Terminator Salvation
- 2 Comment
Terminator Salvation pleasantly surprised me, especially since the last Terminator wasn’t all that great. I was a little bit skeptical at the beginning of the movie, because the acting and the dialogue seemed kind of cheesy. When Christian Bale yells into the radio of the downed helicopter, he sounds a little too over-the-top, and even had a hint of Batman in his voice.
One part of the movie that bothered me was when John Connor infiltrated Skynet’s main facility rather easily. I know he had help with the turret being shut down from inside, but you would think that the machines would have their headquarters guarded a little more tightly than what it seemed.
What I found amazing in this movie were the Skynet machines. The transports that capture the humans were the ultimate machine. It was awesome how they carried the Hunter Killers and the big rolling machines which in turn carried the mototerminators (motorcycle terminators). Seeing Arnold’s face rendered on a T-800 was very cool too.
Terminator Salvation had plenty of action that satisfied my appetite for destruction. Yes, there was Guns and Roses in this movie. It also developed the Marcus character from somebody we didn’t initially care for and suspected to be the villain into somebody who had a sense of humanity. I would have liked to have known a little more about Marcus at the beginning of the movie to aid in his character development.
It seems the big hits of this summer are giving shout outs to the older movies in their respective series. Star Trek had many lines in it that reflected back to the original series and the movies. Salvation also did that with Kyle Reese when he first meets Marcus. I love going to big movies on opening weekend and hearing roars of approval from the audience when a big line is spoken.
You should definitely go see Salvation. The ending to the movie was great, and even got me a little choked up when Marcus makes his big decision. It also appears that there will be more Terminators to come since Reese wasn’t actually sent back in time until 2028. I just hope Christian Bale doesn’t let his newly found stardom go to his head.
Related posts:
2 Comments on this post
Trackbacks
-
Payneb said:
I totally agree with everything uve said. Especially paragraph 1 & 2. I thought in places that he was still stuck on his batman voice
May 26th, 2009 at 11:46 pm -
Teri said:
I was very hesitant to watch Terminator Salvation because
1) I’ve never watched any Terminator movies.
2) I’m not fond of violent or scary movies.But I actually enjoyed the movie. It helped that Christian Bale was one of the leads. Although, I wasn’t sure it was quite the right part for him. As everyone is alluding to, he seemed a little too “Batman”ish.
I also thought the premise was interesting (being a newbie to the Terminator scene), the rival main character was fascinating and lovable, and the special effects were great.
Thought it was violent, it was definitely something I could handle.
The movie was overall a pleasant surprise.June 17th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
