Decent film even with its flaws

Rating: 6/10 (13 December 2009)

OK, so McG did an OK job. I mean, its hard to top James Cameron, especially when both of his Terminator movies had ground breaking affects for the time. I think the problem is that he wasn't able to create the emotional connection that was apparent in the first two. He did a great job in the references to the previous films, and was more true to the JC style of the Terminator, but I'm not sure if it was purely his direction or the writer's fault, but some of the emotional stuff (aka, Marcus romance) was a bit corny.
Christian Bale makes us forget the tragic Conner that was in T3 (thank goodness), and pulls off the character nicely. Worthington did a great job - he showed characteristics of a terminator only when you looked closely. I rather liked Conner's wife (Dallas-Howard) too - they did a good job of making her a bit of a leader with John, rather than just a wife. She was heaps better than Claire Danes, who I found rather insipid in T3. Thumbs up to the kid who played Reese - I think this kid did a great job in creating the younger Reese, and showing us how he becomes the future Reese we have seen.
I'd say that the story is Marcus rather than John Conner. I didn't mind that so much, but I would have liked to see more of the other supporting characters and the life of the post judgment day world. Can't decide if I liked the soundtrack or not. I think it did better when the music was a bit more understated, but when it jumped in all loud and obvious, it actually took away from the scene.
I read that there is another one in the works. I'm hoping it is not a time travel one (I read its a possibility) but rather focuses on the ending of the war, and creating a bit of a conclusion to the story.
Overall, I'd say this is a good movie - doesn't top the original two but is defiantly worthy being part of the Terminator franchise.