thank you, ita! when i tell people that movie was crap and try to get them to explain the end, they never can and still tell me i'm weird for not liking it.

I liked the experience of the film--the snarky script, the cool fights, the goofy music choices--not so much the plot.

I found it a great big eyeroll. The men I saw it with liked it (the woman didn't) but they couldn't explain the plot to me, or weird things like the robots watching Shia and Megan make out, nor had they anything to say about the "black" robot being the one that bites it. Which was kinda my favourite part of the movie, because the snappy talking poplocking robot being the only good guy down? Hysterical.

I've been thinking about getting a Nissan Cube. And then getting a license plate that says ALLSPARK...but then people would think I'm a fan.

Terminator Salvation is... very loud. Although some of that was the theater, because the ads & previews were ridiculously loud before the movie even started. But usually the actual movie is quieter, and this is 90% explosions and shouting.

I'd give it 3 stars. Sam Worthington is probably one star by himself. I would see it again for him and the fabulously ridiculous action scenes. I might want to fast-fwd through some of the talky/cheesy bits though. But again: see T2. There's nothing as bad as "I know now why you cry," although it did come close a couple of times.

Also, way funnier than I expected. And bonus points for making the most of the one "fuck" you get in a PG-13 movie, because I'm still laughing about that. Although Marcia and I did think that John Connor should have developed a phobia about helicopters.

Also, way funnier than I expected.

Heh, I thought it was generally lacking humor. Where was the one "fuck"? I don't remember.

I agree about Sam Worthington. He was pretty awesome.

It's when... Okay, so Marcus & Williams escape, and John & co. go after them, and then things blow up for a while, and then the robotic snakes attack, and the helicopter crashes into the water. Then there's a PERFECT beat of silence for a second, and then John shouts, "FUCK!"

Hi-larious.

So I rewatched "The Balance of Terror." (My fave ST:TOS EP when I was a kid.) Stiles was the guy who suspected Spock of being a Romulan spy. He told Kirk there was a "Captain Stiles" killed in the Romulan war, as well as three other Stileses.

I did think that John Connor should have developed a phobia about helicopters.

For serious.

It was what a lot of people are saying, which makes me sad, because I am in lurve with the trailer, and really really wanted to lurve the movie as well.

Sam Worthington, however, lived up to my expectations. I want to feed Marcus Wright soup and wrap him in a blanket, and then make out with him. I went with a friend who is in lust with Bale, and at the end I turned to her and said "you bitch, your guy lived."

Moon Bloodgood was also fabulous, but I couldn't figure out the deal with her Daryl Hannah/Blade Runner makeup.

Some of the action was awesome, but too much was over-the-top ridiculous. Sam Worthington's physicality was a thing of beauty, though.

What really really pisses me off, is that trailer that I am in lurve with? gives away plot elements that don't come into play until, what, 45 minutes in? I kept waiting for the moment Marcus gets injured and discovered. "Okay, now he gets shot!" "Okay, now he gets injured in the fall!" "Okay, NOW he gets blasted!" Instead of sitting there going, "There's something hinky about this guy, I wonder if he's a terminator, nah, he's too good, he has a heartbeat." Okay, maybe that's not true, because of the forgettable opening sequence.

Did anyone else's copy show the title "Terminator Salvation" twice? Because, wtf? And, also, interesting to have McG's directing credit act as the teaser button. He wants to make sure everyone knows who to praise/blame, doesn't he?

Beau turned to me and said: "who is M-C-G?"

I whispered, "we will cover that in the car ride home, dear."