My oh my

Rating: 3/10 (16 August 2009)

I really didn't want to dislike this movie, but it was unavoidable. Having in mind that T4 succeeded such classics like T1 and T2, I expected something worth seeing. Alas. Bad plot, setting, special effects and dialogs.
>>>Abandon hope all you who enter here! <<<
WARNING: S P O I L E R S follow:
First of all, the plot lacks originality and it lacks it badly. The idea of an antagonist neglecting the "free-will" human factor and paying dearly for it dates back probably to the dawn of the movie era. Did anyone doubt that Sam Worthington would not do what Helena Carter told him to?
And I feel sorry for Skynet. This is the only inventive and progressive character in the all T-series, but the moment it invents some magnificent piece of technology, the humans break it. And this never ends - T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 (oh, no, dear Hollywood, I promise I'll be good from now on, do not do this). In this regard, I must say that the whole Terminator-thing begins to look and sound like a never-ending story or a soap opera.
The future in 2029 (e.g. in T2) looks like it is supposed to: like a nightmare. The future in 2018 looks dusty and unconvincing. What was this flawless sky after an apocalyptic nuclear war? I got the impression that the world had been devastated by a giant tornado rather than massed nuclear bombings.
In 2018 the human race fights the machines with fighter-jets, helicopters and even a submarine. In 2029 the remnants of the humans act like guerrillas with the bazooka being their most dangerous weapon. Obviously the war is going not quite well for us. How do we win at the end then?
Christian Bale is a good actor, but he tends to act too dramatically. Does he ever smile?