imax wrote:

In other words, he could barly speak english at the time..

The more things change the more they stay the same.

But in all seriousness, I really liked T:S. Way better than T3, maybe even on par with T1. 

I thought it was pretty good as an introduction to the next one.  It was not great, but pretty good, and it managed to hold my attention and interest throughout.  B+

We just got back from Terminator: Salvation and I was very disappointed.  The only test of a movie for me is this: did it captivate full attention from the first scene to the last, never leaving one bored for even a single frame.  I expected the new Star Trek movie to be horrible, but I was pleasantly surprised by an exciting, fun ride that kept my attention on every scene.  Though I had high hopes going in, Terminator: Salvation was boring and predictable.  All their "surprises" and "twists" could be seen coming a mile away, the character development was shallow and the special effects seemed to be thrown in with the idea of, "to distract you from the boring, predictable plot and the shallow characters, we now present this action scene with CGI robots and big explosions." Save your money and rent this one from the $1/night DVD rental machine in six months.  I think I would have rather seen the second season of Sarah Connor Chronicles instead, though with the way the series fizzled at the end of season one, the decision to not watch season two seems to have been the correct one, as it was soon cancelled.  Most Hollywood producers/writers/directors still haven't figured out how to make movies worth watching, much less worth paying for.  Keep trying, guys, someday you might be able to duplicate the magic of the very few films that are worth paying money to see.

PS10N wrote:

We just got back from Terminator: Salvation and I was very disappointed.  The only test of a movie for me is this: did it captivate full attention from the first scene to the last, never leaving one bored for even a single frame.  I expected the new Star Trek movie to be horrible, but I was pleasantly surprised by an exciting, fun ride that kept my attention on every scene.  Though I had high hopes going in, Terminator: Salvation was boring and predictable.  All their "surprises" and "twists" could be seen coming a mile away, the character development was shallow and the special effects seemed to be thrown in with the idea of, "to distract you from the boring, predictable plot and the shallow characters, we now present this action scene with CGI robots and big explosions." Save your money and rent this one from the $1/night DVD rental machine in six months.  I think I would have rather seen the second season of Sarah Connor Chronicles instead, though with the way the series fizzled at the end of season one, the decision to not watch season two seems to have been the correct one, as it was soon cancelled.  Most Hollywood producers/writers/directors still haven't figured out how to make movies worth watching, much less worth paying for.  Keep trying, guys, someday you might be able to duplicate the magic of the very few films that are worth paying money to see.

I agree with you insofar as a stand-alone movie.  The second one needs to find its footing extremely fast, now that we've stablished a very baseline setting and characters (poorly fleshed out I may add).  But, what do you expect with a director so pretentious he calls himself "McG."  He might as well called himself McBay.  Or McLovin for that matter.

T:SCC was phenominal and although Season 2 had some dragged out parts early on, the character development was a million times richer than T:S, and the show was extremely thoughtful and intelligently written.  The plot lines came together in the end in a simply stunning manner.  But, the fickle networks keep trying to dumb us down with even more purile and lowest common demoninator garbage.  T:SCC has no place in a realm that places Celebutardism above all.

I've seen so many frikken movies in my lifetime, been so jaded and oversaturated, that my criteria for a good movie now is, do I still think about this movie several days after I've seen it?  If I've already more or less purged it from my mind a half an hour after I've seen it, it isn't a good movie.  T:S is exactly how I feel about it.  Although it more or less kept my attention while I was watching it, its already long since gone from my imagination and interest.

Not so with T:SCC, in fact quite the opposite.

See the second season...I think you will be very pleasantly surprised.

And after you do you might see some strong parallels between MxO and T:SCC.

Villemar_MxO wrote:

PS10N wrote:

We just got back from Terminator: Salvation and I was very disappointed.  The only test of a movie for me is this: did it captivate full attention from the first scene to the last, never leaving one bored for even a single frame.  I expected the new Star Trek movie to be horrible, but I was pleasantly surprised by an exciting, fun ride that kept my attention on every scene.  Though I had high hopes going in, Terminator: Salvation was boring and predictable.  All their "surprises" and "twists" could be seen coming a mile away, the character development was shallow and the special effects seemed to be thrown in with the idea of, "to distract you from the boring, predictable plot and the shallow characters, we now present this action scene with CGI robots and big explosions." Save your money and rent this one from the $1/night DVD rental machine in six months.  I think I would have rather seen the second season of Sarah Connor Chronicles instead, though with the way the series fizzled at the end of season one, the decision to not watch season two seems to have been the correct one, as it was soon cancelled.  Most Hollywood producers/writers/directors still haven't figured out how to make movies worth watching, much less worth paying for.  Keep trying, guys, someday you might be able to duplicate the magic of the very few films that are worth paying money to see.

I agree with you insofar as a stand-alone movie.  The second one needs to find its footing extremely fast, now that we've stablished a very baseline setting and characters (poorly fleshed out I may add).  But, what do you expect with a director so pretentious he calls himself "McG."  He might as well called himself McBay.  Or McLovin for that matter.

T:SCC was phenominal and although Season 2 had some dragged out parts early on, the character development was a million times richer than T:S, and the show was extremely thoughtful and intelligently written.  The plot lines came together in the end in a simply stunning manner.  But, the fickle networks keep trying to dumb us down with even more purile and lowest common demoninator garbage.  T:SCC has no place in a realm that places Celebutardism above all.

I've seen so many frikken movies in my lifetime, been so jaded and oversaturated, that my criteria for a good movie now is, do I still think about this movie several days after I've seen it?  If I've already more or less purged it from my mind a half an hour after I've seen it, it isn't a good movie.  T:S is exactly how I feel about it.  Although it more or less kept my attention while I was watching it, its already long since gone from my imagination and interest.

Not so with T:SCC, in fact quite the opposite.

See the second season...I think you will be very pleasantly surprised.

And after you do you might see some strong parallels between MxO and T:SCC.

 

Dumb and Dumber is one of the best movie ever made.  Watch it and try not to laugh.