Emptiness of future...

Rating: 1/10 (17 June 2009)

.. franchise exploitation. It is absolutely wonderful how a successful franchise can be brought down by incapable directors and story writers. T1 & T2 were very good films. Both of them gave us a good story, good acting and more then solid action and special effects (especially T2). T3 just.. felt wrong, an empty attempt to continue the saga, but T4 went all the way.. down.
"The future ain't what it used to be".
Story lacks depth, acting is horrible, clichés are thrown all around in this sad sequel of once a great story which was masterfully launched to the screens by James Cameron. Characters lack any depth and there is nothing to connect the audience with their plight and struggle for freedom. After watching this movie, one may ask oneself "How the hell did the Terminator in the first two movies ever even find their target" since all they do in this movie is being target practice (or better yet "drop-something-on-them-when-they-walk-below-it practice")for the few characters we encounter. Also it looks like Skynet went bankrupt since there are no squads of machines sent after the rebels (unlike the future flashbacks we've seen in the earlier movies) just a few wandering machines walking around shooting without aiming (since there are no injuries or kills you can see) and what's best.. wearing some dirty old rags on them probably trying to "blend in" with the rebel population or just showing their individuality and personal interest in fashion. John Connors "Win or lose, this war ends tonight" is (although completely wrong since it is obvious that the skynet base that's destroyed at the end of the movie is not the only base skynet has) as pathetic as the last few minutes of the movie and the little speech we get.
Enough comments were written on the movie, so you can all get a picture of what it's like to scream in agony while watching this movie. The general recommendation is.. if you're a T1 & T2 fan.. avoid at any cost, or at least forget about what you know and what you've seen in the first two movies (T3 shares my same opinion as T4). Awful.