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Terminator Salvation movie review aka Terminator 4

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

…Their war to exterminate mankind had raged for decades, but the final battle would not be fought in the future. It would be fought here, in our present. Tonight…

October 26th, 1984….thats when I first read those words on the opening screen of a new movie at the local AMC theater.  In the course of one week, I went to see it no fewer than 6 times, quite a feat for a college student.  The movie was in mono, the soundtrack was an over repetative synthisized mash of shrill tones and a driving beat.  The special effects ranged from passable to outragously amazing.  The movie was Terminator, and few movies since have had such a profound impact on how I view the cinematic experiance.  A while later we were given Terminator 2 Judgement Day, which became the sequal on which all others are judged.   A few year ago Terminator 3 Rise of the machines showed the world that the franchise is not without fault, and while not a complete disaster, it did not capture the magic of the previous movies.  Now we have Terminator Salvation, moving away from present day, and giving us an entire movie from the point of view of those who have survived judgement day…and the question is, can the spark rekindle the franchise?  This weeks movie review will answer that question, its time to see if this is a rebirth of greatness, or another nail in the coffin of a franchise.

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Of course we also have the Movie Bits givaway contest, and if you don’t win…you can still be styling in your very own Lets Watch Movies T-shirt, just like John.

WINNER!

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