It's crazy to me how harsh some of these reviews are. How can you really HATE this movie? It's pretty awesome, in my opinion.
Let's face it, people. It's a Terminator movie dealing with time travel. It's not going to make a whole lot of sense. Most of the negative reviews I read heavily criticized things that didn't make sense in the plot regarding the science or time travel. I really think you need to be able to overlook and not-over analyze most of these things to enjoy a movie like this.
If you can just sit back and enjoy the ride, I think most people will find this movie to be great.
I read that the marketing campaign gave away most of the plot twists and that the director was really upset about it. Personally, I don'y watch TV, so I had not seen any of the trailers. I was completely surprised by the big twist regarding John Connor, and really though it was an awesome moment in the movie.
It didn't bother me upon watching the film, but the one thing pointed out in other reviews that does seem a bit silly in retrospect, is the fact that they are so eager to travel to the FUTURE to stop genisys, and they travel to the very last minute to give themselves just enough time. I see how this is somewhat necessary to make the film more intense, but it is really ridiculous that they wouldn't just wait it out so that they could have more time and be more prepared, or at least give themselves some leeway and travel to 2016 instead of 2017.
The main reason I'm giving this movie 8 stars instead of 9 is the casting. I don't think that a movie like this could really hope to deserve a 10 rating, because it's made to be mindless blockbuster entertainment, but with the right casting, I think it could have lived up to T1 and T2 a little more closely. Emilia Clarke does not have the intensity or drive needed to really pull off the character. She's not terrible, but a little too cute and adorable. Jai Courtney didn't bother me much but I do agree that he somewhat lacks charisma. He would actually make a good terminator.
Overall, I would say that if you like action movies and sci-fi, go into this not expecting much, and you will have a good time.
Let's face it, people. It's a Terminator movie dealing with time travel. It's not going to make a whole lot of sense. Most of the negative reviews I read heavily criticized things that didn't make sense in the plot regarding the science or time travel. I really think you need to be able to overlook and not-over analyze most of these things to enjoy a movie like this.
If you can just sit back and enjoy the ride, I think most people will find this movie to be great.
I read that the marketing campaign gave away most of the plot twists and that the director was really upset about it. Personally, I don'y watch TV, so I had not seen any of the trailers. I was completely surprised by the big twist regarding John Connor, and really though it was an awesome moment in the movie.
It didn't bother me upon watching the film, but the one thing pointed out in other reviews that does seem a bit silly in retrospect, is the fact that they are so eager to travel to the FUTURE to stop genisys, and they travel to the very last minute to give themselves just enough time. I see how this is somewhat necessary to make the film more intense, but it is really ridiculous that they wouldn't just wait it out so that they could have more time and be more prepared, or at least give themselves some leeway and travel to 2016 instead of 2017.
The main reason I'm giving this movie 8 stars instead of 9 is the casting. I don't think that a movie like this could really hope to deserve a 10 rating, because it's made to be mindless blockbuster entertainment, but with the right casting, I think it could have lived up to T1 and T2 a little more closely. Emilia Clarke does not have the intensity or drive needed to really pull off the character. She's not terrible, but a little too cute and adorable. Jai Courtney didn't bother me much but I do agree that he somewhat lacks charisma. He would actually make a good terminator.
Overall, I would say that if you like action movies and sci-fi, go into this not expecting much, and you will have a good time.