Terminator Salvation: Salvation for the series

In one of my previous posts I was concerned about the fate of the tremendously popular Terminator series. I have to say that I was very pleased with this new installment. Christian Bale did use his Batman voice for his John Connor voice, but his performance was pretty powerful. I was very impressed with Sam Worthington's portrayal of Marcus Wright. I believe that he stole the scene from Bale in almost every scene and it makes it all the more incredible that he was an unknown before this film!
This film had incredible special effects and non stop action! The storyline was very solid and any fan of the series will be able to spot out many of the homages to the previous films such as, music from the Guns n Roses featured in T2 with young John Connor, the scar that John Connor gets post Judgment Day and more! I was also impressed with the amount of heart and emotion that this film had that was very much absent from Mostow's T3. Cameron's T2 was the first film that depicted a machine learning the value of human life and Salvation went back to Cameron roots to add this powerful theme back into the formula of the film!
Definitely a great film filled with some great moments and certainly a crowd pleaser for any Terminator fan. Now this series has a completely new direction to go into and I hope the series will continue on in this new and highly entertaining style. The post apocalyptic world that Cameron depicted in the first Terminator is very much alive and incredible in this powerful fourth chapter of the series. Good work McG!

Terminator Salvation

I have been a Terminator fan since I was a little kid. I grew up watching Terminator 2 and even remember having a bunch of the toys. Actually, I think I still have a few collectibles, but anyways, Terminator Salvation actually looks like it might be halfway decent.

I was a little concerned at first even thinking about Terminator without Arnold. Rumor has it that he will be featured in digital form. I guess that Arnold wanted to be featured in the movie, but did not want to act. This idea of a digital cameo make me a little bit nervous. Somehow the thought of Arnold being portrayed in full CGI makes me nervous because if they ruin his depiction, they will be ruining a cinema icon!

Christian Bale looks like he will be okay in the role of John Connor as long as he doesn't use the Batman voice for the whole movie! After hearing his rant on set (Listen to it here), it made me somewhat doubt him. He said he overreacted, but I believe that to be an understatement! Let's hope that doesn't affect Mr. Bale's image too much because that's just bad for business!

Otherwise, this looks like a fresh look into the post-apocalyptic world that Cameron first created in 1984. The action sequences in this film look pretty good and the CGI doesn't disappoint so far. I don't know why they chose to make this film PG-13, probably a clever ratings scheme to try and get younger audiences to the film and then release an Unrated DVD version! I just think it's stupid when a series has the first 3 films rated R and the newest goes down to PG-13. I was excited for Alien Vs. Predator, until I found out that it was rated PG-13 and what it lost in violence it also lost in quality! I am still going to see this film, but who knows if the series can survive with a new man at the helm and without Arnold Schwarzenegger?

This trailer made me want to see this film! Check it out here!