Bale did a decent job, nothing amazing but good. Accent was good, I never had a second thought watching it. He had a deep batman sounding voice in some parts of the movie which seemed out of place, in intense moments he turns into batman? Maybe it's just my bias. Sam Worthington imo did a great job with his role.
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Terminator: Salvation
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T3 ranks in my top 10 worst movies of all time*. The pinnacle of it's badness?
During the car chase with the crane, there's a large blow up toy that bounces and the editor/director decided that adding a cartoon bouncy sound was the right thing to do. Never mind the ridiculous plot and acting. It was the last action hero of Terminator movies.
I'll go see T:S while it's still in the theater, but sometime after the crowds have thinned.
*: Cabin Boy, Ishtar (it's really that bad), Natural Born Killers, etc.
During the car chase with the crane, there's a large blow up toy that bounces and the editor/director decided that adding a cartoon bouncy sound was the right thing to do. Never mind the ridiculous plot and acting. It was the last action hero of Terminator movies.
I'll go see T:S while it's still in the theater, but sometime after the crowds have thinned.
*: Cabin Boy, Ishtar (it's really that bad), Natural Born Killers, etc.
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Mute without subtitles and it's be worth admission. It got chopped to hell going from R to PG13, many inconsistencies. Christian Bale (normally I'm a fan) was god awful, yelling like Batman, he looked bored. All I can say for it is it'll save me from paying for number 5.
I'm just saying, that there's bad dialogue and then there's laughably bad dialogue. That latter type can get sooo bad, that it's actually good (funny). Terminator:Salvation is not one of those movies. It's just plain bad.
I don't expect my action movies to make sense all the type or have Oscar worthy screenplays and scripts. It just feels like THIS dialogue was written by a 12 year old theater club student.
I don't expect my action movies to make sense all the type or have Oscar worthy screenplays and scripts. It just feels like THIS dialogue was written by a 12 year old theater club student.
He sure did! This film would be an absolute disaster if it wasn't for him (not that it's for from that). Regrettably though the story is wafer thin...it's just explosions and CGI until the inevitable happens at the end of the film. No time is taken to build a rapor with those on screen and Christian Bale goes on to show just how much of a one dimensional actor he is. Shouting Mr Bale does not equal acting.
As always there's some kid running around (which seems to be some sort of pre-requisite since Newt in Aliens) which serves very little purpose but to irritate and conveniently have a detonator when you're in need of one.
The inconsistencies are more than one can count on a pair of hands, feet and any other appendages you may have and the failed sense of comedy that is thought up to gain some tenuous link from this film to the previous ones is nothing short of annoying.
Graphically, however, it's really nice to look it and there are certainly points that have a certain amount of 'wow-factor'. Arnie's cameo was neatly done without dwelling on it too much.
If I were you I'd personally wait for it to come out on Betamax.
