Terminator Salvation Review

Terminator Salvation Review

I liked it. Could Have been better... *Spoilers*

Review Opinion
By sketch7eleven - May 23, 2009 11:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Terminator

I liked the movie. It was definitely a summer blockbuster. The special effects were superb. The music worked o.k. with the movie, considering it was done by Danny Elfman, it didn't sound like classic "Danny Elfman" music (which was a good thing for this movie). However the music could have borrowed from previous films and expanded upon (especially the T2 chase scene music). Elfman's music was good, however it took away from the sound of a Terminator film.

There were references that did link with the other films though, such as "Come with me, if you want to live" and of course, "I'll be back". More references was when Kyle Reese learned of having the shotgun strapped to his wrist, Sarah Connor's picture and audio tapes, John Connor's ability to hack computers, the brief Guns and Roses motorcycle scene, how he gets his scar on his left eye and the ending boss sequence.

I would like to have seen a war sequence that expanded more of the brief sequences we have seen in past films. (Those were mere teases!) I would like to have seen easter eggs of the T-1000 or the T-X in the background at SkyNet. The ending boss battle could have been a bit more epic. Finally, the final ending seemed rushed and cheesy.

I was really impressed by the use of stock footage to see Arnold Schwarzenegger on screen. That was REALLY cool.

My real gripe with the movie is the ending!!! But all in all, this movie was okay.....


One last thing... if this is the start of a new trilogy, then pretty soon everyone is going to have lasers :p. (the previous films had lasers in their war sequences.)

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GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 5/23/2009, 5:09 PM
PAUL WALKER TO PLAY THE NEXT MOVIES KYLE REESE, THAT WOULD BE COOL
Hanzogamer
Hanzogamer - 5/23/2009, 6:22 PM
They simply superimposed arnold's face onto another persons body.
shadowboxer
shadowboxer - 5/23/2009, 10:02 PM
yeah i agree, where are the lazers?! and the t800 battle sences! but if they had t100 and tx in pervious movies then we should still have more to see in the future.
paul walker is to much of a pretty boy and in my opinion not a good match for this franchize, he should keep doing F&F movies and stay away from Terminator. it would be sweet if they brought back michael biehn for reese but since he is older than bale that would look kind of wierd.
prototype87
prototype87 - 5/24/2009, 10:31 AM
i heard that was arnold's stunt double for most of his movies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV_58rjNFSc
Betty
Betty - 5/24/2009, 8:58 PM
I thought arnold's face was CG?
YohonKalic
YohonKalic - 5/25/2009, 12:50 AM
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Its just CGI over the face.



And this is the clip, dont know how long it will be up.


This is a nice pic of the face


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