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Baby Movie Review: Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2023) :marseytangerinefeline:

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2023) is the second animated movie spin-off of the decrepit and overmilked Dreamworks series Shrek, set in a fantasy land where fairy tales and nursery rhymes are real but Spain still exists. It stars Puss, the swashbuckling adorable feline Zorro the masked swordsman, a side character from Shrek 2. Aside from the titular character, almost no characters from the Shrek series are present in this movie.

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Sadly, Puss in Boots, the undaunted Spanish lover and hero, is now down to the last of his nine lives, a decade after the events of Puss in Boots (2011). And as if that weren't enough, the unstoppable bounty hunter known as The Big Bad Wolf is after him. To restore all of his precious lives and escape an inglorious fate, Puss must pluck up his courage to embark on a dangerous quest into the Dark Forest to find the legendary Wishing Star. However, Puss isn't the only one seeking the map to the magical star. As the daring outlaw puts his skills to good use to stay one step ahead of formidable adversaries determined to get their hands on it, a crucial question arises: Does he have what it takes to face his most skilled and terrifying opponent and get his life back on track?

Puss and his companions, an unnamed mangy mutt and cat burglar Kitty Softpaw must go on an adventure that is structured suspiciously similar to a Dora The Explorer episode to reach their ultimate prize. They are pursued by the bounty hunters Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the ruthless kingpin Big Jack Horner and The Big Bad Wolf, a wraith like figure that reminds Puss of his own mortality. The pacing of the movie is closer to that of an action adventure than a comedy and there isn't much of the topical humor associated with the Shrek franchise.

The action scenes are fantastic and incredibly well animated, shifting from conventional 3d graphics to a more stylized low framerate hand drawn effect, similar to the well received Into The Spiderverse movie. I liked that the movie has a bit of PG-rated mean spiritedness, with many bad guys getting owned and eating shit in painful ways. The writing is remarkably tight for a childrens movie, and the characters are likeable without being annoying. Our main characters have arcs that are resolved satisfyingly in as basic of a hero's journey plot as it could possibly get.

Like the actually good Shrek movies, there are a lot of small details that made me laugh like a small cameo by the walking broomstick from the Disney classic Magician's Apprentice, many homages to Sergio Leone and literal mexican standoff. This is definitely one of those movies where the animators enjoyed cramming every scene with easter eggs.

I expected a lot worse, but Puss In Boots: The Last Wish was actually very enjoyable, even for adults who aren't Dreamworks or Shrek fans. There's nothing annoying or gross in it, it's just a solid film that's fun for the whole family.

:5::slash::5:

Yeah, 5/5 for a perfectly adequate kids movie. I might be biased because there aren't a lot of non-capeshit options this decade. Also, orange cats are just cute.

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that is structured suspiciously similar to a Dora The Explorer episode to reach their ultimate prize

sensible chuckle

Shrek 2 is better.

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Yes, but only because of the soundtrack.

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SNAP it's a thonnng

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I watched it recently too and thought it was enjoyable. Obviously the plot is super straightforward but the animation was decent and it didn't drag on (well some of the musical numbers did, but that was it).

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I only saw the original PIB, how does it compare?

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5000x better

This is basically Spiderverse

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