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When I saw the trailer of Terminator Salvation, I did think that I wasn't going to like it very much even though I was looking forward to seeing it. When I saw it at the cinema, I enjoyed it but it could've been better. I have to admit that this film did revive the Terminator series right up again after the bitter disappointment Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines was. It is a new kind of Terminator film because of the original effects and the very hardcore violence involved but I appreciate this one a lot because it is a film with a lot of CGI in a new generation. It was a risky move making this film but I think it turned out a great success. This is like the Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of Crystal Skull of 2009 because that is a film you'll either love or hate just like Terminator Salvation. It's funny because in the first 10 minutes, I was bored and almost wanted the film to be finished by then but after 25 minutes I became very interesting and felt very intense by watching it. The effects are absolutely fantastic! As far as I'm concerned watching the action in Terminator Salvation was like watching both Transformers and Iron Man all over again.
I was unsure about Christian Bale playing John Connor in this film but I was actually really surprised. He turned out to be absolutely fantastic. Bale is now part of two franchises playing main characters. He is obviously better remembered for playing Batman/Bruce Wayne but Connor was a character that I, quite frankly, wasn't expecting Christian to play. He was a good John Connor but I think the one thing that was a bit off was that I could only see Christian Bale as Batman and that's it. He was good as Connor don't get me wrong but there could have been a more different actor to play him. One thing that I was slightly disappointed with that I wasn't really expecting was that the film wasn't really about John Connor but more about Marcus Wright. Sam Worthington's performance as Marcus Wright was a lot different compared to Christian Bale's but despite that, Sam's performance was better than Christian's. Marcus was a more interesting character than John Connor which was really weird and slightly disappointing. I was also disappointed with the amount of time Helena Bonham Carter was in this film. I thought she would have been a really sinister villainous character in it but she was barely in it at all. Arnie does make an appearance in one of the action scenes in this film which was absolutely ace so it was good to see Arnie back as the Terminator again.
McG creates a new kind of Terminator film. He has crafted together a film that will be in my opinion the start of a new Terminator trilogy. McG hasn't really done that many films at all but I do think that Terminator Salvation is his biggest breakthrough film. I just really hope they don't kill Terminator like they almost did with the prequel Star Wars trilogy and the theatrical cartoon version. James Cameron's series has only just survived so lets hope that the future films of the series will too.
Terminator Salvation is a lot better than Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines but not as good as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and The Terminator. It is like the Indy 4 of 2009. I am excited about seeing a sequel to this one. I found Terminator Salvation to be a very explosive, intense, action-packed thrill ride that I would definitely buy on DVD and watch again.
7/10
