Terminator Salvation: Review Central

[Iron_Stark]

To hell with the critics, I'm going to see this at least 2 times this weekend.

 

[WVsax27]

It is more important to actually read what the critics actually say, not just look at the score on RT like some people seem to do...

not really a review(or even a film critic), but this guy seemed to like it

http://www.**************.com/fansites/terminator/news/?a=7580

 

[Solidus]

To hell with the critics, I'm going to see this at least 2 times this weekend.

Even the mixed ones tilt towards positive.

The problem being though is that I welcome critisim of the movie very much.

But. The second they say:

1. Not enough Arnold, where is Arnold?
2. Not funny enough? That one pissed me off. Like they are basing it against T3.
3. Sometimes confused. It seems that a lot of people honest to God watched Terminator so many years ago they don't remember jack squat about it.

To me above these should not garner a bad review. That is like saying Batman sucks because there is no fluffy dinosaurs in it. Terminator is not about humor, things like that.

To me those are critics that can complain about everything else but the second they complain about those things I personally will disregard it.

 

[-Arya-]

^ Very similar to what many critics said about Watchmen.

 

[rashad]

So to start off my official review of this amazing movie, I will say that this movie was AMAZING. I am sure you guys have seen just about every trailer as I have for the past few months. I personally felt like i saw 3/4 of the movie through the friggin trailers!!!!! But when I sat down today at the Marine base, and witnessed greatness in the making. McG is a genius!!!!!!! If not for Bale McG just successfully rebooted an almost dead series. We all had a bad taste in our mouths from T3.... But once the is released to the general public you'll see what I mean. I wont go into too much detail through the review ill keep it brief but detailed.

MY final review of this movie is 4 out of 5 stars. It was decently long but always kept you busy. the acting was right on, and the actual storyline was superb. Bale didn't steal the spotlight and each character had lengthy scenes.
So overall WAYYYYYYY better then X-Men Origins: Wolverine and just as good as Star Trek.

http://www.**************.com/fansites/terminator/news/?a=7580

 

[BestGirl]

As soon as this reviewer started yammering about "Why is it 15 years afters Judgment Day, and everyone still has clean skin and white teeth", it yanked me right out of the review...

Don't let this person review any other post apocalyptic films, because this nip will find those same damn things... Hey, those kids in Thunderdome had white teeth as well!

I hate "legit" reviews written by morons like this who nit-pick non-issues like that...

Tell me about it. The human population has just been reduced by 90%. There's probably plenty of excess soap and toothpaste lying around.

Would anyone really want to watch a movie with dirty-skinned, yellow-toothed actors? The reviewers would be whining about how gross their appearance was and how it took them out of the movie.

 

[CELTICPRED]

http://www.**************.com/fansites/terminator/news/?a=7580

Good to hear it doesn't drag, one of the things a lot of people say about the middle of T2.

 

[Nivek]

Tell me about it. The human population has just been reduced by 90%. There's probably plenty of excess soap and toothpaste lying around.

Would anyone really want to watch a movie with dirty-skinned, yellow-toothed actors? The reviewers would be whining about how gross their appearance was and how it took them out of the movie.

It just really irritated me. I literally stopped reading when I seen that. How in the hell can you even lock on to a stupid detail like that? It's like hearing a critisim about Jacksons King Kong that it had bad FX because you couldn't see Ann's breath on top of the Empire State Building.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't care for that complaint either. I just hope that the movie has good acting, decent dialogue and characterzations and great action.

 

[batman11]

It just really irritated me. I literally stopped reading when I seen that. How in the hell can you even lock on to a stupid detail like that? It's like hearing a critisim about Jacksons King Kong that it had bad FX because you couldn't see Ann's breath on top of the Empire State Building.

That was actually my biggest criticism of the film.

 

[Nivek]

That is a stupid criticism, IMO.

 

[batman11]

That is a stupid criticism, IMO.

Twas also a stupid joke. t:

 

[Nivek]

As stated, I have heard that as an honest criticism from people here and other sites when Jackson's Kong was released.

 

[batman11]

As stated, I have heard that as an honest criticism from people here and other sites when Jackson's Kong was released.

What I meant was that I was kidding.

But seriously dude, that is one f'ed up criticism. I had never heard of it before until you mentioned it.

 

[Maboroshi]

So, any questions?

 

[FCEEVIPER]

So, any questions?

Yes, why can't you kiss hookers? t:

 

[Nivek]

Herpes

 

[BestGirl]

I don't care for that complaint either. I just hope that the movie has good acting, decent dialogue and characterzations and great action.

I hope it moves fast. I hate it when action movies drag.

 

[Maboroshi]

I don't care for that complaint either. I just hope that the movie has good acting, decent dialogue and characterzations and great action.

Saw it at the premiere.

Sorry, it doesnt have characterization. Almost none whatsoever.
Acting is fine, but without any character developement it seems kind of wasted.
Dialogue is fine for the most part. Some good lines in there. Sometimes cheesy. Is an action movie, after all.
It does have good action. We've already seen all the sequences at least hinted at in the trailers, though. Don't expect anything you havent seen except for the full scenes of what you already know about.
Final battle is really good.

 

[RKO]

Saw it at the premiere.

Sorry, it doesnt have characterization. Almost none whatsoever.
Acting is fine, but without any character developement it seems kind of wasted.

You know I find that very interesting, after McG said that one of the most important parts he wanted for this film is that the characters have great drama and development, and yet it seems to be one of the most lacking parts of the film, atleast from the reviews I've seen.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

So, any questions?

What did you think of the performances? Namely Bale, Worthington and Yelchin?

 

[WVsax27]

it is starting to sound to me this this film is more a building ground for sequels rather than a fully fleshed out stand alone film.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Posted yet?...

Review: Machines dominate in fourth `Terminator'
By CHRISTY LEMIRE – 29 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — We have seen the future in "Terminator Salvation," and the future is noisy.

This fourth flick in the "Terminator" saga takes place in 2018, 14 years after Judgment Day. John Connor is a rising force in the resistance against Skynet, the artificial intelligence network that started thinking for itself and eradicating humanity. He has seen destruction and listened to the recordings left by his mother that foretell his future, but he has yet to send anyone back in time in hopes of stopping it, including the man who will become his father.

(You definitely need to have seen the first three movies to have a clue as to what's going on here. This is no time to play catch-up. Being a fan also helps.)

McG, director of the "Charlie's Angels" movies and "We Are Marshall," drops into this well-established lore and presents a post-apocalyptic world that is repetitively bleak and relentlessly loud. Yes, the machines have taken over, so of course there's going to be a healthy amount of clanging, crunching metal and automatic weapon fire — but even things that shouldn't be noisy, like the lighting of a flare, sound like a rocket launch.

And Christian Bale steps into the role of John Connor, played previously by Edward Furlong and Nick Stahl, and he ... well, he does the same voice he uses when he dons the black suit for the "Batman" movies, a monotone, guttural growl regardless of the dialogue. Connor's function as Christ figure is clearer than ever in the script from John Brancato and Michael Ferris, who also wrote 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines"; nearly everyone who managed to stay alive describes this "JC" as a messiah and a prophet, but not everyone believes it. The metaphor adds yet another layer of portentousness — but the writers also threw in a couple of classic "Terminator" lines, ostensibly to lighten the suffocating mood. Instead, they're real groaners.

John must find and protect his future father, teenager Kyle Reese (the plucky Anton Yelchin), while also trying to determine whether to trust the mysterious stranger Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) to help him with this quest. Worthington has the masculine good looks and formidable screen presence to stand strong opposite Bale — but, naturally, he also has to scream a lot. This installation sorely needs more of the kind of liveliness Arnold Schwarzenegger brought to the franchise.

"Terminator Salvation" does feature some inventive camerawork, though — McG is a commercial and music video veteran, after all — and the intricate special effects we've come to expect from the series (the work of the late Stan Winston, who died before the film was finished). Several of the new villainous devices are extremely cool, including the Hydrobots, four-foot-long killer eels that attack under water.

But there's not much here in the way of way of humanity, even with the strong feminine presence of actresses including Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood and Jane Alexander. It seems the machines have already won.

"Terminator Salvation," a Warner Bros. Pictures release, is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and language. Running time: 114 minutes. Two stars out of four.

 

[rashad]

it is starting to sound to me this this film is more a building ground for sequels rather than a fully fleshed out stand alone film.

That's the way I always thought of it.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Herpes