I just watched RoboCop Transformers Road Warrior(?) Terminator Salvation. As you can see by the previous sentence, I was not overly impressed by the clichéd(sp?) mash-up mess that I got offered.
Well, on the good side, I liked the core story. I had previously heard that the film was intended to be Kyle Reese's story and then turned into John Connor's story when Christian Bale preferred becoming the man himself rather than an apparent side-kick. However, I very much felt it was Marcus' story after all, which I thought had a good (even if quite predictable) arc which I wanted to see through to the end (and is one of the few reasons I didn't leave the theater). I also had a big grin on my face when the big cameo happened I refer to Arnie, of course, albeit in digital form
the best thing in the film for me was: Chekov! Well, I mean Kyle Reese of course, played by Anton Yelchin.
I think the film's failing was represented very well during the opening sequence by the music failing to introduce the main theme more elegantly. Instead of just suddenly blaring at us it should have slowly snuck into our ears... But maybe that's just me, still this sudden musical reveal didn't work for me. Then why does this film have to follow the trend to drain all colors until you're almost not sure anymore whether you are watching a black & white film? T2 with it's beautiful blues and T3 with it's slight over saturation sat much better with me. While the story in itself was good it was told in an overly conventional manner. Stereotypes followed clichéd behavior patterns and was often presented with cringe worthy pathos and John Connor sounded like he just dropped his Batman mask.
Near the end I was disappointed because they are at Skynet and all they fight are two Terminators? And then came two plotholes right at the end (if a film ends on plotholes that cannot be a good thing):1. They destroyed Skynet. Somehow this doesn't fit in the whole concept for me. Skynet should be the driving force behind everything and with it gone time travel will not happen etc., etc. (you know where this goes). 2. I was under the impression that the T-600 had ripped out the prototypes heart, who/which then continued based on the fact it's a machine after all. Then how can he/it donate the heart to Connor at the end???
If you have McG direct a film then all you're gonna get is a McG film. Don't get me wrong, this is quite a decent action flick with a few awesome action set pieces and adequate acting. But somehow Terminator this is not. This is the 4th best film in the series and I am not sure I want to see a number 5.
Especially as a film in the franchise:
I just watched RoboCop Transformers Road Warrior(?) Terminator Salvation. As you can see by the previous sentence, I was not overly impressed by the clichéd(sp?) mash-up mess that I got offered.
Well, on the good side, I liked the core story. I had previously heard that the film was intended to be Kyle Reese's story and then turned into John Connor's story when Christian Bale preferred becoming the man himself rather than an apparent side-kick. However, I very much felt it was Marcus' story after all, which I thought had a good (even if quite predictable) arc which I wanted to see through to the end (and is one of the few reasons I didn't leave the theater). I also had a big grin on my face when the big cameo happened I refer to Arnie, of course, albeit in digital form
the best thing in the film for me was: Chekov! Well, I mean Kyle Reese of course, played by Anton Yelchin.
I think the film's failing was represented very well during the opening sequence by the music failing to introduce the main theme more elegantly. Instead of just suddenly blaring at us it should have slowly snuck into our ears... But maybe that's just me, still this sudden musical reveal didn't work for me. Then why does this film have to follow the trend to drain all colors until you're almost not sure anymore whether you are watching a black & white film? T2 with it's beautiful blues and T3 with it's slight over saturation sat much better with me. While the story in itself was good it was told in an overly conventional manner. Stereotypes followed clichéd behavior patterns and was often presented with cringe worthy pathos and John Connor sounded like he just dropped his Batman mask.
Near the end I was disappointed because they are at Skynet and all they fight are two Terminators? And then came two plotholes right at the end (if a film ends on plotholes that cannot be a good thing):1. They destroyed Skynet. Somehow this doesn't fit in the whole concept for me. Skynet should be the driving force behind everything and with it gone time travel will not happen etc., etc. (you know where this goes). 2. I was under the impression that the T-600 had ripped out the prototypes heart, who/which then continued based on the fact it's a machine after all. Then how can he/it donate the heart to Connor at the end???
If you have McG direct a film then all you're gonna get is a McG film. Don't get me wrong, this is quite a decent action flick with a few awesome action set pieces and adequate acting. But somehow Terminator this is not. This is the 4th best film in the series and I am not sure I want to see a number 5.
Especially as a film in the franchise:
As far as destroying Skynet goes, they only got the one facility. John's voice over at the end talks about how Skynet is still in control around the world. They have facilities all over the place, so it is still there to be the driving force for future movies.
The T-600 didn't ripe out the prototypes heart. It just punched him in the chest right over the heart, which caused the heart to stop. John was then able to get the heart going again. The prototype is different from the T-600s and T-800s because of the organs...He/it needs the heart to be beating to stay functional. That's why he was just laying there until John used those cable things to shock the heart back into beating.