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I've now seen a couple of reviews saying that Salvation is awfully grim and depressing for a summer action flick, not like the previous Terminator movies. Now, I didn't see the third one, so maybe it had a lot of musical comedy numbers, but: huh?
T2 had a few funny moments, but yeah, I don't think people generally expect Terminator movies to be lighthearted romps through their post-apocalyptic nightmare futures.
I've now seen a couple of reviews saying that Salvation is awfully grim and depressing for a summer action flick, not like the previous Terminator movies. Now, I didn't see the third one, so maybe it had a lot of musical comedy numbers, but: huh?
Ha, I know! I saw a bunch of reviews like that too, and my response was, "...What were you expecting?" But it does have less humor than, say, T2. And some unintentional chuckles.
(starts penning Terminator: The Musical)
Pitch: High School Musical WITH STUFF BLOWING UP!!!
I thought Wrath of Khan was about how obsession destroys the obsessed. All that "to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" stuff. Which makes it a whaling yarn, when you get down to it.
Brilliant.
(takes a bow)
Pitch: High School Musical WITH STUFF BLOWING UP!!!
With the studios involved, this would quickly turn into Showgirls With An Unkillable Elizabeth Berkley.
Inglorious Basterds: a "colossal armour-plated turkey from hell".
Inglorious Basterds: a "colossal armour-plated turkey from hell".
Wow. I thought it would at least be entertaining.
It's funny too because this has been Quentin's dream project for years, and he's often mentioned in interviews that most director's careers wreck on their dream project.
Most of the reviews I've seen about it have been lukewarm. That was the first overtly hostile review I've seen.
I thought the previews looked absolutely godawful, but that's the first review I've seen.
I found the trailer perplexing. And damn, does Brad Pitt look old. He deages pretty well, for things like Benjamin Button. But he's had those lines forever.
But he's had those lines forever.
That's what he gets for walking around Africa saving little kids. Hey, Guero! SPF a thousand!