Is Terminator a Bad Film or do Viewers Expect More?
Posted by Craig Kessler on May 28, 2009 at 2:30 am
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The consensus from most movie critics and goers alike was that Terminator Salvation was a bust and not only didn’t live up to the buzz and hype, but wasn’t exactly a real “Terminator” movie. buy Curly Sue
I suggested on my video review of Terminator Salvation to wait till this comes to DVD that the lack of story really hurts.
What went wrong?
For starters, John Connor really is not developed. You get more a reprise from Bale and his Dark Knight character than the continuation of the story that developed. The movie title “salvation” isn’t explored
the way I and others imagined because we do not really know who the savior is? We know its Connor but in this movie he is not presented in that light and he is not developed to take charge. We know his commander looks at him as a rebel but that’s it. There is no sense when watching this movie that he is the leader we expect, and that I don’t blame Bale, but the directed McG and writers.
The lack of Terminators may be another thing. There was no essential “bad guy” to the movie the way there was in the others. There was no single Terminator whose purpose and goal was to cause trouble and be the ultimate villain. We get glimpses into different Skynet terminators but no real focus. I believe the lack of a Terminator and villain was a main losing point for this movie.
Most people agree, but is the lack of story just it?
Another point to make is that the whole technology vs. people is getting old. It doesn’t possess the same pizzazz it once had the fact is the audience isn’t afraid or as interested as we once were. Technology is such a big part of our lives now that the fear of Terminators doesn’t exist in viewers the way it did 20 years ago. It was cleverer in how the technology would turn in a movie like “I, Robot” then how it was displayed here. Mausoleum dvdrip
Bottom line there were a lot of things wrong with this flick that needs to be fixed. To be honest I am not even fully sure where they are going to go with the next two movies, but right now I am not excited for them.
Are you looking forward to the next two Terminator movies?
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