Terminator: Salvation
I finally made it to the cinema to see the new Terminator movie. I have been very cross when I noticed that both our local cinema and the ones in the next bigger towns are only showing the film dubbed in german. I hate that. Last year I was so happy that some of our cinemas seemed to have picked up the habit of showing most of the bigger blockbusters in the original (=english) version. But apparently I was the only one loving that and it didn’t bring in enough money so they don’t do that anymore, or at least not with movies I want to see.
Well, I had been looking forward to this film for quite a while now, so I decided I just had to see it on a big screen instead of waiting for the DVD. Unfortunately, even though the film has been out for more than a week now, the cinema was still packed with lots of crisps-munching, on their cellphone talking, giggling, coughing and otherwise annoying people. Did I mention I hate to share a cinema with anybody?
At least the movie itself wasn’t quite the disappointment I had feared it would be after reading some reviews.Ok, so the storyline wasn’t all that surprising – if you had seen the trailers you pretty much knew what was going to happen. But at least Chris Bale was a believable John Connor, Sam Worthington I didn’t mind either, but the best thing – again – was Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese. I loved the boy in Star Wars and he was great in this one as well. I hope to see a lot more of him in the future. Bryce Dallas Howard, on the other hand, was totally wasted – she just had nothing whatsoever to do, I wondered why they bothered putting her in at all.
As to the storyline: I had a few pronlems with the believability of certain things, but then again, this was a summer blockbuster movie, not The Sarah Connor Chronicles, so I didn’t really expect the same level of philosophical content. The only thing that ticked me off was the ending, which seemed like complete and utter crap to me. But of course, that’s due to the fact that there are 2 more sequels planned. Sometimes I hate Hollywood and their damn obsession with business. There used to be a time when it was the story that counted most, not the franchise opportunities. Long ago, I guess.
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