Date watched: 7/2/2015
My rating: 5/10
The count of times I have seen this at time of this review: 1st
Likelihood that I will watch this movie again: Maybe
I classify this as an action near time sci-fi movie.
Marginal movie of this genre that I rate above this: Back to the Future III
Marginal movie of this genre that I rate lower then this: Fifth Element
This is a sequel to the Terminator movies (I have only seen Terminator I and II). It touches directly on material from both movies and builds the mythos, with the return casting of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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As a fan of the first two Terminator movies, I had some interest in watching this movie, even though I had read middling reviews of the successors to those movies (I intend to still see those movies and will review them when I do so). I hadn't heard a lot about the movie, although retrospectively, there has been quite a bit of noise about it, and apparently most of the plot was spoiled through trailers, etc.
This movie is definitively winking to Terminator fans. There is so much that fans of the originals will recognize and possibly enjoy. For myself, I mildly enjoyed these pieces of nostalgia. However, I also found them to be a bit over the top, and also that there was a bit too much sentimental.
There were several plot holes, which is almost a given when a movie deals with time travel. With a movie like this that has several instances of time travel, it becomes quite convoluted and difficult to follow. This movie was no exception.
One of the biggest holes that I had a problem with was John Conner, or more correctly, the subjugated form of John Conner. John had been forcibly assimilated in the future. He then offers this to Sarah and Kyle, but they refuse. What bothers me is why he doesn't just touch them and assimilate them as well, as was done to him. Of course I know the answer - because then there wouldn't be much of a movie! Several other pseudo science reasons could be provided (which the movie does an ample job of providing throughout the show).
Despite these criticisms, I found the movie to be enjoyable, just nothing special.
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