My hero

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2008)

This is a perfect example of a sequel which is better than the original movie. Not that The Terminator was a bad movie, in fact it was a great movie, but it's just not as good as Termintor 2: Judgment Day.
Ever since I've seen this movie, and I think I was about seven years old when I first saw this movie, Arnie's been my action hero. I really do not know by, but I think it has to do with one of the last scenes in this movie. It's when the T1000 finally got beat by Arnie and Arnie, who's all scratched and broken, decides to 'commit suicide' by letting himself go down into the... what? I always thought it had to be lava when I was seven years old, so I keep calling it lava. I cried my eyes out! It was one of the saddest scenes I'd ever seen (but then again: how many (adult) movies could I've seen at that age? :P) Anyway, one of the many reasons why I think this movie is so great, is that it manages to let a robot almost become human. And not only that: When I was seven I did understand that this Terminator was a robot, he wasn't human and he could never be entirely human, simply because he hasn't got a human body and he doesn't have what we call emotions. He's not programmed to have such things. So I knew that all he was, was a machine. But still: Cameron manages to make a human out of a robot, in a way that's not over the top, but in a natural way. The bond between Connor and Terminator is beautiful in it's own way and even though Cameron makes a human-like robot, you never forget it's a robot you're dealing with.
Maybe Arnie isn't the greatest actor who ever lived, but you can't deny that he's the only true Terminator. No one but him could say the line 'I'll be back' like he did (which is obvious, I know) in the same robot-like way like he did. And maybe that's because of his accent, but I truly know for sure that there isn't a greater Terminator than Arnie. With or without the accent.