In all honesty I wasn't entirely sure I was setting myself up for a load of inability to understand a thing that was going on when I decided to watch this movie. I absolutely loved the original Terminator movie as well as T2, but unfortunately (or fortunately, take it however you like.... ) that's all I've ever seen of the Terminator franchise. I do hear the Sara Connor Chronicles aren't bad by any measure, but from what I understand about T3, yeah, not so much.....Well to my pleasant surprise, I had no problems at all following this movie. It really is something in it's own right, telling the basic story of the resistance against SkyNet after the nukes fell, and their big heroic figure, John Connor, leading them towards victory. In a sense, it's basically a prequel if you will. Which is nice because it gives an opportunity for someone other than Arnold to step in and take charge, playing the ever so proclaimed bada** to be in John Connor. And boy did they ever pick the right person to play the role.
After Christian Bale quite literally rescued the Batman franchise from where that was headed, and with the Governator going the way he's headed in life (and all that muscle turning into fat for that matter..... )this was a real setup for something special. And it indeed was, as he played the role with all the awesomeness and intensity it called for. He's not the next Terminator or anything like that, but I do believe he has provided a way for the franchise to continue going within this particular storyline.
As has director McG, in fact. Now granted, this was far from a perfect movie. There were enough plot holes throughout and enough character development moments that could have been much stronger than they were that this probably does fall just shy of being a TRULY epic movie. But in it's own right, it was sill quite epic and quite engaging nonetheless. Action-wise I must say this is truly a very impressive movie, as all of the action sequences were handled with great mastery. At the very least it is a very exciting movie at least in that sense anyways, if nothing else. But what's probably one of the most impressive things about it though is in how it does send a few nice little winks to those familiar with the franchise. A couple of kinda cool (albeit a bit cheesy at the same time) usages of famous quotes in the dialog, plus the way it incorporates references to Sara Connor, and most of all what is quite possibly one of the most impressive and unique usages of CGI I have ever seen in how it incorporates a certain..... someone, if you know what I mean. ;) And the actual story of the movie itself ends in such a way that does indeed leave it wide open for more movies set in this particular timeline to continue.
For how amazing the trailers made this movie out to be, to tell you the honest truth, maybe it didn't quite live up to what I was expecting it to based off of that. Was it a disappointing movie overall though? Not by a long shot. Whatever the case though the most important thing that is for sure is that Christian Bale as John Connor was not only every bit as amazing as it was looking to be, and quite frankly the future looks bright if they do indeed continue to keep him as such.
Ratting: 3 stars out of 4, 8/10
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Don't plan on seeing this in theaters, since I haven't seen the first three films. Never got around to watching them prior to Salvation's release.
"After Christian Bale quite literally rescued the Batman franchise from where that was headed ..."
Granted, Bale certainly is very good as Batman/Bruce Wayne, but I think more credit should go to director Christopher Nolan. But that wouldn't really coincide with the tone of your post, now would it? ;)
Oh yes, Christopher Nolan definitely deserves most of the credit in making that happen. But yes, the tone I was shooting for with this review definitely calls more for me to give credit to Christin Bale for what it was he did in particular. ;)
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