Comments on: Terminator Salvation http://10moviestosee.com/2009/05/25/terminator-salvation/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DVD Tuesday - December 1, 2009 | Toronto Film Scene http://10moviestosee.com/2009/05/25/terminator-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-805 DVD Tuesday - December 1, 2009 | Toronto Film Scene Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:27:21 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=884#comment-805 [...] Terminator Salvation – The fourth in the Terminator series directed by McG and staring the ever moody Christian Bale.  Check out Trista’s review! [...] [...] Terminator Salvation – The fourth in the Terminator series directed by McG and staring the ever moody Christian Bale.  Check out Trista’s review! [...]

]]> By: Trista http://10moviestosee.com/2009/05/25/terminator-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Trista Wed, 27 May 2009 00:42:16 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=884#comment-388 Looks like Eric pulled out a win on this one, hitting the nail on the head succinctly. Interesting note about Aliens though Shannon. I hadn't really thought of it that way. Looks like Eric pulled out a win on this one, hitting the nail on the head succinctly. Interesting note about Aliens though Shannon. I hadn’t really thought of it that way.

]]> By: Shannon the Movie Moxie http://10moviestosee.com/2009/05/25/terminator-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Shannon the Movie Moxie Tue, 26 May 2009 16:45:09 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=884#comment-384 Sam Worthington is definitely a new favourite for me, trying to find the version of The Scottish Play he did (that I had tix for but missed at TIFF years ago...why oh why didn't I go?). It felt, at least from the promotional material, that they were really going for people liking each individual character in the film, a la Aliens but I didn't find it worked. I liked a few and felt like they were pushing other characters forward but it didn't stick. Agree with Eric - showcasing a lack of humanity wasn't a great choice, but seems to be a popular one recently. <abbr><em>Shannon the Movie Moxie’s last blog post..<a href="http://moviemoxie.blogspot.com/2009/05/vlog-week-in-film-101-films.html" rel="nofollow">Vlog - Week in Film & 101 Films</a></abbr></em> Sam Worthington is definitely a new favourite for me, trying to find the version of The Scottish Play he did (that I had tix for but missed at TIFF years ago…why oh why didn’t I go?).

It felt, at least from the promotional material, that they were really going for people liking each individual character in the film, a la Aliens but I didn’t find it worked. I liked a few and felt like they were pushing other characters forward but it didn’t stick. Agree with Eric – showcasing a lack of humanity wasn’t a great choice, but seems to be a popular one recently.

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]]> By: Trista http://10moviestosee.com/2009/05/25/terminator-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Trista Tue, 26 May 2009 16:42:03 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=884#comment-383 GASP! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Really? If I had known, I wouldn't have had such high expectations. Crap. Ah well. Thanks for the head's up Eric.... and yes, you're right. No humanity in your characters = no one caring if they die. GASP! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Really? If I had known, I wouldn’t have had such high expectations. Crap. Ah well. Thanks for the head’s up Eric…. and yes, you’re right. No humanity in your characters = no one caring if they die.

]]> By: Eric http://10moviestosee.com/2009/05/25/terminator-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Eric Tue, 26 May 2009 16:39:01 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=884#comment-382 The reason this film was such an utter failure is because McG forgot about the characters. The movie is supposed to be about mankind's fight for survival, but there was a surprising and glaring lack of humanity. I guess that's what you get with a John Brancato, Michael Ferris script though. These are the guys that wrote 'Catwoman.' The reason this film was such an utter failure is because McG forgot about the characters. The movie is supposed to be about mankind’s fight for survival, but there was a surprising and glaring lack of humanity. I guess that’s what you get with a John Brancato, Michael Ferris script though. These are the guys that wrote ‘Catwoman.’

]]> By: Trista http://10moviestosee.com/2009/05/25/terminator-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Trista Tue, 26 May 2009 16:29:11 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=884#comment-381 Since I choose not to comment on the personal lives of stars on this blog (because there are about a billion gossip blogs out there and I'm juts an observer) I really can't tell you why he fought so hard. You're right though, it was the weakest part of the movie, especially since the movie needed stuff added to make him an actual character, since John wasn't really written to be one anyhow. I agree about Sam Worthington.... he might be a new favorite.... Since I choose not to comment on the personal lives of stars on this blog (because there are about a billion gossip blogs out there and I’m juts an observer) I really can’t tell you why he fought so hard. You’re right though, it was the weakest part of the movie, especially since the movie needed stuff added to make him an actual character, since John wasn’t really written to be one anyhow. I agree about Sam Worthington…. he might be a new favorite….

]]> By: Shannon the Movie Moxie http://10moviestosee.com/2009/05/25/terminator-salvation/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Shannon the Movie Moxie Tue, 26 May 2009 16:20:26 +0000 http://10moviestosee.com/?p=884#comment-380 Sorry to hear it was such a let down Trista! I did enjoy it, but was going in distancing from the idea that it would be a Terminator film and just thought of it was an action film. I wonder why Christian Bale fought to be John Connor, that character was quite the let down of the film - I totally agree with you there. He was rather rash and didn't seem very leader like on the whole which was very confusing. Sam Worthington was awesome as Marcus though :) <abbr><em>Shannon the Movie Moxie’s last blog post..<a href="http://moviemoxie.blogspot.com/2009/05/vlog-week-in-film-101-films.html" rel="nofollow">Vlog - Week in Film & 101 Films</a></abbr></em> Sorry to hear it was such a let down Trista! I did enjoy it, but was going in distancing from the idea that it would be a Terminator film and just thought of it was an action film.

I wonder why Christian Bale fought to be John Connor, that character was quite the let down of the film – I totally agree with you there. He was rather rash and didn’t seem very leader like on the whole which was very confusing. Sam Worthington was awesome as Marcus though :)

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