James Cameron working on a new Terminator movie

~~Sumac~~ · 01-28-2020, 06:34 PM

I've watched it and I can say - it is bad.

WARNING: CONTAINS OPEN SPOILERS

Actors are good and they acting relatively well, given the material, but every other thing in this movie is just horrid. I liked Grace - she was genuinely cool and probably the closest thing to Kyle Reese from T1. It is sad that her character was wasted o this pile of crap. Sarah was nice, though I hardly can imagine that she was able to stay sane after death of John. Dani was not bad, but hardly believable as a future leader of resistance. This scene in a future with her was pretty bad. Carl was funny, but I think writers went to fat, trying to humanize terminator. I can't believe that his wife never figured out that there was something "off" with him, considering that he doesn't eat, drink, sleep, goes to toilet and so on. Rev 9 was cool, it was the best evil terminator since T1000. Once again a wasted casting.

Story is a mess, where a lot of parts are not explained or explained poorly. It brings nothing new to the table, while simultaneously ruining one of the core ideas of the franchise as a whole. It seems it was written in two minutes on a piece of a napkin without any additional passes.

Special effects and camera work are bad and similar to the TV series of 2000s, especially in the beginning. Constant slo-mo during action scenes to make them more epic made them look cheap and awkward.

Action scenes were over the top and feel like something from a generic blockbuster, not terminator-like at all. And of course our human heroes suffered very little or not at all.

All in all, it felt like rushed and unpolished idea, which was never properly thought out. There are some interesting ideas, but they are buried under such big piles of crap, it is hard to see or appreciate them.

TG was better.

01-28-2020, 06:34 PM	#11
~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	I've watched it and I can say - it is bad. WARNING: CONTAINS OPEN SPOILERS Actors are good and they acting relatively well, given the material, but every other thing in this movie is just horrid. I liked Grace - she was genuinely cool and probably the closest thing to Kyle Reese from T1. It is sad that her character was wasted o this pile of crap. Sarah was nice, though I hardly can imagine that she was able to stay sane after death of John. Dani was not bad, but hardly believable as a future leader of resistance. This scene in a future with her was pretty bad. Carl was funny, but I think writers went to fat, trying to humanize terminator. I can't believe that his wife never figured out that there was something "off" with him, considering that he doesn't eat, drink, sleep, goes to toilet and so on. Rev 9 was cool, it was the best evil terminator since T1000. Once again a wasted casting. Story is a mess, where a lot of parts are not explained or explained poorly. It brings nothing new to the table, while simultaneously ruining one of the core ideas of the franchise as a whole. It seems it was written in two minutes on a piece of a napkin without any additional passes. Special effects and camera work are bad and similar to the TV series of 2000s, especially in the beginning. Constant slo-mo during action scenes to make them more epic made them look cheap and awkward. Action scenes were over the top and feel like something from a generic blockbuster, not terminator-like at all. And of course our human heroes suffered very little or not at all. All in all, it felt like rushed and unpolished idea, which was never properly thought out. There are some interesting ideas, but they are buried under such big piles of crap, it is hard to see or appreciate them. TG was better.