Garbage cans are always on fire in the future.

Rating: 5/10 (20 May 2009)

I was hyped after seeing the theatrical trailer. Finally, we were going to see the war against the machines.
I just got back from the pre-screening. Unfortunately, T4 was disappointing from the weak title sequence. Essentially the movie contains lots of explosions, a sprinkling of gobots and plenty of scenes that just seem - unbelievable (without the wonder).
Sam Worthington does a good job with his role as Marcus, Nicolas Cage (or was it Tom Cruise) is angry as John Connor, and Michael Ironside is resolute as Michael Ironside from Total Recall.
Here's my Terminator 4 'Homestyle' Recipe:
1/4 Cup - Blackhawk Down soldiering scenes, 5grams - Road Warrior car battles, 2oz - Matrix harvesting robots, 1turd - Transformers (sans Megan Fox), 1gram - Resident Evil evil, 1fist - Mission Impossible impossibles.
Stir together, add some average extras, a cute kid and a really uninspired score from the talented Danny Elfman then bake for 2hours.
The only thing this movie is missing is a scene where a T-600 mows down a puppy with a Gatling gun, just so we know they are totally bad-ass.
Actually, the T-600 are totally bad-ass, plus surprisingly stupid. They bring all the joy from every minigun experience you've always wanted. A nice homage to modern games such as Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Team Fortress 2, and countless others where gamers fixate on spending endless rounds of ammo without hitting anything.
If you enjoyed Matrix 2 and 3, the last Batman, Gears of War, Call of Duty: Modern Combat (great game BTW, way more involving story than this movie), and Cheetohs you just might like this.
Makes you really appreciate classics like Terminator 2, Aliens, and Bladerunner. Those movies have mood, pacing, great use of effects, and vision.