Director: Alan Taylor
Writers: Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clark, Emilia Clarke, J.K Simmons
Synopsis: John Connor sends Kyle Reese back in time to protect Sarah Connor, but when he arrives in 1984, nothing is as he expected it to be.
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I had given up on seeing another sci-fi classic from the Terminator franchise. I think it was around the time of when the awful second trailer for Terminator Genisys came out. Something just snapped internally, and I lost all hope. They gave us two masterpieces. To ask for anymore would be down right selfish. So, I walked into the theater expecting the worst. I walked out happy … that I did not get my hopes up. If I had to judge this film as a stand alone, believe me this would be a completely different review. But, since they fused the first two movies into this convoluted plot, I have to view it as a whole. That being said the movie was okay-ish. When a a film is okay-ish, more often than not, it simply means that there are more things wrong with the film, for instance.
I have to address the elephant in the room. Revealing that John Connor was a Terminator in the trailer. What … the … F*@%? What was the point of showing the audience, the biggest plot twist? My mind cannot conceive a logical reason of why such crucial information was revealed. Was there not anything else to show? Was the guy who approved the trailer on meth? I just want to know the back story of one of the biggest movie marking fails ever. The action was alright. It was nothing to be praised about. I swear to you, it is nothing but recycled fights from the old movies. A gun, a car, a bomb, and magnet is all you need to make a Terminator fight scene nowadays (oh, and a helicopter, we cannot forget the helicopter). Another thing wrong with Genisys, in my opinion, is Jai Courtney. I do not know the man, and he is probably a wonderful guy. He probably donates his time to charity; saves dying puppies on Saturdays while giving blood twice on Sundays, but he sucks as an actor. I really do not know how he is getting all of these movie roles. He reminded me a lot of Channing Tatum before his acting chops kicked in. Every time he is on the screen, I can tell he is acting. The actor or actress should have you so immersed in their world that you should forget you are watching a movie. Not once did I believe or was convinced that he was one of humanity’s last hope. However, I definitely believe Arnold and Emilia were.
1. If the best part of the movie was the first 20 minutes, and the first 20 minutes are scenes re-shot from the first Terminator, does that really make this movie good?;or, are the scenes just recycled from a good film and placed in a mediocre one?
2. This is for you fanboys, who would defend this film. If you took out all the Easter eggs, would it still be a good movie?
When it boils down, Terminator Genisys is a pale comparison of its earlier predecessors in every way possible. I am not aware of what the studio’s goal was, but I am pretty sure it was not this. As it stands right now, Rotten Tomatoes has it at 27 %, Metacritic has it at 39%. As I stated before, if this was a stand alone in the franchise, this movie would have been better received. But interweaving it with the original made people judge it as a whole, which ultimately hinders it. My advice, come up with a plot that has not been beat to death and do not steal ideas of other films to reboot your franchise. If you really think about it, it is ripping off X-men Days of Future Past a lot! My conclusion is, unless you are a fan of the Terminator series, do not watch this.
Score: 5.0 out of 10
So much opportunity wasted