Saw this movie tonight, and the funny thing is: I was expecting a trainwreck. Never got one. First half takes place in 1984, and for me, the movie was magic - way way better than T3. And for part of that reason, it was the super cool t1000 and the 'pops' version Ahnuld. Even the Reese dude was 'ok' for me. Mild spoilers now, but when the movie moves past this 1984 part, it started to have some problems. Mostly due to the fact that T-John isn't scary, or anything. He's the next step past the T1000. He's a terminator with the gift of gab, and that is just plain wrong, but that is more of a subjective thing on my part. Had he been quiet and menacing, I would have been more into that aspect.
So bottom line, way better than Salvation and for my money, T3. Partly since this movie has no godawful lines, like, 'talk to da hand...'
Will see this one more time. And I almost never see movies twice anymore. If you go in expecting to hate it, you probably will. If you want to see Ahnuld back in a version of his character much more reminiscent of his T2 one, then go see it!!!!!
Rating of PG-13 total non issue. Was pretty intense throughout
