Terminator: The Review
05/22/09 12:48 AM Filed in:
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Terminator review
Just getting back from the movie and I must say, not bad. You should see the previous movies to keep up with this one.
Just getting back from the movie and I must say, not bad. You should see the previous movies to keep up with this one.
Story:
All the Terminator films are fairly story driven as our friend James Cameron layed out an intricate storyline of past, future and present. The movie starts in 2003 with a prisoner on death row, who is tricked into donating himself for the good of science. Well I won’t tell more of the story, you can read the in-depth articles on my previous entries. I can tell you that it’s not a happy go lucky movie.
If your a fan you will enjoy the movie, there are enough decent surprises to make you recommend it to your friends. The technology of the Terminators do get better and more interesting. The action is enough to make you jump sometimes and they clearly had someone in the crew who was into a lot of explosives. John Conner is definetly not the cheesy child of part 2, but he didn’t feel like the hero I envisioned from part one. Maybe they are still developing that.
Did I just hint at something? I will say that Christian Bale who is a “master of his craft” and is ballsy enough to freak out on his own DP, should take some more acting classes cause he has still not snapped out of his Batman character. Using the same voice and almost same persona as the Batman movies, I wish he felt more like someone who has had the experiences that John Conner has had. But who am I to judge?
Effects:
Some of the best effects of any of the Terminator films, my favorite is a single camera shot of Conner in a copter that crash lands and flips over. Well done. Again lots of explosions.
There a lot of previously used one liners that are thrown in kind if for kicks, but delivered in passing.
Over all a good launch of the summer blockbusters. Enjoy.
One day I may start a rating system of 1 to 5 lounge chairs... what do you think?
PS: Oh before i forget... this is in honor of my wife who gave me a one liner SPOILER WARNING!
"He was back!"
All the Terminator films are fairly story driven as our friend James Cameron layed out an intricate storyline of past, future and present. The movie starts in 2003 with a prisoner on death row, who is tricked into donating himself for the good of science. Well I won’t tell more of the story, you can read the in-depth articles on my previous entries. I can tell you that it’s not a happy go lucky movie.
If your a fan you will enjoy the movie, there are enough decent surprises to make you recommend it to your friends. The technology of the Terminators do get better and more interesting. The action is enough to make you jump sometimes and they clearly had someone in the crew who was into a lot of explosives. John Conner is definetly not the cheesy child of part 2, but he didn’t feel like the hero I envisioned from part one. Maybe they are still developing that.
Did I just hint at something? I will say that Christian Bale who is a “master of his craft” and is ballsy enough to freak out on his own DP, should take some more acting classes cause he has still not snapped out of his Batman character. Using the same voice and almost same persona as the Batman movies, I wish he felt more like someone who has had the experiences that John Conner has had. But who am I to judge?
Effects:
Some of the best effects of any of the Terminator films, my favorite is a single camera shot of Conner in a copter that crash lands and flips over. Well done. Again lots of explosions.
There a lot of previously used one liners that are thrown in kind if for kicks, but delivered in passing.
Over all a good launch of the summer blockbusters. Enjoy.
One day I may start a rating system of 1 to 5 lounge chairs... what do you think?
PS: Oh before i forget... this is in honor of my wife who gave me a one liner SPOILER WARNING!
"He was back!"