reki-soul
Lifetime Total
1+
IMDb Member
17 years
Reviews
Terminator Salvation (2009)
No spoilers/ No fanboyinsm/No bashing review.
I was rather skeptical before seeing this movie. Director, setting change - it all could mean huge failure. It didn’t.
This movie feels like it was made by not just terminator fans, but it often makes you feel like you are watching a movie from ten to twenty years ago, and in a good way. There are scenes that manage to capture the essence of what made Terminator 2, Aliens and so forth, movies fun. Only for that i would gladly give this movie high ranking. It doesn’t play with pricey CGI to make your jaw drop, it manages to blend everything cinema has to offer to make you feel like you are there.
Script itself is good. Not great, and has certain issues, but it does its job at changing the setting well, while also keeping the feel of old movies intact. We follow Connor and Marcus, and them alone. If, instead, we had to witness a full-scale anti-machine war, we would get another Matrix Revolutions - something that Terminator shouldn't be.
Acting is a mix. While key cast is great for the most part, Bayle indeed haven't got enough to play with. His character feels more terminator-like than Worthington's. This fact itself can be disappointing, but since we all know well that Bayle can pull off a kick-ass performance, that just means that this impression of the character was intentional. He, Connor, is not a kid anymore. From the childhood he was being prepared for a war and by now he is nothing else but a soldier, and it shows.
Action scenes are played out in the way that fits with what i wrote before: you rarely will see camera fly away to show you the whole scene. Instead, you are there, running from machines. Sad part is that while you do feel like it, its just not terminator 1/2 anyway : there is no feeling of what can best be described as "holy crap, how do i kill this thing? it keeps following me, no way i can survive that!". Thankfully, this is the only shortcoming, and i feel its rather personal one, because there are scenes that clearly directed to make you feel that way, but for some reason they didn't work for me.
Speaking of shortcomings, plot-wise there is only one and i wont spoil it. Ill just point out that there is one unreasonable decision being made in a movie that feels rather forced. Its not too major, but not minor either, so it does subtract from the final score.
And i would rate this movie with solid 8, or even more. Not 10, clearly - but it certainly a worthwhile watch for everyone.
This movie feels like it was made by not just terminator fans, but it often makes you feel like you are watching a movie from ten to twenty years ago, and in a good way. There are scenes that manage to capture the essence of what made Terminator 2, Aliens and so forth, movies fun. Only for that i would gladly give this movie high ranking. It doesn’t play with pricey CGI to make your jaw drop, it manages to blend everything cinema has to offer to make you feel like you are there.
Script itself is good. Not great, and has certain issues, but it does its job at changing the setting well, while also keeping the feel of old movies intact. We follow Connor and Marcus, and them alone. If, instead, we had to witness a full-scale anti-machine war, we would get another Matrix Revolutions - something that Terminator shouldn't be.
Acting is a mix. While key cast is great for the most part, Bayle indeed haven't got enough to play with. His character feels more terminator-like than Worthington's. This fact itself can be disappointing, but since we all know well that Bayle can pull off a kick-ass performance, that just means that this impression of the character was intentional. He, Connor, is not a kid anymore. From the childhood he was being prepared for a war and by now he is nothing else but a soldier, and it shows.
Action scenes are played out in the way that fits with what i wrote before: you rarely will see camera fly away to show you the whole scene. Instead, you are there, running from machines. Sad part is that while you do feel like it, its just not terminator 1/2 anyway : there is no feeling of what can best be described as "holy crap, how do i kill this thing? it keeps following me, no way i can survive that!". Thankfully, this is the only shortcoming, and i feel its rather personal one, because there are scenes that clearly directed to make you feel that way, but for some reason they didn't work for me.
Speaking of shortcomings, plot-wise there is only one and i wont spoil it. Ill just point out that there is one unreasonable decision being made in a movie that feels rather forced. Its not too major, but not minor either, so it does subtract from the final score.
And i would rate this movie with solid 8, or even more. Not 10, clearly - but it certainly a worthwhile watch for everyone.
Apateu (2006)
Unoriginal, but good.
This movie is not the best by any means, nor does it take genre to the next step. Even worse, it uses plot and setting elements we already seen numerous times in other movies.
But.
All leading actors are doing good job. Film is moody, and scary at times. Not as much as you would like, but yet it is. On top of that, it takes some familiar plot elements but twists them in unexpected ways. Keyword "some", and yet it does. Some scenes In this movie are beautiful, and some are touching. Few of them you, probably, will remember for quite some time.
As movie in whole, APT. is a good watch for these who just want to watch another traditional Asian horror. It will not stay with you for long, and will not surprise much, but if you want more "Revenging ghost" experience, this movie will not disappoint - if you know, what to expect. And by now you certainly do = ) I give it subjective 7/10, and unbiased 6/10.
But.
All leading actors are doing good job. Film is moody, and scary at times. Not as much as you would like, but yet it is. On top of that, it takes some familiar plot elements but twists them in unexpected ways. Keyword "some", and yet it does. Some scenes In this movie are beautiful, and some are touching. Few of them you, probably, will remember for quite some time.
As movie in whole, APT. is a good watch for these who just want to watch another traditional Asian horror. It will not stay with you for long, and will not surprise much, but if you want more "Revenging ghost" experience, this movie will not disappoint - if you know, what to expect. And by now you certainly do = ) I give it subjective 7/10, and unbiased 6/10.