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  • Race Car Driver
    Super Senior Member
    • Mar 2005
    • 1537

    Terminator Salvation

    Saw it tonight at a midnight release. Honostly, Im a little dissapointed. I was expecting.... more?
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  • Chris D
    Moderator Emeritus
    • Dec 2000
    • 16877

    #2
    Huh... it sure looks good.
    CHRIS

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    • audioqueso
      Super Senior Member
      • Nov 2004
      • 1930

      #3
      Oh man... it's not another Terminator 3, is it? I'm sad to read your post Chris. ha ha
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      • Ovation
        Super Senior Member
        • Sep 2004
        • 2202

        #4
        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).

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        • Race Car Driver
          Super Senior Member
          • Mar 2005
          • 1537

          #5
          Originally posted by Chris D
          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.
          B&W

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          • june
            Senior Member
            • Feb 2005
            • 907

            #6
            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?
            June
            "IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL"

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            • David Meek
              Moderator Emeritus
              • Aug 2000
              • 8938

              #7
              IIRC, didn't John Connor say in a monologue that "this is not the future my mother told me about" or something like that?
              .

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              • Bmac
                Member
                • Aug 2006
                • 71

                #8
                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-
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                • Race Car Driver
                  Super Senior Member
                  • Mar 2005
                  • 1537

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Bmac
                  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:
                  B&W

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                  • David Meek
                    Moderator Emeritus
                    • Aug 2000
                    • 8938

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Bmac
                    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.
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                    David - Trigger-happy HTGuide Admin

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                    • Ovation
                      Super Senior Member
                      • Sep 2004
                      • 2202

                      #11
                      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.

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                      • chrisn
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 166

                        #12
                        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.

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