I am a big terminator fan as I know many of you are and dammit I wish I had
better news for you but I don't oh it's so sad everybody was saying for
like a hot minute this was like the new t2 I saw a couple of people try to say
that it was like the force awakens which wasn't good so okay alright alright
James Cameron has been doing a lot of trash-talking lately we've all seen it
right we all might be focused on Scorsese and Coppola now but before them
it was Jim and Tim Miller got kicked off of Deadpool therefore both of them have
a lot riding on this movie Jim Cameron keeps having a lot of a lot of close
saves by not actually directing these films so they don't quite count towards
him towards his legendary run right haha get back in the director's chair Wow
alright so maybe he's focused too much on them to do a good job you know James
Cameron coming back to Terminator was supposed to fix everything
but it turns out he makes just as weak Terminator movie as everybody else and I
think it's particularly tragic or hilarious depending where you stand
that Cameron and Miller are actually the film's biggest problems because the cast
is great and I'm not just talking Arnold and Linda I'm talking across the board
here Mackenzie Davis Gabriel Luna and even Italia raised her character might
be pointless but she's pleasant to have around
okay so first we'll talk about the myriad of problems and then we'll
console the cast with lots of praise alright so problems
my biggest problem and I suspect it will be everyone's biggest problem because
it's just that big is the opening scene of the film which obviously is a real
problem because it cast a pall over the rest of the movie so it's basically
without spoilers a giant fuck you to t2 and it turns out to be only the first
step and totally throwing away the Terminator mythology and replacing it
with what I would basically call terminator light like if you're gonna
replace it maybe you should replace it with something
right now speaking of light I ended up not caring for the new Terminator design
in the long run aka the Rev 9 and like its name it's
simply not as cool as the t800 or t1000 and you know the reason I call it light
is that it's not as heavy or as substantial as those terminators and in
some cases doesn't look particularly human which Rob's the terminator of its
impact both physically and emotionally that haunting effect of the original is
gone as for two terminators in one I still have no idea why anyone would
build that because there's never a scene where they work together so you don't
really get that you don't really get to see the benefit of a terminator having a
partner in the field which seems like a missed opportunity to me you'd think
there would be one cool scene where you would like oh that's why you want the
two terminators working together because I say ones always seem to be very
effective so know what you know - but on that note there's the lack of action in
the movie in a Tim Miller movie I mean I said this when I walk reacted to the
first trailer I was like - mother why do you think that I hired you it wasn't for
your storytelling skills it was for your action sequences that's what this guy's
famous for and this movie has very little action it plays more like a
terminator streaming series than a big action blockbuster where they're like we
can't afford big action sequences and I'm like but you can what are they and
when there are action sequences they're way too short like you've seen most of
them in the trailers and they have too many close-ups oh so there's a distinct
lack of action choreography like you're like action is happening but I'm missing
it you're not seeing any of it which is very frustrating particularly
considering all the other action sequences that are so popular today
another problem the VFX I know because as I've been saying I recently rewatched
Terminator 2 made in 1991 and never once did I doubt the VFX in that movie
occasionally I was like these are amazing for 1991 here though Gabriel
Lunas digital double constantly took me out of the movie
like isn't this like a professional film he looks as fake as he did in the first
trailer remember we were like oh maybe they're not done they were done it would
done in many senses of the word all right so also like the t1000 he
could morph into other people and while he morphs a shirt onto his body in one
scene he never once morphs into another person on camera
not once come on all right so then I hate to say it because they all did a
great job but this film is just too female-centric like there are too many
characters but you get the feeling that the movie just wanted to keep adding
women to the film they're like let's put another woman in there and I have to say
as a woman it is cool to see such awesome female action heroines but it
would be cooler if fewer of them had more to do I'm so sorry not Natalia
raise you might be the sweetest but you were also the weakest link so I would
have actually I would have actually cut her from the movie to be honest with you
I can't talk about it too much I don't want to give away spoilers we'll discuss
it a little I mean I don't know shoulda woulda coulda there's still many other
things they could have done this is what they chose but we'll talk about it a
little bit more in the spoiler review I liked the Mexico stuff though quite a
bit recently we've been talking about representation of Mexico and I thought
this founded a very nice job even if it was extremely wink-wink right
politically I did though like the commentary of a factory that was moved
to Mexico you know taking you know quote-unquote
you know the discussion of jobs taking away from Americans right in other
countries but then even the people of Mexico found their jobs being taken by
robots I was like that's a really interesting discussion but here it's
more of a fleeting thought and I think they could have done a lot more with
that just like female characters again I think Terminator dark fate shouldn't
feel it needs to check all the boxes but should check just a few boxes really
well I thought Mexico though was portrayed very nicely especially its
people and there's a quick scene in a pharmacy which I thought was
particularly well done Linda Hamilton does an excellent job picking up exactly
where she left off she's fantastic I mean a couple of times
you're like I don't know Linda but then you're like oh you nailed it
she looks just as cool and his just as badass as she was in 1991 they also give
her one really nice emotional beat I was like how that was a good one as for
Arnold there really isn't anywhere left to go with the t800 but this movie tries
it's best it's kind of clever and what it comes up with and the very least to
get some genuine laughs out of it like some really actually very good laughs
Arnold this is I think one of the best things I've seen him do in quite some
time even if his part is very small
he's throughout like the second half of the movie but he doesn't get as much to
do III will say though that none of the women in the film's film were Mary Sue's
you know Arnold's character was important to the group and I thought
that was very nice very much a team and Mackenzie gave us I think a standout in
Blade Runner 2049 among other projects she really does a phenomenal job here
she's so good I would think this would be a breakout role for her but
considering the quality of the overall film I don't know if that will happen
but she deserves it she's great she she plays an enhanced human from the future
and she makes for an extremely convincing action hero and has that
relatable quality that serves the best movie action heroes so well
Gabriel Luna is also excellent and does a great job playing a cold unforgiving
Terminator he has a lot of charisma enough to make you interested in his
character even with hardly any dialogue or particularly cool fighting sequences
or VFX sequences so there are nice moments in Terminator dark fate but I
just couldn't get over the opening scene even though I did have the best VFX in
the movie I have to say but it was just I found it so offensive that I just
couldn't I couldn't get over it and the movie didn't try very hard to
get me over it so in fact the whole movie to me seems pointless and there
isn't even an end credits scene to at least get you excited about what this
might be setting up in the future right all right so that's my non-spoiler
review of terminator dark fate please don't
people are already spoiling it online opens this week in Europe so it's going
to be tough to avoid the spoilers but um I think the one that everyone's going to
share that opening which is again just like
the first 10 minutes of the movie but when you find out what it is either by
seeing the movie or someone unfortunately ruins it for you you'll
know exactly what I'm talking about alright so again share your thoughts
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