Opinion on the forthcoming Terminator: Salvation has been mixed to say the least. However, with each new bit of news it would appear that director McG has done the unthinkable - firstly he may have finally made a decent film, and secondly (and more importantly) he may also have made a damn good Terminator film.
Who’d have thunk it?
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And now we have the first look at the film’s poster and guess what?
It looks fantastic!
Check it out below:
Pretty damn impressive!
However, this is also a “motion poster” and if you check here you can see that it really is smoking hot.
If McG has made a Terminator prequel that not only holds a candle to Cameron’s first two films and manages to reignite the franchise; then we could have many years of cool destruction ahead of us!
Also if any eagle eye’d fans noticed the Sony Pictures logo and thought “wait a minute - isn’t this a Warner Bros. release?” Don’t worry - Sony is handling overseas distribution. Breathe easy, this is the real deal.
The Christian Bale and Sam Worthington starring Terminator Salvation opens May 22, 2009
Source: Sony Pictures
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@jon, Ken J
Perhaps i may have misintrpreted what being said, I am a Bale fan, and i Find him a terific actor. It was not my intent to be insulting or malice.
@jon
Dido on the Clint Eastwood impression. It did not bother me the first time i watched, but as I watched it the second time, I really just wanted to slpa the man.
Saying that an actor doesn’t automatically make a movie great is not saying anything bad about that actor. I don’t know of a single actor that has NEVER been in a bad movie or at least a movie that I didn’t enjoy. I never said that Christian Bale isn’t a good actor, but that doesn’t mean that a movie will be good just because he is in it.
Good example for me is The Machinist. He wasn’t bad, I simply didn’t like the film. And I am not even the slightest bit interested in Harsh Times. I saw a part of it and thought it was garbage. Just a federal version of Training Day, which I thought was crap too.
Everyone thinks American Psycho is like the god of all movies. I liked it, but I wouldn’t go THAT far. Equilibrium is one of my favorite films of all time, lots of fun, 3:10 to Yuma was pretty good, but honestly I would say that Russell Crowe stole that show. And Rescue Dawn was pretty good too. The Prestige was interesting indeed, but I’m just not sure how interested I am about magicians and the whole sci-fi aspect of that movie.
But anyway, my point is that it takes a lot more than just Christian Bale to make a film good. I was just pointing out how everyone is like “Oh, Christian Bale is in T4, so it MUST be good.” or “A Nolan helped edit the script, so that means it must be awesome!”
Come on, get real, there is a whole lot more going on than just a script rewrite and ONE actor in a movie…
@Ken J
I totally agree with you, just because an good actor is in a film, that does not mean that the film will be good. The point I was trying to make, was that despite the director, everything really goes back to the Writers and how the story is written,its only the directors fault when he misintprets or misrepresents the written product.
Nolan did help edit the script and rewrite bits of it, but he notrious for doing the research, and ensuring the accuracy of the story he is trying to present. I was not saying that Its going to be good because Nolan and Whedon rewrote stuff or because Bale was in it. Thats not it at all.
All I was saying that depsite the controversial Hiring Of McG, there is still a chance that the Film will stay close to the source material, and that even if it doesn’t, Bale should at the very least make it somewhat entertaining.
BTW Russell Crowe really did steal the show.
I think you are really underestimating the role of the Director… No matter how well a story is written, how you actually see it translated on screen is up to the director. If the actors cannot accurately portray the mood of the scene because the director is not “directing” them appropriately, it really wouldn’t matter how well the script or story was written.
Trust me, the Director is one of the most important members of the filmmaking team.
Directors are crucial, and McG is no Speilberg or Nolan. But I think as fans of Bale, we are excited to see him on screen because we feel like he brings something special to all the roles he plays. I cant speak for Metallicat79, but I personally look forward to seeing what Bale does with the character and how he portrays him. Thats why Im excited to see it even if it looks bad.
We all have different opinions. Thats why I love coming here to Screenrant, the extreme variety of different commentaries you’ll find here.
American Psycho was a great movie in my book. And Bale was delightfully twisted in it. Just my opinion though.
Ooops. Had a problem with the name there. Sorry
Listen, I was not saying that the role of the director wasn’t important, nor was i underestimating the omportance of the director, i belive them to be key to the film making process, all i was saying was that without the writers, who for the most come up with the concepts and the basis for the stories, the directors don’t have anything to work with and that its up to them to intrpret what the writers vision for the finished product. But i find that we seem to have deviated from the purpose of this post, and that is: Awesome poster, which we hope translates into and Awesome movie.
@jon
I am totally with you, I am excited to actually see a good actor (nothing against Nick Stahl) portray and interpret John Conor.
“I am totally with you, I am excited to actually see a good actor (nothing against Nick Stahl) portray and interpret John Conor.”
I disagree, I have something against Nick Stahl, his John Connor sucked, he was the biggest cry-baby wimp I’ve ever seen, and that’s not John Connor.
I agree, I thought Nick Stahl sucked as John Conor, but i still think he is a decent actor, Hence the Nothing against him.
Well, I haven’t seen him in any other movie, at least not that I can think of, so I don’t have any other opinion of him other than that crappy performance (I know the script and directing was poor as well and that didn’t help) I saw in T3.
@Ken J
In all honesty the only other thing that I have seen him was Sin City, and he really impressed me in that role, thats why I think he is a decent actor, however, he really did not bring anything to role of John Conor, a definite Miscast on the casting directors fault, I think a stick man would have been better. I am actually glad I have someone to banter with. its actually been somewhat entertaining going back and forth on opinions and such. I look forward to more debates and such with you Ken J
Haha, well, thanks, but I don’t think we’ve really had too much in terms of disagreements so far. We typically have different opinions, but we usually understand each other’s reasons behind it in the end. It’s not like either one of us have been trying to suppress the other’s opinions or anything like that, lol. Well, as long as you don’t take things personally, it’s all gravy. Wait, no talk of gravy, so sick of turkey, and mashed potatoes, and gravy…
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