The Greatest & the Best Movie Of All Time.

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2002)

As they say ... Nothing gets Bigger and Better than this. (For Plot Outline please read the IMDB Plot.) It has always been hard to beat the deadly combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger + James Cameron. Add to that... (i)a perfect flawless script. (ii)excellent direction by one of the greatest directors. (iii)a perfectly assembled cast who give great performances. (iv)hard-core emotions which are firmly in contact with the ground reality. (v)state-of-the-art visual and sound effects (vi)a high production cost....and you get a great MASTERPIECE.(though the last two factors are not the necessary for a movie to be a classic.)(Also I don't usually use the Highlighted Word for any movie other than for one of my personal Top 25 movies of All Time.Impossible to reduce the list to Top 10.) But to be honest, no other movie of Mr.Arnie, the former multiple Mr.Universe,Mr.World,Mr.Germany,Mr.Olympia,Mr.Europe,Mr.this and Mr.that has been a near perfect movie as this one other than the great Kindergarten Cop which is better than every other movie of Schwarzenegger.( Some Others mentionable only for Action and some Comedy such as:Conan the Barbarian(1982);True Lies(1994)(Remember the '9/11' attacks?);Predator(1987);Twins(1988);Total Recall(1990)and the 'more-genuinely-acted' End Of Days(1999)). If any critic/fan/judging person says that this is the greatest action movie of all time than he is partly right.Because there are lots of emotions and philosophical realities in this movie as well. As one the Arnie's famous one-liner says:"It's in your(humans') nature to destroy to yourselves(themselves)." Nothing is so ironical reality as this one when it comes to humans. Also this one:"I do not know why you(humans) cry but that is something I(cyborgs) can never do." This explains that if Machines can understand us why can't we homo-sapiens, who are so cruel and blood thirsty inspite of the fact that nature has gifted us with emotions so that we express our joys,griefs and also guide others?And as this one-liner of Schwarzenegger goes :"...".That's enough,its better if those reading this comments who haven't watch this movie go and watch it NOW. As far as the characters are concerned, Linda Hamilton has been very fluent, smooth and sophisticated in the role of Sarah, expressing beautifully the 'motherly-love' in her for her child John,whose life is in danger("You are too important, John!").Edward Furlong was too good as the vulnerable John in whose hands lie the protection of the future of humans. Also Robert Patrick was great as the mean and the menacing T-1000 who will never ever say 'die' until he has completed his job of destruction.("Your foster parents are dead.") As for Arnold Schwarzenegger("Trust me.")he could never have been cast in any other movie as perfectly as the stone-faced Terminator(a role tailor made for him), a tough cyborg made of metallic exoskeleton and endoskeleton made of flesh,muscles and blood and nerves but with a CPU instead of a cerebrum who will stop at nothing to protect John.(even with only a single hand.) James Cameron(Terminator,The(1984);Aliens(1986);Abyss,The(1989);True Lies(1994);Titanic(1997)) as always has an ace in his hands.The above films have been milestones for other movies to follow. The Action in this movie is mind blowing considering the huge production cost.(Ofcourse I'm a Terminator.") The Visual and Sound Effects(especially the haunting background scores) are trully great.(They deserved the Oscars they won.) This movie is one of my personal Top 25 Most Favourite Movies along with Life Is Beautiful(1997);Unbreakable(2000);Sixth Sense,The(1999);Taxi Driver(1976);M*A*S*H(1970);Patch Adams(1998);Great Dictator,The(1940),Dog Day Afternoon(1975)and many more. If Arnie's upcoming'Terminator 3'(and who else?)and James Cameron's 'True lies 2'(again Arnie and who else?)are even quarter as good as their prequels I'm going to watch them and advise others to watch(But please watch all the prequels first.)to have an out-of-the-world experience.
"Hasta La Vista,...baby."