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To some, California is the Golden State. To others, it’s the state that is cool and has famous people. To the robots and people of Terminator Salvation, though, it’s a gigantic battlefield.
Christian Bale Walks Into A Robot Room. Awk-ward!
Terminator Salvation takes place in California in the near distant future. Before anyone gets excited about seeing the beaches or the tans of the future, be warned that the California in this movie is not a cool place, at all. Both San Francisco and Los Angeles have been destroyed by robots who apparently have no intention of ever cleaning up (what’s the point of taking over a city and just letting it look gross?), but are determined to build more robots…to destroy more stuff…stuff they don’t actually care about. Between these two cities, California is just a big desert that people use to abandon their cars in. If this is future California, I am moving inland to Missouri or Oregon or Iowa.
Christian Bale Tries To Pet A Robot While It Is Sleeping
The plot isn’t too hard to follow: robots and people hate each other. It’s never really discussed why they hate each other, just that they do.
Beside from that, there are stories beneath the main story. Christian Bale (of The Dark Knight) plays John Connor who is an army guy of the future who is very tough, but also very angry and very sad. He’s angry because robots are winning their war for California and capturing people to use as cows (i.e. food). He’s sad because he never met his dad. He talks to his mom who sends him cassettes instead of letters (apparently, in the future, they don’t have email [?]) and she tells him about his dad whose name is Kyle Reese. This actually was very bittersweet because Mr. Bale wants nothing more than to have a dad that he does anything he can to have any sort of connection to him whatsoever. When Christian Bale learns that the robots have captured a Kyle Reese, he assumes it is his dad, but finds out it’s just a kid with the same name. Nevertheless, he wants to save the boy from being eaten, so he goes to save him.
Me Hate Humans! Grrr!
Other parts of the movie can get confusing, though. For example, Christian Bale makes friends with a man who is an ex-con and whose ex-girlfriend is actually a computer for the robot side. Huhhhh?
You Think They Might, But Then They Don't. Biggest Tease In The Movie
Ostemcellably, this movie is an action movie, so most people don’t expect to find much hidden meaning hiding anywhere, but this movie seems to have a lot to say without cramming it down the throats of the movie audiences. Firstly, between the robots who have demolish stuff and the humans who leave their stuff everywhere, future California is a big mess, literarily! So, unless we clean up, California’s going to be a lame place to live. Oh, I think a lot of people might think it random, but the cameo by Governor Schwarzenegger was so appropriate. Who better to help save the future California than the governor, right? He’s only in the movie for a minute, but, OMG, he is in such amazing shape! Unfortunately, he gets killed by Christian Bale. Why? Well, because technically even the governor is a “robot”. *SPOILER*
Clean Up On Pretty Much EVERY Aisle
This brings me to the second topic the movie hints at and, quite frankly, it’s not a pretty one. It shows a very dark side to Mr. Bale that, kinda like hearing an ugly friend talk about making out with their lame boyfriend, I’d rather not know about. On the surface of the movie, the humans don’t like the robots. Okay, but what are robots used for? Work, exactly! So, this movie is also about how humans or “native Californians” are worried about getting “taken over” by foreign workers or “robots”. Puh-lease! Really, Mr. Bale? Are you really worried about a “robot” doing the manual labor jobs you don’t even want to do?! These so-called robots only want to live and earn a living and raise little robots, but the “humans” would rather side with ex-cons than be friends with “robots”. I kind of hope that in the next movie, that the robots go on strike or something. That’d be amazing. In my opinion, equal labor rights would be the real salvation for the robots.
Will Work For Batteries
I don’t honestly believe Mr. Bale is a prejudiced racist or anything, I think that he just doesn’t understand that America is made up of all sorts of people whereas he comes from Britain’s England, a country that only has white people. For all I know, maybe ultimately Mr. Bale is setting this all up as a way to ultimately make a positive statement and I’m just jumping over his gun. Sorry if that is the case.
Yummy yum yum
Side note: Despite not agreeing with his politics, I still have to admit that Christian Bale looks handsome as always and the guy playing the ex-con is very sexy. There was one scene where I was hoping the two would actually kiss, but no luck. However, both actors are incredibly drool worthy, so much so that this movie should have been called Terminator Salivation.
I give Terminator Salvation 4 out of 5 winks. 
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Great review, Valerie! This may be a stupid question, but wouldn’t a giant fence keep the robots out of California?
Tell me this is a joke. If it is it isn’t funny. If you are serious then the movies right and humans are doomed
You should be terminated.
You are the Dumbest person in the world. lol do some research on Terminator because you dont seem to understand this is the 4th film(that kyle reese was his father thats just one thing i had to point out)
Incredible review, Val, one of the best yet. You are right, Christian Bale can’t understand that American is a rainbow of different races.
Wow, just wow, you give girls in California bad names. You have got to be the dumbest human being I have ever encountered. How old are you? Do you truly not understand the plot considering there are three other movies T3(2004) T2(1991) T(1984). At some point in time in your meaningless little life you have to have at least heard about The Terminator enough to understand the movie.
You should drop dead and die of chick cancer. The average female IQ would jump up 30 points because of it.
I thought the movie was dumb! It didn’t make no sense. Just a bunch of explosions and everyone was dirty.
BTW, I saw UP! and when I came home I blew up a whole bag of balloons and tied them to my sister’s cat and nothin happened…
FAIL!
lol
xo
Britain’s England, a country that only has white people.
What!!!!! Have you ever been to Britain?
Stop writing reviews to these good movies! STOP! Look you’re… How can I put this… You’re… A dumbass. Every time you write a new review you sound stupider… I wish I could smack you! Stupid ass!
Robots do not eat…Oregon is on the west coast…there are more places in California than just San Fran… and L.A. and you are making my brain hurt. I would go into a longer rant but i feel you are just too stupid to get the point.
Well, because technically even the governor is a “robot”. *SPOILER*
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Spoiler? Guess 99,9% of the whole western world knows what Arnold is famous for xD
Now, that’s the reason why he’s governor today!
I’ll be back.. does it ring any bells? Guess not,
want my 5 minutes of life back please..
Sniff it
I don’t know what’s funnier, the review, or the comments.
Everyone who posted a comment about the stupidity of the reviewer is an even bigger dumbass than she is
The best review of the movie I’ve seen so far! You hit it all on the head so hard it exploded!
i think you and val should go play near a volcano… an active volcano…
are you for real bomberbec? no evidence of the first three movies? lol
look up: terminator, terminator 2, terminator 3: rise of the machines.
learn how to use a computer other than to watch porn or something, please.
thanks
ITA. For Rlz, lol. Valerie, Ur so stupid. R u so blind that you can’t see this is a SEQUEL? Haha, u idiot. U obviously cant understand reality or notice the FUCKING OBVIOUS.
Hey Brain, be nice. She tried really hard and wrote a pretty good review. You don’t have to be so mean! Ya there were 3 other movies, but 2 of them were from long ago and weren’t even good.
And there’s no such thing as ‘Chick cancer’
I have never heard of those movies. I even looked them up on the internet and they DO NOT EXIST! And they oviously have nothing to do with this film anyway, cos this film is called Terminator Salvation, NOT T1(1994) or whatever.
And why do you say drop dead and die of chick cancer? Would you say that to someone’s face? Thought not. Sad bully hiding behind a computer screen cos you got no mates is all you are.
All Valerie is doing is writing reviews for those of us who love movies.
Oh the irony. Because you called her dumb! Oh haha. It’s so ironic.
I don’t think it is possible to be a bigger dumbass than val is corey… sorry. truth be told I agree with making up a “chick cancer” and killing val with it, because unless she has a mental condition or is 3 years old, she should never be allowed to see the light of day so long as she lives, cuz she’ll just screw it up…
Robots dont have senses of humor… You must be a foreigner.