Alright movie, but did not bring any sort of salvation to the terminator series

Rating: 6/10 (23 May 2009)

I walked into Terminator Salvation with an open mind hoping to enjoy this new addition to the Terminator series, but I really did not feel that it delivered as well as it could have. The first problem I had was the pg-13 rating really made it feel like a watered down version of the series. The story was good enough but there is so much jumping around it really doesn't feel like there a lot of character development. As far as explosions and CGI goes this movie delivers well in that category but, the real problem I had with this movie was the choice of actors. I mean why the hell is Common a supporting actor in this movie? Christian Bale has delivered some damn good performances in his time, but I literally burst into hysterics at one point in the movie at him screaming like three words, You'll know what I mean when if you watch it. OK so it was entertaining yes, it better F**king be with that kind of budget, but all I'm trying to say is I found myself laughing and making fun of this movie more than being captivated and absorbed into the experience it was presenting. A fun watch but does not serve justice to the previous Terminator films.