12 Terminator Salvation Reviews – Mixed To Say The Least
Firstly an apology: I still haven’t seen Salvation yet!
Sorry to all the readers out there who are desperately waiting for my review of Terminator Salvation (and some fresh blog posts), but im afraid that my pesky ‘real life’ has taken over in the last couple of weeks and i haven’t managed to see it yet. Im intending to hit my local cinema this weekend. I was hoping to catch an IMAX screening but it appears that my local (Glasgow Science Centre) is showing Star Trek, with Harry Potter and Transformers 2 on the horizon – so it looks like Terminator may not appear so theres no point waiting!
Anyway, in the meantime ive been scanning cyberspace looking at the various Terminator Salvation reviews that have been coming in, and they are a mixed bag to say the least. Here are some examples of the basic camps that each review is falling into…….
It was great!
- Empire Online gave the movie a healthy 4/5 – “McG has sparked a moribund franchise back to life”.
- NME like it alot – “Salvation’ can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the other movies in the series“
- Miami Herald were also keen – “Terminator Salvation belongs to Australian actor Sam Worthington“
It wasn’t that bad – but not great either
- LOUDREAMS thought it was OK – “a great deal of action and stunning visual effects“
- Sky Movies also had a lukewarm review – “Salvation undoubtedly has more to offer than 2003’s makeweight third chapter“
- Total Film though it was alright – “The Terminator story recharges with a post-apocalyptic jolt of energy“
- Adrian James liked it a bit – “Its far from perfect, but its not the horrible film people have made it out to be“
- SciFi Now gave it 3/5 – “…..with only a few compromises made, Terminator Salvation wins the battle to meet expectation“
It’s possibly one of the worst films ever made!
- Screenhead weren’t convinced – “Big Budget fan fiction“
- Time Out were also pretty offended – “a disappointment of ‘Phantom Menace’ proportions” – oh dear.
- The Guardian‘s Peter Bradshaw gave it 1/5 – “It couldn’t be worse than this” – ouch,
- …and last but not least, BBC critic Mark Kermode (whom im a big fan of), ripped into it on his blog………
Blimey!
Anyway, the upshot of all this is that i don’t really know what to expect. Guess ill just have to see for myself. My Terminator Salvation Review will be up as soon as possible (promise).
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