Better than T3, horriable compared to T1 & T2

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2009)

Right of the back, Kids and young audience will LOVE this film, however I am 28, and I was 12 when T2 was released in Denmark. That is to this day the best cinema experience I have ever had. So my expectations to Terminator Salvation was very high, partly because Christian Bale is a franchise saver and partly because it Finally took place in the future. (as T3 should have done).
Unfortunately the story line in Terminator Salvation is weak at best. It's not the least bit original (as T1 and T2 were) and there are no twists and turns that are not totally predictable. The acting is OK, but I was expecting Christian Bale to be perfect for John Conner. He was medium at best.
The CGI was perfect, but the action (and there are LOTS of action) was not nearly as brutal as it should be. Terminators KILL PEOPLE, they don't throw them at a well every time they get their hands on a human. I won't give away the ending, but I will say that the last scene before they ride in to the horsiest like Lucky Luke, is clearly something they thrown together in 2 hours, trying to change the ending, because the original ending had leaked. The monologue ending as all terminator films have had, was totally cliché and poorly done.
The good things in this movie are the action and the CGI. The rest is crap. I gave it 6 because they animated a young Arnold in to it, and some of the homage to the old movies was done well, like the "you could be mine" from Guns N Roses on the radio and stuff like that.
Apart from that the film is filled with factually errors. I will name a few here. Warning SPOLERS COMING NOW On an end not I would say, watch this movie if you are less than 20 years of age or like movies like Transformers and The fast and the Furious.
SPOILER 1: Gas on gas station will not blow up or burn. After 6 months gas is no longer flammable and won't be able to run a car.
SPOILER 2: The scene where the computer explains the lame plot to the half man half machine is so stupid and unoriginal. I could not help but think of the South Park episode "Something Wal-Mart is coming this way" where the man in wall-mart is showing his different forms. (With a hat and without his jacket etc.) And why give away everything like some stupid James Bond or Scooby Doo villain. If the computer had just STFU they would have won the war.
SPILER 3: (ENDING SPOILER): The last scene with the heart transplant is so stupid it utterly destroys what little quality this script had. You cannot do an outdoor heart transplant, even if they by poor luck had the same blood type and you against all odds had the right equipment for it.