Fun Action Flick

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2010)

I have to admit, the first 20 minutes of this I was thinking "uh oh. This is not looking good." But after that, the film really worked for me.
The good: 1) action scenes were incredible. There were quite a lot of jaw dropping moments for me. The huge car and robot were awesome! 2) I REALLY liked Marcus as a character and Worthington as an actor. I felt this film was really about him, and not connor.
3) Set pieces were impressive What could have been improved: Actually only 2 things. 1) Christian Bale seemed to take away from the main story and the focus on Worthington's character. I just got the impression that there were close ups of him because he is a bigger star than Worthington. The film would have been a little tighter and more focused if Connor's character would have been put in the background (which is what rumor said the original script had).
2) There was absolutely no explanation about Kyle's character and how it fit into the story. Sorry - I saw T1 and T2 eons ago and couldn't for the life of remember why this character was so critical to the plot.
I really enjoyed this - a lot more than I thought I would.
That being said, this is a VERY different Terminator film - it stands out in many ways different than the 'franchise.' Some may find that irritating.. I liked it.