Terminator 4 Salvation

defskull · May 20, 2009, 07:03 PM

Reviews aren't looking good for this.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_salvation/

Called it!

bright lights, big city · May 20, 2009, 08:01 PM

haha yikes, 36%! But just like I mentioned in the Inglourious Basterds thread, I'm seeing this thing ASAP. It's not like a Tarantino/Pitt killer combo, it's McG/Bale. But when Christian Bale is the star he has never made a bad movie in my opinion (Reign of Fire is the only thing coming to mind that sucked, but he wasn't the star of that).

And wasn't T3 getting panned by critics too? I know it was nowhere near T2, but I still thought T3 was a real pleasant surprise that summer.

EDIT: turns out T3 is at 70% on rottentomatoes. that ain't too bad actually.

defskull · May 20, 2009, 08:03 PM

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_3_rise_of_the_machines/

For perspective's sake....yikes.

bright lights, big city · May 20, 2009, 08:06 PM

Quote from: defskull on May 20, 2009, 08:03 PM
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator_3_rise_of_the_machines/

For perspective's sake....yikes.

hahaha I JUST edited my post, I looked it up too.

70% is pretty good I think for an action movie on RT

devilinside · May 20, 2009, 08:17 PM

The only thing that was good about the previews when I saw them at the movies a while back was that they played The Day the World Went Away. haha

theis · May 20, 2009, 09:58 PM

Fuck the critics. I'm still looking forward to this.

Anyone seen it yet?

wither-I · May 21, 2009, 12:05 AM

im going to see it in a few hours, ill def give a review

defskull · May 21, 2009, 12:40 AM

My friend really wants me to go but I really don't want to.

bright lights, big city · May 21, 2009, 03:56 AM

Quote from: wither-I on May 21, 2009, 12:05 AM
im going to see it in a few hours, ill def give a review

good dude. i'll probably go friday.

wither-I · May 21, 2009, 07:30 AM

im sorry to bring the bad news. but this movie was really really bad. i could sit here and dog on it in a rant about the many atrocities, but i will spare you the words. do anything BUT see this movie. though i do understand it is a "must" for many fans, just as it was for myself. to be honest i felt like leaving an hour into it but i had to wait through... it's terminator man... but this is a shame to the name

theis · May 21, 2009, 11:11 AM

that's hardly a review.

why is it bad?

wither-I · May 21, 2009, 04:55 PM

acting; horrible. Bale realllllyyyy sucked. "arrrgggh look at me and how manly i am! arrrggghhhh!"
script; horrible. i LOL'D the ENTIRE movie
cinematography; just ok. nothiing worth talking about.
action; too much and COMPLETELY unrealistic in any fashion of the word.
plot; nonsensical there was actually NOTHING TO IT. not even much rehashing of the old. just tidbits, like they "had" to or something..

overall ill give this a 2/10 for sheer effort in making some pretty decent action scenes. barely though, -most of them were just dumb -founded on shitastic acting, and impossible predicaments. just poorly executed

defskull · May 21, 2009, 09:50 PM

Quote from: wither-I on May 21, 2009, 07:30 AM
im sorry to bring the bad news. but this movie was really really bad. i could sit here and dog on it in a rant about the many atrocities, but i will spare you the words. do anything BUT see this movie. though i do understand it is a "must" for many fans, just as it was for myself. to be honest i felt like leaving an hour into it but i had to wait through... it's terminator man... but this is a shame to the name

Did you not see this based on the previews?

shine down unshy · May 21, 2009, 10:16 PM

Reviews = opinions. i say see it for yourself.

theis · May 21, 2009, 10:49 PM

of course.

defskull · May 22, 2009, 01:53 AM

Quote from: shine down unshy on May 21, 2009, 10:16 PM
Reviews = opinions. i say see it for yourself.

Assuming you wanted to see it in the first place. I absolutely love James Cameron's Terminator movies. And the ending of the third one was pretty good too. But I'm tired of everyone treating the Terminator name as a whore to sell tickets. I'd be more interested in this movie if it wasn't a Terminator movie. And a better director. And better story line. Hmmm...

Whatever. Drag Me To Hell and Up come out next weekend. Cannot wait for those.

bright lights, big city · May 22, 2009, 03:32 AM

Quote from: defskull on May 22, 2009, 01:53 AM
Whatever. Drag Me To Hell and Up come out next weekend. Cannot wait for those.

haha yup. definitely looking forward to those too.

wither-I · May 22, 2009, 04:35 AM

Quote from: shine down unshy on May 21, 2009, 10:16 PM
Reviews = opinions. i say see it for yourself.

completely agree. thats why i went and saw it. its terminator, -there's no way i would just say fuck it and not watch it just based on reviews... even if they were all bad.

thats why i didnt wanna rant. you gotta figure it for yourself.

devlin · May 22, 2009, 04:30 PM

Quote from: defskull on May 22, 2009, 01:53 AM
Quote from: shine down unshy on May 21, 2009, 10:16 PM
Reviews = opinions. i say see it for yourself.

Assuming you wanted to see it in the first place. I absolutely love James Cameron's Terminator movies. And the ending of the third one was pretty good too. But I'm tired of everyone treating the Terminator name as a whore to sell tickets. I'd be more interested in this movie if it wasn't a Terminator movie. And a better director. And better story line. Hmmm...

Whatever. Drag Me To Hell and Up come out next weekend. Cannot wait for those.

drag me to hell looked good until i saw it was pg-13 i'm tired of movies being dumbed down and softened to reach a bigger market and sell more tickets. horror movies should be rated r damn it!

bright lights, big city · May 23, 2009, 08:22 AM

ok i saw it. and the reviews are pretty spot on. it is a very good action movie, and in that sense i enjoyed it. cinematography was even good. but yes, definitely not one of Bale's better roles, and McG's plot and script were basically garbage.

better than Angels/Demons. way worse than Star Trek.