Terminator Salvation (2009)

The fourth film in the Terminator franchise gets one compliment from me from the beginning... it's better than the third.

Alot of films were better than the third.  I think I have made better films on my droid  than the third.

Other than that, I didn't find too much to love in Terminator Salvation.  Here is a bulleted list of what I enjoyed:

• Christian Bale didn't use his raspy "Batman voice."

And here is a bulleted list of what I didn't enjoy:

• The plot.
• The characters.
• The scene where Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin) says "do you see that red? it represents blood.. yada yada", yet the scene is filmed almost entirely in a colorless gray sahde and there is no red to be seen anywhere.
• At no point did Anton Yelchin say "wessel".  Several times he was in scenes with wessels, and failed to say it.

I appreciated the frequent references to previous Terminator films, but it made me wish I was watching the other films.  This film simply lacks the depth, character development and suspense of the first two films.  

I think it's probably best to leave the Terminator franchise terminated at this point.  Research shows that the production company went bankrupt and was unable to sell the rights, so it seems that fate may work out in our favor.

Overall score: 5/10. 

People have asked why I can bash a movie repeatedly, yet give it a score that seems high comparatively.  Watch Terminator 3, you'll understand.