Comments on: Movie Review: Terminator Salvation http://fanboyz.net/2009/05/22/movie-review-terminator-salvation/ Movie news, reviews, trailers, hype, rumors, buzz, and opinions on the latest in film, comics, television, and video games from a fanboy perspective. Thu, 17 May 2012 12:25:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: -JARED- http://fanboyz.net/2009/05/22/movie-review-terminator-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-352 -JARED- Mon, 25 May 2009 22:23:49 +0000 http://fanboyz.net/?p=4610#comment-352 Edit: I had no problems seeing where this movie was going with the Marcus character, and the scene that revealed his function and purpose seemed straight out of "The Matrix" playbook. Edit: I had no problems seeing where this movie was going with the Marcus character, and the scene that revealed his function and purpose seemed straight out of "The Matrix" playbook.

]]> By: -JARED- http://fanboyz.net/2009/05/22/movie-review-terminator-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-351 -JARED- Mon, 25 May 2009 22:22:12 +0000 http://fanboyz.net/?p=4610#comment-351 I just got back from seeing this movie. It was about what I expected. Visually, the movie is stunning and the action sequences are brutal but not so frenetic that the viewer can't follow along without having a aneurysm. I also enjoyed some of the nods to the previous films (e.g.: the 7-11 that gets destroyed was the gas station where Sarah Connor stops at the end of the first film and there's a battle sequence between John and a T-800 that recalls the one between his mother at the T-1000). I guess overall my biggest problems with the film were its predictability and the absence of the philosophical musings from T1 and T2. I had no problems seeing where this movie was going with the Marcus character, and the scene what revealed his function and purpose seemed straight out of "The Matrix" playbook. Additionally, where the first two were great action films and also offered great commentary on Cold War paranoia and humanity in the post-modern era, the last two films have just been balls-out action flicks without any of the substance. But, just like "Rise of the Machines," this was a great popcorn flick and has to survive on that merit alone. As long as I checked my inner film snob at the door, I had a lot of fun watching it. I just got back from seeing this movie. It was about what I expected. Visually, the movie is stunning and the action sequences are brutal but not so frenetic that the viewer can't follow along without having a aneurysm. I also enjoyed some of the nods to the previous films (e.g.: the 7-11 that gets destroyed was the gas station where Sarah Connor stops at the end of the first film and there's a battle sequence between John and a T-800 that recalls the one between his mother at the T-1000).

I guess overall my biggest problems with the film were its predictability and the absence of the philosophical musings from T1 and T2. I had no problems seeing where this movie was going with the Marcus character, and the scene what revealed his function and purpose seemed straight out of "The Matrix" playbook. Additionally, where the first two were great action films and also offered great commentary on Cold War paranoia and humanity in the post-modern era, the last two films have just been balls-out action flicks without any of the substance.

But, just like "Rise of the Machines," this was a great popcorn flick and has to survive on that merit alone. As long as I checked my inner film snob at the door, I had a lot of fun watching it.

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