Sunday, May 31, 2009

Terminator Salvation - Avoid it.

Watching the movie was like watching 4 fellows playing Unreal(or Quake), firing guns and ammo, killing each other, from beginning till the end. No story, just guns. This was perhaps the 1st movie of my life that gave me headache at the end of it. 

Each of the earlier terminator movies had a plot, a plot that was somewhat real. The 1st Terminator had Sarah Connor's story, the 2nd one was John's. The 3rd one was John's love story and while it wasn't as touching as the earlier two, it was still decent. But the 4th installment just screwed everything up. Well I guess the producers and Director and the script writers thought that the Terminator Movies are popular because of the blaring guns, the fire, and deaths. They couldn't have got it wrong more than that.  

Chritian Bale seemed confused as if thinking : "Dude I am Batman ! What am I doing here! And now that I am here, should I act funny and energetic as John Connor has been shown over the years, or should I be quite and reserve as Batman would be. Hell, I am Batman. Lets keep a low profile!"

I am sure there would be more terminator installments : one where they will show John sending his dad back to save his mom(T-I), another where John will send Arnie back to save his ass (T-II), another one where John will die and his girl will send Arnie to save both of then (T-III). And if all that the script writers have to offer for those installments is guns and bombs, they better stop writing those because I feel the audience is not gonna take another installment of this same crap that was served in T-IV. 

Somebody get James Cameron back on board, and if Arnie is in as well, it would surely be worth it. 

Otherwise, I probably will give those installments the same rating that I give Terminator Salvation. AVOID IT. If you can't then wait for the DVD and rent it. Its not worth spending 10 $ per head. 

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