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I took my son to see Terminator Salvation late yesterday afternoon. The crowd was sparce, but the reaction was pretty good. This latest installment serves to address the worlds of John Connor, Kyle Reece and how they come to work together. But before that story is covered your are introduced to a convicted felon on death row who is asked to donate his body to science upon his execution. The scientist asking the felon to sign this agreement says he will have a 'unique' opportunity to live again, but with purpose. You don't need a nickel's worth of insight to understand the implication here and so we go straight from there into the battle weery world of John Connor (played by Christain Bale). The story weaves the fates of these three individuals together (John, Reece, and the "reformed" Felon) and the audience is given a pleasant surprise, none of which I will reveal here, towards the end of the film (you won't be disappointed).
I have to admit the story gets pretty flimsy early on and the battle logic suggested by Skynet is not what I would consider to be clever, nor is the logic towards the end. But at face value the film is entertaining if taken as a straight action/adventure tale. The story does cover much of the backstory specifics Reece talks about in the first film, so it has some purpose here for long time fans of the series. Producers of this installment have indicated they will make two more films to cover the Connor/Reece era. Danny Elfman artfully covers the score for this film and Christain Bale gives an admirable, if not Batman-like, performance as John Connor. The effects are rendered by Industrial, Light, & Magic and are much better than I expected. In the series I rank this above part three but slightly below part two, mostly due to some major plot problems which we'll discuss at a later date after everyone here has had a chance to see the movie. Bottomline: It's a fun popcorn movie that will compete well with the current summer movies out there.
I have to admit the story gets pretty flimsy early on and the battle logic suggested by Skynet is not what I would consider to be clever, nor is the logic towards the end. But at face value the film is entertaining if taken as a straight action/adventure tale. The story does cover much of the backstory specifics Reece talks about in the first film, so it has some purpose here for long time fans of the series. Producers of this installment have indicated they will make two more films to cover the Connor/Reece era. Danny Elfman artfully covers the score for this film and Christain Bale gives an admirable, if not Batman-like, performance as John Connor. The effects are rendered by Industrial, Light, & Magic and are much better than I expected. In the series I rank this above part three but slightly below part two, mostly due to some major plot problems which we'll discuss at a later date after everyone here has had a chance to see the movie. Bottomline: It's a fun popcorn movie that will compete well with the current summer movies out there.
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