Just came from a viewing. I thought it was enjoyable for the most part, moreso than all the films since T2( not sure that's exactly a high bar to clear). Some of the story beats are certainly up for debate but it is a competent film in my book.
Honestly I legit can't comprehend how this movie could go to rotten. Makes no sense the movie is legit good.
I've read a handful of reviews where the author alludes to this being the last Terminator film, but hasn't Cameron said this is the beginning of a new trilogy?
Terminator: Dark Fate is a ballsy, muscular thrill ride (at some points you can practically feel the theme park attraction that will undoubtedly arise at a later date), bloody and very R-rated, that has tons of humor, heart, and surprises, and returns the franchise to its former glory while paving a new way forward towards a very different future.
I'd just like to say thatDani is a more believable John Connor than any actual iteration of John Connor. Like, her character is one I actually see being someone that inspires the resistance.
Oh don't worry. The film delivers what it needs to.I said it before, but I just need this to be a good ride. I don't mind flaws. I don't need this to be T2. I just want to feel like a real sequel to those films.
Much like with The Force Awakens, I need them to prove to me that they can make a good one of these. I didn't dare hope before, but now I actually am.
It feels like groundhog day with these films, every few years Arnies digital image will be puppeteered in vaguely different scenes until the end of time.
My review if anyone's interested:
"tons of humor" in a review for a Terminator movie is the last thing I wanna fuckin' hear anymore.
Thanks for that, T2.
Agreed.most blockbusters have gone absolutely overboard with it this last decade (post-Joss Whedon) but I thought the humorous scenes in T2 were fine. It never served to undercut the sense of dread the movie had.
Agreed.
One of the most sobering scenes in the film actually barely gets a mention most of the time. When John watches the two kids playing with guns, yelling about who killed who and he ponders that people aren't gonna make it.
My review if anyone's interested (which dropped it back down to 67% :O):
The movie is trash like wtf, I wanted to get out of the theater after the intro, what a piece of junk... just stay with T1 and T2 which are amazing.
How does that happen btwI mean, it was pretty much a given that some people would feel like that sincethe movie start with John Connor dying.
In 1998 Sarah and John are in a bar by the beach. John is talking to some girl as Sarah watches on. Arnold walks up and shoots him several times, confirms he is dead, then walks away as Sarah cradles his body.
I extremely dislike how the franchise handled this character after T2. But what makes things worse this time is that it really hurts T2I mean, it was pretty much a given that some people would feel like that sincethe movie start with John Connor dying.
Arguably any movie existing after T2 hurts T2, since any apocalyptic future still happening renders everything they did in that movie moot.I extremely dislike how the franchise handled this character after T2. But what makes things worse this time is that it really hurts T2
Agreed, although those movies kinda respected the character in question.Arguably any movie existing after T2 hurts T2, since any apocalyptic future still happening renders everything they did in that movie moot.
most blockbusters have gone absolutely overboard with it this last decade (post-Joss Whedon) but I thought the humorous scenes in T2 were fine. It never served to undercut the sense of dread the movie had.
The only DC scene I wish was in the theatrical was the gas station chip scene. But everything else either makes the pace sag or muddled the tone a bit like that GIF
This decision was absolutely correct and the best way they could have opened the movie.I mean, it was pretty much a given that some people would feel like that sincethe movie start with John Connor dying.
Agree. That's my fav of the scenes that were cut.The only DC scene I wish was in the theatrical was the gas station chip scene. But everything else either makes the pace sag or muddled the tone a bit like that GIF
In some ways Dark Fate is the Last Jedi of Terminator filmsThis decision was absolutely correct and the best way they could have opened the movie.
But why?This decision was absolutely correct and the best way they could have opened the movie.
How does it make T2 worse or less important? It doesn't do a disservice to anything.But why?People grew up with this John and now only a short while after the events of T2 he dies. It makes T2 worse and does a big disservice to the character