Wednesday 10 June 2009

Movie Review of Terminator Salvation


Terminator Salvation - 3/10
Directed by McG
Cast - Christian Bale,Sam Worthington,Moon Bloodgood,Bryce Dallas Howard

Plot Summary
After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.

Review
Why why why did this movie had to suck ass??? You had all the correct elements for this movie.First its a fucking Terminator movie! Second,you have Christian fucking Bale as John Connor.Third you have a big budget.Even the trailers were so good,I couldn't wait to watch the movie.So what went wrong?
1.there were just way too many "tribute" shots,lines and scenes.The first few times,yea...it was nice and nostalgic but if you keep repeating it about 2000 fucking times in a movie,you are bound to be pissed.And the whole "I'll be back" line was totally misused and at such a wrong timing,it was just ridiculous.Everyone in the cinema laughed.

2.Editing made Terminator Salvation totally unbearable to watch.For a big budget,blockbuster movie,this has an editing done by 5 year olds.The longer the movie went,the more I wanted to stab the entire editing department's eyes out.and WHO THE FUCK USES A FADE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FUCKING ACTION MOVIE???

3.Casting and Christian Bale(sadly).Bryce Dallas Howard shares the same curse as Sofia Coppola.Both of their fathers are good directors and unfortunately their daughters cannot fucking act to save their lives.seriously..Howard was fuckall in The Village and Lady in the Water and she sure as hell is fuckall in this movie as well.Anton Yelchin is not a suitable Kyle Reese...period.Moon Bloodgood is an actress whom I do wanna check out in other movies.She was promising.Sam Worthington did pretty well and I think he is gonna be a good action movie actor provided he gets rid of that silly thick Australian accent.There were 3 Black actors in this movie.One was Terry Crewes which you immediately find him dead in the first 10 mins of the movie which was pretty hilarious.The other is a mute girl called Star whose character is totally redundant and then there is an actor by the name of Common as a resistance fighter.Common????
And last but not least,Christian Bale.This is a guy who did powerhouse movies like American Psycho,Dark Knight and The Prestige.I have no idea why he chose to be part of this movie.And the way he acted is just plain atrocious.I know its an action movie and you don't really need to act like as if its a period drama or something.but what the fuck man?You are Christian Bale for god's sake! you don't have to act like a retard and shout out your character's name every 5000 times.Fuck! If I was the DP who you shouted at during filming,I would have slapped you till you finally forget you are John Connor.

4.McG.For a director who uses just 3 letters of his full name(Joseph McGinty Nichol) instead,we as the audience should have known earlier that this fucking idiot shouldn't be given the directorial job.This is the idiot who did Charlie's Angels and its sequel.Up till today I still cant believe how he managed to totally,single handedly fuck up Terminator Salvation.He has no fucking clue what he is doing and what direction he is going along with.McG is now 2nd in my Shitlist of Directors.Fuck you,McG.

The first time I went to watch this movie with my friends,I was too drunk and fell asleep,so I went to watch it the next day...I wished I was drunk then as well.
Do not bother with this movie.Biggest disappointment for 2009.And to all Terminator fans,just go and watch T1 and T2,Those are still the best.Only reason I gave this piece of shit a 3, is for the track shot of the helicopter scene and Moon Bloodgood.(cool name)

Best Quotes
John Connor: If we stay the course, we are dead! WE ARE ALL DEAD!

John Connor: We've been fighting a long time. We are out numbered by machines. Working around the clock,without quit. Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are listening to this,you are the resistance.

Recommended movies done by the director
None!
Fuck Charlie's Angels
Fuck Charlie's Angels Full Throttle
Fuck McG

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