Disappointment rears its ugly head with Terminator: Salvation

Well a 25 year gap just did not do a body good, especially not in the case of the most recent Terminator flick. I must say I had higher expectations for this film, but in this case those expectations were not met.

Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind. (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Now let me first start out by saying that I am a Terminator fan but probably not a fanatic. So I was anxious to see what was in store for this movie. You would think by coming out during the brink of the summer it should do well (that's the whole purpose) BUT this one fell short of the margin. Overall the look of the film was great, the action and CG were great and the acting was decent. In all honesty, Christian Bale may have been the lead but his two counterparts Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin kinda showed out and took a little of the spotlight from him. One major drawback was that the film suffered from not having enough character development. McG probably had an outline that he was working with but just needed to tighten up the script, so that the story could work better. I will not deny that you can tell all throughout the film that he's a fan of the previous films... (The numerous throw backs to the prior films.) Maybe this will help him to spark some other films worth bringing to the big screen.

With this movie there are a few of loopholes and inconsistencies which pretty much can bring you down and it makes it somewhat difficult to get past them. All at the same time you are trying to figure out if it worth watching anymore. And now that I think about it the second Terminator was the same way. (Although I will definitely not say that this one was!) Put it like this it was "aiiiight" and that's the best way to put it.

Once again I will give them this , the CG was great but that was about it. And that by itself was just not enough to hold up this film. I think the bok should be closed on this story and never to be re-opened. Somethings are meant to "wow us" at the time they are presented, and others are meant to just make us say, " oh wow". And in this specific case it did just that.

Grade: C