This is the answer for the question "Why watch a movie in the cinema?" Great Movie. Great Terminator.

Rating: 9/10 (5 June 2009)

This is the first time I review a movie here. And the reason why I do so, is because I truly think that this movie is much better than the average (or most) of reviews that people are writing. Rating it as "the worst movie ever".
This movie in my opinion, until now, is the best scifi/action movie of this year. And it got real chances of being one of the best. It's that kind of movie that in the first two minutes is slow and then it's all about running, hiding, finding answers and pure action adrenalin. This movie carries well the name of Terminator in a much faster, wider way. It doesn't only follows John Connor. It follows Marcus and the reason of his existence. This Terminator uses great CGI rendering. I watched in a Digital cinema room and never for a second it came on my mind: "That was badly done". And I work in CGI/VFX. They spent a lot of effort (and money) on that, I assure you. The bleached filters and the color corrections used, work great with this genre of movie and it gives a nice Post-Judgment Day look.
Now about the plot. This is Terminator. Not Lord of The Rings or Star Wars. This is not a straight forward story and it brings a subject of many doubt and theories: Time Travel. So for this reason I think it's pretty obvious that many things are dubious and it's impossible to make it perfect and an easy plot because of the reason: "What you change in the past, it reflects on the future." So everything that both machines and resistance did on the first 3 movies may well changed the future that they are living now. And we can continue discussing this with billions of theories for every frame on every Terminator movie. And most important of all, this is cinema and it's ultimate objective is entertain in less than 3 hours. So if the T-800 doesn't kill in a second John Connor well maybe it's because he should live?! But then again, there are 3 Terminators that tried to kill him before and they didn't, why in hell a fourth would do it?! Rationalizing over things that are clear as water, is a mistake for any movie watcher. While doing that, yes, I believe going to the cinema is always a waste of money.
People make their mind early because of one Director or Writer reputation and curriculum. And not on the product. It's a shame. Because you've got a great movie here that you cannot appreciate.
And before finishing I would like to say that all the cast was good. I applaud Sam Worthington, it was the first time I saw him and it was a great surprise. I do hope that a fifth Terminator is coming using the same formula and answering some questions that were left opened.
Take care and watch this movie if you identify with what I said.
Very Good Movie. Not perfect. But yet again, what Terminator is? 9/10