Amph Come with me if you want to live: The Terminator Thread

Haven't seen this yet, but I can't see Emilia Clarke as Sarah. Those of you who have seen it, was she a good Sarah Connor? I couldn't stand Bale as John in Salvation either.

 

I actually really enjoyed Genisys. Very entertaining and very satisfying. Feelings that didn't come with T3 or Salvation. Would've liked it more if they kept the ending a little more open to see where a future sequel would go.

I know this flick has been a critical failure, but I hope it gains a fanbase so they can continue this story. I don't wanna see a new reboot in five years.

 

After the drubbing it got from the critics I caved and went to see the movie expecting a film that was so bad it's good. Yet it's not that 'bad' at all, it's just a thoroughly mediocre movie with a few highlights (Namely the governator, J,K Simmons and Matt Smith all enjoying themselves and hamming it up to high heaven). Which in itself sucks, I was expecting and wanting a car crash.

 

Saw it last night. It was highly enjoyable, Emilia did a fine job as Sarah Connor, it was fun to see Arnold in the role again, and the VFX were great. But every time John came on screen, I couldn't help but think that he looks like Quentin Tarantino. It was a bit distracting.

 

Hah, Tarantino Yeah, he does look like him.

 

I think he looks like a cross between Tarantino and Ted Cruz. Which I think is the main reason I haven't seen the film, TBH.

 

Don't diss my homeboy Jason Clark!

 

It's only a diss if you happen to think either QT or Cruz are morbidly unappealing. Which I do.

 

Just got out the movie. Not as bad as T3, but I liked Salvation better. Terminator Genisys is a boring mashup of every action movie made over the past 30 years.

Helicopter falling off the side of the building? The Matrix
Genisys taking the form of a holographic child? Resident Evil.
Bus flipping end over end? The semi from The Dark Knight.
Bus falling off a bridge and around Sarah and co? The Lost World trailers falling off a cliff around Sarah and co.

They even used the dramatic Inception BAWM sound in the soundtrack.

I've seen wet toilet paper with more character than the actors playing Kyle Reese and John Connor.


Arnold is just okay, but nowhere near as memorable as in T2, Emilia Clarke was decent enough as Sarah, and JK Simmons stole the show as conspiracy theory cop.


If you really want to see it, just rent the damn thing.

Or marathon every action movie on Netflix.

 

Also if you know about the original ending to Salvation, you know where the franchise just went.

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Pops will now be posing as John Connor and leading the humans to victory.

 

And the hell was with that damn "COPS" montage? Oooh, we're playing "Bad Boys"! It's comic relief! Oooh, Emilia Clarke is SHORT! IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SHE'S SHORT!

Irony.

 

Yeah, it was stupid. But dammit if I didn't laugh anyway. Honestly, Arnie got me with that smile every time. He's actually become a pretty good comedic actor, and he's incredibly gifted in controlling his body and the way he moves to create that robotic impression.

 

You know, if you're going to:

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retcon Terminator 2 (one of the most acclaimed/influential sci-films of all time) out of existence, and heavily rewrite The Terminator (ditto on the acclaimed/influential thing) then you'd better makes sure that your own movie is up to snuff. This wasn't. It's also quite sad that the most interesting/compelling that John Connor has ever been was as a ten-year-old. These last three films REALLY have had no idea what to do with him.

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I thought that the Clarke's did fine given what little the script gave them to work with. And it was fun to see Arnie in the role again. JK Simmons and Matt Smith (boy was he underused) were also good.

 

I don't know why people hate Salvation so much. I love that movie.

 

The best actor in this movie was Lee Byung-Hun. He got everything RIGHT about the T-1000, even going so far as to mimic Robert Patrick's distinctive walk.

So basically, the director is tone-deaf.

 

Christian Bale forcing them to rewrite the movie and add more scenes in for him.

 

i don't hate it. i thought it branched out and did something new showing the actual war.

 

I thought Salvation was a lot of fun. Certainly better than the other idiotic robot movie that came out that summer...

 

Eh, that's not so bad. It saved what would have been a film that would be derided even worse than it was. Reducing John to a guest star role and then having him die, to be replaced by Marcus is even more of a giant middle finger than what happened with John becoming a T-3000.

 

John was just boring in that movie. He accomplished NOTHING of note. Also, the movie feels really pointless. All that really comes of it is that Marcus (a character who we were just introduced to/getting to know) dies. And lets take out the whole stupidity of that "surgery" to begin with.

Also, the people who made that film were clearly bigger Mad Max fans than Terminator ones, because that movie is more reminiscent of The Road Warrior than a Terminator film. I agree that focusing on the future war was the right way to go, but the execution was just BAD!!

 

Agreed. I would have preferred seeing Anton Yelchin return for this one.
Jai Courtney is as bland as unbuttered grits.