| Rating: | ★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
BTW. DO NOT READ FURTHER AS some spoiler details will be revealed. But considering the plot it probably won't matter.
The theme of John Connor being a prophet with prescience vision a la Neo or Paul Atredeis made no sense. How he guessed the location of the Submarine made as much sense as a lead life-vest.
And the way he was trying to stop the entire mission because he had to save his future father whose fate was told to him by a renegade cyborg resurrected by a cyber corporation (later taken over by the USAF) could make pigs fly. And whats the deal about him listening to his mum's advice about the future from a cassette tape recorder??
The 2nd movie theme of human/machine/cyborg "What am I badboy?" seemed to have been written in a hotel room at 5 in the morning just before production. It could have worked. But it was soooo contrived.
The constant references to the 1st and 2nd Terminator movies would have worked if they had been added subtly and discretely. But when you copy and paste the old movies script into the new film - without any humor- its no longer acceptable (to me at least).
Anyways, let me tell you what I liked about the movie. I liked the 1st movie - I mean the 1st half. Nice action sequences. And I also liked the woman fighter pilot too - she should have a movie all to herself - like Terminator Bikini Death Match or Terminator Volley Ball Paradise.
It got pretty weak tho when we encounter a group of lost extras from the Mad Max 3 movie led by the wise old woman with a totem stick. I would have preferred the wise woman from Black Adder. Now, let me tell you about the wise woman! First, she is A WOMAN. Second, she is...a... (terminated).
The 2nd half of the film seems so improbable and filled with silly movie cliches and photocopied plots from the earlier films that it was quite laughable.
It seems Skynet for all its sophistication - can't kill John O'Connor even in its own lair. Not only that but it has allowed him into a sector of its complex which houses nuclear reactors - conveniently placed for him to blow up and destroy the entire premises singlehandedly.
Which led me to the conclusion that Skynet is in reality an old Atari 2600 console and John O'Connor has the Cheatz walkthrough notes.
The script makes no more sense. You've got the almighty Skynet who has produced machines so powerful that they live in swamps waiting for prey to be devoured and also prowl the highways listening for stupid 1990s boom boxes to kill. Its so clever yet it can't detect a massive rebel airfield base nor can it trace a simple HAM radio frequency back to its freakin human fortress that is lit up like the 4th July.
And wtf is with the T100 with a "Rambo" bandanna?
Laughable.
Frankly the problem is the franchise is tired. Its as tired and worn as a furry singing Ewok conceived through a union with Chewbacca and the Falcon's toilet mat. The Terminator series should have died when Arnie dropped himself into the industrial melting bowl. We shouldn't have to see that a 2nd/3rd/4th time with bad CGI.
Yes, we do get to see Arnie again. And the CGI sucks.
Anyways, maybe in the future the producers will forgo the movie making bit and just go straight into XBOX or Playstation. It'll make as much sense.
To be fair, most movie sequels usually outlive their welcome after the 2nd film. Example: Aliens 3, Star Wars 3: Return of the Ewok, Alien vs Predator, Godfather 3, Matrix 3... even Lord of the Rings, ie. Return of the King. I can't think of any 3rd or 4th sequel films that was superior to the ones preceding them and made you excited for another one.
Still a good movie to watch tho. Don't get me wrong.
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