#the last wolf film

[noirrex]

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) dir. Joel Crawford

[hydravns]

DEATH

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (2022)

[peterkothe]

“Sorry to crash the party with your past lives! Or, your past DEATHS, as I like to call them!”

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, the animated sequel that took everyone by surprise by how utterly AMAZING it was!!! Fantastic story, humor, characters, animation, and the best villain to grace animated movies in years, THE WOLF!!

[stanuristheman]

What’s the matter? Lives flashing before your eyes?

Death in PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (2022)

[Plain text: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)]

[Gif descriptions: Gif 1: Death grinning. Gif 2: Death with two coins on his eyes and gesturing with two fingers that he is watching. Gif 3: Death behind a shattering crystal. Gif 4: Death appearing out of the dark and holding up his sickles. Gif 5: Death hushing with his finger to his mouth. Gif 6: Death glaring.]

[nerdypuddincup]

So theory/headcanon time.

I'm reading through the Novelization of Wolfman 2010 because I love that film and I want more of it. But one thing caught my eye as I'm reading it. The old man who gifts Lawrence the iconic silver wolf head cane is an enigmatic figure in the film, but in the book there's something more to him. He feels a kinship with Lawrence. And when he offers Talbot his cane, their fingers touch for a moment. Lawrence physically moves his hand away from how deathly cold the man's touch is. And instantly my mind went to the cane's appearance in last year's underrated Last Voyage of the Demeter where the cane was in Dracula's possession.

So my theory now is that Last Voyage was an older script that was going to use the cane as connective tissue to the Wolfman and try to give the Universal Monsters another attempt at a cinematic universe. But due to the poor return on Wolfman they held off on the script.

And my headcanon shall now forever be that the old man was indeed Dracula sensing the kindred darkness in Lawrence, gifts him his cane. And that Wolfman 2010 and Last Voyage take place in the same universe.

[baambastic]

Spoilers ahead for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

I can’t stop thinking about The Last Wish (go see it if you haven’t, seriously, it’s incredible) and I wanted to talk about a moment that I think carries a lot of meaning even though it’s easy to gloss over.

I want to talk about the moments before and after Puss draws his gatito blade against El Lobo de la Muerte.

During Puss’s climactic duel with Death, the Wolf slashes Puss’s boot, bats away his hat, and knocks his sword out of his hand. The Wolf is destroying the symbols of the legend of Puss in Boots, stripping Puss’s mortality bare.

But Puss is no longer defenseless before Death. He has spent the movie’s runtime building bonds with other characters, finally letting others into his life, no longer walking alone as his legend demanded. His gatito blade, given to him by Kitty Softpaws, represents this development. Puss has cast aside his legend through learning the value of his life, and in doing so, he can stand against and block Death’s blows.

Ironically, Death’s attempts to take Puss early are the very catalyst for Puss’s success in redefining himself, symbolized by Death’s blocked blow allowing Puss to reclaim his symbols—his hat and sword—with their meaning now changed by the accompaniment of the gatito blade. The unstoppable weight of Death’s scythe has quite literally pushed Puss towards a new life.

The Last Wish is packed with moments of visual symbolism, but this one in particular is the standout to me, both because and in spite of its brevity.

[wolfnanaki]

Death | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

Sorry to crash the party with your past lives... or your past deaths as I like to call them. I was there to witness all of them. Each. Frivolous. End. But you didn’t even notice me, because "Puss in Boots laughs in the face of death"… right? But you’re not laughing now.

[nellarw95]

Happy Birthday Sarah 🥳🎂🎈🎁🎉

April 14,1977

Buon Compleanno 🥳🎂🎈🎁🎉

14 Aprile 1977

[dovelywind]

ꕥ| Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Doodles

[ghcstao3]

werewolf ghost au where soap will fully take advantage of ghost not having hands when he’s shifted to do dumb things like put socks on ghost’s paws just to see him do that funny walk dogs do when things are put on their feet. and ghost obviously puts up with it because it’s Soap but he’s never happy about it

[linkdryn]

I haven’t seen anyone post this here yet, so here you go :3

[hydravns]

BIG BAD WOLF / DEATH

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (2022)

[enchanting-chit-chat]

About Death's Glare - Puss In Boots 2 (The Last Wish) ✨⚔️🐺🌟

In 2022, shortly after the film’s release, an unexpected wave of video essays flooded YouTube. Viewers were mesmerized by the enigmatic wolf that appeared in Puss in Boots’ new, epic adventure. There was a treasure trove of topics to explore about this character: symbolism, intriguing dialogues, cinematic composition.

Personally, I’ve always resonated with the perspective that Death is not really a villain, but rather a formidable antagonist; after all, no mortal can truly stand against the Grim Reaper.

I recently watched the film for the fourth time. It was just as spellbinding as the first, but this time, I noticed something that seems to have slipped under the radar (or maybe it didn’t, but I haven’t seen comments about it). Something hauntingly captivating about Death’s piercing stare.

First, a question: what makes it so terrifying? Well, it's an unyielding, burning stare that frequently locks onto the viewer, paired with a massive mouth full of pointy teeth.

Moreover, constricted pupils are often associated with rage and disgust.

It is definitely a nod to the informal English saying 'to give someone the Death stare/glare', which is defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary as 'an angry look that you give someone to show them that you are annoyed or want them to stop doing something'.

The wolf’s angry gaze is often fixed on Puss in Boots, and we know the reasons.

Now notice how the cat, being much smaller, should rarely meets his eyes at the same level...

However, despite the height difference between the two, the wolf is often centered in the frame, gazing directly into the camera positioned right in front of his face. What is the meaning behind this choice? Which point of view is being used to narrate those moments?

The answer: I believe that, throughout the movie, Death is repeatedly looking at us, the audience.

He transcends his role as a mere character in a film, because he is a constant in everyone’s life. In these scenes, the viewer becomes part of the narrative. Death judges us all, for surely everyone has, at some point, taken life for granted.

This concept strikes me as profoundly inspiring. ✨

[theoutcastrogue]

I love you non-omniscient narrators, I love you unreliable narrators, I love you multiple POVs, I love you rival POVs, I love you revelations that recontextualise and put to question everything that's preceded them, I love looking at the same thing from different angles, I love you Rashomon, I love you The Last of Us Part II, I love you ASOIAF, I love you Black Leopard, Red Wolf/Moon Witch, Spider King.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

해적: 도깨비 깃발 (2022, Kim Jeong-hoon)

29/06/2024

[jammiedoggo]

Death brings fear

I was originally going to upload in halloween but i don't have enough time to do the rest. So i've finished it in spare time, just to get it done. There's no need to explain in details why Puss in boots 2 is perfect masterpiece, there so many youtube video review about this film but this film is one of my favourites of all time. Update: I had forgot to remove sketch folder in fire alpaca that i uploaded defected art, so i had to fixed it up to reupload this fixed version.