Terminator Salvation

[Race Car Driver]

Saw it tonight at a midnight release. Honostly, Im a little dissapointed. I was expecting.... more?

[Chris D]

Huh... it sure looks good.

[audioqueso]

Oh man... it's not another Terminator 3, is it? I'm sad to read your post Chris. ha ha

[Ovation]

Reviews have not been kind (some say it makes T3--a film I didn't mind (I do have a soft spot for Claire Danes, though, so my objectivity was in question --look quite good).

[Race Car Driver]

Huh... it sure looks good.

Yes, the trailers looked awesome IMO.

The following wont give any details to the movie, just how I feel. Its not a spoiler but if you dont want to have anyones opinion on a movie sway yours dont read.

Ive been pumped for this movie since last year. I was looking forward to it being the boxoffice buster of the year.

Maybe I had too high of hopes, but I was really looking forward to it taking off and breathing new life into the series after 3.

The special effects were great, but I didnt feel there was any substance to the movie, no heart, no reason.

IMO the real standout was Sam Worthington. Such a shame.

Maybe I am being overly harsh because I had such high hopes. It wasnt a horrible move by any means, just it was... meh.

[june]

hello all,

i loved the film.
the previews ruined a major part of this film.
can someone explain why / how a key person was young?

[David Meek]

IIRC, didn't John Connor say in a monologue that "this is not the future my mother told me about" or something like that?

[Bmac]

The return to the future was what I wanted to see. I got really tired of the whole chase and Kill John Connor thing. It reminded me of Friday the 13th, or Halloween indestructible killer chases people relentlessly. I wanted to see the technology behind both sides. I had hoped to see more of the human condition after the fall of man. I felt dropped in and expected to run with it. How about answering some questions first. I thought the flash forwards in T2 were great, and they had me wanting more, but this left me wanting a redo. I need a rated R movie that's not afraid to show war, a 'Saving Private Ryan' in the future. We need to lose people we like, and things need to end badly sometimes. Stalingrad during WWII comes to mind as a model. I need to feel the despair,doubt, and frustration....instead I get Hollywood's all flash and no substance.

Grade: C-

[Race Car Driver]

I need to feel the despair,doubt, and frustration....instead I get Hollywood's all flash and no substance.

Grade: C-

Yep, the PG-13 rating was one of the major flaws IMO. Still pissed off over this movie. :lol:

[David Meek]

I need to feel the despair,doubt, and frustration....instead I get Hollywood's all flash and no substance.

Most likely it was Hollywood's formulaic approach to "blockbuster" movies. Make it PG-13 to allow a much larger target audience to see it (to improve box office totals) and consequently water down the high impact/high trauma scenes that add so much to a movie, ie. Saving Private Ryan.

[Ovation]

Some movies are ideally PG/PG-13 (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings) and some...are not. Terminator movies fall into the latter category.

[chrisn]

A little late (I saw it opening night), but, I didn't have a problem with it I saw T3 shortly after this movie. IMO, T3 was far worse. John Connor was too weak in T3, I liked Christian Bale much better.