Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (DVD)

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Whilst DreamWorks has never tried to produce the quantity of animations that we see pouring out of the Disney Studios, with or without the assistance of Pixar, the breadth and originality of DreamWork’s stories, and the quality of their animation, is exceptional. The riotous ‘Shrek’ franchise; the hugely enjoyable ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ series; lesser titles ‘Kung Fu Panda’ and “Madagascar’; all have proved hugely popular. But to date, their glorious reimagining of the European fairy tale ‘Puss In Boots’, has been top of the tree. Now however, there is a new No. 1, the stupendously, stonkingly good, sequel. We loved the original ‘Puss’ from 2011, but this is even better.

As mentioned above, this will depend on the success of the film at the box office. If it doesn’t do so well then the standard rental could be brought forward with Easter being a very good release period for animated films on home entertainment.

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IN THE BEGINNING - Go behind the scenes with the filmmakers of PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH to discover how they brought this great tale to life. First up, the script was clearly sorted first. You do see films like that occasionally where you get such a feeling. This has a solid story. Excellent character development and characterisation. It's central theme happens organically as it goes along and is never overstated. It works. It knows how to tell a story. Which, since he knows how fairytales and stories work, is great. ALL-NEW EXCLUSIVE SHORT “THE TRIDENT” - When you're the legendary Puss in Boots, life and death go paw in paw. In this epic original short, Puss recalls one of his most daring deaths yet.

Here, Puss starts by living how he always does. Being the Puss in Boots of legend. The famous, fearless hero. And loving every minute of it. Then he suddenly finds he only has one of his nine lives left. HOW TO DRAW THE PURRFECT PAWTRAIT - Join Director Joel Crawford and Co-Director Januel Mercado as they teach us how to draw our favorite characters. If you look at the rationale behind the difference in the release dates between the US and UK, it’s probably to do with post-COVID nervousness and audience differences around the winter holidays. This could just be the plan for cinema and then to brings things a little more in-line for home premier and standard rental, so we’ll try to keep you updated here. This is a review of the 2022 animation ‘Puss In Boots: the Last Wish’. We watched it on the 2023 All Region Blu-ray from DreamWorks Animation, and Universal. This plays in 2.39:1 HD Widescreen and 1080p, with 7.1 Dolby Digital Plus audio, that sounds fabulous. The picture quality is also first-rate, with superbly sharp animations, and gorgeously rich colour. This provides 102 minutes of top-of-the-range animation ~ slightly longer than the original. There is also a chunky selection of extras.

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The film came out in cinemas on the 3rd February 2023 in the UK, so the release on home premier rental over here is close to our target range of late-March/early-April 2023. This is pretty much bag on the expected 45-60 days from its initial release on the big screen.

There's the music. A superb score with some amazing music. The opening musical number 'who is your favourite fearless hero?' is incredibly good, a wonderful tune with catchy lyrics that will stay on your mind.That's the only note of caution. Because all the rest of this is utterly perfect. An amazing viewing experience and you'll never forget it. I can't recommend it highly enough. The visual style of Puss In Boots The Last Wish looks very cool, which is one of the big reasons it did so well in cinemas in North America. However, if you’ve been holding out for the standard digital rental it’s only recently available in the US (03/20/2023). Just over eleven years since Puss in Boots from the Shrek films got his own solo movie, we suddenly get a sequel to it. You probably could get into this easily if you hadn't seen any of the Shrek films. Or the 2011 Puss in Boots movie. I think it's better to have seen them first though, as you will get a little more out of this if you have.

Fearless hero lyrics vid. A three min music vid of the aforementioned song. With all new animation. And lyrics on the screen so you can karaoke. You will want to. It's so good. The characters are well-established, flawed, and loveable. The dialogue between all of them is witty and the comedic pacing is really clever. The villains are like taking bites out of each chocolate from a variety box, and loving all of the flavours. They’re so fun, and honestly downright spooky at times, almost horror movie-like in the best way. And you clearly understand everyone’s motives, they’re all laid out there. I’m so happy I didn’t need to do any guess-work or expect a secret plot-twist that’s vaguely hinted at. The first opportunity to see the film at home is the home premier rental, which is now available in the UK following its arrival in the US. Puss In Boots The Last Wish only came out in cinemas in North America on the 21st December 2022, but it looks like they opted to go relatively early for Home Premier to buy, and the option to rent it online wasn’t too far behind it.

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Deleted scenes. Three. Can be watched all in a row or individually. The former takes eight mins. Some are not finished in the animation. All are good. With some very good character stuff. Joel Crawford, Januel Mercado’s compelling animation film, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, made its anticipated debut on the big screen on December 21st, 2022. Then there's the characters. In addition to doing amazing work with Puss, the cast of supporting ones is superb. Every character is fully rounded. And gets their own storylines with a beginning a middle and an end. We also get a really great villain. A character who is out and out bad. Who know they're that way. And goes with it. That's the way to write a great villain. They do have motivation, so they are three dimensional. But bad with it anyway. It's great. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. There's Perrito. Stand out of the supporting cast. The best character of his kind in any film ever. He will melt your heart.