Pathetic.

Rating: 3/10 (25 May 2009)

This movie was a joke. Or at least it made us laugh.
Why?
1. Unnecessary Arnold.
2. Outdoor open-heart surgery, not to mention no explanation of matching blood types, etc.
3. The Terminators made quirky animal noises, didn't sound machine-like at all.
4. The arguing between Bale & Ironside... terminators had more human performances.
5. Couldn't Skynet have reprogrammed Marcus Wright once he plugged into the system. When it said "synced' I assumed he would be rendered a bad guy, but no, he was able to mess with this supposedly conscious system quite easily. Skynet needs better virus protection.
6. No death. Not even red shirt level deaths. Just a few random people. Furthermore, the deaths on screen failed to make use of what we fear most from Terminators.
7. If you're going to make a series of movies, say a trilogy, the first rule is that each movie has to be able to stand out on its own, as an individual series of events that have their own beginning and end. Terminator Salvation never has this feel, that there's a bigger picture, that there's more. It just seems like whatever's next, they'll just make it up as they have to.
All in all, a bummer.