This summersTerminator Genisyshas received what might be considered its first and most important stamp of approval from James Cameron.
Thats praise indeed from a filmmaker whos rarely diplomatic when expressing his opinion.
Hated it,Cameron said.Simple as that.
I hated what they did.
And Im so glad it did.
Jonathon [Mostow, director] has made a great movie.
Arnolds in great form.
I really like what hes done with it.
From what Ive seen from afar, it looks like they will be quite good.
For Cameron to state thatTerminator Genisysis the third film in the series is, therefore, quite an accolade.
His sentiments also seems to chime with the intentions of the producers behindTerminator Genisys.
When asked whetherGenisyswould be taking any ideas fromTerminator Salvation,Goldberg emphatically replied, Honestly, no.
No offense to that film but again, its going back to the beginning.
But is it possible that were all being just a little too harsh onTerminator 3?
Similarly,T3s screenplay lacks polish of Camerons original pair of classics.
All this aside,Terminator 3still entertains as an action film.
Terminator Salvation,meanwhile, is a film I find far harder to defend.
It bears the scars of its numerous script rewrites and a reshot third act.
And then, of course, it has that doom-laden ending.
Two more sequels beckon, and after that, who knows?
Whether or not Alan Taylor can better the efforts of Mostow and McG, only time will tell.
