![]() ![]() And surprisingly mature for someone who also has a reckless temper, so this was a pretty successful adaption of him. He’s more of a punk than an emo lol confident, snarky, cool (but it doesn’t stop him from getting peed on by a piece of fruit). He resembles Kenny Lin’s 17!Wukong quite a bit (and the design totally plagiarized 15′s) but he overall feels like his own character. We’ve been waiting on 21!Wukong’s personality since forever and I can confirm that it was worth it. They really were like, a family that goes west together DIES TOGETHER.ġ) Sun Wukong. ![]() Which is Wild because you can’t tell that they were this loyal a group from the trailers. The disciples genuinely loved each other, loved their shifu, and vice versa. ![]() I think this is the first time I’ve seen a jttw film where the pilgrims were a solid little found family from beginning to end. They all had their unique personalities and never once do they try to undermine each other. The pilgrims are the film’s strongest suit. Minion: Yeah, he is a monkey! How did you know? Yuandi: Who’s Sun Wukong? Some kind of monkey!? Some jokes actually made laugh though (watch out for a hilarious take on the silver horn/gold horn arc). At the same time, the tree’s own life essence takes the form of a living baby fruit who claims to be the pilgrims’ only hope of sealing Yuandi. Yuandi escapes and steals Sanzang, meaning to consume his essence. The pilgrims come to Wuzhuang Temple per canon, get into baby fruit shenanigans, and Wukong destroys the tree. The rensheng tree grew from that energy and Zhenyuanzi has been in charge of it since. (*More on this below the cut because I am not exaggerating.) Don’t go in expecting an award-winning script and it’s really entertaining.īasic plot: Centuries ago, the Golden Cicada used his spirit to seal the demon king, Yuandi (the first demon TM), under the earth. Hero is Back + Ne Zha + JTTW17 + Netflix Kingdom + AVENGERS ENDGAME. Tonally, it’s all over the place asdfasdf. Could be better, but was surprisingly watchable and has enough going for it to override the flaws. My thoughts:Ĭompared with every other animated and online JTTW film we’ve had since 2015, it’s a Masterpiece. Structurally, it’s also not as paced as Nezha Reborn (2021). Objectively, that’s probably right LOL this is by no means on the level of Monkey King Hero is Back (2015) or Ne Zha (2019). ![]() Critical consensus was that it’s OK, not the worst thing, but not a “good” film. So I wasn’t really expecting anything fantastic since the movie didn’t exactly do anything groundbreaking for audiences in mainland China when it was released back circa April. And I learned that both those titles are wrong now LMAO The OFFICIAL English name is now Monkey King Reborn ( it has nothing to do with Nezha Reborn however). JTTW Return of the Demon King! Or Reincarnation of the Demon King. ![]()
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