Terminator: Genysis
Written by Ramon Mejia
Folks before we begin, this review is spoiler free. The synopsis doesn’t tell you anything you wouldn’t get watching one of the trailers.
Official Synopsis: When John Connor (Jason Clarke), leader of the human resistance against Skynet, sends Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to 1984 to protect his mother, Sarah (Emilia Clarke), from a Terminator assassin, an unexpected turn of events creates an altered timeline. Instead of a scared waitress, Sarah is a skilled fighter and has a Terminator guardian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) by her side. Faced with unlikely allies and dangerous new enemies, Reese sets out on an unexpected new mission: reset the future.
A lot of people have been giving Terminator: Genysis some awful reviews. This isn’t one of them. Sure it’s not the best movie in the Terminator franchise but it’s not the worst one either. Terminator 3 would be the worst in the franchise. I went with my wife and she went into the movie with no expectations. She hadn’t heard anything about the movie or seen any of the trailers that spoil major plot points so she enjoyed the movie even more than me. So like many things, how much you enjoy the movie depends on your expectations going into it.
The Good
There is some great action. This is an action fest with explosions for dessert. All the good terminators show up (T-800 and T-2000) and a new one.
The story was, ok. But really, you’re not watching this movie for the dramatic story. The story is an excuse to justify an older Arnold Schwarzenegger continuing on in this franchise kicking butt and shooting guns. The story also leaves enough room to allow for future Terminator films with the aging Arnold.
Speaking of Arnold Schwarzenegger, it was really nice to see him back in the role that made him famous. The only character I’d love to see him in more would be Conan the Barbarian.
The Bad
When I saw the movie the theater was almost empty, and it was still opening weekend. So if you go to the movies for the full theater experience you might miss out.
Emilia Clark on left. Linda Hamilton on the right.
Sarah Conner, played by Emilia Clarke, is not the best actress. I think she was hired primarily because she resembles the original Sarah Conner, Linda Hamilton. She doesn’t bring the movie down but there is a teen angst vibe.
The movie is rated PG-13 so there aren’t the graphic deaths of, the best movie in the franchise, Terminator 2. No adult language either.
There is blatant product placement in the movie. It might not bother everyone, but it’s a pet peeve of mine.
Summary
If you go to the theater to watch this movie and you expect it to be as good as Terminator 2, you’re going to be disappointed. If you go with an open mind expecting a good action movie, you’ll enjoy the movie. If you go watch the movie with no expectations, avoiding all the trailers like the plague, then you’ll have an even better time. We give Terminator: Genysis a 7/10.
Folks before we begin, this review is spoiler free. The synopsis doesn’t tell you anything you wouldn’t get watching one of the trailers.
Jurassic Park was one of the best films of 1990’s. Unfortunately, every sequel after (The Lost World, Jurassic Park III) tried and failed to re-create the magic of the original. This time, with Jurassic World, they got it right.
Tomorrowland was an odd combination of futuristic optimism and doom saying foreboding. Yet it somehow worked for me. Read the rest of the review for more details.
This is hands down the best feel good movie I’ve seen this year. The movie had me feeling aca-awesome and when the movie ended I immediately wanted to watch the film again with my best friend. The jokes, even the slightly offensive ones, from this movie will have you laughing so hard you'll cry! Even before leaving the theater you'll be going for your phone to download the soundtrack. Get your friends and watch this movie now.
If you have never seen any of the Mad Max movies or are unfamiliar with the franchise, then Mad Max: Fury Road may leave you feeling confused. The person I saw the movie with summarized their review of the film in a single word, “What??” However, to be fair they walked into this movie having never watched Mad Max before. I give the movie the same review but for different reasons.
Okay folks, you've heard your friends talk about it, so it's time to hear my review of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Like a lot of the geeks, I too felt it was a good movie but not a great one.
Welcome to episode 167 of Geek Bytes Podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgardo Acosta
Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.
In Geek News this week, we’ll talk about video game news, Batman’s penis, PG-13 Deadpool, tons of superhero casting news, movie trailer showdown and more...
That’s it for the show
If you like the podcast and want to help support us you can find out all the ways to do so at geekbytespodcast.com/support
Thanks for watching and listening.
For the Geek Bytes Podcast I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgar Acosta. Now Go Geek out about something.
(Music 9)
Music Credits
"Happy Bee", "Movement Proposition", "Theme for Harold (var.3) ", "Take the Lead"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The movie Minions tells the prequel story of the lovably quirky little yellow minions of Gru from the movies Despicable Me (2010) and Despicable Me (2013). Read our review of this minion filled film.