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Topic: Terminator 4 ...by McG
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Brad Miller
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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-21-2009 03:31 AM
I am going to make use of Adam's new spoiler tags here.
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McG sucks!!!
Actually there really is nothing to spoil here, because this is the worst movie I've seen in at least a year. I was tremendously leery going into this, but as someone who enjoyed the first 3 Terminator movies, I figured it couldn't be TOO awful. Boy was I wrong!
McG sucks, sucks, sucks!!! McG is not only the stupidest name for a director EVER, but as I was watching this I came to the realization that McG is basically the end result if Michael Bay and Ed Wood were to co-direct a movie. It is either ridiculously flashy and overdone cgi, or godawful performances poorly thrown together into some hint of a movie.
Christian Bale was awful in this. He just doesn't fit the John Connor role. Likewise Chekov had no business playing Kyle Reese. Everyone else sucked McG ass too.
1/2 out of 5 stars and an open letter to McG:
Mr. McG. You suck. You suck really bad. I hate you and your shitty movies. That Charlie's Angels turdfest movie you made a few years ago was bad enough, but this is just taking your lack of talent too far. I hope James Cameron has the decency to hunt you down and make you pay for embarrassing him by shitting on his Terminator movies the way you did on this one. And did I mention you suck? I did? Oh well, it deserves to be said again. You suck!
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Joe Redifer
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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-21-2009 03:58 AM
I didn't think it was too bad, much better than Terminator 3 but nowhere near as good as parts 1 and 2. This movie was directed by McDonalds or something. There was some shaky cam but it wasn't too terribly bad (nor great, of course). This movie is in black and white. At least I don't remember seeing any color. I thought Checkov (or Jack Off as we call him) did a reasonably decent vocal impression of Mikey Bein's Kyle Reese. Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle
The CGI Arnold looked pretty good, but still very CGI.
The story was a bit discombobulated with no real focus, but it was fairly fun for a free movie. Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle
John Conner is barely even in the movie, it seems.
It is a roller coaster thrill ride of a summer. Well, maybe not the most exciting roller coaster, but it pissed me off much less than Star Trek did Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle
since Star Trek decided to time travel, changing and canceling the ENTIRE history of what already happened in Star Trek and becoming ultra-lame and emo in the process
but that is another discussion altogether. Also, it seems that Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle
Terminator 2 never happened according to this movie. John Connor seems to have no memory of it but he has plenty of recollections of the events that happened in
Terminator 1.
And now to the director. This individual, McG, has absolutely no right to be alive with a name like that. The only way... ONLY WAY I will forgive his existence is if that is the full legal name that he was born with. His name is absolutely unacceptable. I will not tolerate it.
I saw it at an AMC Digiplex (all digital - no film allowed in the building by federal law). After about 12 trailers, the movie started and it missed its lights down cue. But they keep the lights so dim even at full bright it didn't make much of a difference and nobody noticed when they finally did come and turn them down all the way. Why are today's auditoriums so damned dim?
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Galen Murphy-Fahlgren
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From: Canton, MI, USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 05-21-2009 03:56 PM
I am not sure what manner of robot a McG is, but it is clearly not a directing robot. Is this what we have to look forward to in the Skynet dominated future? Bad sequels? (I guess it is not so different from the idiot dominated present.)
This movie could have been worse, but I'm not certain exactly how. I didn't watch the third one, and I would've given this one a pass as well were it not for Batman being in it. He is one of my favorite contemporary actors, so I figured I'd give it a go.
First of all, the casting was bad. Batman was probably the best cast, and I actually do think he was suited to the role, but it was also badly written. Anton Yelchin is just a bad actor, plain and simple, and I am unsure from what his current favor with filmmakers stems. Sam Worthington was extremely robotic, if you'll excuse the pun, and I don't think he should've been. There weren't really any other characters either. I watched it Tuesday night, about 36 hours ago, and I can barely remember anyone else. Not because they were overshadowed, either, but because they were so bad and insignificant.
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The thing that pissed me off the most was just everything about Sam Worthington's character, and everyone who interacted with him. He himself was only vaguely concerned that he woke up naked, covered in mud, 20 years after he was executed. Anton Yelchin is only vaguely concerned that this guy has no idea what a Terminator is, and asks him what year it is. I mean, it's like seeing some guy walk idly in front of a speeding semi, pushing him out of the way, and then he proceeds to demonstrate an utter lack of knowledge about any technology more recent than the shovel. Yeah, that happens all the time.
The special effects, while at times very good, are also at times very bad, completely taking you out of the film at several points, if you've managed to get in it. The cinematography at large is pretty poor as well. I don't know what else I was expecting, because crossing the line is one of the most basic sins of cinematography. While many actors on the set may have no idea what is going on with the camera, I believe very deeply that Batman is not one of them, and following the tirade, it should be apparent that despite being in a leading role, he is probably very angry about this movie.
In summary, this is one to skip. Unless you are a huge fan of Terminator or of all of Batman's movies, I would leave it off the Netflix as well.
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