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My two cents. Thought the film was a grand old-fashioned historical epic, Scott's best movie in ages. But I was a little troubled by the expliciit message that women always tell the truth and men lie (check out the title of Chapter Three). That's fashionable, it's easy, and it's also weak. Thought the score was KINGDOM OF HEAVEN-lite -- okay but unmenorable, and I yearned for Barry's LION IN WINTER. For that matter, the dialogue could have done with a bit of LION IN WINTER magic too.
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Oct 16, 2021 - 2:03 AM
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Thor
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My two cents. Thought the film was a grand old-fashioned historical epic, Scott's best movie in ages. But I was a little troubled by the expliciit message that women always tell the truth and men lie (check out the title of Chapter Three). True, but that's just a small part of what irritated me. What was their point, exactly? That women suffered under terrible conditions in the middle ages? That should be fairly obvious to everyone who knows even a tiny bit of history. My problem is more that the male characters are reduced to cardboard figures in the last act, as some sort of clever rhetorical twist. Whereas it has the opposite effect on me; it just become annoying in its overtness (or 'wokeness', as is the trend word these days). And -- to reiterate that point again -- very surprising, since Scott has traditionally been very good at strong female characters that are just organically and naturally strong in the narratives (relying on ingenuity, wit and maternal instincts when needed). He hasn't really had the need for all the extra 'window dressing' rhetoric before. There would have been a way to tell this story without all of that. But even though I was disappointed, I wouldn't call it a bad film. My severe Scott fandom doesn't allow that. There are many other good things carrying it, like the score.
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