Although the visuals were entertaining, the story remained marginal at best and then faltered at the 75% point of completion. James Cameron took elements from his past movies and just outfitted them using modern technology which many will find offensive (Abyss fans and Aliens fans will recognize the subtle influences)
Cameron has come a long way from directing maggots for horror films and producing Piranha 2. Although I did enjoy the movie overall, the story's lack of ingenuity kills perfection.
Fully loaded with near h0m0 s3xual excitement, my house mates and I ventured to watch one of our most anticipated movies on the summer season. Although the first 10 minutes of the movie was 'decently' exciting, the rest is mediocre at best. The beauty of T2 was it's uncanny ability to mix action and story-line seemlessly...forcing the viewer to engage in whatever was on screen and crecendoing all emotions during action scenes. This movie, is more like going on a date, spending 200 dollars on a hot chick after thinking about getting lucky all day, and then ending up with only a index finger tap on your jewels. Acting terrible, CG pixel and renders terrible...Terminator Salvation Terrible.
Although this movie was interesting, especially compared to many of the cookie cutter 40 year old virgin-esque movies of late, it doesn't live up to any expectation. True, the ethical situations presented in the movie may seem disturbing and unexpectedly entertaining, but these are no more than glorified re-runs of every ethical philosophies know to man. The pacing in the movie is erratic and there isn't a set climactic point in which we can all enjoy discussing over a beer or dinner table. Dare I say the Dark Knight was a disappointment?