i was prepared to hate it

Rating: 6/10 (24 July 2009)

this movie was better than i'd hoped or expected.but it's not really a Terminator movie.it's bleak vision of the future,interspersed with explosions and action sequences.i will admit that they really did a convincing job of showing a future with little to no hope.and the action sequences are not bad,although there's one sequence which belongs in a transformers movie,and was really out of place.it was close to unintentional comedy.and it's the only thing approaching comedy in the movie.there are no humorous moments at all,which drag the movie down.i also found it too long and there were a bit too many loud bombastic moments for my taste.as well there are two scenes which were so obviously on a sound stage,which took me right out of the movie.Christian Bale also seems to be channeling his gravel in the mouth batman persona from The Dark Knight.that was annoying to no end.but despite all this,i still liked the movie.the acting was good,and i liked the story.plus,i was prepared to hate it and didn't.anyway,somehow,the rating that comes to mind is 6/10