poor Score, weak film but pretty eye catching (if you are into that stuff)

Rating: 2/10 (8 June 2009)

Lets discuss Mr Dan Elfmans score of this film. The departure from the metallic and iconic score of Brad Fidel was suicidal. Not only does it have nostalgia attached to it, it also is sonically the perfect landscape for a Terminator and judgement day. The strings and the non-signature style make the music of absolutely no consequence, you can't remember it, it has no value. Now Elfman was very effective and industrial on Deconstruction Planet of the Apes and it is a great disappointment that someone so modern and post-futuristic would be so disappointing. To the film which is pretty bland and nonsense from the get go. The little "Newt" child seemed very Aliens. Apart from that the film lacks character and realism. Let's be honest you gonna attack Skynet and that is all the defences they have? Come on. 1 single terminator waiting for all of the resistance? Films should take you on a journey this film seems to just unroll in 1 day and is thin and without character. An on that subject there is absolutely no character building, if you haven't seen the series before you cannot attach to anything or anyone. So poor they actually even made Helena look dry. No character has any screen presence and definitely not Sam Worthington or Bryce. So on a casting note the film is pretty whack. But common, ironside, moon and maybe Jadagrace were nice to see. The only thing that makes this film watchable is the constant violence, and it doesn't take a genius to produce on screen violence.