The story was actually mildly interesting but not engrossing and I can see where many people thought it was blah. That’s because this movie suffers too much from the knowledge of the two sequels and so spends most of it’s time setting the stage so to speak. It can’t really go too far since there will be two more.

Spoilers below.

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What I liked about it was that it establishes how Kyle and Conner meet. Establishes the entrance of the T-800. Establishes how John Connor manages to build a following (it was loosely due to his radio broadcasts, but by the end of the film it’s because of his foresight defiance of the resistance command). He’s able to avert a major catastrophe (most of the attacking resistance would have been killed) and still get the mission accomplished (destroy the facility) and also save all the civilians including Kyle.

Other good points are that it takes itself seriously (unlike the campy jokes/humor of T3 and even T2 to some extent). The cameo of Arnold was cool (even if it was CGI). The side story of the convict being half robot half human was very intereting. Seeing the facility was cool. I felt real dread in a few scenes (one being the gas station with harvester) which is rare.

Basically I though the movie was very good and fun. It’s not quite as fun or well rounded as Star Trek was, but it was very fun.

Bale could have had a little more emotional range but then again, this is a character that has prepared for and known about the end of the world since birth so I would think he would be a little jaded and serious.

I think those people saying this was the hugest flop or bomb or other things are exagerating. I think it’s gotten a bad rap to be honest. I think it’s also fair to say it’s not a 10 or movie of the year. It doesn’t need to be.

If you have a mild interest in Sci-Fi/Action movies it’s worth a watch. If you don’t then there are other things to watch and you can rent it.

I loved this movie, and he was in it for way more time, there were like 2 fight scenes with him in them

But it depends on who you ask, i personally liked the movie

And the empire of the sun christian bale kinda looks like T2 john connor lololol I just saw a picture were they were both compared and they look identical lol

You are over complicating things to your own detriment. If you are familiar with the lore of the Terminator films, this is a simple concept.

Due to the Terminator timeline, this is both a sequel and a prequel. As prequels go, it does a great job of putting together a lot of pieces that we know have to come together. But still leaves room for more stuff to happen down the line. I like how it leaves a lot of doubt about whether or not this is “the future his mother told him about” or whether the future has been changed. It didn’t have that bland feeling a lot of prequels tend to have where there’s no suspense, and everything is all just falling in to place to set up the first film.

The appearance of Arnie was a great ‘secret’ and I’m glad they did keep it a surprise. I really enjoyed the fact I didn’t know it was coming because of ads, posters, action figures or anything else giving it away. Now the hardcore fans have all been to see it, and word has got out, there’s no harm in advertising it, especially if it gets a few people to go see it who otherwise might not have. That’s a really good way of handling it. I really appreciate the studio doing it that way.

Thanks a lot to all of you!

they should take new writers!!!