They did not break away from the old, did not move to the new.
I'm quite a fan of 'Terminator' Since childhood, he liked the T-1000 from the second film, and Sarah Connor and her son John did not catch on. Sarah was even annoying. I don’t think two movies are sacred scripture, something untouchable that shouldn’t be continued. The theme of the war of machines and people is bottomless, the continuation is definitely necessary, but logical and thoughtful.
The franchise had no luck in this case. The plots of the films are cut off, not completed, a new restart is launched, everything is cut off again. The sixth film won’t get any sequels. Overall, the sixth film is not hopeless. The REV-9 did not outperform the T-1000, but it was good. Interested tar terminators Legion with tentacles. Sarah was just as confident and unbearable. Grace was saving Dani. John died in the beginning, but I liked it because it’s lifelike. John is not the only savior of mankind, he became one at the right time and place, but now John is eliminated, the future is changed, and the resistance will be led by Dani Ramos. So what? This is a harsh reality, a total war, stop clinging to hope and present it as an indisputable fact. Anyone can become a leader.
Disappointed T-800 Carl with his curtains and changing diapers. This theme of a kind robot who loves people, in the second film was tense, but now it is elevated to absolute. This is the main drawback 'Dark Fates'.
I'm waiting for new Terminator movies or TV shows. I am open to new ideas and characters. But it is advisable not to return the T-800 in a mimic image and elderly Sarah.
6 out of 10
Surprisingly good was the movie – of course, in its genre, and as a continuation of the franchise – but to be honest, after reading the previous reviews, I expected the worst.
The first plus is the dynamism of the plot, it really does not come off, all the time some kind of moving, there is no sagging action, from beginning to end looks in one breath.
The second - of course, Easter eggs and ' gifts ' fans of the franchise - and aged and humanized, but still cool Terminator-Schwarzeneger, and Sarah Conner, fire-woman, and other small details such as glasses, I'll be back, etc. - they all warm the soul and delight.
Thirdly, very nice actors – I’m not talking about Schwartz and Linda – but about the new ones who played Grice and Dani – both of them quite decently performed even against the background of well-deserved authorities – Grace really liked her big naive eyes, sincerity and dedication.
The Terminator series never, if you think about it, has a deep meaning and logic - and it would be foolish to expect this film to suddenly appear - so within its genre, and as a gift and a bow to the fans - a wonderful film to have a boring evening.
Once again, the producers decided to easily make money from the once legendary franchise and removed it. Honestly, it's not a movie. Movies, even the worst ones, have advantages. It doesn't. Not one. This is not an artistic exaggeration.
Why do we like the Terminator? For a good plot, revolutionary graphics, for the characters, for the entourage and atmosphere. You will not see all of this here.
Picture.
Those interested in the Terminator know how Cameron could make it harder for himself and the entire crew to shoot a scene that lasts 2 seconds. He had Robert-Patrick train at the shooting range so he wouldn't blink when shooting, he made a bunch of T-1000 mockups for each scene with him, even though he could just draw damage on the computer. This combined shooting, in which computer graphics were on par with other tools, made his 2 Terminators visually beautiful and watchable even now. The new film has only graphics. She's everywhere. It creates unnecessary action and visual curve. The movie looks bad even on the screen. Noir and suspense left, and in its place came a lifeless gloss.
Plot.
It's just something that even got a review from Badcomedian. In fact, the story is secondary and stupid. Its base is Terminator 1 and Terminator 2. It offers nothing new, moreover, it creates new holes in the universe it is trying to build.
Characters.
The actors for their roles are poorly selected, and, in the context of this plot, even Arnold and Linda look worse than nowhere. The images of all the characters, their history and character are inconclusive. I don’t feel any danger from the new Terminator, because he is stupid and kind of plays along with the main characters. Clothing on the Characters as if taken from sale in 'Gloria Jeans', i.e. not suitable for this kind of film.
Trailer.
I decided to include this item here. A trailer can make us go to a bad movie. When I watched the trailer for The Sixth Terminator, I didn’t get any emotions. Even deep down, I didn’t want to go to this movie. After watching the Genesis trailer, I wanted to see it, even partially.
Bottom line.
Total failure. I'm sure Cameron didn't touch it. Don’t watch this movie because it’s bad at everything.
First of all, giving an adequate and objective assessment of the film “Terminator: Dark Fate”, it is necessary to understand that this is not the second or first part of the franchise. And no new Terminator will be as successful and popular as the first dilogy. The militants of our time will not have the same reception as the militants of the 80-90s. That’s right, because everything has its time. However, before the review, I would like to point out a few more obvious facts about this picture.
The plot was developed as a direct continuation of the events shown in the “Judgment Day” of the 91st year. Although fans of the Terminator universe should be well aware that there are seven possible scenarios after the second part, the so-called "branches", in "Dark Fate" and should not pay attention to this detail. The film is easily perceived as a separate story and as the development of the franchise as a whole.
The creators decided to modernize the character of Edward Furlong (John Connor from T2) and turn the leader of the resistance into a leader. Someone will say that we live in a difficult era, when it is impossible to please everyone, so today’s cinema must necessarily touch on topical topics. But the problem is that these topics are relevant only if you pay attention to them. The theme of feminism, a tight ring surrounding the picture from the very beginning of production, is absolutely not felt if it is not noticed.
But it's all lyrics. As for the film itself, I would like to praise the fascinating plot, the play of actors, and also note the special effects – because the visual here is much better than in Genesis. The sense of intrigue and uncertainty that was present in the first two parts returned: “There is no point in fighting a cyborg, one must flee from it.” Humor (without him today, too) in moderation and appropriate: there is no sense of awkwardness that I felt, watching as “iron Arnie” smiles in the frame.
The collections and opinions of critics today decide a lot, and the first depends directly on the second. If critics don’t like the movie (and sometimes they choose a negative approach before the movie comes out), people won’t go to the movies. A cold reception from the viewer means not only faded fees, only barely covering the budget. He questions the fate of the entire franchise (possible sequels, prequels). Therefore, objectively, the film failed at the box office, because it does not have all this: no praise from critics, no box office, no popularity. Everyone will judge in their own way.
P.S. In an interview with denofgeek.com, Linda Hamilton said that not only does she not see her return to the role of Sarah Connor, but also the further development of the franchise as a whole. Today’s audience is unpredictable. People stopped going to the movies, she says, thus confirming the poor financial performance of the sixth installment of The Terminator. Perhaps it is, and perhaps this is another PR move, but the fact remains that the general public is no longer attracted to old heroes.
7 out of 10
It copies T1 and RT2 much more than Terminator 3 in 2003.
The plot of the film is cruel and cool, but the question is – why they were so stupidly dull and at point-blank range did not notice the creeping T-800?
The fight at the beginning is a little idiotic but looks hurried, but immediately causes facepalms unbreakable stupidity Dani Ramos performed by Natalia Reyes - a complete failure in casting and script.
In the middle of the film, the calm before the storm is diluted with boring dialogues with inappropriate pathos.
The fight in its coolness and pathos to the final accelerates to cosmic speed, but the fight in the plane and the fall on the dam should not have been so removed – the laws of physics and logic limp on both legs and cause some bewilderment.
The final fight is cool and graphic, but sometimes stupid scenes hysterical Dani and pathetic as three films “Save Private Ryan” mixed with “Transformers”.
I don’t like McKenzie Davis, but I did a good job.
Gabriel Luna hauled his role in a hurrah, for sure he would have killed everyone in the film if the script allowed him not to be dumbed like WINDOWS 98 a step away from the goal.
Arnold is as tough as Stalin and Rokossovsky, and I think he should get away with it – with an anthem and triumph. We need to let go of the role and give other bodybuilders and just cool guys.
Linda Hamilton put very well into the role, but the incompleteness of the script is noticeable.
Natalia Reyes is a complete failure of the film.
He promised to return, but his time seems to have passed.
Conceived as the beginning of a new trilogy "Terminator". Dark Fate is unlikely to continue. And if it does, it is not in the coming years. The film, to which James Cameron returned (not as a director, but as a producer), spent too much on filming and marketing, and earned at the box office a pitiful by modern standards for projects of this kind more than 260 million. Even "Genesis" and "May the Savior Come" separately collected more.
"Dark Fate" sidelined the events of the previous three films - "Rise of the Machines", "May the Savior Come" and "Genesis" (as they came out in the order), starting its story with the same characters who played a key role in the second film - in "Doomsday". Everything would be fine, but only the beginning of the film of 2019 was skating on the events of Terminator 2, because everything was simply destroyed and trampled. Not in terms of quality or plot, but in terms of idea. What was relevant - the salvation of John Connor and his image as a symbol of the Resistance, suddenly lost its power.
Personally for me it was an unpleasant discovery, because childhood and adolescent impressions were erased, as for example, the program “Skynet”, which the characters in each of the films tried to cut out.
The plot of "Dark Fates" obsessively repeats the same theme: a terminator from the future arrives in the past to kill whoever is there, in the future will cause a lot of trouble to machines with artificial intelligence. This someone must survive, and for this he is trying to save a terminator – a cyborg machine with a human face Arnold Schwarzenegger. Linda Hamilton, who played Sarah Connor in the first two films, continues to hunt robots throughout her life. In general, the creators of “Dark Fates” chose the standard theme for recent times for the resurrection of the past and the return of former heroes. As in “X-Men” there is a substitution of reality (not even a substitution, but rather a substitution), due to which some events are dismissed as failed, and they are replaced by others that actually took place.
If you evaluate such decisions as the desire to give life to a popular franchise, it does not look very interesting. The subject of a cyborg hunting a man in order to prevent him from leading the Resistance in the future has already exhausted itself. All these movements in time naked men and women are quite tired and time after time to look at it all is not interesting. Again, the use of the helicopter as a means of pursuit, again large freeways, again the site (though not a policeman, but a border), again the old model of the T-800 Terminator is more sophisticated in the fight against a more advanced and perfect model, which is the Rev-9 Terminator performed by Gabriel Luna.
By the way, the choice of this actor for the role of the main antagonist disappointed. Given how the actor tried to show stone equanimity, it seemed that he tried to copy the cold steadfastness of Robert Patrick from the second Terminator. It didn't work out. Not the texture of the face of the moon to be firm and decisive. To do this, you need a face similar to Patrikov’s – clearly delineated, with protruding cheekbones, a cold look, elongated and necessarily with blue or gray eyes like steel – this would play 100%. Gabriel has the opposite: a round face, the look of a good cuckoo and even dark eyes, shaded with softness. Did not call Rev-9 in his execution of the threat.
The return of Sarah Connor by Linda Hamilton is another failed attempt to revive the iconic franchise. Given that the actress bathed in the rays of fame after the release of the first two films and for the most part in any major projects no longer flashed, her appearance in “Dark Fate” – like a dead poultice. Like an event that happened just to restart the franchise. To put it mildly, to see such a brutal grandmother-warrior performed by Hamilton in the frame is somewhat comical. Even a brutal image does not allow you to look at her without a smile, as well as listen to her jokes “for 300”.
The appearance of Schwarzenegger in his usual role is in principle justified and relevant, but his legend looks no less comical than Hamilton herself in the role of Sarah Connor. In this case, Arnie took over the baton from Sylvester Stallone by almost 100% copying his image from the last part of Rambo (I mean lifestyle and living conditions). But Arnie was needed in case the sequel to “Dark Fates” comes out and there will be a new Terminator.
The dialogue of the film is a separate topic. Banal and primitive. “I will kill you”, “You killed someone for which I will punish you”, “There will be no future without you”, “You must live” – everything is so familiar and simple that again the feeling of déjà vu sticks to the viewer and does not let go after watching. Even in the same "Genesis" was an attempt from a scientific point of view to approach the process of capture, to the process of activation of the program "Skynet".
Despite the fact that the creators tried to return the feeling of a real threat from the Terminator-killer, who relentlessly follows the victim and catches up with her even a slow step, the Terminator. Dark Fate still doesn’t look like a continuation of the first films. This is rather an attempt to play on cultism (given the continuation of the events of the second part, and not others), which turns out to be rather weak and, alas, fresh. He promised to return, but his time seems to have passed.
But look at you. I do not impose my opinion on anyone.
The main problem with this film is its huge budget. Therefore, instead of interesting directorial finds, smart script moves, worked-out characters and other moments characteristic of a good movie, we see money. Huge money spent on action with fights, shootings and chases. And it's all flavored with a sea of computer graphics. Cameron is a smart producer. Thanks to his name and weight in the industry, he was able to raise a huge budget to conduct an experiment on the topic “whether the viewer will be interested in watching a female action character of the 60+ age category.” I found an answer that was easy to predict. But critics of the film received well, and who will say bad about the film, where there are so many female protagonists.
Well, now to the point. The secondary of the film is off the charts. Everything repeats itself: an evil robot in a huge car, a T-800 with a face hit by bullets, a T-800 with a hand that has been skinned, a T-800 without one hand, a T-800 without half a face, a T-800 sentimental, Sarah Connor gradually beginning to trust a hated car, etc. The new robot-bad does not cause much interest, it is just a mix of ideas that underlie the previous negative characters in the franchise. The plot twist, thanks to which the old T-800 appears in the film, is just a circus and does not care about previous films. Action, of course, in some places tooth-grabbing, technical performance at the level (I do not have an eye-diamond, I do not see the smallest details, so it is difficult for me to find fault). But at some point, it just starts to get tired.
Skillful presentation of material and ingenuity are more expensive than any glossy pictures. District 9 came to mind, which cost 6 times cheaper, but looked no worse than Dark Destiny. It's a lot of money, but it's all wasted. Sorry.
Perhaps... perhaps another attempt to enter the waters of the franchise, namely its second part can be counted.
The movie has a lot of flaws. The main one is the humanization of the T-800. Okay, well, if he was a hermit in the woods, he wouldn't, both family and child. It's been 20 years.
Then: a woman from the future. I’m not impressed, and I’m more concerned.
The action, and regarding its mechanical imperfections, is still the hero of Van Damme in ' Universal Soldier' ' had to cool down'.
As for the plot itself, he does not try to pretend that he does not use script moves 'Judgment Day'. Uses and more like: the first chase (' our & #39; on a small car, ' bad & #39; on a huge); Latin relative (uncle) with criminal skills; pseudo-death T-800; liquid structure of the antagonist, etc.
But surprisingly, it's not annoying. The creators seem to have treated the first two classic films with the utmost respect.
Now about the advantages, of which as well as disadvantages are also many. This is the first chase mentioned above, the physical form of Linda Hamilton and, I believe, the main finding of the film is the division of the bad Terminator into two different substances, here a reference not only to the second, but also to the first classical parts.
In general, the film, despite the loss of pace in the middle, looks with interest and much better than the third part, which is now also referred to as classic (the subsequent ones are not worth mentioning here), but, of course, is not comparable with the first two, so we can fully explain the box office failure of the picture. So let’s hope that the next attempt will either not happen, or it will be removed when we forget about this.
Maybe after some time I will watch the film again and change the rating, but for now.
7 out of 10
For 16 years now, we have witnessed the painful stagnation of one of the greatest sci-fi dilogies in the history of cinema. If the third and fourth film, as well as the series “The Chronicles of Sarah Connor”, many still held on guilty pleasure-category, then the monstrous “Genesis” turned on everyone without exception. And when it seemed that it could not be worse, came the trouble, from which they did not expect: James Cameron jumped out on the foreground with the cry “I have borne you, I will kill you.” Otherwise, you can not explain all the plot gloom that happens on the screen all two hours of timing, and the subtitle of the reboot - "Dark Fate" - as best describes the state in which the franchise resides.
But with what fan enthusiasm and fan enthusiasm at the time was greeted by the news that Cameron will personally control the production of the new part, which will be a direct continuation of “Judgment Day”, canceling the previously filmed sequel heresy. But the first promotional materials and trailer burned napalm timidly breaking through the germs of hope in Cameron’s restart.
Cinephile god discouraged me from going to the movies, so I was “lucky” to get acquainted with the “TS” at home. I can’t imagine sitting in the dark of the room with that stinking huge pile of shit that the creators with some sadistic pleasure threw on my head in the first five minutes of the film. Lizzie this two-hour cinematic abuse of Cameron over his brainchild - physically painful and unbearable. I wonder how the legendary director would assess his future obscenity, send him a copy of this kinz right after the premiere of the masterpiece sequel?
The presence of franchise veterans only exacerbates the already deplorable situation. Aged and overgrown Sarah Connor over the years of his travels grew such powerful steel eggs that she herself at the time to take for the Terminator. This is one of the most monstrous character transformations in the history of cinema, when at the same time from a very vulnerable and indomitable, tough and sensual, restless and confident Sarah, the authors write such a stilted, stupid and hollow heroine who has lost all her charm and sensual charisma. Take the revealing scene of Sarah and the Terminator meeting in the middle of the film - a complete emotional vacuum and staged fading. And remember the trembling and breath-taking meeting of the heroes in the mental hospital from "SD". About the Terminator, living a modest life of a provincial, a diligent family man and a parent who also sews curtains, I am generally silent. Whaaat?
Is it necessary to talk about head-on inclusivity, “bearish” feminism, with the clumsy gender upgrade of John Connor, the dullest and cartoonish action, with all its CGI bells and whistles not comparable to the stunning staged extravaganza of thirty years ago, and a string of ridiculous plot holes?
Verdict: Kulik is categorically against 'be back' in these swamps!
Another direct position of the cult dilogy this time focuses on the story of the Mexican Daniela Ramos, who in the future did not please the formidable artificial intelligence trying to destroy humanity. In search of the girl comes the deadly terminator of the last generation. In an unequal battle with the technologies of the future, only a miracle can help ... or a cyborg girl sent by humanity.
It is no secret that Hollywood is mired in a swamp of sequels, prequels and other derivatives from once thundering franchises. There are simply no fundamentally new and successful hits, and the last decade was crowned with success only for superheroics, which day by day will finally tire even a loyal audience. Without going into the details of marketing, with the new part of the “Terminator” a cruel joke was played just by the righteous anger of the audience, which ceased to empty wallets at the sight of another money-squeezing project. Terminator with its disappointing fees finally entered the hall of fame of fallen legends like Predator and Alien. Nostalgia nostalgia, and to look at how once again a robot from the future arrives for a new victim can only a desperate fan, who was given information on the participation of Cameron and the direct position of the cult second part. High expectations have become the main problem of such a cold response from critics and viewers.
Director Tim Miller does not invent the wheel, but relies on a working scheme that has been working since the eighties. The plot is simple as three pennies, but it is impossible to rank it as an obvious drawback, because putting his hand on his heart, everyone saw on the screen exactly the story he was waiting for. There are few new interesting details and turns in it, but the execution itself does not lame at all. Action, dynamics and moderate fan service are the three whales on which Miller successfully rides in the construction of an updated fantastic action movie with a rich past. Robot battles are sophisticated, colorful and exciting, and new technological twists bring a sense of novelty. Two hours of timekeeping is one big chase - do not get bored.
Accusing the film of indulging in fashionable feminism and tolerance is difficult. Heroines here are strong not because they are just women, but because they are tough and hardened in battle. Rescued by everyone, Daniela does not become a super soldier at the snap of her fingers because of her gender. A black lesbian terminator could have caused a proper level of resentment, but this level of absurdity is very, very far away. Diego Luna as a robot villain looks impressive, but in color is much inferior to the same T-1000 Robert Patrick. Mackenzie Davis as Grace became the main engine of the film: a great game, one hundred percent hit in the image and a prize for special charm. Linda Hamilton is good without unnecessary words: "Il b back" of such a character is perceived at least warmly. Schwarzenegger is an honored veteran and the calling card of the entire franchise.
“Terminator: Dark Fate” is a large and high-quality film attraction based on classics. It is foolish to demand any revelations in the genre of fiction where they should not have been. The time loop was tightened around the Terminator’s neck in 1982. The franchise is doomed to self-repeat. And sometimes there is nothing wrong with that.
Perhaps my main problem is that I try very hard not to learn anything about any upcoming film. I went to Terminator 5 with the certainty that it was a sequel to the 4th with Bale as John, but it turned out that wasn’t quite the case. Here I worked on the mistakes and knew who was playing the main roles.
Actually, I didn’t want anything filmed after the 5th, in the end after Die Hard 5 could stop. It doesn’t matter who wants it, this is the 6th movie. The creators, apparently, did not think much of an elderly terminator, and they decided to pull out the elderly Sarah. And if the first one could at least be justified by the fact that it is a Terminator, then Sarah looks as unconvincing as possible.
Noo, all of a sudden, I'm going to tell you the good news. First of all - I don't believe I'm writing this - Dark Fate is better than Genesis. Judge for yourself: the evil Terminator now almost does not talk (unfortunately, he could not resist a couple of humpbacks and one dialogue, but we will not blame him for this); now Karl, not the pops. Not bad, huh?
No, it's still awful. Once again universe a la ' previous films were not ' thank you even without timelines, another renaming of Skynet, now it's Legion (from fans of Mass Effect?)...
Thanks to this film, I have finally formulated for myself the main problem of modern cinema. Feminists have complained a lot about the lack of female roles, but do they really like it coming out now? In fact, we have male characters played by women. Maybe that's what they wanted. Most of the time in Terminator Dark Fate, you’ll be looking at the young Mexican hope of humanity (yes, again), the middle-aged buffoon defender of humanity’s hope, and, as a reward for pre-ordering, Sarah from a nursing home who just has nothing to do. It’s all spiced up with effects from Part 5 with animated umms, I wanted to compare it to Spider-Man Raimi, but it looked better there.
What's the result? There are movies that you know in advance that are bad, but you can’t not watch them (the dark phoenix is the same), so I don’t see any point in recommending or not recommending, after all, everyone who loves the Terminator knows that there are only 2 films. Once again I hope and believe in a bright future with the absence (already) of the 7th part.
4 out of 10
Without any shame, almost forty years of chewing the same thing, even became fun. Schwartz and that one turned into a shingle, this music will be eternal if you change the batteries. In a dirty joke, they dug up a flight attendant, and here's Schwartz. Which has already been made a plush.
But at once three pugnacious grandmothers, but three zero charisma and the same type of dubolom. Old Sarah may be trying to play, but what is there to play? Passed the gym greeting Donald with the Mexicans and the wall, it’s good.
I also liked the evil Terminator, a new robot joker. Like he read the script, realized that there was absolute secondary nonsense, and now he's just kidding instead of seriously destroying someone there. Terminator with a smile, fine, that's the only thing in this movie that should be. In fact, he is only there and good, funny.
No film project should have more than three parts. But the coupons cut off the hunt, so there will be another one, for sure. And we, of course, will not resist and will look again, and then who laughs, who spits.
Currently, it is difficult to surprise viewers with the presence of action, staging fights and the quality of film effects. When the first Terminator came out, and after a long period (7 years), Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the viewer was not so demanding. A terrifying robot killer pursued his goal, and nothing could stop him. Some beautiful, intimidating compositions by Brad Fidel, brutal Arnold Schwardzenegger, common sense, script and film ready.
Following modern Hollywood trends, the Terminator comes out: Dark fates. Is the movie good? My opinion is mixed. There is everything that in principle should be in any other fantastic action movie: shootouts, explosions, fights, a grain of philosophical thought, that we choose our own fate, etc., etc. But you're not going to watch it again like you do with the first parts.
Yeah, the painting doesn't cut your eyes. It goes evenly and in moderation: action, a little rest, again action and rest again. All this is not cut, not mounted incomprehensible how. The quality of this film ends.
It's all been done. The plot is the same, the phrases in the dialogue are the same. Oh, yes, the robot-machine was changed... no, it wasn’t. All this has happened. It's like taking all the previous parts of the years and taking all the good ones. A few phrases from there, the idea of modifying the robot will take from here, the new Skynet will take from another part. Are you serious? On the script, I am sure, worked only one night, when the screenwriter reviewed all parts of the Terminator in the afternoon.
Just watch once you can see who loves a fantastic action movie and loves invincible killer robots. Stupid moments, but they are almost everywhere, so that the perfect film, as well as seriously tune in to viewing is not necessary.
Nice viewing, so to speak. Good luck!!
Heated arguments subsided, articles and reviews came out, a shaft of spoilers swept past, and I decided to watch it.
For me, Terminator is not just a movie, a universe, an iconic dilogy. Since childhood, this is something unimaginably cool, the best thing that can be filmed. Then, years later, Terminator just got killed, ' sequels' one worse than the other just spit into the soul of fans. And then we were told: none of this happened, it was part 3, Cameron himself took part, returned so beloved characters.
I didn't expect this part to be at least level 2. I didn’t know how many points the film got. And I got the best I could count on.
This is not part 3, this is not a continuation, not a meeting with your favorite characters. This is a farewell, and I hope forever.
The movie must be good. Not as stupid, full of blunders as they sometimes write. Don't judge him harshly. Farewell is always bitter and painful, but no one can repeat the Terminator phenomenon. There will be movies that will become immortal, but the Terminator cannot be brought back. As long as there is no second childhood, there will be no one cooler than Iron Arnie.
Endless self-repeat with degraded characteristics, has already become the hallmark of the continuation of the Terminator, this has already distinguished itself, the 3rd and 5th parts. This fate and the 6th part did not pass. Separate from the first two parts, the film would have been a sturdy middle man. But since it is in many ways a repetition, it turns out a degraded copy. The T1000 hunts for humans and is protected by humans and a robot of simpler models. We've all seen it before. But apart from the secondary ideas, we see a degraded casting. Old Sarah Connor, inferior to young Sarah of the time of the second part. The new T-1000 is inferior to Robert Patrick, the Latin is inferior to Sarah Connor from the 1st part. Well, the icing on the cake looks like a failed casting analogue of Reese. A purely male role was given to some guy. In addition to casting, there were problems with the balance of roles. The three main roles are the same - ' Strong and confident women' I am not against such a clichéd role, but all three! the main characters are the same in essence.
The advantages include attempts to diversify the T-1000 by turning into 2 robots, but this feature is not sufficiently implemented.
So overall, it was an average movie to watch. But the first two parts are still very faint.
Turning the sci-fi thriller category B into a revolutionary saga that became the coolest film of our childhood, James Cameron wrote himself forever in the history of cinema. “Judgment Day” generally became one of the best sequels that ever came out on screens. But then Cameron had only to watch as other directors one by one gradually wear out the full potential of “Terminator”: from the awkward triquel and the story of a bleak future to a vague series and a failed “reset”. I had to take things into my own hands: Cameron returned as a producer and led a whole team of writers (consisting, for some reason, of only men) in order to shoot, er, “Terminator”, focused on a female audience. Of course, this is a very superficial definition, so you have to give, so to speak, the author’s point of view: “Dark Fate” is the only “true” sequel to “Doomsday”; the actions of all other films, according to Cameron, take place in alternate realities, made possible by the very idea of time-traveling robots.
“Terminator: Dark Fate” is truly fan-service-driven and geared toward those looking to restore the glory of “T2” to the 21st century. However, the plot in the film suffers greatly from the need to follow the theme set by “Judgment Day”: trying to blow the audience’s minds and raise the stakes, the movie becomes like some cartoon, whose best moments alternate from grandiose to ridiculous.
So doomsday was averted. Sarah Connor and her son John beat Skynet in the bud. However, another T-800 (not the one that helped save the world) kills John. Twenty-two years later, two more cyborgs were sent from the future to Mexico City. Skynet won, but was replaced by the Legion supercomputer, which also created Terminators. The woman Grace turns out to be a kind of ... human-terminator with superpowers. She must save Dani's girlfriend from the super-terminator - Rev-9. The only one who can save the two girls is Sarah Connor, now retired, but still a ferocious and part-time Terminator Hunter.
It is clear that the plot is a complete mess and a set of plot holes, even if we consider only the first “Terminator” and its sequel. Obviously, the filmmakers understood that, so they focused on action. In "Dark Fate" there are very intense scenes of chases and fights. In general, a weak and confusing storyline is distracted by episodes that please the eye: from robot fights to a superb action scene in an airplane. By the time the action reaches the final confrontation, fans can count a dozen intense combat moments.
Otherwise, alas, “Dark Fate” is too concise: the feeling that the desire to make references to “Judgment Day” was not so much to please fans as a far-fetched way to put an end to that story. The same Sarah occasionally enters into lengthy and gloomy monologues about what her life was like after John's death: she only hunted cyborgs and drank until she passed out. But we will never know the details of her bleak daily existence beyond Dark Fates, which is why Sarah has no personality in this film and her comeback is meaningless. In other words, the return of the long-awaited heroine should include more than hints of her apparent coolness.
From the point of view of the rest of the plot, everything is also contradictory. Schwarzenegger, who lived his whole life in the eyes of Russians as the T-800, has lost his status as a tough guy. However, his presence in the film provides the ease to which the whole film seems to strive, but somehow does not give out to the full. McKenzie Davis, known for "Tully," looks cute and plays well, but turning a Terminator defender into a young woman could allow the franchise to rethink its goals and its audience, as well as turning the messiah into a young Mexican. Instead, and instead of making very inept social comments (such as trying to cross the border without papers and losing factory jobs to industrial robots), Dark Fates is not interested in questions of technological superiority, transhumanism, dystopia, gender, race, or even the paradoxes of time travel... although the Dark Fates script had every opportunity to reveal these details.
The sixth film in the Terminator franchise erases the events of all previous sequels, but it ends up feeling half erased from our reality plane. It feels like a dim and not entirely appropriate replica of the glorious "Judgment Day": it feels like Cameron, in a fit of a crisis of ideas, has turned to already worked-out material. It seems that neither Schwartz nor Hamilton, who have reunited on screen for the first time in a long time, have any good reason to keep fighting for a future in the depressed world of Terminator, other than the desire of the creators to insert a couple of jokes or references. Their presence detracts from the main story about Grace and Dani... as if the main line really does offer something new. Even the antagonist is just a reworked idea of the T-1000 with one new and relatively useless “trick” in the form of splitting into two terminators. Tim Miller, the director of Deadpool, seems to have done the wrong thing: instead of repeating his style in a bright, colorful and smooth manner, he chose a dirty world and intermittent action, which leads to a predictable ending – the characters go into the sunset with a clear promise to prepare for future victories. Let the self-styled saviors come!
5.5 out of 10
The sea was noisy and Sarah Connor smiled sweetly. Is it a joke to prevent the Judgment Day, the sudostats of iron to defeat? Suddenly, out of nowhere, a cursed supostat appeared with a familiar face and spoiled all the raspberries, Ivanushka the savior from the cut-off put. Sarah shot him in the back like a penny, lamented and wept, but all in vain. So many winters and years have passed, but spouses do not translate into the cinematic universe, they fly and fly from the future to the past in order to extinguish another Ivanushka-savior, everything is nebulous to them. But ours did not sleep, sent a naked maiden with a steel look to protect. Today Ivanushka-savior took the image of a virgin dark and beautiful, working at a Mexican car factory, for the time being did not know care. A new soul appeared behind her, on the outside good-natured, on the inside black and furious.
But the virgin with a steel gaze, no longer naked, and in a t-shirt-reed stolen, did not sleep - tracked down the supostate, crept up with a rifle, and went to them catavasia. He's like her, she's like him. Seeing that the enemy is overpowering, the warrior virgin took the maiden-savior in her arms and let’s run where our eyes look. Along the way, Sarah, like an old devoted dog, fell for them, and ran together. For a long time, in short, passed the ferocious guards of the border, the States from the mexicos of illegal guards, and came across a hut in the forest, and there an old man with a familiar face, at the very beginning he spoiled the raspberries. The pine trees were roaring joyfully, Sarah Connor swearing furiously. Oh, so-and-so, you ruined my blood! I'm going to kill the fucking idol! Don't ruin it, red girl, I'll be useful to you - to win a new spouse, to defend the savior-mother. And there were four of them, and there was catavasia. And they flew on airplanes, and the water dived, finally came to the cherished place, where only the monsters of iron can be transferred to rags. The money was sweet, the producers smiled joyfully, but it did not work out - this spectacle did not fight back at the box office. It turned out to be a sad catavasia, rotten - the concept.
The viewer did not smell the need for him to chew the old plot for the hundredth time and see the wrinkled hero Arnie, who turned from supostate to savior, from savior to babysitter and was tired of radish worse. And the scissor-thrower, Tim Miller, jumped - his arrows are plastic, and his bow is a toy. Adult rating is a deception, a movie just for the small and not very inquisitive. Where Cameron the narrator smelled of iron and blood and felt a serious scale, Miller the anecdotist has a showdown in the spirit of Tom and Jerry and deadly jokes. Shame on you, comrade. Take off the deadpools and not the Terminator trolls. And then suddenly in the air the electricity will come in and there will be a muscular figure - already for your soul.
To my mega-surprise, the first half of the film is more than watchable. Partly due to the fact that they copied scenes from the classics (2nd film), partly because the plot was almost undetected and you could just enjoy a great action, yes, surprisingly, there is a lot of cool action in the film, although this is certainly not the level of the second film, because still before, when the comp. graphics / processing was poorly developed, talented directors had to look for brilliant solutions to show what they want and in the end it all looked just gorgeous. For examples, you should not go far, the same Terminators are old, well, or the best example of what the practical effects of even modern CGI are, of course, a comparison of the old and new trilogy of the Lord of the Rings, the latter I recall - emetic powder.
Well, I see it means a good attraction, I am surprised that the film is not full of thrash, which I expected, and then finally the authors decide to reveal the plot ... And it begins just complete nonsense, since Schwartz appeared in the frame and began to talk, the film turns into a fierce dull-mouthed slop. The intensity of idiocy is simply extreme, the plot is at the level or even worse than the 4th / 5th part. I don’t really remember them (and who does?). But still watchable, although the action also rolled along with the plot into the dumpster. I prayed to the great powers that in the film there was suddenly a scene when the Terminator grabs a person with his iron almighty hand and does not kill, you know, like in the worst thrash, when monsters throw people there instead of killing in 2 seconds. But that scene did happen. The Terminator grabs the man by the throat and just holds him. Perfect. I understand why Cameron decided to just work as a producer and not squash his legacy with a director's chair in this thrash. Well, there are a few similar scenes of stupid, in addition to the battered plot, I do not want to describe everything, in general, know that if you decide to look at the last Terminator, you can at least enjoy the first half of the film, and then everything rolls into rubbish.
5 out of 10 is ready to give a bone, for the first half of the film, on garlic like. You can see how this attraction has the right to life.
This film is not valuable as part of a bloated franchise. Rather, it seemed to me that the Terminator universe had been used to express a new idea that stemmed from a changed reality. In particular, changing the role of women in society. But everything in order.
The story of the film leaves an unusual impression. On the one hand, everything according to the standard scheme of escape from a terrible robot, on the other hand, even with a fairly predictable plot, each new turn on the road is still something surprising. There is nothing superfluous in the narrative, every movement and every word serves a single purpose. There is a smooth dynamics that does not sag for a second. That’s why two hours of the movie are rushing in one breath.
The heroines of the film are unique for a fantastic action movie. There are three of them, all of them of different age, appearance, and in no frame were objectified. Even when Grace emerges from the future completely naked, she is not shown as an eye-pleasing doll, like the Terminator in Part Three. It is quite unusual to see on the screen three completely equal heroines who take care of each other and protect each other literally with guns at hand. Grace, Dani and Sarah are endowed with different characters, their relationship is interesting to watch. I’d like to watch a couple more parts about these three, because they are literally the best thing in the movie.
Mackenzie Davis is beautiful as Grace. You get into it even when you know almost nothing about the character. Sarah is a special reason for excitement. Even though she did not lose her former fervor at the age, her character is equally penetrating, and the appearance in the film is legendary. Dani complements these two. Well shown the formation of the heroine. She is not just someone who needs to be saved, but also a person who is ready to take responsibility for herself and for others.
The action is slightly clumsy, sometimes drawn-out chase scenes. I would say that everything was done on a level, such a strong middle man. Although Grace's fights with the enemy sent from the future I really liked.
I’ve never been a fan of this franchise, although I love fiction. But this movie will be, without exaggeration, my favorite part. You can complain as much as you like about the fact that women are shown as full-fledged heroines, and not just apps to the chosen ones. You can spit endlessly at the word 'feminism' but you have to come to terms with the simple and inevitable fact that we need such stories. I am happy that they are getting bigger.
After some stress that the franchise suffered in parts "Genesis" and "Let the Savior Come" for example, "Dark Fate" the only post-Cameronian film that did not have any surgical experiments. “Governor” looks quite tolerable in the new image of a veteran machine, so Linda Hamilton makes it clear that the multi-year project is still interesting to her.
Unlike his three predecessors, who tried hard to promote “I’ll be back”, dark glasses and truck chases, “Dark Fate” even though it also has errors with repetition, for the most part still tries to develop the characters and the story without looking back. It would seem that the icon of Robert Patrick was not destined to move anyone, but the new “liquid” Gabriel Luna looks spectacular and formidable in the frame at the same hour.
By the way, for those who missed the information about the shooting of this tape, Edward Furlong also took part in this project, even if it was a cameo using CGI, with the exception of Robert Patrick, almost the entire gang was assembled. The only thing that the audience may be tired of is that in terms of the universe, the plot did not make any significant movements, again there is someone among us who should infuriate the machines in the future, and again from there they send two - one to protect and the second to kill.
Tim Miller exactly did not remove worse than the predecessors that appeared after "Judgment Day", Terminator: Dark Fate" still, like the rest, doubtfully fits into the entire model of the universe, but in the context of a single picture, whether you are a fan of "Terminator" or not, the film can be viewed for once.
As a child, I remember inserting VHS into a VCR to immerse myself again in the mysterious and fabulous world of cinema. One of my first films was The Terminator. One of my favorites was Terminator 2. Now it is clear why – a spectacular atmospheric film, with chic special effects and the charisma of actors – what other child will not be delighted? I loved the movie so much that I remember crying at the end when Arnie self-destructed.
Now, after a little more than twenty years, in my opinion, Hollywood has degraded – producers think only about money, offering a solid set of special effects. There are, of course, many exceptions, but compared to the 90s they are so meager that one can only regret the lost greatness of the true mainstream, the ancestor of which was Cameron.
As for the Terminator franchise, the situation has not changed. Do you remember how many people resented why the savior of humanity is an American? No problem. He'll be Mexican now. And again, there is no question if the terminator is Latino. The cyborg’s “humanizing” line has turned into insanity when the terminator calmly pets the dog when it mistook the cyborg for a human. And AI will never rest until it destroys all humans.
So, if Doomsday had a “soul” (and there are so many top scenes that the film looks with awe!), then here Hollywood decided to play on the nostalgia of people like me, inviting the older actors of the first parts to the picture, and these top scenes of the Doomsday arranged in the manner of modernity with exorbitant special effects, which are already saturated so much (one Marvel what is worth) that they do not amaze: everything happens within 21:9, no more.
And the saddest thing is that if we decided to repeat the plot twists of the second Terminator, why did we miss the most important thing? Skynet? On Doomsday, the heroes’ goal was to save humanity and destroy the AI base. The goal of the heroes of the new Terminator is to kick the ass of the new Terminator modification. On the salvation of mankind, there is no question, which greatly impoverishes the plot.
In the finale of the film, I wanted to “sob” from this primitive, who decided to play on the greatness of the first two parts. The savior of humanity “plays” worse than average, Arnie looks younger than Linda by 15 years, the “evil” Terminator tries to repeat the T-1000, repeatedly copying Robert, and, finally, a completely “wooden” replacement for Kyle.
It’s possible that “I’m too old for all this shit,” which is why I’m gushing, so don’t take it seriously, is just the thought stream of a child growing up on the second part of The Terminator, my favorite movie.
Earthly life, having passed to half, I watched 'Terminator: Dark Fate'.
Such extensive life experience allows me to give some advice to modern filmmakers, because I have a distinct feeling that we will see more ' Terminator: The Light Side'.
Then Disney will buy the franchise and show us six more parts, no less - 'Terminator. Rogue & #39; 'Terminator. The Lost Soul', 'The Terminator. Ringing eggs & #39; and something like that.
So let's get to the point.
My advice to future creators of the next 'Terminator'.
No.1. Schwarzenegger must be in the frame. Without Schwarzenegger 'Terminator' - nothing. Let your last Terminator Schwarzenegger be in a wheelchair or even on a respirator - he must be a fearsome unforgiving cyborg, striving for his goal at all costs. Agree, it will be terrible to watch as a cyborg-killer on a wheelchair and with an IV, breathing heavily through AID, overtakes his victim.
It will be doubly scary to see the next crowd of resuscitators. The victim just won't stand a chance. What the Terminator will not do, the doctors will complete.
2. Be sure to show the main character taking a selfie in the final. And then her jeep blazing along a road in the Texas desert. Behind the scenes should sound the heartfelt voice of the heroine, proclaiming that there is no future, and fate we make ourselves.
No. 3. The musical theme is Brad Fidel. Who will forget the movie about the Terminator?
No. 4. The phrases 'Come with me if you want to live', 'I'll be back', 'Come out' and 'I'm looking for a namerek' will not allow the viewer to doubt that he is watching a movie about the Terminator.
No. 5. Chasing a big truck. It’s so new and fresh that it’ll fit any new 'Terminator'. And then again, who will forget that watching the movie about the Terminator?
In total, only five simple recommendations will allow you to make a movie about the Terminator.
Remember: Schwarzenegger - Brad Fidel - crown phrases - truck chase - selfie and jeep, glowing into the distance.
Oh, you wanted to hear something about 'Terminator. Dark Fate'?
I'm not saying anything.
Perfect 'Terminator'. In compliance with all the rules.
Generally speaking, after the second 'Terminator' the franchise can be equated to once in N years a raped corpse. The fifth part raped the corpse especially strongly: the mother of dragons, the stubborn leader of the resistance, the protector of the mother of dragons who was pretty old outside the T-800 hardware, and a pile of inconsistencies with small jambs for a snack. It would seem that the franchise is still waiting. Here's what.
- The main character. Ready to first surrender to the mercy of the murderer of her brother and father, and in a couple of days - suddenly let him know that her revenge will be terrible.
- The new Terminator model, which in its stubborn reluctance to decompose into molecules, has reached new heights, such as deftly waving limbs, turning them into even more terrible tentacles than those of the Robertopatrick model, jumping off a grasshopper and separating from the skeleton without losing functionality. Evolves and, uh, the nationality of the terminators: first there was a Caucasoid, then a Mongoloid, the same Latino, aha.
The old model of Sarah Connor, seasoned with a fair amount of cynicism, and did not lose during the years of absence in the films of the franchise the skills of disassembling rebellious cars. Shoots, however, less often than ' flares' about and without. Well, let's forgive her.
- Two new car killers. The first is an aunt packed with implants (' augmented'), who, like the new terminator, waves her arms and legs well. However, after replacing human insides, it began to overheat and come into an incapacitated state, which is treated with a kilogram of medicines. Second... Who's second? You knew it. This is...
- ..An even older T-800. In addition to his hair, he finally got a name. Yes, what! 'Karl' Terminator's name is Carl, Carl! But here's the trouble, on the Terminator, namely on the emotionless, soulless machine-killer Karl is not at all like: apparently, for twenty years the Terminator has succeeded in disguise as people. And he succeeded so much that he acquired a kind of semblance, hmm, conscience.
- Once again, a rebooted story that, as you can guess, does not shine. No ' here is the turn'-moments are not worth waiting, everything, in general, is straightforward, like a gateway. However, unlike the barrier, it has no completion, which suggests a continuation that will finally put all the dots on '.
Well, what can I say in conclusion? The appearance of Uncle Arnie and Aunt Linda is like a meeting with old childhood friends after a long separation: despite the decades past, they also warm the soul. This meeting, of course, will not cover all the shortcomings of the film, but at least a little smooth them out. And, as for me, this film was still better than the liquid brown substance in the form of its predecessor, which prompted me to indicate 'positive' in the type of review.
Idealessness and thirst for profit have ruined you, Terminator!
Endless sequels on big screens and TV pretty much battered the “iron woodcutter”. The restart, spitting on the newly formed canon (Jonathan Mostow and McG), turned out to be much worse than the predecessors he deleted from the narrative. This is how the world got "genesis". A couple of years of reverent silence and the announcement of the sixth part made fans tremble before the sick imagination of the creators and what they could do with the poor. In theory, the fears were in vain. Tim Miller in the director's chair and James Cameron in the ranks of writers gave hope that the finished product will be, if not the level of "Judgment Day", then at least a strong, perfectly whipped blockbuster, worthy of attention and our money. Alas, according to the already established tradition, everything went into tartara. Let's go in order.
Characters:
Dani Ramos and Grace:
Attempt number six (given the lousy 2008 series, seven) begins with an old monologue haunted by nightmares of the not so distant future Sara Connor, sitting at the reception Dr. Silberman, in a psychiatric hospital Pescadero, where she describes in colors the consequences of a nuclear strike on the human race. Then we move to Guatemala. There is a tragedy that triggers major events. Twenty-two years later, we meet the main character Dani Ramos, an ordinary Mexican girl living with her father and brother and working in an auto assembly plant. Watching her, I was filled with confidence that we have a well-written character. Look for yourself - a warm relationship with the family gives her humanity, violent disposition lays the foundation for further development - from a frightened fugitive to a real soldier. This reincarnation, in my opinion, should be gradual, moderate, so that the viewer can feel the line between this transformation. A great example is Sarah - the fight against the machine and the awareness of the future forced her to temper her body and spirit. Here, the change of character occurs spontaneously – here is Dani, grieving for the dead relatives of the “weak”, a few shots, plus the accompanying inspiring speech, voila! Ramos is a hard-hitting "tough guy." It looks very miserable. Even worse is the case with Grace, a modified time traveler sent to protect Dani in the past from a new artificial intelligence called Legion and its deadly cyborgs. Remember the stories of Kayla Reese, the scorched earth, the resistance, the life. Minimum visualization, maximum competent exposure (Cameron then in the 80s took note of his meager finances) did what the authors in 2019, with a budget of 185 million dollars could not even close to build emotional involvement. You listen to Grace wet-eye writhing out her suffering, and you realize how much you don't care about them.
Carl (T-800) and Sarah Connor:
They are both designed to put pressure on nostalgia. The only difference is that one of them copes better, the other less. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the previous return to the inflexible T-800 saved the Alan Taylor project from oblivion. Unfortunately, and this time he is destined to drag on his own hump a mediocre goodsman. Carl is a responsible family man selling curtains. The current reimagining of the terminator, I liked it. It is logical (does not contradict the capabilities of a sophisticated processor to self-learning), charming and not without a share of humor. Sarah Connor is a set of common phrases, gestures, casually referring to the sequel. It’s sad that Cameron didn’t have the courage to give his beloved character a role that goes beyond the usual fan service. However, to see Linda Hamilton, a hole in the head of another metal bastard, was still pleasant.
Rev-9:
The concept of a killer robot is a weapon that is constantly being upgraded. This concerns not only equipment, disguise and other bells and whistles, but also the psychological side. There are moments when the terminator comes closer to the environment of the potential victim and then the use is not brute force, but socialization. Arnie walks into the police station in the manner of a typical thug, asking for information about the arrested Sarah Connor - no tact. T-1000, Being an updated model, uses delicate methods - a conversation with John's adoptive parents - a smile on his face and ease of communication. Gabriel Luna, who played Rev-9, actively owns all the above tricks and easily contacts people. In this vein, I praise casting, but (because everything is known in comparison) the antagonist performed by Robert Patrick has gained the title of cult, not because of the ability to imitate exemplary behavior, on the contrary, he is a ruthless maniac, whose harsh look, coupled with absolute invulnerability, plunges into awe. In terms of a significant threat, the choice of the Moon, to put it mildly, is a failure.
The visual component is standard. The notorious plane chase that was shoved into all the trailers, like an overturned school bus from Genesis, is not at all inventive. Rev-9 probodies - stabbing and throwing objects, a bonus ability to separate plastic skin from the endoskeleton - amusing and painfully familiar (Nub Saybot). The handle in places ceased to resemble staged wrestling shows, where rivals clumsily knock each other down. Rating R is poorly exploited - little blood, murders are neatly smeared with cheap computer graphics.
“Dark Fate” advises to forget about the existence of paintings (after “Judgment Day”) that complement (or more accurately twist) the lore of the stunning Cameron Universe, without offering anything sensible in return. The arrogance of the curator of “Deadpool”, is knocked down by an insignificant legend, a crooked production, malfunctioning effects, the terrible play of the actors (especially Natalia Reyes) and other unforgivable film sins.
In short , here appeared on the screens a new part of the well-known, but also very sad franchise about the uprising of machines. Known this picture, by the presence of her crown phrases added to everyday speech, as well as because of the great and powerful Arnie. The sad situation is that after the release of a rather masterpiece of the second part, the franchise flew into the conveyor belt for the extraction of money from the thumb-sucking plots. This is what the situation looks like at first glance, and that is why when the next part about saving humanity is released, there is a certain distrust of the project, or rather its quality.
[Terminator: Dark Fate], this is the name of the sixth picture in a row, but not in importance. Why not in importance? Yes, all because the directors decided to score on the presence of three films and continue the plot of this film after the Judgment Day. For this move, they even managed to persuade the older Sarah Connor performed by Linda Hamilton to participate in the project. However, despite such a risky decision, they did not bother to think of anything better than repeating the tried and tested old. Repeating the main concept of the story.
The essence of the film remained the same. Someone needs to save someone, and someone needs to kill someone. The only thing that always changes is the Terminator, who is sent to kill the target. And this time, this was the model REV-9 [Gabriel Luna], which is a mixture of a metal endoskeleton and its liquid shell. I have a goal, and I am going to it — this is the motto most suitable for the new terminator. Throughout the film, there is a sense of danger emanating from this machine, because as it was said in the film: “This model is not fought, it is run away.” Even the old but effective T-800, Arnold Schwarzenegger, could barely contain the onslaught of this killer robot.
So, , I would like to praise this film more than to scold, but where there are advantages, there are some disadvantages. Overall, I enjoyed this movie and recommend that you check it out on your free evening. Enjoy your visit.
'Terminator: Dark Destinies' - Not as bad as it is painted
It would be best to call this film 'Terminator 3 (real)'. Failed film ' Rise of the machines' (incorrect triquel) was only ' Genesis' while ' Let the savior come' looked more like an independent project... But I don’t want to talk about them.
Once again, I am glad that the negatives previously told about the film were not justified. This is, indeed, the best film in the franchise, if you do not take into account the first two parts, which were masterpieces and breakthroughs of their time.
First impressions when viewing ' Dark Destinies': special effects do not even reach the level ' Judgment Day' 91st year! ' Evil Terminator' more like some Tatarchka than a Mexican! how many unnecessary family and dramatic scenes at the beginning of the film - still half of this is not necessary for the plot! enough is already Spanish! the main characters - only women!
But no. It is necessary to get carried away with the plot, as all not entirely justified criticisms are forgotten. The whole beginning of the film is permeated with nostalgia for the development of the plots of the first two films of the franchise. Then the film gains momentum and becomes more original, although the presentation of the plot continues to be much more leisurely and leisurely. For comparison: the first 'Terminator' offered grinding and merciless action from the very first frames, the second 'Terminator' allowed himself to philosophize between action scenes. The triquel is even longer (somewhere with similar scenes from past parts), since the viewer needs to be pulled out of the previous plot development - after all, our heroes are waiting for a different future!
I liked the boundary between robot and human: Terminator who has completed his task and started the life of a common man; Grace, fulfilling her task and agreeing to become a machine in many ways. Sarah Connor, who lost everything and became the Terminator, is another robot-human in this saga.
But most of all I liked the image of Grace. She's amazing! Like the incomparable actress herself is Mackenzie Davis, who I remember in the films 'The Martian' and 'Blade Runner 2049'. How much selflessness, sincerity and a certain naivety in it. Very touching image!
7 out of 10
I’m glad the real triquel wasn’t as bad as I was told.
I want to erase my memory... and forget this ugliness.
Just watched ' sequel ' classic dilogy. And you know what, the third and fourth films of the franchise turned out to be quite good, especially against the background of the ugliness that occur in the 5 and 6 films. Dark Fate This is an outright mockery of the entire history of the franchise. Of course, it was good to see the familiar cast in the person of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton.
In fact, they didn’t save the movie (or the entire franchise). Of course, the film is well made (in terms of staging special effects), the Terminator looks menacing, but what do we have in the dry residue of these advantages? An empty, silly plot that remotely replicates everything we’ve seen in previous movies. John Connor was replaced by a maiden, Skynet by a Legion, Judgment Day on Universal Equality Day and everything... in fact, the film is just a collective, concentrated remake tailored to modern standards, feminism and everything, but was it really impossible to shoot a continuation of the original dilogy, the development of characters that fans already loved? Why change most of the characters to suit the trends, which in fact do not differ from their predecessors? I don't understand. As for me, the franchise died on the film ' Let the savior come' which was certainly not perfect (as well as part 3, however), but at least looked like a full-fledged development of the franchise, which certainly can not be said about this film.
1 in 10
(One for the efforts of the people who made the film)
This is what the filmmakers do with the hope of the viewer for a worthy continuation of the first two epic parts of the story. We were hoping because Cameron had a hand in it. But he lied to us, and here's why. This picture would have the right to exist without references to the original works of the 84th and 91st years and the inclusion of characters Sarah Connor and T-101, as the latter looked somehow inorganic in the new plot. As for this very plot, it is very weak with inconsistencies and poor semantic component. More specifically, dividing the entire product into three pieces, we can say that the first, it is the smallest in time (from the beginning and until the appearance of Sarah Connor) looks very good – good special effects, intrigue, drama even. And then the narrative goes into a state of “I made you out of what was” (either time was not enough, or corny imagination) and everything else is no longer taken seriously, because here the illogicality of what is happening, and the primitiveness of dialogue and weak development of characters, and cheap pathos, and inappropriate pseudo-humor, and the rolled level of computer graphics in conjunction with disregard for the laws of physics, in the style of “Fast and Furious”. As a result, the involvement in what is happening on the screen and empathy for the main characters are lost. As a result, the film is perceived as a designer, in which they sketched all the necessary, in the opinion of the creators, components to get a modern good action movie, but since it was done in my opinion quite unprofessionally and without due respect for the topic, the designer did not work, but remained a set of poorly fitted elements. Of the advantages, we can note, probably, only the selection of actors and how they worked in the frame – exactly, for four. Mackenzie Davis was especially pleased – pretty, got used to the role organically, Arnie is handsome, but the elderly Terminator is still a spectacle, and the aged Linda Hamilton generally looked comical.
4 out of 10
New fan fiction. This time from Tim Miller. Cameron has nothing to do with it.
Despite the fact that this is another hulking attempt to continue the Cameron dilogy, which declares itself that it is ' true' the third part, spits on all the early sequels, as if they did not exist at all, and at the same time repeats their mistake, this part has very strong for me personally: action (read: the dynamics of the chase in conjunction with the staging of combat scenes - from this eye can not take away), the very fact of the existence of the good old guard, a couple of new characters - a woman-semitherminator and a villain-terminator and some pathos.
The opening scene of the film was powerful enough to justify the subsequent development of the plot, but no. It wasn’t just a good ending to the second movie. There was a quality movie with a quality happy ending, which motivates viewers not to give up, because everything is not in vain. And another sequel destroys all this, and there is nothing to justify it. Just again and again fall new terminators from the future and at the same time new story holes associated with time travel.
The hero in the face of Schwarzenegger gets a very strange (and funny) development. Sarah Connor becomes a caricature of herself, devoid of previous depth, but not charisma. And John Connor... I wondered what role he would play in the story. It's the same actor. It was I thought that in 'Genesis' he was treated badly, so that film is a fan fiction, you can not take seriously, there was the whole film improvisational hodgepodge. But then everything should be justified, to what should it lead? The idea is bold, risky, but I am not against it, I am against the fact that it will not receive proper development and morality.
The trailers in general seemed terrible to me, and this time they didn't cheat. Interesting locations are really very few, the plot is also simple despite the twists and turns. Only the advantages indicated above do not allow me to call the film absolutely terrible. Bad. Cheaty. Or controversial at best.
On the agenda is another part of the terminator. More precisely, it has been there for a long time, but I decided to review only now, so to speak, summing up the results of the year.
“Dark Fate is for the most part a bad movie.”
I am not a fan of the series, I did not grow up on VHS with the good old "Arnie" in one-voice translation and I am not going to arrange a bombing here. I'll talk about the film itself, specifically.
The film is bad for three main reasons. The first is a lack of motivation. We have the main acting character (Dani Ramos) who gets into the bind at the very beginning. Her relatives were injured. Then they just tell her to go and avenge yours. She takes the gun and goes for revenge. It would seem that there is motivation. Yeah, but where's the character disclosure? Where is the transitional moment in which a character is transformed into another person? He's gone. And similarly, the other characters have motivation, but it's so weak. It seems that the writers were simply lazy to paint the characters properly.
Two. Sarah Conor's "I'll Be Back" (Linda Hamilton) was still "appreciated" at the trailer stage. It was very bad, but the saddest thing is not even that. Look for yourself. There is Sarah Conor, this same Dani Ramos in the role of “suppressed”, there is Grace (McKenzie Davis) – a symbiote of machine and man in the role of savior. Separately, later. Well, Schwarzeneger in the role of the T-800, where without him. So we have all these characters, they're on the run, they're running away from an unkillable super-robot. Shootings, exploding cars, truck races... Does that ring a bell? The plot is secondary in itself. And sad that with such a budget and the amount of time, nothing new was invented.
And the third thing that bothered me personally was acting. First of all, I am talking about the characters Mackenzie Davis and Natalia Reyes (Dani Ramos). They don’t play well, don’t believe them, and don’t see them as the main characters. Dani Ramos is cool because that’s what the script says. Well, it is worth mentioning the main villain is the car REV-9 (Gabriel Luna). He's not that bad at all. But again, it's scripted in such a way that you automatically have a parallel with the T-1000 performed by Robert Patrick, and there is very difficult to beat. Here "old men" in the background looked good, again, maybe it's in contrast, but I was pleased to watch in the frame and Arnold Schwarzeneger and Linda Hamilton. Her Sarah Conor is generally the best thing in this film and it raises my grade a bit.
On the technical side, there are no questions, and probably cannot be, given the budgets.
Also, I was a little warped by this humanized machine. T-800 as the father of the family and the character of Grace, also a cyborg with feelings. To me, it goes too far against the basic concept. But, to be fair, it didn’t start in this part, and in general. This is a controversial issue.
In any case, I will not be recommended to watch the film.