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Terminator Salvation sucks

Yes, far be it of us to rely on professional critics who, if they are any good, have established a reputation over the years of thoughtfully and intelligently evaluating the merits and dismerits of films. Critics who have established tastes and opinions and quirks over the years as we read them. I tend to read A.O. Scott, Dana Stevens, and Roger Ebert, as well as keep an eye on Metacritic, which I far prefer of the blunt rotten/fresh meter of Rotten Tomatoes.

The reviews have not claimed the film is horrible, for the most part (that honor more squarely falls upon X-Men Origins: Wolverine so far this summer), just mediocre. Given my interest in the source material (I've enjoyed all of the films, though I never cared for what I saw of the short-lived television series), and my roommate's man-crush on Christian Bale, I think I'm likely to see it.

And may I suggest the perhaps preposterous notion that, if this film was rated at 95 percent at rotten tomatoes or better yet at metacritic (a feat unclaimed by almost all films, outside of those hailed as "classics," and even then, sometimes not), it would be very good.
 
Most critics, and I mean most, don't really watch the film. They are so busy forming thoughts in their mind, taking notes, even writing their review (either in their head or on paper) that they miss many plot points, scenes, and nuances of the film they are reviewing. I say this from having read and/or watched numerous reviews over the last few decades and then, after seeing the movie myself, wondering what film they were watching. It should be manditory for a film critic to see a movie at least twice before writing a review.
 
Michael Chris said:
Still looking forward to it. I don't care how bad people think it is, just what I think of it!
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Exactly! I'm going to see it today in fact. I'll form my own opinion as to the quality of the film...

I will say this: If it's bad, I will give up on Terminator films. T3 was tolerable, but I never had the urge to see it again after I saw it in the theater.

With me, that is NOT a good sign.
 
Wow... the amount of assholes who have come out this week has been amazing. Must be the summer brings the dumbfuck out of Star Trek fans.
 
Servo said:
RoJoHen said:
Servo said:
What else are you gonna spend $7-$12 on?

And if you're not going to watch it, then you don't really have the right to comment on it. Well, at least not without looking like an idiot. Oh wait, this is teh internets, where idiots are the vocal majority. Carry on.
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If the majority of people don't like a movie, odds are it's not worth paying to see. We use the information available to us at the time to decide whether or not to see it.

I was looking forward to this movie. The trailers look good. However, most of the reviews thus far have been terrible. So am I going to see it in the theater anymore? No.

I might rent it at some point, but the reviews have killed the excitement for me. Plus, I can think of a lot of better things to spend $7-12 on instead of a movie that most people think is shit.
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Sorry, but I'd rather spend the money to go and see it and be disappointed, than allow a bunch of people on the internet and in the media make my mind up for me. Saying "most people think it's shit" isn't good enough. I don't care what most people think, I care what I think.

Saying "I've heard Terminator: Salvation sucks" is all well and good, saying "Terminator: Salvation sucks" without having actually seen it for yourself is just pathetic. But like I said, this is the internet, and it wouldn't be the same if ill-informed people didn't spout garbage based on other people's opinions. [Note: I'm not saying that's what you're doing, just to clarify.]
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Oh, I agree that people on the internet have a tendency to adopt other people's opinions as their own, and obviously it would be silly for me to go around saying how bad Terminator is without actually seeing it.

BUT...if lots of people think it sucks, I'm not going to rush to the theater to see it. I won't completely dismiss it, but it definitely drops down on my list of priorities.

(that said, I tried to get my friends to see it with me last night, but they all ignored me. Now they're seeing it today, and I can't go because I have to work, so I am kind of bitter. I find it unlikely that I will be seeing it at all)
 
Saw it with my wife this evening. She liked it, and I thought it was OK. Not awful but not great. However, I thought it was much better than T3.
 
I think the whole thing would have done better if they had kept the whole Marcus Wright thing as a big reveal Ala Vader being Luke's Father, If I could edit the scenes i'd have the film start with the Missile, have everything up to the explosion of the Skynet research lab, then the title in the flames , and then have the "opening" scene with Death-row Marcus in a flashback after Marcus in allowed to look at his open chest cavity full of metal, those would realy be the only changes that I would make in the film
 
Sephiroth said:
I think the whole thing would have done better if they had kept the whole Marcus Wright thing as a big reveal Ala Vader being Luke's Father, If I could edit the scenes i'd have the film start with the Missile, have everything up to the explosion of the Skynet research lab, then the title in the flames , and then have the "opening" scene with Death-row Marcus in a flashback after Marcus in allowed to look at his open chest cavity full of metal, those would realy be the only changes that I would make in the film
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Revealing Marcus as a Terminator in the promos was one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of. They should have did what they did with T2 trying to keep you guessing who was the good terminator and who was the bad one...
 
Carpe Occasio said:
Most critics, and I mean most, don't really watch the film. They are so busy forming thoughts in their mind, taking notes, even writing their review (either in their head or on paper) that they miss many plot points, scenes, and nuances of the film they are reviewing. I say this from having read and/or watched numerous reviews over the last few decades and then, after seeing the movie myself, wondering what film they were watching. It should be manditory for a film critic to see a movie at least twice before writing a review.
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Appears to me that at least Ebert does, he has some good reviews I have noticed. Gives **/**** for Salvation. (Cannot comment on the movie myself since it is not out in Europe yet.)
OT:
Video with the interviewer fainting when interviewing Summer :):):)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX6EeSQJ4QI&feature=player_embedded
 
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