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Post by Blehschmidt on Dec 1, 2022 13:26:43 GMT -5
I have to respectfully disagree with you on Genisys. I felt all the timeline jumping made the story far too convoluted and confusing. I checked out part way through and as a result I swore off watching any further movies in the series. I don't want my love of the franchise to be diminished any further. While I enjoyed Rise Of The Machines I almost want to just accept the Easter Egg alternate ending on the T2 Special Edition DVD as the end of the series. But to each their own. Heck, I enjoyed Last Action Hero which very few people liked. I can absolutely understand not liking Genisys. The timeline jumping is a lot, and I probably only like it because I enjoy trying to figure out the ramifications of how every jump messes with the time line. Terminator Time Line Anomalies (An interesting read on the timelines of the series, if that kind of thing interests you.) However, you really should give Dark Fate a shot. It ignores everything after T2, Cameron is involved, and so long as you can get past the John situation (which I will assume you already know about, since it got spoiled everywhere), I really think it is better than both Genisys and Salvation and is at least on par with, if not better than Rise of the Machines. I truly think it bombing had more to do with the left over dislike of Genisys, and the John spoiler getting out early than anything to do with the actual content of the film. It truly didn't deserve it IMO. |
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Post by Big Bri on Dec 1, 2022 18:08:30 GMT -5
Where the hell is Kindergarten Cop?!?!?!? I mean that seriously. I remember being 14, playing COTG on a Friday night in my basement in our low-income townhouse, and ordering a small pizza (for maybe like 8 bucks at the time, haha) then watching this classic. Good times were had in 1991!
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Post by Blehschmidt on Dec 2, 2022 9:40:18 GMT -5
Where the hell is Kindergarten Cop?!?!?!? I mean that seriously. I remember being 14, playing COTG on a Friday night in my basement in our low-income townhouse, and ordering a small pizza (for maybe like 8 bucks at the time, haha) then watching this classic. Good times were had in 1991! I am of the opinion, that when it comes to actually acting, like straight up acting, and not just spouting one liners and being a muscled up bad ass... that Kindergarten Cop is actually Arnold's best film. I would be willing to hear a case for True Lies in that category, but personally I give the nod to KC. |
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Post by on_the_edge on Dec 2, 2022 19:58:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the link. Good that RT have a full list to go thru, but I really don't like seeing the newer terminators so high up on the list (feeding off the nostalgia). Well done Bat Nipples & Robin escaping last place?  While they certainly don't deserve to rank anywhere near Terminator 1 or 2 or any of Arnold's other classic films, I feel like Genisys and Dark Fate get a bad wrap. Genisys had the fun twist of the T1000 being in '84, and Sarah already being a bad ass when Reese arrived. Might just be personal taste, but I thought the timeline jumbling was fun. I thought Emilia Clarke was fantastic as Sarah Connor. Arnold as the Terminator that was "old, but not obsolete" was very well acted on his part. Yeah, John as the bad guy left a LOT to be desired, but over all I don't think it deserved the hate that it got. Dark Fate was actually a really good flick, but people were still mad about Genisys, and then they found out about the John twist in this one and never gave it a chance. Linda Hamilton as the angry, broken Sarah was brilliantly acted. Natalia Reyes was wonderful in her part as Dani growing from the confused girl distraught over the death of her family to accepting her fate in an absolutely believable way. Arnold's turn as Carl was both hilarious and well done, a unique take on a role he had played so many times already. The bad guy was the right level of menacing, and Gabriel Luna had just the right hint of Robert Patrick's T1000 going on to make it work. The Grace character wasn't my favorite, but I can see where she was necessary to the plot and the actress did a fine job. Over all, good action, good humor, and it was well put together. This one absolutely did not deserve to bomb the way it did. I agree they get to much crap. For me, I like what they tried to do. It could have been done better but at least they were trying something different and not just redoing the same movie with bigger action sequences. |
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