Not as good as everyone says, still bad-ass.

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2011)

This review was written for your average Joe. So if you are
1.A hardcore feminist 2.Easily saddened 3.A old person
Get out, now. Thank you, this review is not for you.
Also, WARNING: Slight spoilers, nothing you won't know in the first ten minutes. Also, one major spoiler, (But it isn't that big of a deal. It isn't a major plot twist, and it isn't the ending. Just a very badly made James Cameron plot device.)
=The effects= The effects for this movie are amazing. Seriously. The CG-I Is the best kind. "Supports the plot and the action". And they use some AMAZING stop motion and modeling in this movie, and some seriously amazing stunts and explosions. 100X better then the original. (100 MILLION BUDGET.) There is NOTHING wrong with the effects PERIOD.
=The acting=
The acting for this movie could use some work. The real star here is Arnold. Arnold is hilarious and bad-ass in this film. You easily become frustrated when it goes to the mothers point of view instead of his, it's just so much weaker. Granted, her acting is leaps and bounds better then the original terminator. (Man, that was BAD.) But the kids acting is VERY weak at points. He seems to act like he is in a made for TV Disney film. One person that seems to be under appreciated in this film is the villain. He does a spot on job making you feel like something is off, and he only has a view lines.
==Characters==
The characters are, surprisingly, very good. The kid is a complete ass and idiot Noob who doesn't know what in the hell he is doing. The mother is a mix of a right wing militia freak and a frothing at the mouth feminist tweaker, (Fits perfectly with what she has been through) Arnold is a complete bad-ass, (For those of you wondering, he says the retarded one liners because the kid tells him to.) The villain is amazingly powerful and creepy.
==The story== First off; James, James, James. It seems like you really bring down this movie with your horrible script writing. Can you PLEASE hire somebody to write your scripts for you? You are BAD at it. BAD. Now, luckily, this movie still delivers on a OK plot and good action, but there is a VERY badly made moral to the movie about how Arnold learns the "Value of human life", Guess what. HE DOESN'T. All that happens is the stupid Noob kid commands that he doesn't kill anyone because the kid is a huge pussy. And guess what. He doesn't learn the "Value of human life" All that happens is KILL=TRUE MAIM=FALSE turns into KILL=FALSE MAIM=TRUE. So Arnold just maims everyone instead of killing them. How nice, yeah. Real value of human life there. It's just standard James Cameron "SO DEEP" BS that bogs down every one of his films. This is the BIGGEST problem with the movie.(Note: Luckily, because of the fact there is no idiotic romance in this movie, it makes it FAR better then the first. The romance in the first had no chemistry and seemed VERY forced.) The second worst thing about the story is the fact that they have the mother narrate parts after the first half of the movie. Why? We would much rather watch Arnold beat the crap out of the bad guy then hear some idiot whining. THANK YOU. ==Final score== The fact that this movie has no bad romance, amazing action, and AMAZING special effects and stunts gives it a 10. The fact that the kids acting is VERY lackluster, the movie has a REALLY bad moral loosely attached to it, and has a very boring slow part in the middle lowers it a solid 2 points down. 8/10. Everyone should see this movie. But don't expect the story to be amazing.