Essay On Terminator
Terminator Genisys Review:
A dystopian future where the world is a bleak place littered with scrap and where machines rule... But enough about Wall-E, let's talk about Terminator Genisys.
Genisys is yet another film that hops onto the Hollywood trend of selective sequels, choosing to take place after Terminator 2: Judgement Day and ignoring the events that took place in T3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation. Not that I blame them. The last two sequels were nothing to write home about and were panned by both viewers and critics alike.
As you may know, the premise of the original movie was a cyborg Terminator, the T-800, is sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor and a human resistance fighter, Kyle Reese, is sent back to protect her. This is also the starting point of Genisys, however this time we get to see the events that take place just before the T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) are sent back to 1984. However once we arrive in that time, things quickly diverge from the first movie. Sarah Connor (Emelia Clarke) is no longer a mild-mannered waitress, but rather a battle-hardened warrior who has been raised up and trained from the age of 9 by another Terminator who had been sent to her past. The …show more content…
Where Hamilton's Connor is believable as a fighter rallying against the machines, Clarke just comes off as too young to play the part, and seems more like a spoilt teenager than someone who could protect herself against a Terminator. Jai Courtney is serviceable in the role of Reese, but that's just it. He's fine, not great and doesn’t really stand out in any way. When two of your film's leads don't really have what it takes to elevate their roles, you have problem. Not to mention that the two don't really have any sort of believable chemistry with each
A dystopian future where the world is a bleak place littered with scrap and where machines rule... But enough about Wall-E, let's talk about Terminator Genisys.
Genisys is yet another film that hops onto the Hollywood trend of selective sequels, choosing to take place after Terminator 2: Judgement Day and ignoring the events that took place in T3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation. Not that I blame them. The last two sequels were nothing to write home about and were panned by both viewers and critics alike.
As you may know, the premise of the original movie was a cyborg Terminator, the T-800, is sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor and a human resistance fighter, Kyle Reese, is sent back to protect her. This is also the starting point of Genisys, however this time we get to see the events that take place just before the T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) are sent back to 1984. However once we arrive in that time, things quickly diverge from the first movie. Sarah Connor (Emelia Clarke) is no longer a mild-mannered waitress, but rather a battle-hardened warrior who has been raised up and trained from the age of 9 by another Terminator who had been sent to her past. The …show more content…
Where Hamilton's Connor is believable as a fighter rallying against the machines, Clarke just comes off as too young to play the part, and seems more like a spoilt teenager than someone who could protect herself against a Terminator. Jai Courtney is serviceable in the role of Reese, but that's just it. He's fine, not great and doesn’t really stand out in any way. When two of your film's leads don't really have what it takes to elevate their roles, you have problem. Not to mention that the two don't really have any sort of believable chemistry with each