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lunabee34her name isn't John.
At one point in this movie, Sarah Connor assumes that Grace has come back in time to protect Dani because she gives birth to the future male leader of the resistance. "That's all you are," she says. "A womb." Sarah is justifiably angry and bitter because she's talking about herself, really. She's also utterly, utterly wrong.
Every time Cyberdine falls? Every time Skynet fails? Every time Genysis doesn't launch? Every time John knows how to lead the resistance? Every time Dani knows how to lead the resistance? Every time they send a Terminator back, and she wastes it? That's Sarah Fucking Connor every fucking time.
She's the Yoda of this franchise. Everything comes down to her.
I suspected that John would be dead in the timeline of this movie, but for him to die as a kid, just on the heels of ending Judgement Day, is gutting. Sarah saves the world but not for herself.
As much as I hate the circumstances that make her this way, I love that Sarah is still badass, that she's spent the last 20 years killing Terminators and making friends in the military (I'd love that back story; he had to have seen something for him to give her that kind of trust) and laying up weapons caches.
Grace doesn't know who she is, so maybe Sarah dies before Grace can meet her, but even so--everything Dani knows about kicking ass is going to come from Sarah. And maybe they're making a new future now, one where Dani won't have to send Grace back to her death.
The Terminator franchise is Arnold's best role--the machine who becomes more than a machine. I don't buy Carl's explanation that he doesn't really know how to love his family; I just think he doesn't trust that what he feels is real. He loves his wife and his kid; he regrets killing John, and he gives his life to atone for that death. (I mean, Pops loves Sarah in Genysis through and through).
Once he shows up, the humor shows up, and I'm glad. One of the reasons 4 is such a slog is that it is entirely humorless. The humor makes the pathos more delicious as well.
I figured Grace and Carl would die, and I am so glad Sarah doesn't. I thought she might.
All the interplay between Sarah and Carl is amazing. She can never forgive him. How could you forgive the murder of your child? And yet by the end she has recognized him as a person who can care for others. And what about the way he sends her on missions to kill Terminators so that her life can have a purpose? Damn. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
Finally, you will never convince me that Grace isn't in love with Dani.
Expectations exceeded, my friends. Go see this movie in the theaters! Give it money! I want the world to see that an action movie starring a grandmother (and a grandfather!) is just as badass as something starring younger protagonists and can be just as successful.
*loves*
At one point in this movie, Sarah Connor assumes that Grace has come back in time to protect Dani because she gives birth to the future male leader of the resistance. "That's all you are," she says. "A womb." Sarah is justifiably angry and bitter because she's talking about herself, really. She's also utterly, utterly wrong.
Every time Cyberdine falls? Every time Skynet fails? Every time Genysis doesn't launch? Every time John knows how to lead the resistance? Every time Dani knows how to lead the resistance? Every time they send a Terminator back, and she wastes it? That's Sarah Fucking Connor every fucking time.
She's the Yoda of this franchise. Everything comes down to her.
I suspected that John would be dead in the timeline of this movie, but for him to die as a kid, just on the heels of ending Judgement Day, is gutting. Sarah saves the world but not for herself.
As much as I hate the circumstances that make her this way, I love that Sarah is still badass, that she's spent the last 20 years killing Terminators and making friends in the military (I'd love that back story; he had to have seen something for him to give her that kind of trust) and laying up weapons caches.
Grace doesn't know who she is, so maybe Sarah dies before Grace can meet her, but even so--everything Dani knows about kicking ass is going to come from Sarah. And maybe they're making a new future now, one where Dani won't have to send Grace back to her death.
The Terminator franchise is Arnold's best role--the machine who becomes more than a machine. I don't buy Carl's explanation that he doesn't really know how to love his family; I just think he doesn't trust that what he feels is real. He loves his wife and his kid; he regrets killing John, and he gives his life to atone for that death. (I mean, Pops loves Sarah in Genysis through and through).
Once he shows up, the humor shows up, and I'm glad. One of the reasons 4 is such a slog is that it is entirely humorless. The humor makes the pathos more delicious as well.
I figured Grace and Carl would die, and I am so glad Sarah doesn't. I thought she might.
All the interplay between Sarah and Carl is amazing. She can never forgive him. How could you forgive the murder of your child? And yet by the end she has recognized him as a person who can care for others. And what about the way he sends her on missions to kill Terminators so that her life can have a purpose? Damn. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
Finally, you will never convince me that Grace isn't in love with Dani.
Expectations exceeded, my friends. Go see this movie in the theaters! Give it money! I want the world to see that an action movie starring a grandmother (and a grandfather!) is just as badass as something starring younger protagonists and can be just as successful.
*loves*
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