Right, Terminator Salvation is a fantastic film. I think everybody involved did a fantastic job, Christian Bale and Bryce Dallas Howard much better as John and Kate than in Nick Stahl and Claire Danes T3. Sam Worthington was also brilliant, like everybody says big things are going to happen for him. Thoroughly exciting and thrilling action scenes, and for the first time since The Terminator, I had that feeling of dread, that the Terminators could not be stopped. All the nods to the previous films were there, even some not mentioned in a lot of reviews that true fans will love, and none were cheesy or felt irrelevant.

What made the film go from fantastic to amazing was the inclusion of the T-800. Fully kitted out with hair, blood, skin, sweat, bad breath and the face of Arnold Schwarzenegger (on Ronald Kickinger’s body, quite a good match). I am an incredibly huge Arnold fan and to see his face I must applaud ILM. They made him look like he was back in his late 30’s again, and took me right back to when I was 12 and saw the film for the first time. Many people thought the effects couldn’t be done to an acceptable standard, and at one point even McG said things didn’t look too good. However, when I saw him come out of the doors I nearly wet myself with happiness, it was as close to perfect as they could possibly get. If this is what can be done in such a short scene, I can’t wait to see what the new ‘more emotive’ Transformers will look like in a few weeks.

The CGI FX bar has definitely been raised, I can’t wait to see the stuff that comes out in the next ten years.

I will be seeing Terminator Salvation again!

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