Terminator Salvation

Pros: Special Effects Were Excellent, Action-Sequences Heart-Pounding, Actor Interaction With CGI Seamless.
Cons: At times I felt that the movie was the machine and the audience the resistance.

I believe my opinion regarding Terminator Salvation will find me in the minority.  My overall impression with this film was that it was forgettable.  It was average, tepid, mediocre, palatable, etc.  A host of adjectives could be ...

Pros: Great way to reinvigorate a dying franchise; Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin are fantastic
Cons: Christian Bale gets overshadowed by better acting

It's a rare treat for my wife, son and I to actually attend a movie together but leave it to Terminator Salvation, the fourth installment in this popular franchise, to make it happen. The first three films saw Sarah Connor and then her son John ...

Pros: Lots of action, good acting by Bale, Worthington, Yelchin and Carter
Cons: None

After readiing a few reviews about the new "Terminator" movie, I really didn't expect much.  I read (and heard) complaints about the bleak scenery in the film and the claim that it was too loud.  Although I didn't find the movie to be perfect, ...

Pros: Sam Worthington makes this movie work
Cons: Repeated themes, lack of character development, slow pace at times

The year is 2018, and the future looks bleak for the survivors of a nuclear war that occurred some fifteen years earlier. The war wasn't started by man, but by a technology called Skynet that took control of the world's defense systems and launched a ...

Pros: Entertaining action movie overall.  Good cast.
Cons: Some predictable things.  Weird without Arnold.

The Terminator movies have become very popular and even led to a television show.  The series has gone through some changes and James Cameron had nothing to do with Terminator 3: Rise of the ...

Pros: Tons of action, plenty of originality
Cons: One kind of dumb part that could have been written better

One of the most memorable scenes in Terminator 2 was when it showed a glimpse of the future, with Terminators stomping skulls and giant flying ships hovering around blowing stuff up. I remember back in the 90's when I saw that scene and wished ...

Pros: some good action moments, a bit of fanservice here and there
Cons: poor use of Bale, dull script, too much action

The Halycon company had big plans with the Terminator by relaunching a TV series- the Sarah Conner Chronicles as part of a move to build up to Terminator: Salvation and possibly to turn the Terminator-world into a lasting saga.  With the ...

Pros: Sam Worthington dominates the film, fun action, good effects
Cons: Feels more like Terminator 28 than a pivotal film in the series

When Hugh Jackman came out of total obscurity to play Wolverine in 2000's X-Men, it was instantly evident he would be a huge star.  He so dominated the picture populated by a familiar group of Hollywood actors that it was clear he belonged in ...

Pros: Sam worthington, cool special effects.
Cons: Christian Bale, the direction, lack of humanity.

I am a hugh terminator fan.  The series of movies are some of my favorites and I am completely addicted to the television series.  I would pay good money to see how they start off the next season...but that is another story.  With that in ...

Pros: Tons of action and explosions, and phenominal Special Effects.  Bale and Worthington.  Naked Arnoldators.
Cons: Too frenetic.  A spot less action, and a spot more story would perfect this.

Terminator: Salvation (2009) Directed by McG"We've been fighting a long time. We are out numbered by machines. Working around the clock, without quit. Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are ...

Pros: More human than the earlier ones.
Cons: Not dark enough and not loud enough.

We saw the fourth installment of the Terminator series the other night at the Bijou, and it may well be the best of all. I say that knowing that many of the critics and much of that mass audience don't share my contrarian view.For one thing, ...

Pros: Cool FX, cinematography, action
Cons: characters are 2-dimensional

Still bummed after hearing that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles had been cancelled, I was definitely in the mood for some juicy Terminator goodness.  It was with that mindset that I went to see Terminator: Salvation, starring ...

Pros: -Sam Worthington
-Visual Effects
Cons: -Lack of character developments
-Repeated storyline

It seems like A.I robots will be the death of us all these days... (ex: Battlestar Galactica, The Matrix, iRobot, etc...) Terminator Salvation is no exception. It gives you that look into horror land where machines are in everywhere; trying to blast you ...

Pros: It kept to the original movie and used several of the trademark lines.
Cons: My ears were ringing for about an hour afterward.

Ahoy, there be SPOILERS ahead! This was part of my last weekend’s 4 ½ Movie Marathon. I went, well for one, because the show time was convenient (1 car family with 2 jobs - you get the picture). Now I’ve seen most all of the ...

Pros: Some good action.  Gorgeous New Mexico scenery.
Cons: Mostly uninteresting performances, led by the overrated Bale.

It’s not easy to review a film like TERMINATOR SALVATION.  It’s one of those movies that pretty much requires that you’ve seen the movies that came before, and certainly it helps if you liked or loved the earlier TERMINATOR saga. ...