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Terminator Salvation (Widescreen Edition)
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/01/2009 Run time: 135 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Terminator Salvation restores some of the balance of huge freakin' explosions and emotionally compelling plot to the Terminator series. Set entirely after the nuclear assault that left the computer system Skynet in control of the world, Terminator Salvation follows John Connor (Christian Bale) as he grapples with both murderous robots and his superiors in the resistance, who aren't sure they believe the prophecies that Connor is destined to save humanity. Into the midst of this struggle tumbles Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington, who would later star in James Cameron's Avatar); the last thing he remembers was being executed in prison decades before. Baffled, he falls into company with Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin, Star Trek) and a mute little girl, who soon get captured--but Wright then meets and bonds with Blair Williams (Moon Bloodgood, Eight Below), a resistance fighter who remains loyal to the confused Wright even though Connor suspects he's not what he seems--or what he believes himself to be. Terminator Salvation isn't the astonishing synthesis of action and feeling that either The Terminator or T2 were; the plot threads are poorly woven and fray completely in the last third of the movie. Despite this, Terminator Salvation has at least two skillfully orchestrated action sequences that will get your heart racing, and Worthington’s beguiling mixture of toughness and vulnerability gives his relationship with Bloodgood a genuine pulse. It's imperfect, but compared with the hollow carcasses that most action movies (including Terminator 3) turn out to be, it's worth seeing. --Bret Fetzer
A Struggling Series.Review date: 2010-07-28 Rating: 2 out of 10T2 is by far one of the greatest action flicks ever made - it's layered with modern themes, awesome action, and inspired performances from Hamilton, Furlong, and Morton. Cameron is a jerk, but his directing is intense - we rarely see such daring REAL stunt work anymore.
Outside of that, Terminator: Salvation stacks yet another mediocre attempt against an otherwise compelling idea. The effects are first class, there are some decent action sequences (well choreographed) but they can't save the plot which is held together with sheep hairs. If you're a fan, you'll find yourself going, "what?" and "I knew it!" alternately through the film. But you'll also say "that was cool" a few times, too. Just don't expect another T2... it's hard to outshine such brilliance, and the Terminator series struggles to meet the bar of regular film offerings with every installment.
ReviewsLoved it!Review date: 2010-07-26 Rating: 8 out of 10Much better than I had heard from others. Just goes to prove that you shouldn't let others opinions influence you. This was a very enjoyable movie.A combonation of all 3 previous films in one and not in a good wayReview date: 2010-07-26 Rating: 4 out of 10This film could have been really good but it seemed like have way through it they seemed to have lost the concept or direct they were headed and fell back to what was already done before. The last half of the film had to many things that were taken and repeated from the first two films, and it just seems overally tacky...such as when the terminatior used his dad's voice to find john in the steel stairway are and then we he John tried shooting the guy and loading the gun again, or with the steel and then trying to freze him all of these were taken from T2. The only thing that was orignial and creative about this film was the future termiator who was more human than ever and was the only real likable character in the whole film, which they should have just centered the movie around versus the route they ended up going. This film was alot better than the third film in the installment of films but not by much.machine killin' good timeReview date: 2010-07-25 Rating: 10 out of 10Wow, Terminator Salvation is actually a really exciting movie! I went in already a big fan of the original three Terminator films, but Terminator Salvation really does a fantastic job continuing with the series.
It's not a secondrate or cheesy attempt in comparison to the previous three Terminator films either- it's actually really darn good.
I admit I mostly like the Terminator films because, well first of all, they are action-packed in a way that's pretty easy to understand and follow. I simply *enjoy* them. I know what's going on. It's not science fiction created in a completely confusing way. The storyline is what it is- machines are designed to kill humans and take over the world.
Secondly, I feel a LOT of tension whenever I think about humans trying to run away from an enormous, dangerous machine created for the sole purpose of destroying anybody that moves. I can't tell you how many dreams I've had where I was running and hiding as much as I could ONLY for a huge machine to suddenly show up and force me to continue running. I love it!
As for Terminator Salvation, there's some really cool additions to the machine creatures. I really fell in love with the robot snakes (as I like to call them, hehe). They are actually huge metal claws that hide in the water.
Also, let's not forget the scene out in the desert with that HUGE machine that actually has motorcycles stored as a last resort inside his legs (I kid you not!). Apparently whenever someone is out of shooting distance for this particular machine, he opens up his legs and sends machines on motorcycles after them. Awesome!
The storyline is typical affair however. You *know* what to expect. There's nothing especially hard to grasp about what's taking place.
Overall, with todays technology and the way Hollywood delivers action flicks these days, the action scenes involving the robots going ballistic is just incredible and seems more believable now than it did in years past. The same remains true here. Great movie.Terminator Salvation was a let down.Review date: 2010-07-22 Rating: 2 out of 10Besides all of the regular broken things you hear about this movie...
The voice recordings of Sarah Connor were dull and impassive. They sounded like a school teacher discussing apples or oranges for lunch. They lacked a passionate or fiery edge (yes even in their vocies) as shown by Linda Hamilton from T2 or Lena Headey from TSCC? Oh wait, Linda Hamilton's voice was used... and she read her lines how the director wanted her to read them.
John Connor did nothing for this story, his parts could have been all in the background and it wouldn't of impacted the storyline in any way.
Continuity and Common sense were ignored:
Example 1: The T-600 - Kyle Reese said they were covered in rubber skin, which made them easier to spot up close. (Synthetic skin, hair, nails etc. being the last comestic improvements on the Terminator robots - turning them into cyborgs). McG (the director) probably thought he said they were easy to spot because they were 8 or 9 feet tall and had a minigun on one arm. The rubber skin on the movie T-600s was not a disguise at all. It was some rubber sheets draped over their head. I don't honestly believe many pro-wrestlers are EVEN close to being that big or ugly so unless Skynet wanted to infiltrate a Wrestling Federation/Organization it was doing things wrong in Terminator: Salvation.
Example 2: The giant machine which scoops up people from buildings like a fat man grabbing pop-corn... How the hell does something that large sneak up on paranoid people in the future? Especially small communes in the middle of nowhere? Was it wearing a rubber sheet with wrestling tights on?
It has been reported that when the director McG was asked about this film and how it's not up to any kind of standards that he replied with "it's just a damn dumb summer action, terminator movie, it's not supposed to be cerebral, it's a pop-corn fantasy flick". No wonder Bill Murray punched him out once.
If you hated T3 remember this about TS: The first full screenplay for the film was written by Terminator 3 writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris.
From Wikipedia:
Based on 250 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, critical reaction for Terminator Salvation tended toward negativity with an overall 32% approval rating. Among Rotten Tomatoes' Top Critics, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 29 percent. By comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 52, based on 35 reviews. At all three websites, the film ranked lowest among the Terminator franchise films.
Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s):
Helena Bonham Carter
Christian Bale
Anton Yelchin
Moon Bloodgood
Sam Worthington
Director(s):
Recording label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoEAN: 0883929038275Binding: DVDFormat: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dubbed, NTSC, Release date: 2009-12-01Universal product code (UPC): 883929038275Number of discs: 1Aspect ratio: 2.35:1Audience rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)Region code: 1Running time: 115 minutesTheatrical release date: 2009-05-22Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Brand: Warner Brothers
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