Terminator Salvation: Review By hedonismbot

Goes well with U-571 for having great sound and a ridiculous story. The look and sound was made for high definition and surround sound, but it's still a bad movie. The PG-13ness is disappointing considering the creative violence of Cameron's terminators. Other complaints include bad casting. Christian Bale is surrounded by a bad movie. Sam Worthington has a well-shaped skull and is boring. Bryce Dallas Howard is pregnant and nothing else. Yelchin's Reese is annoying and an insult to Michael Biehn. The mute girl is pointless and boring, obviously PC points. Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. is a bad, racist actor who thought the name his parents gave him sounded too smart. No comment on Moon Bloodgood's name, but definitely on how unnecessary her boobs are (see below). Speaking of names, "Joseph McGinty Nichol" is nothing to be ashamed of, *cough*. But it wasn't an all bad cast. After Christian Bale, Digital Arnold delivered the next best performance. Michael Ironside is wasted on a bit part but keeps you from turning it off. Helena Bonham Carter, also wasted, must have had a day off from whatever Tim was working on. The story is way too optimistic about a post-apocalyptic war with a race of intelligent machines, compared to The Matrix, maybe. The mechanical design is inferior even by 20th century standards. Also radiation poisoning and biological warfare would be easy for Skynet. Maybe that's why Cameron didn't focus on it. It succeeds as dumb entertainment compared to anything involving Bruckheimer/Bay. You'll enjoy it in high definition and surround sound, especially the giant terminator-gas station scene.

But if this is the director's cut with the gratuitous boob shots, skip it. Breasts are for distracting fools from a movie's badness, among other things. Don't be a fool.