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Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 27, 2012, 8:17 pm
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Terminator Salvation is better than that of Terminator 3: Rise
Of The Machines
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/>but it's still no Terminator
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/>and Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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/>I'm coming into the 4th installment completely spoiler free. I
had every intention of seeing this in the theater, but then I
started hearing bad word of mouth and people saying it was
awful.
Having just watched it, I can't see why the public majority
crapped on this one. Sure, it's not perfect, far from it, but
it's not as bad as it's been made out to be. There was some
pretty cool set pieces that were very entertaining which kept my
interest. But there were some problems that the movie as a whole
couldn't fix, no matter how hard they tried and it comes down to
the writing and who the main character is. Is it John Connor
(Christian Bale)? Is it Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin)? Or is it
Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington)? The film has it's focus on
these 3 characters which ends up spreading itself a bit too thin
in places. Up till the 3rd act kicked in, I was leaning in
giving this a 3 and 1/2 Stars. But the 3rd act for me was the
most entertaining of it all, so I felt compelled to bump it up a
half star.
Overall, it just felt like a better movie going experience and
it didn't leave me feeling cold like T3 did. There were a couple
of cool nods that I got a kick out of. First was John Conner
using the boombox with Guns N' Roses
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/>blasting You Could Be Mine to lure the TerminatorCycle his
way.
I thought it was pretty cool to finally see how Conner got his
facial scar. But the best and biggest surprise for me was seeing
the T-800 Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Sure it was an
animatronic, rubber version of him, but who the f uck cares? I
thought he looked more life like than he did in T3. Ouch. Also,
it was cool to hear Linda Hamilton reprise her role as Sarah
Conner.
I thought both Bryce Dallas Howard and Moon Bloodgood were
underused here. So, if you need a Moon fix, you can always check
her out in Journeyman
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So, I give T4 a Rent if you are a fan of the series for sure.
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Re: Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 27, 2012, 8:20 pm
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Re: Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Umainebearman
Date: January 27, 2012, 9:52 pm
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I think you could easily have a triple feature of this
Terminator and T2 and could be thoroughly entertained. I for
some reason really REALLY liked Salvation probably because of
Bale and it showing how John ended up being who he was. I don't
even acknowledge T3 I treat it alot like Halloween 3, just
forget they exist.
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Re: Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Mac
Date: January 5, 2013, 5:59 pm
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Can I change my vote?
Now that I have my audio/video set up and got an excellent deal
on the Terminator Box set, I put in again for only the second
time Terminator Salvation. I have no idea where my head was at
the first time, but it obviously was not paying attention. This
movie kicked ass. Not only in story, but visuals and sound as
well. Al the characters kept you glued to the screen. I'll have
to admit, it would benefit a casual viewer to know the previous
story to make this work better, but all in all Salvation carries
itself quite nicely.
The 3rd act I'm going to say was an homage more so than a copy.
It's been years between the original and 4th one, so similar
scenario's I'm taking as a bow to the greatness of the first
one. Leave it at that.
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Re: Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 5, 2013, 6:12 pm
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You can change your vote now.
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Re: Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 5, 2013, 6:17 pm
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FYI, my local Drive-In Theater
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/>is doing a double feature of both Terminator and T2: Judgement
Day tonight.
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Re: Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: January 6, 2013, 9:42 am
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My big issue with Salvation is I don't like that it all takes
place in the future, I don't like that. I'm a big sci-fi buff
but if you're gonna GO into the war, they better WIN the war, I
don't like the idea of it just being "we will continue
fighting." To me, at least, the war is the dark woods where the
monster comes from-- that's the only reason why it's important.
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Re: Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 6, 2013, 9:59 am
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But this is what the mythology of the series is. One day we are
going to get that final installment what will bring it full
circle back to the original. So, installments taking place in
the future is not only expected, it's necessary to complete its
arc.
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Re: Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Mac
Date: January 6, 2013, 11:56 am
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and for the studio's that would be a series ender.
I agree, there is a need for full circle/resolution and someone
should have the balls to do that.
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Re: Terminator Salvation (2009)
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: January 6, 2013, 11:58 am
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> ....and someone should have the balls to do that.
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