Pleasantly Surprised

Last night I was invited to go see a screening of "Terminator Salvation" by my friend Chantal who had free passes. I am not a fan of the Terminator franchise, and have only seen parts of the first movie, but Christian Bale was in it and I was dying to see what brought on the famous rant. After Ice Cream for dinner (yum! thanks Chantal!) we headed to the theater. I had to smuggle my cell in because they were not allowing them into the theater...as if my audio and video can tape longer than 60 seconds and as if I would even think of doing that! Anywho, we sat next to a very talkative guy who is obviously a screening regular, so that was entertaining.

The movie was formulaic and predictable, but some of the CGI was great and the cinematography was nicely done (a fitting testament to the DP's talent considering the new hole Bale ripped in him). Some of the camera angles and shots they got were interesting and perplexing and made it exciting. Obviously Christian Bale was in it so that was easy to watch, and there were other hot guys as well, like Common and Sam Worthington who is pictured below with Bale:


Bale's character John Connor is the unofficial leader of the resistance against the machines that have taken over the world. Rightly so, he is angry, he is determined and he is frustrated. Knowing that Bale imerses himself wholey into a character explains why he had a freakout on set aimed at the DP who was in his shot. I get it. It was so obvious that he was Christian Bale in accent, but he was so deep into the John Connor character that those emotions just exploded. I didn't think less of Bale the first time I had heard it because really, who hasn't wanted to ream someone out like that at some point in their life. The fact that we don't act on those impulses does not reflect on Bale acting on his simply because let's face it, Hollywood has it's own set of rules and big stars like Bale can do whatever they want. Our worlds are not the same.

Maybe it was the free tickets or the fact that the movie doesn't open to the general public until midnight on Thursday, but I was entertained. I cannot speak to the franchise authenticity or worthiness, I just know that a post-apocalyptic machine ruling earth kept me interested the entire time.

"This is John Connor. If you are listening to this, you are the resistance."