I went to see Terminator Salvation yesterday.

I wanted to love this movie so much but instead, I have mixed feelings.

I think I hyped this movie so much in my head that there was no way it could deliver. There was so much great action but it wasn’t enough. The storyline really suffered.

The GOOD:
- All the action. This is one area the movie did not lack at all.
- The acting. Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, and Anton Yelchin were all spectacular.
- “I’ll be back.” I have to give Christian Bale credit for making that line work. It could have been incredibly cheesy.

The MEH:
- Christian Bale using his Batman voice. Weird.
- All the random storyline holes. Like, I didn’t understand why Skynet didn’t kill Kyle right away. He was #1 on their list. And they had ample opportunity to do so.
- I was also confused about John Connor being a false prophet. Did they cut a lot of that backstory out? It seemed like the pockets of Resistance fighters listened and paid attention to John’s radio messages even before his big “stand down” speech.
- The Marcus reveal would have had so much more impact if it hadn’t been spoiled in the freaking trailers. I honestly thought there would be something more to that twist because I didn’t think they would give it away so easily.
- The ending. There was no character development in the movie so when Marcus gave up his heart to save John’s life, the moment didn’t feel earned.

I have to mention that I paid extra close attention during John/Kate scenes because I was trying to figure out which scene caused Christian Bale’s now infamous on-set breakdown. They didn’t have very many scenes together – maybe it was left on the cutting room floor? That would be pretty funny.

Anyway, it was a typical summer blockbuster and I guess that’s all I can ask for. At least it was better than T3. That one was terrible. But it’s nowhere near as great as T1 and T2. I still recommend it though.