2 hours of my life wasted

Rating: 2/10 (14 February 2012)

As you probably have guessed from the title, I didn't like this film. Thinking about it, it may have been okay as a stand alone film but putting it into the Terminator franchise is just shameful.
There are a lot of mixed reviews on here about this film but I, for one am severely disappointed. So here's some of the storyline: teenage Reese gets captured. John Connor has to save him. And here's the rest of the storyline: oh wait..thats it! Sticking in some extra characters made the film a bit more interesting but pretty much they were only there to pad out the plot.
Addmittedly, some of the special effects were good but I think the film focused too much on them and especially chase scenes rather than developing the characters. I'm on the fence with the acting in this film. Whilst some of the actors were really good and actually made you feel some emotion towards them, others were pretty damn bad. I don't know if it was down to the director or the actor but I think Christian Bale should stick to his Batman films, which he actually acts well in. He didn't exactly act as if he cared about anyone. Maybe it sounds like i'm over exaggerating a bit but its true. Horror films usually use characters as a way to travel through the story. The Terminator franchise comprise of characters we're meant to care about.
And how predictable was this film really? It was pretty obvious what the ending had to be otherwise it wouldn't fit in with the first three films. Also, it was pretty predictable with what had happened to Sam Worthington's character at the beginning of the movie, although for a main character in this film, we didn't get to know much about him. I guess though, that may have been because there were too many characters in this film that it focused on.
Yes I realise this is probably a very long winded review but I needed to rant about this poor excuse of a film. I recommend people who are huge fans of the original 3 not to watch this utter rubbish as it's hardly relevant in terms of the story, probably just an excuse for the company involved to make more money on it. If you take this film as a stand alone movie however then maybe you WILL enjoy it.