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Really hope Woke Fate flops and finally puts an end to this franchise.
It certainly desreves to fail after the director publically attacked fans on social media.
Control yourself, young padawan, you must.
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Oct 29, 2019 - 4:38 AM
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Thor
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Saw the film in IMAX today (fortunately without 3D glasses). It’s a decent film, but has some major issues. I find it inferior to the first three films, and on par with the last two. The ‘magic’ promised by the return of Hamilton and Schwarzenegger together, did not quite deliver. There’s an action sequence that seems to be a clear ode to Mostow’s brilliant “mechanical” mayhem in 3. It also has a ‘feminist’ twist, like most big blockbusters these days; not sure what I feel about that, feels a bit forced. But I’m curious to hear what you all think once you’ve seen it.
One of the major issues have to do with a non-sensical plot element (always tricky in time travel movies, but I found this particularly perplexing) – do not click if you haven’t seen the film:
Schwarzenegger’s Terminator kills John Connor in 1998 in the beginning of the film, but there’s really no reason for this. He comes from an alternate future where Connor isn’t a rebel leader. He says to Sarah at some point that it was to “motivate her” to kill future Terminators landing from his future, but surely there are other ways to motivate her than to kill her son? Didn’t make sense at all.
As for Holkenborg’s score….well, I’m a big fan of his. Have been for 15 years. I prefer him when he’s NOT in the big, ostinato-driven action style (like BRIMSTONE or DISTANCE BETWEEN DREAMS), but there’s no doubt this particular style was suited for the film. Alas, it feels far more generic than Fiedel’s similar approach to the first two, and is often swallowed by sound effects. It also doesn’t have the ingenious percussive profile of something like the brilliant FURY ROAD. So all in all, quite disappointing. There are some Mexican elements here; with the main theme sometimes being arranged with hispanic guitars. Take it or leave it.
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Another franchise was ruined by another RCP-clone-crap-score. 
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I apologize for actually enjoying this score - Junkie XL has really impressed me with his work recently.
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The Hispanic guitars reflect the Mexican element in the film. I thought it was fine.
Given the context, I'm fine with it too.
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