As the most important sci-fi film series in movie history, "Terminator" has a very NB start. James Cameron's first "Terminator" movie in 1984 brought together time travel, artificial intelligence, and individual destiny. The crazy robot killer who can't be beaten to death has undoubtedly become the biggest nightmare of mankind. Stan Winston Studio, the strongest human being, has created another milestone since "Alien". The half-human, half-machine Arnold model certainly looks rough now, but from a certain point of view, the physical model in the Uncanny Valley is better than CG. More terrifying contagion.
And then there's the great Terminator 2.
It is a work that is full of marks in all aspects, and there is no need to mention it again.
The first two Terminator movies clearly have a clear understanding of the concept and limitations of time travel, and retain a precious simplicity. This simplicity provides a very rich space for the carving and polishing of characters and stories, and also allows the audience to have more time to feel the emotional changes of the characters, thereby enhancing the sense of substitution.
This is an awareness that is very scarce in films of this type. When the current science fiction movies are getting more complicated and more impetuous, and they are too embarrassed to pull out a few setting books to flaunt their "scientific" nature, James Cameron told the audience with two "Terminator" films. : What is a good science fiction film, what is an excellent science fiction film, and what is a top science fiction film.
However, "Terminator 3" in 2003 was completely out of the ordinary. It was a remake and trampling of "Terminator 2" almost intact. In face, it was actually similar to other sci-fi movies around 2000. But we can see that this movie is trying very hard to lean on the pearls of the first two films, but it is really a little powerless.
Arnold also closed the mountain and became his governor.
In 2009, McG was ambitious to tell the untold story in the Terminator world, and put on a very interesting "evil" frame: the Terminator is a machine in human skin, so a half-machine further than Wolverine How to transform human beings?
In fact, what I want to discuss is the ultimate question of human self-consciousness.
Sam Worthington, who was full of bitterness and hatred, took over the role of Arnold T-800 in terms of story function after "Avatar". However, for reasons that everyone knows but it is inconvenient to say, the rhythm of the whole story of "Terminator 2018" is becoming more and more chaotic.
In the end, "Terminator 2018" successfully became black history.
2015's Terminator: Genesis was not a great movie.
But compared to the dark history in the series, there are moments of epiphany.
The first 40 minutes of Terminator: Genesis are an absolute fandom: through a series of voiceovers and action scenes, the audience once again follows Kyle Reese and John Connor against the army of machines, and once again watches Kyle Reese hold someone else Picture of mom stripped naked, protecting Sarah Connor before the robot kills her and unpregnant John Connor.
However, in the process, unexpected events happened. The Terminator timeline, which has always been proud of it, breaks and twists, and the entire movie accelerates in unpredictable directions.
This twist is Terminator: Genesis' greatest strength. All time-travel movies are essentially trolling the audience's expectations of the plot timeline, and the most typical representative is Sarah Connor in the series. As viewers of "Know Everthing" watched as two generations of Kyleris scrambled to protect a "weak" woman unaware of the future, one's experience suddenly took a startling turn. And this change also turned the entire film from the expected confrontation between good and evil to a brave exploration of uncertain fate. After the switch of offense and defense, Kyle Reese became Jon Snow of "Know Nothing", and Sarah Connor, who was a little more powerful than Linda Hamilton's version, became a huge highlight - a top sniper with interesting, strong and outstanding abilities hand.
"Dragon Mother" Emily Clark's height of 157 is not as imposing as Linda's 170, but she can't hold her breasts.
Unfortunately, after 40 minutes of full benefits, the IQ of the "Terminator: Genesis" plot went offline at an extreme speed and degenerated into a mess. The parody and flip effect of the original works 1 and 2 in the first 40 minutes is quite amazing, grabbing the audience's attention, and providing enough space to explore the impact of time travel, dedicating more robot fights that can't be seen enough . However, the logic line of the story was interrupted here, and the directors and screenwriters rushed to introduce more time travel, mixed with a bunch of memory entanglement and time topics that had been seen elsewhere (yes, "Twelve Monkeys") ), and an unnecessary final boss to unfold what they see as the Terminator story.
As a result, "Terminator: Genesis" lost the charm of "Terminator", and headed in the direction of a generally popular blockbuster. Of course, the action scenes in this film are quite exciting, and many of the designs make people fidgeting with excitement. And T-1000 has once again proved that only T-1000 can play the cold metal deformation killer, and the technically upgraded version of the more conscience than "Terminator 2018", the young Arno has more action scenes. But all that superfluous modern plot spoils the film's chances of being a good action movie from above average.
To be fair, "Terminator: Genesis" has had a lot of negative reviews after its opening (you can see it in the picture at the end of the article), and this negative review is also mainly concentrated in the film critic group. For ordinary audiences, it is still a very qualified action movie. Of course, it's actually a lot more fun to watch the movie if the offending negative reviews are keeping the audience's expectations to a minimum. Simply put, "Terminator: Genesis" is not a failure at all, and it is a surprise compared to the big pit it fell into in terms of marketing.
In terms of actors, Emily Clark did not follow the old path of Linda Hamilton (he couldn't catch up with her height), but from another point of view, this iron (female) Han's tender version of Sarah Connor is the The qualified successor this Terminator movie needs. Arnold, who can play the T-800 with his eyes closed, brings the Terminator to life again, building on the second episode (which is important!) with more emotion, making this old-fashioned but outdated robot dad in the From the image of the Terminator, there is the real fatherhood that little Connor longed for. After 30 years of loneliness like a working warrior in "Stone Gate", the director did not leave much lyrical time for the full-haired T-800, but Arnold's eyes have completed the task. The role of JK Simmons for the new Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is small but very interesting and important, and it is said that he has signed a contract for a sequel, which can be expected in the future.
The rest of the characters, however, are more speechless. Jack Turney, who graduated early from Spartacus, did a better job in the film industry than his muscular brethren, and when they were still playing villains in Green Arrow, Jack Turney was already Started to fight against Liang Tang ("Jack Reacher"), and designated the successor of bald old cloth ("Die Hard 5") and Arnold. However, this version of Kyle Reese has lost the exhaustion and tragic temperament of the first episode, the human warrior who saved his beloved from an unstoppable machine warrior, relegated from a spiritual hero to a chiseled hero. Bald muscular man. And the battlefield friendship between him and Sarah Connor has also become a common little couple bickering. And with the participation of Father Arnold, it became "Meet the Father-in-law".
However, this brings together the sense of oppression that has long been lost in the "Terminator" series. Whether it's the first or second episode, the anxiety, suspense, and tension caused by the unstoppable villain and the positive end of the road are an important part of the saga. Since the third episode, all kinds of bang bang bang bang have been enlarged infinitely, and the fear of death has gradually weakened, replaced by the berserker style of "stop this wave of attacks and you can breathe". After all, there is a war movie in the dark history, and no matter how bad it is, life is at stake. In the third episode, like "Terminator: Genesis", the protagonist group has no sense of crisis, and keeps fighting with firepower to show their bravery. Losing the sense of panic of being chased, is it still "The Terminator"?
Probably not.
As for the villains - all the villains that can be particled are hooligans. Of course, if you lose, you're not a hooligan, you're smart.
Interestingly, one of the slogans of the film is: "The Rules Have Been Reset", the rules have been reset, and last summer's "Transformers: Age of Extinction" slogan: "The Rules Have Changed", The rules have changed, almost exactly the same. And the villains of the two movies are also like a mother, who likes to deviate from the usual way, and insists on floating.
And we already know about the bad reviews on both sides of that movie last year.
Judging from this year's posture, "Terminator: Genesis" has simply set a big flag for itself.
Fortunately, the audience bought it.
The "Terminator" series is to Arnold what "First Blood" and "Rocky" are to Stallone. The ending of "Terminator: Genesis", and the ending of "First Blood 4" after ravaging Southeast Asia, also has a similar meaning of disarming and returning to the field.
Director Alan Taylor can be described as a complete assembly line craftsman, and the finished product depends on the material. "Game of Thrones" plays well, but it doesn't mean that "Thor: The Dark World" can be shot well. "Terminator: Genesis" is equally weak in terms of plot, and its coherence is not excellent. The final happy ending is quite Marvel's "happy after the catastrophe" style, completely forgetting the fate of the Terminator series.
However, in order to jump out of the old routine of crossing back and forth, it was really hard.
They are all the leaders of "X-Men: Days of Future Past".
In fact, as long as the creators of "Terminator: Genesis" have a little bit of refreshment, rather than filling in the lack of creativity with a shoddy plot, "Terminator: Genesis" will be the one that all Terminator fans have been since '91. The longing for a successful sequel. And now it seems that this entertaining work can only find a place in the huge gap between "Terminator 2" and "Terminator 3".
It's a pity that it was so simple.
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