They Baled on some Arnold-relief

Rating: 8/10 (14 October 2019)

I simply love the terminator franchise including The Sarah Connor Chronicles. That being said....I'm no fan of Arnold. He is great when he is serious but (aside from the 1984 film, his character is goofy. I like the serious tone of these movies. The comedy should stay minimal. All Arnold is from T2 onward is comic relief. Salvation shows a world without him and it is great. Kyle reese is the comic relief and it's just enough to keep the pace. Christian Bale wasnt particularly outstanding in anything here really (a bit 1 dimensional if you ask me) but his supporting characters were great. Arnold's cg (and without dialogue) is all we needed from him. Tossing people like rag dolls. Bending steel. Not standing on one foot or terrifying bullying teenagers. I admit the bond between him and john in T2 was touching. But I could go for pages of the stupid and corny lines and directions they gave this man that were just too much.
The franchise would be better without him at this point. I was extremely disappointed in the follow up entitled Genisys. They should have continued Salvations storyline as promised.