so bad I had to register and comment

Rating: 6/10 (5 June 2009)

Well were do I start. I have used IMDb as a reference for years but have never felt compelled to comment or vote on a film until now, I have just this minute registered to make this.
How this movie at one point tipped the scales at 8.9 on IMDb is just... well... daft. It is now at 7.2 at the time of writing (As I am sure sane people like myself are beginning to vote, to pull this ridiculous score down).
Even Terminator 3 which was fairly average takes a giant steaming turd on Terminator Salvations head in terms of quality / story / Characters... the list goes on. The ONLY thing this movie has going for it is the special effects which are very well done.
The acting was just terrible... Christian Bale a major coupe? give me a break. His acting was just so wooden and laboured.
The film started OK and actually looked like it was going to pull it off but then went rapidly downhill. The story just ignored the other films completely and quite frankly doesn't deserve to have the name Terminator anywhere near it.
Future war? what future war? were are the armies of terminators firing pulse rifles and machines rolling over piles of human skulls? What we get instead are what look like Terminators but in actual fact they act like zombies chasing their targets. What happens when they catch the human they are after? I hear you ask... well instead of doing their job which is actually terminate them (excuse the pun) they decide to rough them up a bit by throwing them very hard off a metal post or across the floor then throw their guns away... then walk after them very slowly again, just giving them enough time to get up and run away again for another Benny Hill style chase.
In the other movies the terminators were stone cold killers. You actually thought that if they caught John, Sarah or whoever then it was bam, dead instantly... quick snap of the neck, bullet to the head whatever. The T1000 didn't mess about, you got in his way you got a knife rammed through your torso without so much as a word uttered.
Ill not be going anywhere near the cinema for the next films. I cant believe how badly they messed this film up...