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On top of what has already been mentioned about wanting to lay low and not attract too much attention with a big army, I guess there's also the aspect of the Ring corrupting those around them and not wanting to risk an increase in these chances with more people, particularly warrior types who were less in the know, who could cause more problems if corrupted. Elrond knew first hand the dangers of the Ring's corrupting power. The Fellowship were seen as the right candidates to undertake the mission, in terms of size, trustworthiness and ability.
Amazing, she actually looks like a different person. Like I'd have never guessed who that person was in the second picture had I seen only that. Ironically, she looks more happy in the before picture and miserable in the after picture.
I agree about the too many characters. Watching this for the first time yesterday I was struck by the number of characters it suddenly brought into the picture and didn't really introduce them or develop them. No wonder they decided on flashbacks to reference certain characters mentioned later, it's cause they knew we'd never remember who they were or what they looked like.
Maybe if she'd been a male character she'd have suffered but being a woman and this series having a fairly strong woman vs man vibe to it, she wasn't just going to survive, she was going to turn out good, join forces with the other main female characters and have a satisfying ending where she hammers the final nail into the Sheriff Tillman coffin.
The way this season played out with the 3 main female characters joining forces to do away with the evil man, I wouldn't have been surprised if Karen too had joined them.
As usual it was a bit of an anti-climatic episode to a Fargo series. They build towards a final showdown between main protagonist and main antagonist but it often doesn't quite go the way you expect, the same way the final episodes of 1 and 2 didn't. I suppose it's in keeping with the film though.
The last scene was a bit weird and to be honest I never felt Dorothy was in any real danger since she has been shown to be a super ninja who can't be taken down by anyone.
I said in regards to the previous 3 movies, the special effects keep getting better with each movie, but the fun and enjoyment levels keep getting less. So at least at worst we'll get some nice visuals to look at.
Yeah, I think we are led to believe the first wife is dead and buried in the Tillman property somewhere.
It's got the basic wokeness covered i.e. minority (good) characters, suspected lesbian (the female FBI agent), confused gender (the daughter), evil white man etc.. Nothing too bothersome apart from maybe the fairly strong feminist angle I'm getting as the show has gone on.
I mean you've got this 70lb super ninja housewife kicking everyone's ass including men twice her size, escaping any situation, being able to outwit anyone who puts her in danger. I know Fargo has always played on the hard to believe activities of characters in this neck of the woods but come on! Her husband is portrayed as weak and stupid and had to be protected by her. Not the first man's life she had saved in the show either.
Then you've also got the female cop who is married to, honestly the most pathetic male character ever written, who really serves very little purpose other than to empower her when she catches him cheating and then leaves him mid-way through the show to go work for the cold-hearted mother-in-law of the runaway wife.
While the cold mother-in-law had been depicted as caring little for her daughter-in-law's welfare, there is a point in episode 9 where she, the police officer, and the runaway wife, interact over the phone and she now looks to have a change of heart for her daughter-in-law and wants to come and rescue her. Maybe she's now not so cold hearted after all as they all join forces to take on the evil white man. Can I say the words 'girl power'? I guess we'll see how it plays out in episode 10 but after the previous episode where Dot dreamt up the Linda feminist club, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a good few female heroics in the finale just to further push that point across.
Generally I've liked the series, I think it's probably the third best after the first two, although I've not seen the fourth based on the negative feedback. I'd however say the woke is still there and at times can be annoyingly obvious, more so for the depiction of women and men.
I would be intrigued by Del Toro taking on an Alien project but it wouldn't be as safe hands as Villeneuve in my eyes. DV did a good job with the Blade Runner sequel, with the remake of Dune, and I have been impressed with his other movies. I've not seen a movie of his that I didn't think was bad. His standard is a little higher and I feel he is more capable of bringing life to the franchise.
No. The Alien franchise has brought us varying levels of disappointment for the last 30 odd years. Your default expectation setting for any sequel should always be one of disappointment. Maybe if Denis Villeneuve had his name attached there'd be more reason for hope.
I don't think it was in Somerset's nature to tell a lie like that and I doubt such a lie would have been convincing enough to have worked anyway. John Doe is going to make sure his target is the right one. They know his attention to detail isn't going to lead to something as stupid as killing the wrong woman.
Only thing that could be done is to call for the back up to quickly come and de-escalate the situation while Somerset maybe makes more of a physical effort to get Mills not to fire the gun.
For me films become less scary naturally the more times you watch them but in terms of the Alien prequels explaining the origins and therefore weakening how scary this movie is, I wouldn't say it's made it less scary. Less mysterious maybe. I tried to avoid thinking about the ridiculous input that Prometheus and Covenant had towards the origins of the xenomorph and the space jockey in a recent watch of Alien. Sadly when the space jockey and alien egg scenes came up, scenes that always used to thrill me for their mystery and made me imagine where they came from, I was now forced to think about some giant white bald bodybuilders wearing space uniforms and an evil android called David.
They have indeed ruined part of what made Alien great but on its own terms it still creates the horror aspects very effectively. Whatever Ridley Scott shat out in his prequels, it doesn't detract from the claustrophobic feeling on board the Nostromo, the fantastic atmospheric set design, the largely off camera interactions the crew have with the alien that leave it to you and your imagination to conclude their fates, or the building sense of panic and helplessness felt by the crew as they get gradually wiped out 1 by 1.
In a way it kind of works if you are to assume these evil people are racists and wouldn't want black or ethnic people representing them. They had some people of colour and plenty of women as leaders on their side in the new Star Wars trilogy, and I couldn't help thinking "well they're evil and they're happy to blow up planets of innocent rebels, but at least they are all for ethnic and gender diversity".
How big a part would he have had? Cause they would surely have given a lead role to a woman. He might have featured as a small part like Salah or Antonio Banderas and regardless of the size of his part, still have kept PWB as the same prominent lead character.
I'm talking about getting rid of her altogether and not featuring a woman as the lead. Possibly just reverse the boy's role into a girl's role if you want to fit a female into it.
If this film had that level of gruesomeness and got closer to an R rating it might have fared better at the cinema. Everyone now knows what to expect with Disney though. Woke themes and kid-friendly levels of action.
Agree with you they are the two best Indiana films, but Temple's best bits are still better than the best bits of the two newest films. If CGI faced Indy at the start of this film hadn't been so distracting then I'd probably rate it above Crystal. As it stands I'm not sure which film I rate above the other. It does miss the darker elements that the earlier films had though. Destiny was about as dark as the Tintin movie.
They should have just cast an older Short Round in the role. The actor is an Oscar winner now so we know he has the acting chops and would be more convincing physically playing the part compared to a slim, young newly graduated female archeology student who we are simply expected to believe can handle herself like a pro in most situations, and rescue Indy multiple times.
Even during the boring car chase earlier in the film I was wondering where she got all these skills from. She was handling herself like a pro who was used to chases and fighting. Like some expert adventurer who'd done escapades like Indy all her life, when all we knew about her was that she was just some young Archeology graduate.
Marion was something of a damsel in distress in Raiders but she did have her moments, and they at least set her up to be someone who could kind of handle herself. Had her own place in Nepal, able to outdrink the much larger guy, gave Indy a good whack across the face. But even she wasn't half as in control as this Helena character who was the one rescuing Indy on more than one occasion.
Yes they softened Indy up and made him a quitter, and a stupid one. They did a disservice to the character we know and love from the original trilogy.
Maybe they could have had Indy fight Voller for a bit before he died? Would have added more depth to Voller as a villain I suppose. He didn't even particularly feel much like a true villain compared to others. Given the ages of the pair of them, Voller's lack of hand to hand combat but Indy being shot, it would seem a fairer fight as well. I know Indy is old however he was well and truly a push over by the end and just gave up on the situation. At least respect him as a character who is tenacious and never gives up.
The second plane was never in danger at all. Summed up large parts of the film and the action scenes in that you never felt the good characters were really in any danger throughout. One of many issues with the film.