, here we are.
And like, honestly, everything that happened to him in this movie did not feel out of character at all.
It made sense, the decisions that he made.
Yeah, I feel is a very good character arc and on honestly, I feel he had a very good, jeez, better character arc in the sequel than he did have in the first one.
So, dude, absolutely agree.
Like for a children's movie, like they went into some like dark spaces.
They really did.
Like, hell, I feel like if you were to take like younger.
Like kids that are obviously older than mine, but somewhere other than like.
Like maybe eight through.
Ten, maybe.
Like, I feel like this is a movie that would make them question their mortality.
Yeah, dude, right? Seriously.
As weird as that is to say, but.
It's.
Like, like you said, like, this is like the perfect place for them to take a character like Puss in Boots who just seems bigger than life, like immortal like the person that like, oh, not a single blade has ever touched.
Puss in Boots.
Like, like I said, someone who's become a like a symbol, a legend of sorts and what happens when that legend realizes they're not.
Untouchable.
And it's just, it's unsettling.
And I think they portrayed it in like a really solid way where it's like he's not dealing with it in a healthy way like he's he's more or less running from it.
He's running from his own mortality.
He's realizing the error of his ways when he's confronted with these past lives of of his.
Where he's running from these things that might alter what he perceives himself to be where it's this legend where that's why he ran away from Kitty soft paws at the like why he left her at the altar, even though she admitted that he wasn't even there.
That was freaking hilarious.
But you're not a character at all for either and I loved that. Yeah, absolutely.
But yeah, it's like,
he didn't want to tie himself down because that's not what the legend would do.
He wouldn't tie himself down, but he eventually worked to this place where he realized the errors and was just like, yeah, I made a mistake with that like I, I should have gone, like I shouldn't have left her there.
And realizing that he should have taken better care of his like realizing the reckless and foolish ways of his past lives.
And just taking all that to become someone completely different from how he started with like willing to take death on like head on.
So it was a really good arc, especially for a kids movie.
Yeah, seriously, man.
It is so good.
Like it was like it's one of those it's just like it hits you deep, dude. And it really does, especially like the other issues like I will say this, like, if they drop the ball anywhere. It's they dropped it on Jack Horner just being evil for evil sake.
But Puss made up for that tenfold. And then you have the like that arc of Goldilocks like wanting it, wanting a family like wanting a real family or like, or whatever.
I mean, they they dealt with those like big topics of like adopted families and mortality and such like a strong and powerful way. Like it's almost hard to believe that they came out of a of a child's movie.
Yeah, dude, seriously.
Yeah, so this is probably one of the highest score. I think I'm sitting at like in the four for character development.
I can so match you on that.
All right, next up we got effects with which is with this being an animated film. It's more just talking about the animation, which was flawless.
Oh, beautiful.
Oh my god, dude, the this animation worked so well for someone like Puss in Boots.
Yep, it really did. Oh god, I loved it.
Like, oh my gosh, dude, even compared to the first one, like the first like the first Puss in Boots movie.
This animation makes a world of difference.
Like, with everything like the colors of a Puss are just are way more vibrant he he's like animated in in a way that just makes everything about him pop, especially the fur like oh my god.
Yeah, I mean, hell with me it was the frickin eyes to.
Oh my god when they were having that frickin like frickin sad eye off.
Wow, the sad eyes off. That was frickin amazing.
Yeah.
Dude, I feel like this animation style.
Like I said, this is my new favorite animation style just period.
But it just, it makes the action that that everyone performs feel more like comic booky.
Yes, in a, in a great way or even like an anime sort of way.
Oh yeah, that's a good way to put it where I mean you have those like those motion, the line motions or where it's just like an instant pop off, where it feels like there's more energy behind the movement.
And then like I said just the vibrancy of the colors, it just worked incredibly well, but these, they, they're still like some sort of like realistic vibe to them where they're not going so outside of the realm of.
It doesn't, it like it feels like they're trying to stay true to their, their original character design, just amping it up a little bit because like you could still see the individual furs on Puss in Boots' body, and like soft paws and all that
like you can still like you can see the textures. It's just when it came to motion, it's like they, they went like a really interesting route, like especially when he was like in the beginning when he's fighting the giant.
Like the giant is is making these big sweeping motions but he's moving at like a slower frame rate so it feels more like cartoony, but in a good way.
Like, oh it's so hard to explain.
But then it's like with the
the way I would explain it is when it's, it's, when it's maybe slower paced where they're not like rushing or anything, the, the, the movement of the characters feels very fluid, very smooth, and very like, like high frame rate.
And then it's like, boom, action, action sequence they're running, they're jumping they're doing this they're doing that like they're going like just crazy like they lower the frame rate.
So it kind of has that, that same vibe that Into the Spider-Verse feels.
Yeah.
So it's like a freaking loved it.
I have nothing bad to say about the animation whatsoever.
Yeah, neither do I.
So I don't know about you.
But I'm sitting at a solid hundred for effects.
I can match that man.
No problems at all.
Alright, what do you got for music.
I mean the number that they open with.
What is it your.
The fearless hero.
Yes.
Was that like the only song that like they actually sung in the movie.
Yes.
Okay.
Like, that was sung, they had some other like songs throughout.
Yeah.
But that was the only one that they like something.
No, that was really good.
All of the.
Also the whole soundtrack I feel I feel is really good.
It matched the movie.
I'll admit it.
I felt it wasn't anything special.
But that doesn't mean that it wasn't good.
It was very good.
It matched the scenes that I needed to.
And yeah, I don't know what else to say.
It was a really good soundtrack.
And like the fearless hero is something that got stuck in my head.
So I have to give some bonus points for that.
But the rest of the soundtrack, like you said, worked well.
Wasn't anything too spectacular.
So where do you think you're sitting with music.
I'm at like a seven.
A seven.
Yeah.
I'm personally at an eight.
But I mean.
No, you like you can give it the score you want.
Like I think like the only reason I'm at an eight is because of how catchy I found that one song to be.
You know what?
I'm getting a point.
I'll match you with an eight.
OK.
All right. Next up, we got costumes.
But with this being an animated movie, we're going to be talking about character design.
Yes.
And holy like.
First off, Puss in Boots.
Incredible looking as always.
Yeah, I mean, he likes ever since his introduction from was it Shrek 2?
Yep.
Yeah. Ever since that introduction of his to the like the cinema, it's he has had an iconic look.
About him.
And this movie is no different.
Like honestly, like I think he looks better in this movie than he has in like anything else.
Oh, I absolutely agree.
Like and that's just like the the the step up in the in the animation style going through the other characters.
Kitty soft paws again, like they kind of went with like the same character design.
She looked amazing.
I actually think they went a little bit more vibrant with her eyes.
I think they did, too.
Yeah.
Like her eyes just stand out a lot more.
And I think my only complaint with Kitty soft paws is like you can't really tell when she has her mask on.
Yeah. Oh, yeah, dude.
I completely agree with that.
But I mean, whatever.
Like that's not a big complaint whatsoever.
So I think her design is on on spot.
Perito is frickin adorable.
Like it's just supposed to be this ugly looking little Chihuahua.
And like he's like so ugly, but so cute at the same time, it's like so hard to feel like where he's where he's sitting.
Do you feel like Cassie and Ant-Man?
He's so ugly.
I love him.
Yeah, pretty much.
I mean, but those are like just the main three, but that's not even talking about everyone else that they frickin had in this.
Like Goldilocks.
Yeah, I loved her design.
I did, too.
I love that they didn't give her just like the classic like long hair or just like kind of done up.
Like they did something like they kind of went with like a super extreme version of like the Hocus Pocus haircut with Winifred.
Yeah, they did.
But it works for her, like especially for her character.
Yeah, like I love that the three bears like were iconic.
Like they each had their own vibe and like Mama Bear having like the pink beret, Papa Bear being like all torn up and scarred, and then Baby Bear just kind of having like a fresh face and just being a little bit like smaller than everyone else.
Yeah.
Like that looked amazing.
Like I could pick those out of a frickin lineup anywhere.
And then talking about like the villain, the frickin Big Bad Wolf is frickin nightmare fuel in the best possible way.
Yeah, absolutely agree.
Like I'm bummed out that he's, we're probably never going to see him again.
Yeah, I'm too.
So yeah, his character design was good. Frickin Jack Horner's was too.
It like DreamWorks has a really hard time letting me down when it comes to character design.
Oh, same here. Yeah.
Like I can't think of a single, I'm going to Google real quick just to make sure I don't put my foot in my mouth.
Yeah. Okay.
I now that I'm like looking at a full list of DreamWorks movies.
There are very, very few of these movies where I would have a hard time picking out the characters based off of their silhouettes alone.
And honestly, the only ones that I feel I would have trouble with are maybe like the Prince of Egypt, Road to El Dorado, and Sinbad.
Just because I feel like those are just very like similarly animated.
Fair.
But everyone else, like I could pick them out in a heartbeat. Like wouldn't even be kind of hard.
I mean, because you got like iconic characters like the frickin Chicken Run people.
Shrek, like anyone in Shrek.
Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, frickin Wallace and Gromit, the B-movie, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens, How to Train Your Dragon.
You're telling me there's no way that you couldn't pick those people out of a lineup.
Yeah, agreed.
And like that's something DreamWorks I think just excels at is their character design.
Like despite what you may feel about their movies, whether you think they're like dumb or whatever the hell you may think of DreamWorks, there's one thing you can't argue with and it's that they have iconic looking characters.
And it's only in their early stuff where that you can't, where they're like you could even get into an area where it's like, oh, that might be a little hard to distinguish.
Like there's nothing that they've made within maybe I'll also go as far as saying within the past five years where you'd have a hard time picking their characters out.
Yeah, I agree.
So, frickin props upon props when it comes to costumes.
So what are you thinking?
Um, I'd probably say like I'm at a nine.
It's honestly about where I was at too.
Okay, sweet.
Like I think I was maybe I may be like more leaning towards a nine and a half.
That's anything, but.
And I think the only reason it's just like kind of shy of a 10 might be because of Jack Horner.
Okay, yeah, I can agree with that.
But yeah, like they're frickin amazing.
All right, last up we got our own personal score.
Who do you want to take this first?
You pick.
I can go first.
Okay.
Overall, such a great sequel.
I can't say enough good about this.
It's so great seeing Puss in Boots back.
Honestly, I've, I've missed the Shrek franchise, I really have.
So having one of the best characters in that whole series get another movie to his own.
Wow, another movie to himself.
That's what that's what I was going for.
It was fantastic and it delivered and then some such a great sequel introduced some great new characters.
Yeah, I really can't say enough good about this movie.
So.
Yeah, I'm going to go a 91 for my personal score.
I'm actually just slightly lower than you.
I'm sitting at a solid 90.
All right.
Hell yeah.
Like I said, I had an absolute blast with this movie.
It was a lot better than I was anticipating it to be.
And it just like it just surprised me in so many different aspects like the the story was well written.
And like I said, like I covered, it was just maybe a little busy.
But I mean, that's just a super minor complaint when all's real said and done.
But the the animation on this is what just blew me away.
Like I love the updated animation style that Dreamworks is adopting, even though it is, it does feel very reminiscent of into the Spiderverse.
I'm not the least bit upset about it.
Like if this is the the animation style that Dreamworks wants to adopt from now on, I highly encourage it is so good.
Just visually stunning to look at in in all aspects.
So. Loved it. Love the characters, love the voice acting. And. Yeah.
And I think it says a lot that we that the acting was like our lowest score.
Yeah, dude. Seriously, though, like I think that just goes to show how amazing this movie was.
But yeah, so like I said, I'm giving it a 90.
And since that concludes this week's breakdown, going through our scores really quick.
Starting off with story, we were started off on a very strong foot, sitting at a very solid 90.
Writing got a point higher, sitting at a 91. Acting, like we said, got the lowest of the of our score, sitting at an 88.5.
Acting or not acting, character development got a significant bump, sitting at a 94.
The effects were just pure perfection, sitting at a very solid 100.
Music came down a little bit, even though they did have a really catchy tune and the soundtrack seemed to work fairly well.
It wasn't something that was super memorable.
So music sitting at an eight costumes, which this was just kind of covers character design for an animated film like this, sitting at a solid nine.
And this is mainly just due to maybe the antagonist not looking the greatest, but everyone else looked very like iconic.
And then our personal score averaged out to a 90.5.
So with that, that has brought our Puss in Boots The Last Wish, Albrow's Letter Grade 2, an A minus.
Hell yeah. Yeah, that that's freaking awesome.
Whoo. Yeah, so Puss in Boots The Last Wish is sitting at a 91.12 percent.
Like I said, sitting at a very solid A minus.
So comparing that to other A minus movies that we have scored, this puts it below Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, which is at a 91.2 percent.
Any thought? All right. You just breathe heavy. Oh, I did. I'm sorry. I had to know I did.
Oh, no, no, dude. I got nothing for that. I mean, that's awesome for Shang-Chi.
Yeah. Let's see. It is also below Coco, which is at a 91.4. That's fair. Coco is. Oh, God, I just love that movie.
It is also below The Batman, which is at a 91.62. All right.
It's below Logan, which is at a 91.81. And then finally, it is below Our Friend, which is at a 92.12. All right.
Yeah. Move in the opposite direction. It puts it above Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which is at a 91.1.
Definitely a good thought. It is above How to Train Your Dragon, The Hidden World, which is at a 91.
Definitely a good thought. It is above Everything Everywhere All at Once, which is at a 90.93. All right.
It is above Turning Red, which is at a 90.87. Yeah, that's fair. And then finally, it is above Tusk, which is at a 90.79.
Hell yeah. Yeah, right? So good. That's awesome.
All right. Well, I would say that that concludes this week's episode.
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which you can watch right now on Disney Plus.
Because we all know this movie did not do that well at all at the box office. Like, god damn, it did so bad.
Dude, people are, spoiler alert, people are singing this movie's praises now that it's out on streaming.
And I don't think it deserves it.
Alright, let's see if we both are not the biggest fan of it because I have not seen it yet.
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Deuces.