Terminator: Salvation – I liked it, I liked it not 3
My motivation’s been M.I.A lately even though Blockbuster season is in full swing. It just feels kind of pointless to write anything worth reading when you’re pretty certain your audience base is smaller than the latest iPod incarnate.
But I think I’ve been submerged in self-pity long enough – there’s no point in stalling anymore. I mean, hey, YOU’RE reading this right? And that’s all that matters . Plus, the movie-viewing world needs my opinions or the motion picture industry as we know it will collapse. So I’m back.
Okay, I’m kind of lying. I actually have to credit the lack of updates to my feelings on Terminator. I saw it not too long ago but I couldn’t figure out exactly what I wanted to say about it.
How do you approach a movie that you’ve waited so long to see, but were severely let down by? How do you evaluate the performance of your favorite actor who’s image is now obviously tarnished by an infamous incident on the set of said film? What do you do when you don’t want to criticize a movie that pretty much sucked quite badly? Well, a fair critic would objectively analyze the film, pointing out its flaws and defending its merits. But as you know, I’m not really a film critic…
So here’s my completely biased, pseudo-review of Terminator: Salvation.
Christian Bale was awesome. The movie was spectacular. All the top-notch special effects, man against machine fight sequences, killers on wheels, menacing air crafts, full-bodied explosives and the raw, gritty feel of the post-apocalyptic landscape combined to create a timeless masterpiece. Not to mention the extensive character development, the thoughtful dialogue, the nifty plot twists and the human-cyborg love angle. And to top off this cornucopia of awesomeness was the commendable end quote “There is no fate, but what we make.” That’s really all I have to say. Four stars, two thumbs up, hands down the best blockbuster of the season, bolstered in no small part by Bale’s magnetic screen presence. I sure hope he meant it when he said “I’ll be back.”
Hmm. I myself can’t tell if I’m being sarcastic. Maybe I really did like the movie. Perhaps it wasn’t all that bad. I guess it’s just a matter of weighing it against expectations, and initially mine were as high as a T-Rex on stilts. Maybe I should go back and re-watch it, this time tuning my expecto-dial to zero, so that I could emerge fully satisfied at having witnessed a relatively laudable cinematic accomplishment. Yes, it deserves a second viewing.
Honestly, I don’t really need an excuse to do a Christian Bale double-take. Man, I am such a girl.
Jun 07, 2009 @ 09:17:45
true, he was brilliant… some of it was a little cheese-ish… there was a little lack of depth. And the one lady with the perfectly coiffed beachy-waves model hair after she pulled her helmut off post plane crash was a little ridic.
Jul 19, 2009 @ 20:17:36
Totally agree with your review. Although Bale was good I personally felt he just wasnt given enough material to play off of. The most interesting character for me was the Sam Worthington character or even the kyle reese character was good based on the sole fact that we got very little of him in the previous films and this outing gave us quite a bit of backstory on him. Not to mention the fact that I felt he had the best performance.
Jul 19, 2009 @ 20:38:26
Thank you Dom
Very true, Bale’s lines were pretty minimal and not that memorable… except for when he says “This is not the future my mother warned me about” which is probably my favorite line in the whole movie! All his best parts were shown in the trailer.
I have to point out that this review didn’t really reflect my true feelings though… I was being semi-sarcastic lol.
Sam Worthington was definitely the best thing about it.