i mean if ur 80yrs old ull just be accepting death wholeheartedly, uv lived a long life, ull probably have complications on the everything, ull bring a whole lot of memories on ur way to. . . whatever it is waiting for u in the other side. . . im pretty sure majority of those who are in their old age would probably be like: yeah. . . lets just get this over with
While I wouldn't welcome it, but I think I can come to term with it. It's not like I won't expect it or anything. Instead, imagine that you're 28 yrs old, at the height of your career, with awesome husband/wife at your side. Then you hear that whistle while the time is stopped. That would really really suck.
Even worse: imagine you’re some kid who lied about his age to fight in World War I, and as you charge across no man’s land a stray bullet catches you in the chest, and as you lay dying in the mud, sobbing for home, the chaos around you slowly fades as that whistle grows more loud and close, and that figure emerges from the fog coming for you
I'm conflicted on this. Technically, until the Wish, Puss is actually playing within the natural order. He is a cat, he has nine lives. Death is the one pushing things. The bigger thing is that Death is a part of a fairytale world and experiences death constantly. Think of the characters he has to take and the scenes he has had to witness. Puss is just making a joke of it all
@Carly Crays That's just it. It's not natural to have 9 lives. Cats are the only exception. Death feels this is unfair, and tbh, it is. Everyone cares about their life bc you only have one. When it's gone, it's gone forever. Then he sees this out of order cat just throwing lives to the wind as if it doesn't matter. It's almost as if he's mocking him. "Puss laughs in the face of death." If he had cared about all of his lives, this probably wouldn't have happened, but for 8 whole lives, Puss has proven again and again that he didn't care. He wants Puss to have an appreciation for the life he has, like others, bc if you don't, then why should you have that life in the first place? And think about it, death is literally death. If anyone is in charge of whether you go or stay, it's him.
Nah Death wasn't trying to teach ouss a lesson he actively wanted him dead because he didn't value his lives he only left him alone after Puss finally learned to value his last life and be a better person.
@@errettraul5393 He's def not teaching him a lesson. It's like a parent going "If you do t play with your toys, im going to throw them away", and then giving 8 lives of chances to get it right. I mean, it ended up with Puss learning a lesson, but that wasn't what was intended. Deaths whole gripe was about how Puss didn't care, so he doesn't deserve his last life. If Puss had always taken care in his lives, Death wouldn't be at his doorstep.
Throwing away your life like that is an insult to death. Do it 8 times, and Death gets so furious he comes to the world of the living to take the last one personally.
Think about it if you were Death itself and saw someone throw away their own life 8 times in a row when you’ve seen so many others value their lives but others on rare occasion commit suicide sometimes and have seen cruel and messed up stuff in your time as you’ve observed the mortals who’s death approach only to see an arrogant cat who thinks they are immortal just because they have more lives than usual you’d be angry at them and you’d probably want to kill him too.
Dreamworks has this repeating cycle where they flop, have a great movie, flop, flop, flop, flop, then another great movie. Inconsistency…or consistency at its finest. But the good movies are GOOD.
I like how Dreamworks didn't take the easy route and make Puss win Death, but instead Puss understands that Death is something he will have to face eventually.
I also love the fact that Death was taken very seriously and was never joked about. Every time Death shows up, the tone of the movie was always serious. They never allowed you to relax a bit with a quick joke but kept the tension up the entire time.
It is similar to the concept of the Deathly Hallows in Harry Potter- The master of Death isn't someone immortal and invincible, but someone who accepts the inevitability of death and that there are other things far worse than death. Here, Death broke his rules to punish Puss for his arrogance, but when Puss accepts the inevitable truth, it causes Death to stop his pursuit.
What I find most horrifying is when he walks through the Wishing Star’s death barrier, and summons the magic flame. That’s when you know he’s been holding back this entire time, and probably could’ve killed Boots in moments if he wanted to.
He could have easily killed Puss in the bar. Have you seen how huge his mouth is compared to Puss? Same freaking size. And he's strong as frick. You can see that when he casually destroys those crystals in the crystal cave, or pushes them over. Those things probably weigh hundreds of kilograms each, minimum, and he causally pushed one of them over, with one arm. If he could do that with those crystals, I don't want to know what he could have done to Puss barehanded, without those sickles.
Even in the final fight, it seems like he's still holding back. What with his comments about playing with his food, and the quite obvious part where he's not using any of his supernatural powers. We've seen him teleport all over the place, and he didn't do it once when he was fighting Puss. But he did it casually in the crystal cave, and when he left. If he started using his powers on that level, Puss would have been dead in seconds in the final fight. But Death was enjoying himself too much.
@@seanjustin2082 Yeah. Those crystals are probably clear quartz. If yes then each one is pretty dense and weighs anywhere from several hundred to several thousand kilograms each.
In all seriousnes though, I feel like the writers wanted us to know that he's actually death and not some pretender that adopted the alias. Like when he was "I'm death, and I don't mean it metaphorically, or rhetorically, or poetically, or theoretical, or any other fancy way. I'm death. Straight. Up."
the moment puss in boots realizes the wolf is death and the glass shatters, both literally and metaphorically. A small, understated detail that captures the genius of this movie
I'm really tired of people saying "Death wasnt a villain he was just doing his job" when it's very obvious and Death even admits he's breaking the natural order because Puss offended him
@@williamsmith9946 Which honestly tracks with fairy and folk tales concerning Death. People who insult him or the natural order will eventually draw his wrath. While you can argue it's overkill, for someone who holds the value of life sacred, nothing offended him more than someone who is blessed with multiple lives just to squander them. Not fair to Puss but for someone like Death I can totally understand his rage.
@@Igarappappa Yeah, even if it is unacceptable it is really an honest and understandable thing. Puss in a way laughs in both Death's and Life's faces. I honestly wonder if both Death and Life put aside any differences they had and decided to teach Puss a lesson.
2:57 Death telling Boots to “Pick it up”. Thought he was saying it to scare and bully Boots but he actually telling him to fight for his life and not make it easy. A subtle life lesson
@testing_something But he is tho. At that point of time, Death just wanted to kill him bc he hated the fact that he didn't value life bc he had multiple
@@insultlk If he wanted to kill Boots so easy he wouldn’t have told him to pick up his weapon and fight. He only wanted to kill Boots because he had no respect for life but once he wanted to fight for it and stopped running he backed off
@@mackleven7he wanted to make puss scared when he died and even said that he was just going easy on puss when he rages in spanish saying “WHY THE HELL DID I PLAY WITH MY FOOD”
@dragoncaptain678 nah he definitely wanted to kill and torment him. He was cursing in spanish about it. He just has some honor and realized there was no point anymore.
@@Ramschatit’s because death is not evil in many religions and cultures. For example, Christians believe there is life after death. They do not fear death. Death is something beautiful. Or some South Americans, they celebrate the festival of the dead. The ancient Egyptians also thought of death as something that is a natural part of life, there is afterlife after death. No one fears death, except for atheists. Because for them after death comes nothing. So they fear the unknown.
@@truehappiness4U This is all true. And as an atheist, I really do think that death is something that science must overcome. Since I don't believe my soul is immortal unless my body and mind are.
Dreamworks had created three memorable villains in this amazing film. Death was a force of nature with charisma and a sense of terror, Jack Horner was pure evil, yet very entertaining, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears were redeemable and sympathetic villains. This film is ❤🔥.
Actually most studios do have good writers. They just don’t like letting them cook There’s been this whole thing recently about writers deciding they’ve had it with this and going on strike
That single drop of blood carries so much weight to it. They used it perfectly, because it's not just to show how dangerous the ennemy is, because it managed to make Puss bleed. It grounds Death into reality. This is an animated movie, they usually don't show blood, when this drop fell, it was a sign that this wasn't just a threat for the sake of the narrative, this was Puss facing death for real.
When I first saw that scene I thought it was going to be a joke, like having ketchup drop on him or something silly, I was surprised to see it was real blood and it made the seriousness of the situation sink in. It kind of set the tone for me for the rest of the movie. To not look at it just as a kids movie.
This movie actually had 3 great villains. One that was terrifying but fair, one that was misguided but redeemable, and one that was truly evil but hilariously entertaining. Pretty impressive from a storytelling standpoint.
@@memecliparchives2254*2 Villains and an Antagonist Death was blatantly evil. He didn’t feel it was fair Puss got 9 lives he could shrug and and not care about, when others only got 1. So, he decided ‘fuck the rules, I’m just gonna kill him early.’
@@kittensareawesome2789even one of puss lives said thats cheating when death said why not give up and make it easy and told him dont tell before he destroys one of the crystals
@@Quickscop3r4u YES! And honestly I still don’t get the ‘not a villain folk.’ He’s literally the only one who’s drawn blood in a children’s movie in, quite possibly, decades.
Honestly this antagonist was a true work of GENIUS. The way he spawned out of NOWHERE next to him is emblematic of how Death can come at any moment to any one regardless of what's happening in someone's life -- goes to show how fickle our mortalities are. Personifying the concept of Death with such depth and maturity is not an easy task, but the animators kicked out of the frkn ballpark with this one. Death is supposed to be terrifying, but it's also just and fair as everyone will eventually face it.
One thing I love about this scene is the inclusion of blood. If this scene originally didn't have blood, it wouldn't have hit as hard as it did but it's that inclusion blood despite how minimal it was it really drove home the point on how much of a threat Death actually was towards Puss in Boots.
@@citrizWell, in all honesty, Puss should in some way get injured in Shrek 5 and let that transition into his third and final movie, closing up his trilogy, stuck in a hospital, as he waits for Death to come out as his last visitor before he dies happily, and not scared.
@@somecallmejeremy I just imagined a really beaten up and bruised Puss in boots in a hospital bed with darkness surronding the corners of the screen with (most of) characters that he had a good relation to, with Death in his hood coming out of the crowd with his whistle as Puss smiles.
@@somecallmejeremy The fact dreamworks can just casually put in all sorts of different characters in Shrek like no issue, no complaints, but everytime some other company does it either ends in outrage, shock, or both.
I never noticed Death’s sickles can fold in on themselves. You can see it in the cave of souls at 4:33. Really cool design and I love how Death’s sickles have three different designs: normal, semi-circle, and the staff. The animators could have made Death’s sickles boring or plain, but they gave it so much character.
0:55 I just noticed that the 8 glassess represents Puss's lives and he is drinking (living) his last glass (life). Damn. That detail is so good to discover.
Never gotten actual chills from an animated movie villain. This guy takes the cake, and I love how he has no intention of sugarcoating it. He’s death, straight up.
Making him bleed is a really good way to make the viewers unsure of future events for the entirety of the movie. I legitimately felt like Puss very well may die at any action-packed point, and thats a fresh take on animated characters. Usually the stakes feel so lackluster.
When I saw that my first reaction was: "Oh let me guess. That's wine dripping on his forehead?" When it was revealed to actually be blood I knew this movie was going to be something else.
You described the feeling perfectly. After hearing about the movie, I unfortunately had the Death reveal spoiled for me. Without the extra suspense having to wonder why the cloaked man was chasing Puss, I expected it to be like any other fantasy movie - entertaining, but with no real stakes; nothing *really* on the line. When the bell dropped over Puss, I could tell the movie was going to be a little dark - but after Puss started to bleed, I could tell the movie was going to be significantly more morbid than the Dreamworks I’m used to. How come no other animation studio actually sets up stakes like this? This is *brilliant!*
This villain design is an absolute masterpiece. He commands the screen when he’s present. Instills the feelings of anxiety and fear. How can other productions not get the hint that this is how you make a captivating villain or antagonist?
@Nick B maybe the tune wasn't to your liking but the whistle always stopped puss in his tracks. It allowed you to recognize the fear without even seeing where he is making it that much more fearful as you search frantically for him
Hand to say, I like the use of Death having a whistle in this movie. Every time you hear that whistle, you just know that Death is LITERALLY (not metaphorically or rhetorically or poetically or thematically) right around the corner
That damn whistle gets me everytime, its just so eerie and offputting. Fun fact, I played a clip of that whistle over my phone and my sisters cat immediately left the room, bit of an odd coincidence that
It's discordant. Every scene Death is in, the sounds, the music, the actions...everything is skewed just slightly and it evokes discomfort...just as Death should.
What I love about the whistle is that it isn't just a means to make Puss' hair stand on end. No, the real intention was to make the audience's hair stand on end. At any point in the movie, you could just hear that deathly whistle. It was always when you least expected it, too invested in what else was going on, and you ALWAYS knew what it meant.
The way he tells Puss to pick up his sword is so haunting. I never thought you could make someone telling the hero to pick up their weapon actually sound/feel threatening and intimidating.
@@Vote_By_MailI could Google it, but I’m interested to know if I’m thinking of the right thing. Is that a reference to how the Greeks would put coins over the eyes of their dead for the ferryman?
This is what you can do when you're not Disney. He is one of the best characters I have seen in years. Thank you all for the likes. And the respectful back and forth in the replies. It's good to see people exchanging their thoughts without disrespecting each other.
@@womp47 Prince of Egypt, Shrek 1&2, and Kung Fu Panda were the only notable Dreamworks movies back in the 90s to late 2000s. With a few other okay other movies. Meanwhile Disney/Pixar in that era were making whole childhoods
1:04 I love how Death gets noticeably frustrated here when Puss says he laughs in the face of Death as shown by his claw scraping the paper, really subtle.
I've rewatched this move several times just to catch the little hints before the reveal (Good God he is even in the crowd during the giant fight). The paper scraping was one of the first I caught and also one of my favorites.
@@ThoughtsReflected The whistle tune plays right before Puss gets crushed by the bell, but it's mixed in with the audience cheering. Very subtle details make this better with each rewatch
Something interesting I read; Death’s whistle is exactly 8 beats long throughout the movie, signifying Pusses’ 8 lives he lost and is on his last. When Death confronts him in the last scene it changes to 9 beats, signifying that Death has finally decided to take his last life.
Apparently it’s in a minor key to make it sound menacing but by the end when puss confronts his fears it changes to a major key to show the wolf isn’t a threat
I just love the line "everyone think they'll be the one to defeat me, but no one escaped me yet." It hits ten times harder after you realize the wolf is the death himself not just some bounty hunter.
Everytime he whistles, I whistle with him, Death was accurately portrayed, its not like he defeated him. He just acknowledged and respected him as the foe he cant defeat
1:08. Notice how the Wolf slowly scratches the poster with his claw. That's the closest thing we get to see him angry throughout the movie, a subtle way of saying: "You won't be laughing soon enough. I promise." That's is such a amazing detail, I love it.
It's also just such a fun bit of hindsight to realize - Puss brags that he "laughs in the face of Death" *to Death himself,* who he literally just laughed at to his face.
I love to imagine that originally death was merely a watcher, as they are for everyone, but after a while of seeing puss waste so many lives he genuinely just got pissed off and so straight up just said "this some bullshit". Crazy to think Puss in Boots pissed off and was hunted down by a literal force of nature
I think what I love most about Death's visual design is that he's just so plain. From the very first moment you see him, he doesn't strike you as the literal personification of death, but there's still very clearly something wrong about him. There's no over-the top clothing designs. There's now flashy bits or skull embroidery like you would expect to see. It's just a plain black cloak and a pair of Sickles. And honestly, I think that's the best representation of Death I've ever seen.
I hadn't seen anything before than and actually assumed it was death. I couldn't really say why...I think it's the fact that he is drinking with the guy he is there to take. That's a very common trope. But they still pulled off that trope very well it seems.
The twilight zone: death appears as both a hitchhiker trying to help guide a woman who passed away in a car accident on her way to California Death appears as a man in a suit who is thought to be a census taker until touching a flower causing it to wither and die only armed with a book and a pen to keep an appointment Then this form of death Those are my personal choices
I like the representation of Death in the Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman (and probably the show?) Not necessarily the look, which is similarly NOT unique, but her philosophy and how she carries out her duty.
These mad-lads showed blood in something that was primarily designed for children, and they got away with it. I love how scary and thoughtful all interactions with death were. They even nailed his "origins" in a slightly younger way without making him edgy or a "surfer bro".
@@01-aleriorayyaarifaisal91 you missed the point. It is never the children who complain about this type of stuff. Children NEED this type of "darkness" to understand that life is not all good, scary and shit has consequences.
Him just straight *walking* through the star fire stuff, not even noticing or anything, was the biggest fricking power move I've ever seen in a dreamworks movie.
"And I don't mean it metaphorically or rhetorically or poetically or theoretically or any other fancy way. I'm death. Straight. Up..." That line was cold af.....💀
I just love the amount of inspirations they took to make this character. The wolf Fenrir in norse mithology is the creature that eats Odin, a god that, just like Puss, was thriving for inmortality. The scythes are taken from the classic grim reaper. The whistle was used in sacrificing rituals by ancient Mexicas, and the pose he makes with his arms crossed is the same as Anubis, the egiptian god of the underworld.
The “ominous whistle” is also a great Western motif; I can’t help but think of Omar Little’s whistling from The Wire as well. There is also a reference to the OG cinematic death personification, Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal” from 1957, which created the motif of “a chess match with death”; during the match (which takes place over the course of the movie) a character attempts to essentially cheat and stall the game by knocking the pieces over, and as Death restores the pieces, he says “No one escapes me.” I also have a bit of “headcanon” that the way they phrase it, as a hint to his real identity, might be a bit of a nod to a similar hint in the first Red Dead Redemption, where the protagonist shouts “Damn you!” and the character commonly believed to be either a death personification or God responds “many have” giving confirmation that he’s more than just the “strange man” the story has led you to believe he is. Finally, I was skeptical about this, but someone noted his similarities to Malthael, the Angel of Death from Diablo 3, a hooded avatar of death who also wields dual handsickles, but I went back and watched the trailer for Reaper of Souls and some of the wolf’s poses wielding the sickles are so, like, shot-for-shot taken from it that it’s hard for me to imagine it wasn’t essentially the movie saying “yes, that was an influence”.
That moment at 5:53 is arguably the scariest part of the film. Not that the rest of the scenes with Death aren’t already scary enough (specifically the first scene with him), but this moment was the first and only time that the rest of the main characters not only heard but SAW Death for themselves. It was at this moment that we realized that Death wasn’t some entity only visible to Puss or even a figment of his own imagination. Just like real life, Death is shown to be very real.
Not only. To be fair, they made clear that whoever is going to touch that kind of "magic barrier" would get instantly pulverized. While he was walking freely inside of it. Because death has no boundaries, you can't stop it
And I really love that they did that, and especially the joke from Kitty about "I thought you were just being melodramatic" because a lesser movie WOULD have done that, and it would've been LAME
Just… how? How did dreamworks actually make a movie this good?! I went back to watch it in theaters 3 times! And every single time, it got better. Death in particular is nothing short of a masterpiece. Within 2 minutes, you immediately respect his presence and understand that he’s not a joke or some rival for Puss. He’s a force that is capable of killing him in seconds if he wanted to, but he chooses to play around and torment puss just cause he can. And that’s a terrifying thought. Even the scene where he puts the coins in his eyes (the first proper hint that he’s death in my opinion) is like he’s saying; “run all you like, I can easily catch up whenever I want to”. god I love this movie!
The coins in the eyes was a reference to ancient Greek tradition, putting gold over the eyes of the dead to pay the ferryman for passage across the River Styx.
In his introductory scene, he shows agitation when Puss says that he laughs in the face of death. Before then, he holds an empty milk glass in his hand with Puss' reflection in his hand after Puss had already consumed eight of them. In fact, just before he appears, a candle gets blown out, just like when the doctor told Puss that he died. They got a lot of clues setting up the reveal!
@@lugbzurg8987 Also how death just appeared beside of Puss was a hint. As if he came from thin air. No sound of a moving chair, just the whistle and poof he sits at the bar. Like a ghost who just materialized.
One detail I loved about the movie is how they used/portrayed Death's whistling. Throughout the movie, it comes off as haunting and chilling as he follows Puss. But in the end, after Puss accepts his own mortality and stops fearing death, that changes. And as they part ways, the final whistle Death gives is almost calming and comforting. It really does fit the tone of 'facing one's mortality' that the movie gives off. To someone who would be afraid of dying, the thought of death would be terrifying. But to someone he would accept it when it is their time to go, death would be almost welcoming in a way.
Here at 3:30 we see the coins over The Wolf’s eyes as he points his fingers in the “I’ve got my eyes on you” motion, but there’s actually a second meaning. The Greeks would often burry their dead with two coins on their eyes, in their hands, or in their mouth so the person’s soul could pay the fee to cross into the underworld. Just another subtle hint at who the wolf really is
8 glasses of shots 8 high notes in his whistling "No one's escaped me yet", instead of "no one's defeated me yet" He can kill gato, but he is not allowed to Offended by the idea of 9 lives Coins on the eyes - deadman's fare to the underworld Field fight scene - skull behind death Two one-handed scythes, same as Malthael (Death) 8 clues above
I love how Dreamworks actually put some really hard lesson in the movie. Something that literally all of us will have to accept eventually -- to come to term with your mortality.
Something that's truly genius about this scene, is that opening whistle... in a cinema screening, that whistle is coded to come from all of the surround speakers. it's literally everywhere. And what does puss do when he hears this? Looks up and around confused. he can't just hear that it's coming next to him because the noise isn't next to him it's all around him. This movie is so good.
I love how in the first encounter Puss was really unnerved until Death put the wanted poster on the bar then he’s was like “oh your just here to kill me, that I can deal with.”
In all honesty, 3:24 is the scariest scene for me, the way Death just stands in the crows whistling makes it unnerving, especially the fact that nobody acknowledges him except for puss What makes this scary is the fact that the people are waving and cheering alongside him.
I like to think that Death appears differently depending on whoever sees him’s fears are. In Puss’s case it’s a wolf, kind of like how cats fear dogs. This probably isn’t the case but it’s cool to think about.
I would add, up to that point, he was just behaving like a creepy fan. Puss thanks him, turns around and sits a little further, as a celebrity would do in such a situation.
I love how the detail at 1:04. When Puss says he "laughs in the face of death", you see the Wolf's claw drag and tear into the bounty poster in anger as he clenches his fist. It's a great hint at to who the Wolf is, to see the quiet fury that was visible from the very first scene the Wolf was in. The disrespect given to death, and how often we run from it instead of using it as an adversary to inspire us, is such an important lesson, and was conveyed very well through Death's character serving as the antagonist.
In no other movie, involving puss in boots, did he bleed. This is the first movie where he was actually injured. His cartoon plot armor made him fearless, the cartoon plot armor made him invincible - every death was written off as some joke or slap stick comedy act, but not this time. Death gave him a reality check.
I still believe Death Wolf is the one of the most metal, iconic antagonists to exist. A chilling personification of mortality, he embodies the cunning and sadistic traits that are often ascribed to death itself. Even his whistle and it's discordant harmony is just chilling since you know he's right around the corner. When I watched the first time, seeing him walking through the barrier without being vaporized just shows how he's not a force to be trifled with. Yet, within this stark character, you see a paradox, making it even more complex. His sadistic tendencies are juxtaposed against a deep-seated respect for life by trying to exact retribution on Puss in Boots, a character who has shown a lamentable disregard for the nine lives he's been granted. Respect Death. I love this movie, and how it portrayed Death. *"Pick it up."*
Everybody mentioning their favorite parts. But no one points out how badass it is that throughout the whole film Puss is the only one who hears the whistling, right up until the final fight. The last whistle is heard by everyone, and suddenly the concept of death becomes very real.
I was literally thinking of this Why was everyone at the end able to hear the whistle Puss was hearing the whole time but no one else could Because Death comes for everyone, bro Everything becomes very real very fast
@cheezypeezy234 he only wanted puss because he was mocking the idea of life and taking it for granted. I think everyone heard it at the end because Wolf was making himself a nice little entrance, and to show to Puss, he couldn't keep running. No one would be able to save him from Death except himself because Death rules over all, even the main villan Jack. And it's shown by everyone hearing that whistle. They're all as equally vulnerable as Puss is
They have to do that to avoid copyright claims/strikes. They have to break it up, often alter scenes such as mirroring the footage or altering audio, adjusting video size, adding other background elements, stuff like that.
@@SergeyPupkoMusic I know, but it doesn't make it less irritating yknow? I can live with mirrored or cropped footage but the random skips in dialogue and fights bug me like no other lol
i'm a huge fan of the way Death's scythe was reimagined here. You usually see this one long scythe, a wide range weapon kinda. Here, Death has two sickles instead, fighting in close range and has such a cool visual effect because of that!
A scythe was used to reap wheat and such. Heard of the reaper? Here he is using the asian variant, a sickle. It's kind of an older variant with a similar purpose. You can tell they learned a whole lot from japanese animation too, in the fighting particularly. But deaths scythe never was intended as a weapon really. He just reaps lives, like grass.
6:00 I really love this scene, everyone saw a person being disintegrated by the wall and almost lost one of them for the same reason, then out of nowhere, they hear a whistle and see someone walk through as if it was nothing, just to show the Wolf is no ordinary person
Did Jack's henchwoman actually get vaporized by it? I just took it as her getting sucked out of the perimeter of the star's barrier and falling to her death, especially when Baby wasn't instantly vaporized and lasted a few seconds (while still suspended in midair OUTSIDE the star's barrier, mind you) before Goldie pulled him back in from the outside. Just my thoughts and observations on it
That second where he places a pair of coins over his eyes before pointing straight at Puss like he can somehow still see him was my favourite moment of the movie. Even without the Charon reference, it’s such a perfect way to state that absolutely nothing can stop him without using a single word.
"I'm death straight up!" Such a solid line from an insanely well crafted and executed antagonist. Rest of hollywood this is how you make a great villain.
1:26 Just keep in mind the amount of speed Death used here: He disarmed Puss using what it seems to be one of his sickles and resheathed them in an instant as if to appear that he hadn't moved at all. Makes it all the more clear how much Death was playing with his food.
no one is food to Death until it's their time to be dead. At this point puss was not meant to be dead yet. Imo, Death was just trying to give puss lesson to value his last live, as he said, Death wanted to cheat puss death, but Death cannot actually cheat someone's death. That is why Death keep chasing Puss to prevent him getting another 9 lives back which he finds it absurd, so Puss can value the lives he has gotten, otherwise he would be ended like he was, playing with his 9 lives.
@@romian37 that's not true dude, he can clearly hurt the living he just wanted more of that fear it's basically a shoot to his dopamine receptors so the more he fears him the better the pay off but he got too greedy and puss n boots started to not fear him and cherished his life so both reasons to end his life were crossed off he had no reason to in the end
3:27 I like the coins on the eyes part. The coins are to pay the ferryman on the river Styx to take your soul to Hades, otherwise you can't afford the fare and your soul wanders restlessly forever. Basically, what Death is telling Puss is that "your ride to Hades is on the house".
After a person dies, people that does the funeral & burial will put two coins in the dead person's eyes as a fee to pay the ferryman to take you across river Styx. Basically Death was saying that once he's done, he'll put two coins in Puss' eyes. That is absolutely freezing cold from DreamWorks 🥶
The animation and character design is fantastic. The way Death's eyes flash, his simple outfit, his choice of weapon, when they ride away in the wagon and his eyes reflect like coins, the wolf skull that appears in the cracks of the past life as he shattered it, even the fur on his face is darker where his skull is, they all come together to create a truly daunting antagonist.
The eyes looked like coins because he put coins in his eyes. This is a reference to the culture of ancient Greece. The Greeks placed coins on the eyes of the dead before burial so that they could pay Charon for taking them across the Styx to Hades.