left me feeling a little flat...

Rating: 4/10 (19 May 2009)

better than terminator 3: rise of the machines. not near as good as terminator 2.
the whole thing looked a little too much like the matrix after they got neo into the "real world." all post apocalyptic and all. which is what the world is after judgment day i suppose. but still.
i did really enjoy all the "shout outs" to this films predecessors. i'll not spoil the cool parts for ya but be on the look out for "i'll be back." in one scene john Connor, played very seriously by Christian bale, is baiting a terminator with a boom box blasting out "you could be mine" by guns and roses. that's from terminator 2 for you newbies out there. and the coolest shout out of all i thought is also the most obscure. only die hards i think will catch it. in the original terminator the character of kyle Reece, john Connor's father who was sent by john Connor from the future to protect his mother, is played by Michael Biehn. this time around the teen age kyle Reece is played by Anton yelchin. who by the way plays Chekhov in the new star trek film. (that kid has had a busy summer already) the first words spoken by both actors in each of their respective films is the same exact words. and it's really cool if you catch it.
other than that, this film kinda left me feeling a little flat. the actors are all very good. Sam Worthington does a great job as the secondary male lead. moon bloodgood makes me want to work out harder at the gym. Bryce Dallas Howard is good at john Connor's love interest. she's pregnant with his baby in the film and it looks like she actually is pregnant. her hands look swollen. so that's either a spectacular make up job or she got pregnant before the film started shooting and they just went with it. either way, that is a beautiful woman. way to go little opie Cunningham.
maybe i'm just spoiled by star trek being so good and this film will be better on DVD. but for now i'm giving it two severed T-800 heads out of a possible five.
there is one big surprise treat near the end of the film that i won't give away but you may find yourself pumping your fist in the air and shouting "yes." i did anyway.