Average at best but definitely unworthy

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2009)

First of all, i just wanted to say that McG is an awful director. What credit this film does have is tarnished by his amateur and naive style of film making. Pointlessly long shots, and horrible cuts ruin scenes that otherwise look great (special effects wise). I have a feeling that what ever crack pots at the studio were thinking when they hired this guy, they spat on the franchise, and especially the original 2 terminator films.
Aside from McSh*#t, the script is in places great, and in places awful. And the predictability and "cheese" of the plot is unforgivable, some parts made me cringe in my seat. This is largely the same with the sound editing. The aspect which defined Terminator 2 is also at times fantastic (the prisoner collector robots) but at times flacid and weak (no metallic/industrial sounds linked with the terminators).
Overall i think the worst point is that there's no definitive "bad guy" apart from really skynet itself. I can see what McShit was trying to do by not, but stuffing a terminator film full of messages instead of having a badass terminator is just pretentious.
On positive notes the special effects are amazing, and the action sequences are pretty fun and exciting. Also the acting is pretty much spot on, apart from Bloodmoon. The guy who plays Reese was surprisingly good.
Overall this film is average, but you cant shake the feeling that it was just an opportunity to cash in which becomes all too apparent in certain parts, and having just seen TS and coming home to find T2 on TV, really highlighted my feelings about this movie. I think if they Had attached a more experienced (and lets be honest not a crap one) director than maybe this film would have earnt its place in the franchise.
Worth watching? Yes Worthy of Terminator 1+2? No 6/10