Since there’s been so many highly anticipated films that have come out recently, my family’s been on a bit of a movie watching binge. Luckily, my theater’s first showings of the day are only $4.00 — even for a new film! We’re sci-fi nuts at our house, so we’ve been anxiously awaiting these three films. I’m not going to give full reviews on these, but I would like to briefly state my thoughts on each.
Star Trek. Grade: A+
Absolutely loved this. Casting was perfect, and I loved the storyline. One of my sons has a problem with movies and books that have time travel involved, so he didn’t care as much for the story as the rest of us. I, however, loved it! Even my sister, who’s not really into Star Trek at all, really liked the movie.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Grade: A
This movie definitely answers all your questions about the origins of Wolverine. Jackman was awesome, and so was Liev Schreiber. The opening sequence of the movie is really great. I liked this movie much better than the third X-Men film.
Terminator Salvation. Grade: B-
Disappointed. I actually almost gave this a C+. I love all the Terminator films and we’ve also seen all of the Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles episodes on TV. This was our (and I mean all four of us!) favorite show on television, but sadly, it got cancelled. So I was really excited that the fourth installment of the films was coming out.
Christian Bale is absolutely one of my favorite actors, so it pains me to say I really didn’t like him in this. He acted it well, but there was really no heart to the story. The only heart I saw came from the characters Marcus Wright and Blair. Some of the machines were particularly cool, like the ‘motorcycle’ terminators. However, I really despised some of the sound in the film. Terminators are machines, not animals. Some of the sounds coming from them were almost like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. Didn’t care for that at all. One more thing — some of the terminators in LA were wearing bandanas. Campy. Just dumb. This is my least favorite film of the franchise, and I must say that the TV series is also better. That makes me sad because I really wanted to love this.
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So if you’re in the market for a movie this weekend and you’re into sci-fi, I’d choose Star Trek or Wolverine over Terminator Salvation.
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Author : Lily
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I saw Star Trek and LOVED IT. So slick looking, with good acting and largely ignorable plot holes.
I can’t bring myself to watch Terminator: Salvation, despite my love for the Terminator franchise (and my heartbreak that the Sarah Connor Chronicles was just cancelled by Fox). I read an Entertainment Weekly interview with Christian Bale who was commenting on his blow-up at a crew member during filming, and he said something to the effect of, “That was just a few minutes of something I did. I hope people don’t judge me for it – I’m a great guy, with a great smile. How can you not love me?” So despite the fact that I respect him as an actor and have enjoyed his previous work (Empire of the Sun, American Psycho, the Batman reboots), I just can’t justify seeing T:S for him alone – because he sounds like a jackass, whether he was being facetious or not.
Author : Bookfool, aka Nancy
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I haven’t seen the other movies, but I loved Star Trek. I thought the casting was awesome, with one exception: Uhura.
Author : Stephanie
URL : http://stephaniesbooks.blogspot.com
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I thought Star Trek was great too. Loved it.
We went to see Terminator today. My husband was so looking forward to it. He said he liked it, but I was disappointed. I liked Marcus, but still thought it was dumb. The whole digital Arnold actually made me laugh.
Author : Rhinoa
URL : http://rhinoasramblings.blogspot.com/
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I loved Wolverine. I am a big fan of Ryan Reynolds and the lovely Dominic Monaghan who played supporting roles. Gambit was pretty hot too! An excellent film filled with delicious man candy
Author : Kailana
URL : http://myreadingbooks.blogspot.com
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I was thinking I hadn’t visited your blog in a while, so I came to see if you were still alive and it is just your feed not showing up in bloglines! That is SO annoying!
Anyway, I loved Star Trek! I want to see Wolverine and the new Terminator, but haven’t made it…
Author : Jaimie
URL : http://lovingmyhome.blogspot.com/
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Star Trek was awesome! We haven’t seen the other two but want to get to them before they leave the theatres.
Author : Heather (Belle of the Books)
URL : http://belleofthebooks.wordpress.com
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I loved Star Trek too and I’ve never been a big fan. I’m jealous that your tickets are so cheap! I had to shell out $11 to see Star Trek, but thankfully it was worth it. I’ll just have to wait for the others to come out on DVD