This film can be described in one word………..LOUD.
No kidding, I went in looking forward to a revolution of sorts with this new Terminator project, one of my fave actors Christian Bale staring as John Connor couldn’t be more perfect. What I got was not really what I expected.
The setting was very much a Mad Max sort of film which was somewhat realistic in the post Judgement day era so that part went well for me. Good Job on setting.
Next we look at Terminators. The robots didn’t disappoint as there were many different kinds to watch out for which would turn up from time to time to scare you.
What disappointed however were the characters. There were quite a few main ones but none had real character development. In this film, John Connor hasn’t quite become the leader that the previous Terminators claimed he would be…………..which is great because this leaves room for that to happen in the later films. Still I felt an aspect of his emotions missing from this film, perhaps because Christian Bale spent alot of time shouting and fighting in this film.
Great set up for a sequel but hopefully more emotion will be put into the next one. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the movie…….pure action is something I hold dear to my heart. Still considering Terminator 2: Judgement Day was the masterpiece of all films……..someone’s gotta overthrow it soon right, or is the only way for that to happen with the return of James Cameron? Who knows…..
Overall, this film has got lots of explotions (hence the LOUD comment earlier) fight scenes and one bright spark in the form of Anton Yelchen who plays Kyle Reese.
Danker out!
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