Come back, James Cameron, come baaaaack
Terminator Salvation might be an almost adequate action movie…if Terminator and T2 never existed. But if the first two never existed, Terminator Salvation would have no reason to exist.
Like 80 percent of all Hollywood products.
For Terminator Salvation to have a whiff of a chance, the hack McG would have to go back to the 1940s and 50s to kill the parents of James Cameron, Linda Hamilton and the Governator and prevent the classics being made.
Terminator is a series that turns on the difference between men and machines. The main irony of this installment is that it looks and feels like it was made by machines.
Instead of narrative tension it offers constant explosions to prevent the viewer from composing a coherent thought. Instead of cinematography it gives you two hours of desaturated blues and grays. Instead of a soul it sells selling.
Christian Bale looks grumpy and disillusioned from saving the world. I guess if you’re told from early childhood that you are the messiah, you will grow up to be insufferable. (All things considered, Jesus was very well-adjusted.)
What I miss the most, even more than Ahnold’s catchphrases, is Linda Hamilton’s one-handed pump action shotgun.
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May 26th, 2009 at 00:33
It’s been somewhat recent, about 2 years ago, when I watched Terminator and T2 back-to-back and I’ve been a fan since then. I really had high hopes for this one despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary (read: McG). I’m still gonna see it though, if only to see his failure to live up to Cameron. Haha.
Another sf movie series that sucked after the first two: Alien/s. Ridley Scott’s and James Cameron’s were just fantastic. And it all went downhill from there.
May 26th, 2009 at 16:18
Now that can explain Christian’s profanity-filled rant that were all over the Interwebs three to four months ago.
June 1st, 2009 at 07:52
I saw it and thought it was okay; I give Sam Worthington credit for that.