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A review by tommyb123 on Terminator (Ultimate Edition) (DVD) November 4th, 2005
Author's product rating:
Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Story
Satisfactory
Characters / Performances
Unmemorable
Special Effects
Good
Soundtrack
Unmemorable
Advantages:
good film to watch
Disadvantages:
maybes bit long
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
war is being fought between man and machine in the year 2029. Metal has taken on a life of it's own and man may be no match for its strength. The humans have one hope: Sarah Connor. She is the mother of a great leader. She just doesn't know it yet. Unfortunately, the future does. A cyborg is sent back from the future to kill Sarah before her child is even born. The humans send back a man of their own to fend off the machine and rescue Sarah so her unborn child can lead the resistance.
The key to making a successful science-fiction movie lies within the believability of the script. "The Terminator" is one of the greater science-fiction movies out there. First time director James Cameron shares writing duties with Gale Anne Hurd (producer and Cameron's future wife) with a bit of help on the dialogue from William Wisher. They created a tightly constructed backstory that leads these two creatures (human and non) to the present day. The psychologist in the film acts as the audience, questioning all the details and looking for flaws in the logic. The reasoning behind the time-travel and everything in the movie works. One thing I did not understand is the lack of culture shock on the part of Kyle Reese, the human being from the future (played by Michael Biehn). Perhaps there's no time to be amazed by still-standing buildings and the thousands of happy people wearing bright clothing and the everything else when you have to track down the great Sarah Connor (played by Linda Hamilton - Cameron's future wife). In fact, I wasn't too interested in most of the characters from the 80s. Paul Winfield as the seen-it-all Lieutenant was my favorite of the bunch. Most of them weren't developed enough and only acted in ways to further the plotline. The point of the film was the chase, anyway.
The film works so well because it crosses a variety of genres. Of course there is the science-fiction aspect. However, more prominently featured are the action and thriller facets. And, as there is with most movies, we have the love story (although it is very plot-driven). The Terminator himself (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger of the "Conan" series) is treated like a movie monster. The early part of the film acts as a slasher flick as he goes from house to house killing off humans. Suspenseful music and darkened rooms abound. Later, as the backstory gets more fleshed out, the film becomes essentially a straight-up robotic cat and living mouse action movie. The concept of the Terminator is a frightening thought. An incredibly strong machine hell bent on destroying you and possibly cannot be stopped no matter what you throw at it.
Another great aspect of the film is the underlying message it conveys. It shows that everyone has some purpose on the planet. You never know what your existence might mean in the long run. Sure most people won't take that message to heart, but the fact that a moral or a subtle concept like that exists in a destruction fest such as this really says something good about this film.
Throw some cheesy synthesized sounds of 80s for the score (by Brad Fiedel) on top of the thrilling, heart-pounding excitement of people and machines being shot and beaten up and cars getting destroyed and things blowing up real good and you got yourself one hell of a movie
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Advantages: you get to watch the deleted scenes that are on this DVD Disadvantages: Few scenes taken out
Wow,I remember first watching this I thought it was fantastic and I still do after watching loads of times,I recommend this DVD to all Arnie fans or anyone who is into Sci-Fi movies. For the plot I won't into too much detail, Basically , its set in the year 1984 in Los Angelas,a robot is sent from the future AKA The Terminator(Arnie) ot hunt down and kill a woman,Sarah Connor, who will have a son that will be very important in the furture for mankind, ... ...Kyle Reese who has to protect Sarah Connor from the The Terminator.The Survival of Sarah Connor will determin the Future of Mankind.As for buying this DVD GET IT! GET IT! GET IT! serously get it,plus you will get the special features, one of the special features is the scenes that were deleted from movie, these are worth checking out and same with other special features.Overall I would give this movie 10 out of 10, the special effect are dated, but ...
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Advantages: dream about the high-technology Disadvantages: about the time machine is impossible
the story of a human & robot from the future who have come through the time machine to the present time to rescue a man who will become leaders in the struggle against the robots of the future. a story with a background in high technology of the future. although impressed too dreamed about technological progress, but this film is worthy to watch. scenes romp shoot and shoot the film this violent. two being "weird" of the future involved a conflict ...
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Advantages: Best movie of the eighties Disadvantages: Yet another re-relaesed, messed with movie
The Terminator is a great movie that even now stands the test of time.
You just know that you are in for a treat when you see a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger at the start, walk up to a bunch of street punks, and put his fist through the torso of the dude who stabs him after being ordered by Arnie to give up his clothes and boots.
What follows is Arnie attempting to win the future war against mankind by murdering his way through the Los Angeles phonebook ... ...character, her name is the last of the Sarah Connors in the directory, so she has time to be stalked by a scruffy bloke in a trenchcoat. He turns out to be Kyle Reese, future freedom fighter, and father of Sarah Connor's unconcieved child, John Connor-saviour of mankind.
After numerous chases and dead policemen, Kyle Reese dies, Arnie gets crushed in a press, and Sarah Connor moves south to have a baby and to avoid the coming nuclear war.
The end.
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Advantages: you could watch this film over and over again Disadvantages: none
...elements of the story. The Terminator is a cyborg, so it naturally does what a cyborg would do. It stares coldly at its targets, scanning them, before pulling out its gun and blowing them away. This could have been one of the film elements that became unintentionally comical. A thing that just stares coldly at someone is not something that one may be afraid of…unless, it was done properly. There are many elements in Cameron’s script that help turn ... ...doesn’t direct the Terminator to do anything too over the top. The stare is exactly what it is supposed to be, cold and methodical. One may think that this is one of those campy elements, but anyone who sees the stupendous work done with the character will become a believer. Scenes like the Terminator repairing damaged parts after vicious gun battles may not seem like much, until one realises that all this thing has to do to heal itself is a quick ...
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Advantages: Great film, enjoyable Disadvantages: not for little children
...time and also sending a terminator to remind him, for peope who like action films, terminator 2 is after this film and also there is a terminator 3, which was released in 2003. I myself loved it when i first ever saw it, then i wanted to watch the next one and the next one!
The effects for that time was quite good, with all the machines.
overall, this would be a good film to watch, for a night in. ...
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...'Terminator 2: The UltimateEditionDVD' truly lives up to it's title. It's amazing how many features they have crammed into one double sided DVD.
This wonderful film is written and directed by James Cameron and is about John Connor (Edward Furlong) and a reprogrammed T800 terminator machine (Arnold Schwarzenneger) who has been sent back in time to the year 1994 (By John Connor himself) to protect him from an advanced T1000 mimetic poly-aloy terminator (Robert Patrick). Sarah Conner meanwhile has been locked up in a psychiatric hospital run by the slimy Doctor Silberman.
The film is very dramatic, it explores the dark side of human nature - It's not the machines that are bad it's the people that made them. This element is further enhanced by the fact that Sarah Connor goes out to murder another human being 'Miles Dyson' who has...
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Advantages: Great Presentation, a perfect movie and great action. Disadvantages: None!
...'Terminator 2: The UltimateEditionDVD' truely lives up to it's title. It's amazing how many features they have crammed into one double sided DVD. It truely surpasses anything out on DVD at the moment.
This wonderful film is written and directed by James Cameron and is about John Connor (Edward Furlong) and a reprogrammed T800 terminator machine (Arnold Schwarzenneger) who has been sent back in time to the year 1994 (By John Connor himself) to protect him from an advanced T1000 mimetic poly-aloy terminator (Robert Patrick). Sarah Conner meanwhile has been locked up in a psychiatric hospital run by the slimy Doctor Silberman.
The main story is a tale of friendship between John Connor and his Terminator almost along the same lines of say 'E.T.' but with tons of action and carnage. There is a brilliant canal chase sequence...
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Advantages: extra unseen footage Disadvantages: none
...Terminator 2,Judgement Day - The UltimateEditionDVD restores over 15 mins of additional material to the original theatrical release of the film, including Sarah Conner's vision of the late Kyle Reese, the reprogramming of Terminator by John and Sarah, and the obsession of Miles Dyson tocreate the computer chip that could lead the world to nuclear destruction. these scenes, and more, enhance this tour de force of astounding visuals and powerful emotions to create a compelling new version of one of the biggest hits of all time. The new DD 5.1 THX EX soundtrack is stellar as is the new 16x9 transfer...
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Plot: James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR is one of the tightest, tensest sci-fi films ever made and a landmark in the genre. In the year 2029, battles rage between the superintelligent machines that rule the world and the last vestiges of humanity. In late-20th-century Los Angeles, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) suddenly finds herself stalked by an unstoppable killing machine--a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sent from the future to kill her and her unconceived son, John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance. Sarah can rely only on Reese (Michael Biehn), a soldier sent from the future to protect her from the seemingly indestructible Terminator and save humanity. This low-budget masterpiece was the breakthrough film for director Cameron, who weds special effects, thrills, and understated romance to create one of the finest action films of the 1980s, which spawned many imitations but few equals. Science fiction author Harlan Ellison sued over the film's similarities to his own works, especially the OUTER LIMITS episode 'Demon with a Glass Hand', and won acknowledgement in the film's credits. Schwarzenegger will forever be known as the relentless Terminator, a heartless killing machine who returns (in a kinder, gentler form) in 1991's TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY.
James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR is one of the tightest, tensest sci-fi films ever made and a landmark in the genre. In the year 2029, battles rage between the superintelligent machines that rule the world and the last vestiges of humanity. In late-20th-century Los Angeles, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) suddenly finds herself stalked by an unstoppable killing machine--a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sent from the future to kill her and her unconceived son, John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance. Sarah can rely only on Reese (Michael Biehn), a soldier sent from the future to protect her from the seemingly indestructible Terminator and save humanity. This low-budget masterpiece was the breakthrough film for director Cameron, who weds special effects, thrills, and understated romance to create one of the finest action films of the 1980s, which spawned many imitations but few equals. Science fiction author Harlan Ellison sued over the film's similarities to his own works, especially the OUTER LIMITS episode 'Demon with a Glass Hand', and won acknowledgement in the film's credits. Schwarzenegger will forever be known as the relentless Terminator, a heartless killing machine who returns (in a kinder, gentler form) in 1991's TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY.
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Main Language: English
Dubbed Language: Czech, Polish
Subtitle Language: Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Norwegian, Swedish
Hearing Impaired Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Unstoppable Force The Legacy Of The Terminator, The Terminator Closer To The Real Thing, The Terminator A Retrospective, Deleted Omitted Scenes Commentary, Other Voices Commentary, Still Image Gallery, Screenplay Drafts, TV Spots, Teaser, Trailers
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1, Stereo
Dubbing Sound: DTS English<br>Dolby Digital 5.1 English<br>Stereo Czech Polish
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