I'm Sticking Up For This Right Now, Nobody Is Looking At The Positives!

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2009)

OK, I'm writing this because I am seriously sick at all of the hate-filled reviews of this movie. I mean honestly, those people are just giving it bad reviews as it doesn't match up to the standard of the first two, and with that I agree fully, it isn't as good as the first two. But you have to look at it from a different perspective.The first two were totally different movies is comparison with this one.The setting and mood were completely different. "The Terminator" was a thriller/horror movie, and "Judgement Day" was an action movie ultimately.Both were set in the past. "Salvation" on the other hand,is an apocalyptic war film. Therefore before you even watch the film, you have to know that it is going to be different.
There are many positives and a couple of negatives for the film.
Postives:
1) Great Special Effects.These will seriously blow you away.
2) Action moves at a breath-taking pace.
3) Good performances all round, although Christian Bale could have lost his Batman voice and went for something original. The best performance was by Sam Worthington without a doubt.
4) A competent storyline, which gives a couple of twists, albeit ones that aren't hard to find.
5) Tonnes of different Terminators. Harvesters,Hunter killers,Moto-Terminators,T-600's,T-800's, they're all there.
6) McG's direction. OK, he won't win an Oscar, but give the guy some credit, he went into this film with criticism bouncing in from all sides, and I think he did a good job, especially in the action scenes.
Negatives:
1) Too short. The film could have been about 10-15 minutes longer, and these extra minutes should have been used to expand character development.
2) Characters. There was too many all at once, and there was no clear definition of who was the main character, for ten minutes it was John Connor, then for the next ten it was Marcus.Maybe it meant to be like that, I don't know.
3) The PG-13 rating. OK, so the studio wanted to allow younger audiences to be able to see this film,fair enough, it was obviously about the money anyway. But still, why have a Terminator if they are not....em Terminating? A bit more blood and graphic death would have changed many people's overall view I think.
Overall, a well made film that gives a good insight into the future of the Terminator universe. Hopefully, for the next film, the film-makers will go that extra step further and bump up the rating to an R, and correct the issues I have stated. Recommended for fans of Sci-fi. 8/10