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Emyr Thy King -> RE: (5/3/2008 7:36:30 PM)
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ORIGINAL: EDD THE DUCK
This is one of the worst films ever made it was a total joke, i don't know why Arnie signed up for this without the man JC there is no TERMINATOR movie. The storyline in this was pathetic and why did they choose J Mostow to direct? what the hell has he done which is even remotley close to a Terminator movie? and don't get me started on the female terminator in this, her acting was so bad she wasn't in the same league as T1000 (Robert Patrick). As soon as i heard JC was not on board that was it for me i knew this film was gonna be bad, to this day i have not watched this film. Just watching the trailer was bad enough T2 rules!
First of all it's a Terminator (no caps) film (not movie), unless of course we've become US citizens. Yes I am fully aware that Empire branded itself as "the world's biggest movie magazine" (until the Dec'07 issue), much to my chagrin.
There's one logic of yours which I do not understand :-
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what the hell has he done which is even remotley close to a Terminator movie?
Yes the 'm' word again..I guess by that reckoning Peter Jackson should never have touched the LOTR trilogy [8|]
Whilst Robert Patrick did well as the menacing T-1000, I can't see how it was acting masterclass. These things are literally robotic. Whilst the T-1000 was clearly designed to be more human it was hardly a nuanced performance, it needn't be as there's no emotional depth to non-organic organism.
By the way your beloved James Cameron did direct the non-canon T2 3D: Battle Across Time. See here :-
YouTube (click)
Plenty of hockey dialogue to boot.
The problem with T3 is it lacked a decent script, some of the plot didn't work. Such as Arnie putting on those starry shades, saying such banal things as "talk to the hand" or those stupid T-1 machines. Although there are some clever points, such as Skynet not yet having a system core but operating throughout the internet and planting the virus to sabotage humanity. However as the original review by Kim Newman concludes, the ending is well done and at least concludes the trilogy satisfactorily (and on a particularly sombre note). Shame the rest of the film wasn't so polished.
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ORIGINAL: sanchia
Terminator Lite. It lacks the bite of the previous films and a less muscular, older looking Arnie doesn't really cut it in the role. At the same time the plot is a dissappointment as it weakens Terminator 2 by belittling the actions and sacrifices taken by *SPOILER* suggesting that everything is preordained and that no matter what is done to prevent future events they are already written and will happen thus naking attempts to stop thm pointless.
I thought Arnie was in impressive physical shape, given his age. Yes he looked a little older but I didn't find that a detracting factor. I disagree that the film suggest the future cannot be changed, as it clearly has been since the events of the first film. If you remember Arnie says that "there's insufficient time" to stop Skynet from coming into being, its virus was already wreaking havoc worldwide. While Arnie says "you postponed it, Judgement Day is inevitable" at that particular juncture in time it was inevitable, as Skynet was already up and running. Effectively there wasn't much they could do but hide from the bombs. In the concluding voiceover Nick Stahl says "maybe the future has been written, I don't know".
The film whilst weak concerning plot and script had solid acting from Stahl and Danes, and it doesn't belittle the events from the previous films because they ensured John Connor's survival. That was always the sole objective, and so they were successful.
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