The End Begins, Well not really

I'm going to join the crowd in saying that the name 'McG' didn't inspire alot of confidence in this movie, but I can say I was pleasantly surprised.

The opening scenes did blow me away, I loved the look and feel of it from the get go, the fast pacing of it really did grab me. The Sound design of it was also amazing, it just all pulled together to make something just a little different from the other terminators. My other concern that Graeme also mentioned was, If the movie was based around an army flattened by the machines and we are all running around in old pick-up trucks and such it wouldn't make for a action packed movie. The fact we still could throw a few good punches did make for an exciting watch.

Bale's acting did seem a tad off at times, and the dialog a little out of place for what was going on in the frame. But it didn't happen to often so this wasn't a huge problem. Also I really did enjoy Worthington's character his role really did carry this movie to a new level. The level of depth he gave his character really does show and did over shadow his counter-part Christian many times through out the movie. On a side note its worth mentioning that is almost always left out of action movies, is some emotional depth to it. Blair's role with Worthington did give enough depth to this movie which would have been sorely missed as no depth was coming from Bale and is over-the-top acting, you don't need to shout all the time!. I would go as far as to say I cared far more about Blair and Worthington's characters than Bale as 'John Connor'.

Also after just watching the first terminator, I like how McG did his homework with some of the details, such as teaching Kyle the rope with the shotgun which can be seen in the first Terminator. He has taken liberty with some of the back story but what director doesn't with these things.

Overall a good watch, enough action to keep you on the edge of your seat and enough depth to 'some' of the characters to keep you wanting more.

Not a bad try McG if I don't say so myself