You'd have to be slow not to understand the story and admire its awesomeness

Rating: 10/10 (28 May 2009)

What a great movie! It deserves its 10/10 because not only is it action packed, but it expands the story, and it visits the future that was shown in the opening intros for T1, T2, and T3. And as a kid, I've always wanted to see a Terminator film set in the future, and thanks to McG & Warner Bros, I have a film that's set in the future.
Okay, so it's not in 2029, it's in the earlier days, a few years right after Skynet launched their missiles and the humans called it "Judgement Day" . You get to see John Connor as a ranking resistance fighter, not in full command, yet, but working his way up there. He still has that rebellious attitude, Edward Furlong had in T2.
Now I won't ride the hate bandwagon and join in to bash T3 or say how Salvation sucks and T2 is the best JUST BECAUSE. Because let's face it, you grew up with Terminator 2, most of you did. I was 2 years old when it came out, so I got to watch it 8 years later. Given the quality of the movie and the director for it, it was a great movie, and it's on Terminator Salvation's level. However, this new movie surpasses it, slightly more. Now don't get all crazy cuz I said that, because I'm a fan. What, because I don't agree with you I'm not a fan? Get the hell outta' here with that crap.
The movie is great, go see it, you have to be really slow, dumb, or just ignorant to not understand the plot of this movie. It's John Connor in his resistance days, rising up to the ranks, to win the war sooner than his mother told him. Marcus Wright comes into play because he volunteered for a Cyberdine program to donate his insides, but he doesn't know he becomes what he becomes later on. I'll try not to spoil it, so don't worry.
The plot later tells us that John needs to save his young, would-be father, Kyle Reese from a Skynet concentration camp. There will be a cameo role in this movie by a special someone you may all know by now, but I won't say anything, because as I mentioned before, I won't say anything spoiler related.
The action is certainly great, great use of the 200 million dollar budget. The Harvester scene is amazing, that's all I'm gonna' say. It's not a mindless action movie as how some people on this site put it out to be, so vividly. I think if you're a Terminator fan, a science fiction fan, a war movie fan, or a fan of Cristian Bale, then you will like this movie. So please, go see it, pay for it so it can make the box office bust, so that I can be another happy camper when they show the trailer for Terminator 5 and 6 thanks to this movie's success at the box office. The only problem I had with it is the fact that it wasn't longer. That is all.