Reviews

Too noisy, with a little element in it. The story, hmmph a little awkward, stereotype. There's no single good actor in this piece of something, Mr. Quaid is just there to be seen, nothing special, Mr. Tatum is too pretty to play the part, Mr. Wayans - that's his element okay... too typical for me. Everything's too typical.

Mr. Fraser's appearance is somewhat okay, cool, he's cool. Special effects are too much... a little moderation and a little time for the viewers to breathe will be good. Some stunning effects though, and cool ideas put in those visuals but it somehow didn't make me feel anything special... as I said, everything's too typical and ordinary.

I guess that what makes this piece a little bit not too cool is it's inability to capture the imagination of it's viewers. Faces are there to be seen, effects are made to be admired, hmmm, story maybe thought to be great but really, a little amateur and immature for me. Take from an amateur guy like me.

I thought I was gonna watch this film two times but I can only watch it once and I already know there's no heart in this. That's actually the reason why this is not going to be as successful as others... because scenes were made from elements... not from deep within. The result... lame.

Every body has his own opinions right? That's for me.

I checked the spoiler thing here because I still have no idea what's one.

terminator salvation summary the film started with dwight in prison, on death row. he was thinking deeply when his visitor- a woman inflicted with cancer (i don't know their relationship)- came to him to have his consent to participate in a genetics whatever research. the plan was to kill him and donate his body to the research agency. at first, he didn't want to but he was convinced by the woman after they kissed- that was the payment for his signature.

the year was 2003. after everything blurred from his eyesight, the date turned to 2018- a post-apocalytic scene. it was after the judgment day when the machines and man had war- the war was still going on. john connor appeared, their team attacked a skype (machines) headquarters where they found human locked in cages like animals; they were in for TEST. later in the story, the humans were kept to be experimented by machines to be like them. more likely, like dwight who was human but his insides were not, he was made a human machine literally.

so finding about the ongoings but unaware of the reasons, john connor went to the human main headquarter at the sea to ask what was the situation. turned out, they found something… a signal that could disassemble the evil machines. john volunteered to lead the experiment of the signals.

meanwhile, dwight woke up fifteen years later from his death on 2003. he met kyle during his wandering in the new world. although confused and not human (physically- inside), he still had his heart to offer him to feel humanity. they became friends unknowing of their supposed-to-be enemy-relationship. they got separated when they were attacked by a titanic terminator, capturing people and bringing them to one of their main headquarters… for research maybe.

dwight met another lady whom he saved from men eager to rape her. she fell in love with him, both weren't aware that dwight was a cyborg-terminator, destined to kill human. she brought him to their hq. outside the hq were magnetic-traps/bombs, dwight's body attracted them and triggered them for explosion. because of that, dwight was exposed, his intestines were not slimy, they were mechanical machines… the reason why he didn't want to eat when he was presented food.

he was captured by men of john, tied like an enemy but wasn't yet disassembled for questioning, they asked him what he was and he was convinced he was human… until he saw what he was… a machine… a terminator. john and his men believed he was sent to the hq to terminate them all but dwight denied of everything, stating he was human. SHE only believed in him.

SHE was in love with him, so she formulated a plan to help him escape. she let him go and they ran outside the hq, they were greeted by bullets and bombs. she was captured by john's men and dwight somehow escaped to the river. john went to him and they chitchatted. dwight convinced john that he knew reese, that he was taken by the terminators and locked in their hq. he promised him he would locate reese and help john get reese out from the skype, he could do that because he was a terminator himself, so it was easy for him to enter and manipulate skype. john let him go, giving him a device so they could contact each other.

dwight penetrated through skype, went to the master bedroom and the computer told him about what he was, how he was made, etc. he was made to be a terminator, something they (who the f are they) created to (what?) impress humans. he also learned that the signal they-john's team- found on one of skype's hqs was a custom-designed device meant to trace the main hq of human. at the same time of his acquiring the truth, the humans main hq was visited by a strong terminator and annihilated the place.

meanwhile, john was outside the skype waiting for dwight's text message as to where reese was. finally he received what he wanted and immediately entered skype using high-techniqued overriding device to open the gate. he managed to be invincible and reached the main building. dwight chose a path, either to be human or a machine, he chose to be the weaker form, human… penetrated the mothercomputer and stopped some terminators, then smashed the screen with a table.

he went to search for john who was being battered by a terminator. john somehow managed to get away from the machine and went to free the prisoners, including reese. he found the nuclear-potions room and wired the chemicals with explosives. the machine reached him and they fought. he was about to be killed, thanks to dwight, he was able to put a fight with the machine until they killed it. they made it outside skype, the planes were waiting for them and they evacuated the place. set the explosives to fire and watched skype went to ashes.

reese was john's father, they stared at each other when they saw each one. his father was younger at that time, one of them was from another time, either john was from the future of reese was from the past.

john's heart was failing because of the injury he received from the fight with the terminator… dwight offered his heart to john, stating that. 'this is my second chance'. an operation done, john was saved, dwight for the second time had blurring eyesight.

lessons: this is one of the rare movies that tells you, 'don't judge the person by his

inside'. reaction: this sucks

First of all , I would like to say that I am a movie fan. Second, I would like to say that whoever made this mess probably must have actually, maybe definitely regretted even thinking on conceptualizing it.

Third, not the least and certainly not the last... I thought this movie is really funny, and I thought it would remain in my brain cells for a long time and it actually did because of the funny special effects. I could make the sound 'twing' when the chair eats the person... oops is that a spoiler? ... then another not so scary thing- the monster that looked like a comedian- another spoiler, eh?

Fourth, and I'm telling you not the last... the sucky narration. The use of trites and too much foul words that doesn't fit. It wasn't ass-kick, it was irritating to the point I thought it exasperated me. Talk about redundant, it is my element- redundancy. I like to say things over and over again until I clear my point.

Fifth, hmmm... let's be critical and look at the not-so-brighter side, okay, the acting is good, I don't have anything to say about it because I understand the essence of some lame performances and scenes. Okay, I say they are good. Maybe not that good to make it at Emmy's but still good.

Who made the script really? Like seriously, someone better could have done it... I'm not saying me, well not actually... okay let's just say if I am given a task- a job that has pay, I certainly would do my best and if this is like a one-time deal or something, I would work so hard and I will put all my efforts and sweats. Needless to say really, I thought the narration is bad. And the this, the that scenes... quite confusing huh?

Do I think this is original? Uhmm... maybe, yes I guess. Actually, really, I guess this could have been better- in the right hands. Okay... all I'm saying is this lame. The work of lazy behind-the-cameras crew.

Dragonball was a very entertaining and artistic show; it was one of the first and original animes in the world. The scenes were great and thought-through. The characters were the coolest bunch of characters introduced to the audience. The series was very long but was very exciting and nail-biting, every episode makes you want more… cliffhangers were really cliffhangers, no anticlimaxes… anticlimaxes were long, even though predictable at times were twisted in such a way you never thought it could happen but they were so good you can't hate it. It goes round and round, around the bushes- along the field, to the trees then back to the bushes but that's what you wanted, you do not want the series to end in such short and hurried scenes/plot.

The distinct personalities of the characters, the way they were presented in the series were seriously and squintedly splattered. Each character had his/her own idiosyncrasy; viewers chose the characters that mostly infected them- go along with the story, make their own scenes and stories inside their own heads and fantasize themselves over the morals the show taught them.

It was about friendship, brotherly love mostly although there were some adolescent-stuff, fun and really funny, corny but what do you expect?- still was cool, family love, ambition, greed, 'the bad never wins' or fairy tale and heroism… etc, etc. The connection between viewers and the imageries were so strong, like in sports, the dads scream at the TV, win with the players and lose with them. Its what its all about, if the show touches the heart and mind and the kid inside the heart of audiences, Dragonball anime did.

Goku was the ultimate hero, he was strong, ultramale machismo looks but was kind and soft to those he loved, sacrifices all he'd had for those around him- even those he didn't know, saved the world with his life, died for Earth- but he somehow went back to Earth many times as an angel, etc, died for humans- even if he wasn't human… I mean to say, he was The HERO, that's it. I myself liked to go around the bush just like the series.

The sub-characters were all the same, they were heroes wanting to save Earth from bad aliens and the likes. The comedy incorporated within the show was effective, the drama more effective, the action even more designed artistically. Things happened the way you wanted it to be, the way you expected but when it happened you wanted the other thing to have happened, it should have but it didn't but you were so cool with what really happened. (Going around the bush).

What do I say? The cartons were so great… The movie? Talents were such a waste, the title didn't live up to its original form, the story and plots were so not cool, the action effects even fancy were not original and short, I felt stew-peed just by watching the movie, teenage-stuff? totally uncool, the geek-turned-to-be-Hero stuff totally too used, almost every aspect of the movie was not patterned to its original source- the cartoons series, everything was confusing (the two Chi-chi scene was not- I already know the orig Chi-chi would be the one kayoed by Goku), Evolution really?- evolved to a mess and crap maybe?, not a good script- there were scenes I wanted to happen but it didn't, I felt like the drama stuff were HAVE-TO's scenes- I felt like the actors do not know what they were doing except for some--- in total- the movie was DISAPPOINTING.

I liked Bulma (beautiful and dexterous) but she was so different with what I knew as Bulma in the cartoons, she was much younger. Bushen (funny and warm) was portrayed well. But Goku didn't look like Goku- he was a teenager kid geek stutterer whatever not good looking (as my standards for the character Goku, but the actor was handsome or cute, I have nothing against him); Piccolo was handsome- he was supposed to be only good-looking to Nemics; grampa was good (but the connection between him and Goku failed, the story was so rushed and short); Yamcha- what the heck? (he was supposed to be good-looking and charming with an X-mark on his face). It was so confusing and unappreciating, was this one of them who was only made for M? Even the music was not good; it was irritating (sometimes silence is better than too much noise to make it look like more painful or frightening). Mouths opening without words, three-second or more pauses during conversations but was really not necessary or the follow-up answer should have been uttered faster. The story was, again, rushed… they could have made a three-hour movie and I would still like it as long as there are good pauses, good conversations, good Grampa-Goku bonding, good character introduction, less gun-pointing-and-talking-and-not-shooting-until-the-target-goes-away scenes, more fancy places like Mars or Nemic- just make it longer and make it necessary, less mean-girls or at this movie mean-jocks scenes (too overused and senseless and Absolutely irritating), the princess kissing the frog was cool- before but not in Dragonball.

The fight scene between Piccolo and Goku was amazingly too not-entertaining and almost ugly it made me appreciate more the cartoons.

All in all, Dragonball Cartoons' score is nine, this movie fared well at two for good-looking actors and low-budget, low intellectual story and plot. It was so stew-peed… I regretted watching this movie. Sorry.

One of the worst sequels among one of the most anticipated movies of all time, that included one of the most good actor with one of the worst story lines and scenes… and villains- (the problem is the villain is good if we haven't seen him in other movies like the blockbuster one last year.) Not original certainly, I think there are too many writers out there who would be willing to share better ideas. I appreciate the effort of the writers of this piece but they should have tried harder, not all are given the chance the opportunity they got.

The effects are fine, the usual action typo. The plots however are not, you know what I mean… corny, too many anticlimaxes, predictable, the funny moments- were they intentional? - are not funny but irritating, and somehow some supposed-to-be-dark-moments are giggly.

The actors are good but not that good, Ray did well with that mysterious-but-soft deliverance of his character. The villains made me feel… weird? I don't know how to explain it, can someone help me?

This is the first England-government story I watched. I think of England as a cold place, like Russia contrast to America- bright, sunshiny and gay. Politics is always a controversial thing, I see this picture as Hitler of England. But the story isn't about them, it is about V and Evey. Its almost a love story if Catherine Hardwicke should have made this one… it is dark, funny but not in hugly way- it is still dark.

I only watched this movie because of IMDb, you people rated it 8.2 so I gave my time in watching one of the best movies of all time. The trailer before wasn't that much appealing, I thought it was one of the corny heroes and villains thing and a girl in between, with dark comedic appearance of V but it turned out I liked it too, just as much as most of IMDb people do.

V represents the heroes of good journalism, heroes of revolution against a monopoly or colony, heroes that somehow desperately screamed for justice and fairness but it landed on deaf ears. He maybe the voice of the oppressed, the weak, the experimented, but he too was the hero of the weak, the oppressed and the tested.

This is one of Hero movies, although it doesn't fall under the category of a fairy tale… well I guess, all hero movies are not fairy tales because heroes will not be heroes unless they die, and before they die, they experience massive pain and titanic failures. They also die without knowing the real significance of what they did to humanity. In the end whether their loved ones experience the freedom they fought for or they would die too in agony and pain.

V is a movie I liked because of good actors and good directing, good story lines and not with a crappy script. The special effects are good even if it wasn't made extravagantly or wasn't made too sophisticated it is almost not true… I know its not true but movies should make their audiences feel the impact of the movie, like real or something.

This is the first time I have felt this way about a movie. This feeling lingered in me since last night, after I watched the movie The Mist. If I am a movie critic I say, 'Red Alert: Stay Away From This Movie.' The story broke my heart. Its fiction I get it, but its media… its aim is to spread the words of whoever are words were.

I understand it represents reality that humans are weak, brought by desperation humans will seek for answers even if contrast to their beliefs. I also understand the reality that there are no real heroes (except for good moms of course, it is also in the movie).

What I am asking is that- what is the sense? After making this movie, what do YOU expect us to get? I was entertained until he killed them… I went out from this reality and thought myself as him until he killed them… I like hero movies, I like it when their characters were played by plots too good to be true but I don't think it's a good idea if the plot goes too far… killing someone to save him from pain yet to come.

I have not read the book yet, but if the book were everything the movie is… I guess it's really painful how the characters' characters are being written. I thought about the book by Cormac Mc Carthy- The Road when the movie ended. Some people might say Mist-type of heroes are stronger but I believe The Road-type of heroes truly are.

I rate this movie six for good acting, Mrs. Carmody really made herself hatable, good special effects, good-looking characters. The ending spoiled everything.

Was good, I liked it except its length maybe the behind-the-cameras crews thought would look more ass-kick if its longer. Well, a TTL story, most of its kind are lengthy- just to prove the point that the bad guys are actually good guys and some if not all the good guys are bad guys. This story is based on a real-life and the real thing is that the real thing is a lie, everything else are just lies- that's the real real life.

The picture is good because it was created pretty fine, the air is what they wanted to tell us, it happened a long time ago when there was still the 'h' in humans. The story included crook cops and crook lawyers and crook businesspersons presenting today's humanity. Everybody is a crook because of human instinct called self-preservation.

This story was world changing for America, imagine- a crook businessperson aided by a lawyer packed three-fourths of crook criminals I mean cops to prison or home? Oh I wish all crook people, the liars go to prison too. I wish in real life the good ones prevail, or the bad guys who turned good, or the good ones who turned crook and realize in the ends, they wished they stayed to be the good ones.

Maybe a family movie, for the crook family so that they will see or realize the crooks sometimes loses. A family that stays together burns in hell together. A family that stays good together no matter what, remains to humans after all, and to be human is the greatest gift of all- not loving yourself… loving yourself purports for self-preservation, 'between me and you I will kill you so I will live.' Denzel Washington was good, I like seeing a movie with him in it. He is so straight I wanna be like him.

The problem with sequels is that, when it included bigger stars or bigger characters like the President of the US and it couldn't provide justice to their characters. Sometimes, fiction becomes too fiction and people like me who thinks would think, 'oh its too fiction,' I know what I mean.

The magic is lost, it becomes a moneymaking machine and the hearts know not to be fooled. Its good to include bigger stars sometimes… but sometimes, bigger stars make things impossible, the scene becomes too known or familiar its almost predictable, and predictable things insult the mind and bores the heart.

I am not saying the bigger stars here were not good, they were still great but the outcome is that… it becomes centered on them (moneymaking) and not on the essential aspects.

Unbelievable things are cool if they stir curiosity but a little bit too far, stir familiarity, familiarity is predictability, and predictability is insulting and boring.

I would rate the stars ten out of ten even if some are not really that good but because they are who they are, the story three, script five, special effects six. In total, six point five.

I forgot, this is a kiddie movie.

The first minutes of the movie are actually dark; living into something you thought was real but was not. Bolt thought he was a superhero but he was just an ordinary dog- cute and cuddly and used. When I realized what is going on I kinda wished he was actually what he though he was. He was played really nice by the people he trusted, with all that busting power and importance- he was just a dog.

But in fairness, this kiddie movie lifted up as it goes by. The atmosphere became the usual element of a kiddie movie which is adventure and fun. Animal cartoons "anime" is a product of frustrations of the reality, when one rich person cannot deal with reality; he resorts to something like cartoons. No dogs can really talk; special effects on a living actual dog might be insensibly costly.

This movie made me rethink a hero does not have to the big stuff heroes always do which was presented at the beginning, because all that big stuff hero thing are fake. (I'm talking about charities and pictures and media.) The real hero is the one who is not afraid of doing the right thing even if all the people turned their faces away from him. Like Bolt we know at the end of the movie.

This is not another hero movie, this is presentation of reality. The hamster in a cage, the cat who at first abused the weak- lives in a camouflage, the actress, the birds, and Bolt. You know what I mean.