I enjoyed it, but I went into it with WAY too much anticipation. It is good, but not amazing. It reminded me of how I felt after seeing ROTS at midnight. I enjoyed it, but was not satisfied. Salvation is no Dark Knight.....that is for sure!
I didnt like it.
In the first 3 movies, the future was always depicted as a massive battle field with a whole army of robots marching forward to destroy humanity. In this one the future is baren, you see a robot here and there, and honestly, besides the special effects it looked more like a fan film than a real movie.
What I did think was awesome, however, is how they made a believable Arnold show up in the big battle at the end. Whatever they did, it looked very, very real.
I believe this take place right before they have perfected the terminator. If you saw the initial attack on the underground base, you see that they were actually surprised to find the plans for Terminators with skin that appeared human. They're transitioning from the endoskeletons into a more advanced stage. The flashbacks from T1 and T2 were when JOhn was already the head of the resistance and as stated in T1, the war was won and the machines beaten. Salvation was the story of how John goes from being just another grunt, to being in charge of the whole movement and how he got everyone to follow him.
I didnt like it.
In the first 3 movies, the future was always depicted as a massive battle field with a whole army of robots marching forward to destroy humanity. In this one the future is baren, you see a robot here and there, and honestly, besides the special effects it looked more like a fan film than a real movie.
What I did think was awesome, however, is how they made a believable Arnold show up in the big battle at the end. Whatever they did, it looked very, very real.
I believe this take place right before they have perfected the terminator. If you saw the initial attack on the underground base, you see that they were actually surprised to find the plans for Terminators with skin that appeared human. They're transitioning from the endoskeletons into a more advanced stage. The flashbacks from T1 and T2 were when JOhn was already the head of the resistance and as stated in T1, the war was won and the machines beaten. Salvation was the story of how John goes from being just another grunt, to being in charge of the whole movement and how he got everyone to follow him.
But still, you only see about 2 or 3 robots in any given scene. It just didnt live up to any of its predecessors.
Spoilers ahead, if you haven't seen it yet and don't want to be spoiled read no further!!!!
I am on the fence on this debate. While I would have liked to have seen the future as depicted in the first 2 (3?) movies, I realize this is 10 years before what was shown of that future. I thought the "resistance" was too well equipped. I would have liked to have seen John and company hiding in sewers and using rusted out cars fitted with machine guns rather than military planes and subs etc. My understading is that none of that should have been operational especially after what happened in T3.
My big question though is how does skynet know about the previous attempts on John's life if the terminators of T1,T2,&T3 weren't sent back until 2029 and the events of this movie happen in 2018? And how did hyperdyne/skynet have the technology to make Marcus in 2003 when they didn't perfect grafting flesh over the endoskeleton of the T-800 until 2018?
I don't know why people keep comparing this movie to the Dark Knight, those are two totally dif movies that should be left in two dif categories. I think its stupid to compare the two. On another note I give it two thumbs up :cheers I also loved how thet threw in some Alice in Chains along with Guns n Roses, that was sweet