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Return To Form!

Advantages: Classy return to form, set in the future! very well done!
Disadvantages: should have been an 18 to be its best!

...is I am a big Terminator fan. I loved Terminator 1 and 2. With Terminator 3, they ruined the franchise, it was rubbish on many levels. Terminator salvation is literally the saviour of the fanchise. In the same way that Casino Royale, Batman Begins and others have saved other franchises, the same has happened here. The most thrilling thing is that Terminator Salvation is the first film set in the future. During the war against the Terminators and ...
...as you'd expect from a Terminator film. Sure, Arnie wasn't in it, but perhaps that was a good thing. You can have too much of a good thing after all. Christian Bale does a very good job of being bad-ass and insipiring at the same time. The way its set in the not too distant future, featuring current human weaponry being used against the machines in a nice touch. The picture and sound on the blu ray edition is first rate and makes the scenes with ...

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Review of Terminator - Salvation (Blu-ray)

Ile be back and back and back...

Advantages: Better than I had hoped
Disadvantages: weak ending

...me. The original Terminator film wasn't the greatest action movie ever made but it certainly made Arnie. When he got the script for it he told his agent he would have to cancel his appearance at the 1983 Mr Universe competition because he had to do this "shi**y robot movie". How wrong he was. But he was up for T2, the superb sequel, quite simply the best science-fiction action movie ever made for me, not aged by one single day since its 1991 release. ...
...five years. Let's hope the Terminator franchise doesn't end up in Moscow on vacation. -The Cast- Christian Bale ... John Connor Sam Worthington ... Marcus Wright Moon Bloodgood ... Blair Williams Helena Bonham Carter ... Dr. Serena Kogan Anton Yelchin ... Kyle Reese Jadagrace ... Star Bryce Dallas Howard ... Kate Connor Common ... Barnes Jane Alexander ... Virginia Michael Ironside ... General Ashdown -The Plot- Its 2018, two decades after Skynet ...

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Review of Terminator - Salvation (DVD)

Interesting Sequel… Complete With CG Schwarzenegger

Advantages: Entertaining - good story - great special-effects.
Disadvantages: Colour is a bit bland - a few continuity problems caught on tape.

...the addition of a humongous Terminator that could not only transform into an aircraft, but also possessed removable motor-cycle ‘attachments’ with machine guns that could be deployed in order to hunt down humans. More than once I felt like I was watching a ‘Transformers’ movie. While I liked both ‘Transformers’ movies, I didn’t much care for the ‘Terminator’ version of a 3-in-1 robot. Also, when the motorcycle attachments are deployed and come off ...
...(character appears as girlfriend in Terminator 3) is expecting their first child - Cameron the lovable Terminator is missing, but then again, Cameron might still come along in yet another sequel because the Terminators in this movie are not as technologically advanced as Cameron, however, the inconsistency remains in the fact that there was never any mention made in the television series about John being married or having a child. The inconsistencies ...

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Review of Terminator - Salvation (DVD)

Terminator Salvation- An action flick that worked for me!

Advantages: Christian bale.Nice action.Camerawork.
Disadvantages: Sort of cliche.Story is thin

Terminator Salvation is the continuation of the terminator series which gained much popularity in the 90's. Following the trend of recently succesful sequels, this one comes with a newer look at the man v/s enemy battle;the latest addition being a futuristic concept,new technology and advatnced graphics. The story doesn't need to be elaborated,its a plain man v/s machine battle,set in 2018. I am not a fan of Wham wham thank you ma'm kind of films,i ...
...if the genre has to fall under action.Blame it on the technology or the craze of futuristic concepts,the order of the day seems to be robots and machines fighting it out with humans.I guess that makes the concept very novel,saving mankind and similar attributes. The director also emphasizes on human emotion and some time is spent giving both the principal characters some emotional backdrop which works for the film.Behind all the action bonanza and ...

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Review of Terminator - Salvation (DVD)

Sometimes, Ignorance is bliss

Advantages: clever thriller, good story, well acted
Disadvantages: bit depressing?

Dont misunderstand my review title, this is a cracking film. You can nearly always say that about Nicolas Cage films, but this one really is! The premise is simple. There are many disasters happening on earth, for some reason, aliens decide to warn mankind about the upcoming disasters by "whispering" them to a little girl in the 1950's. Unfortuneately, that girl does nothing with the information other than write it down on a bit of paper and allow ...
...capsule. The capsule is dug up in the current day and discovered by Nicolas Cage's character. He soon discovers the code in the series of numbers written on the page and works out that the code tells of impending disasters, when they will happen, how many will die and the location. The story continues on along this path, with a worrying fortelling of the end of days. We don't know what will happen right until the end. I wont ruin it for you either, ...

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