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Summary: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Review: This masterpiece is a must for all DVD collections. If you don't have this movie in your house, you are missing out on one of the most explosive sci-fi movies on the planet. This is by far Arnlod Schwarzenegger's best movie ever. With a touchy side to it also, this warm hearted, story of survival is a great movie to have, so get if you don't have it yet!
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Summary: the paradox comes to fruition
Review: In the first Terminator, Schwarzenegger comes back in time as a cybernetic killing machine bent on killing Linda Hamilton who unknowingly will have a child that will grow up to conquer the technological human inventions that end up using their artificial intelligence to exterminate humanity.On the Terminator's heels is a human from the same time period, best friend of the hero, John, who's mother is in peril in the past. In the ultimate paradox, we find out that it is John's best friend (Michael Bein) who is actually John's father. Ok, we're in the second movie and now Schwarzenegger is one of the good guys, sent to protect John as a child as the T-1000 (a morphing bit of liquid metal that can take on any form) comes to kill John as a child since the attack on his mother didn't work. The plot has a billion holes in it... why didn't they just send back a termiator back to the 1800's a kill John's great, great grandfather instead. It would have been impossible for people of that time period to have a defense against the terminator. The terminators have to use the time machine in the nude, even though they're entirely metal on the inside... sorry folks, that's just stupid. I could go on all day about inconsistencies in the story, but I'm still giving this film 5 stars. The action is so fast and the acting so believable, it's not until after the movie is over that you even notice these inconsistencies. This movie abounds with special effects eye candy, exploding cars and tons of bullets and fight scenes. This movie will never get old. I've watched it several times and it never ceases to be entertaining. This series really opened up a new genre in sci-fi & action and in many ways it's timeless. Edward Furlong presents the most convincing performance of a troubled youth who has grown up without a male role model and looks up to the loyal, yet emotionless terminator who has come to rescue him and his mother. There is a lot of violence and tons of language, so this isn't recommended as a family film... but for sci-fi, special effects junkies, this movie fills the bill.
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Summary: What happened to DVS?
Review: The previous DVD version of T2 had "English (Descriptive Video Service)" as one of the audio tracks. This new one doesn't. I realize it was intended for blind and visually impaired people, but I liked listening to someone describe the non-verbal action of the film. Since I'd already seen the movie many times, it allowed me to walk around my house, doing other things while I "watched" the movie. Since the track was included in the previous disk, I kind of wonder why they didn't keep it. I'm thinking about "upgrading" my T2 DVD to this new version. I was going to either sell or give away the one I have now, but I would miss the DVS track. I really want all the new extras, but do I really need two? Movie - 5 stars (Missing DVS - 0 stars)
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Summary: Terminator 2 took it to the next level
Review: This movie is one of the best Sci-fi/ Drama action movies to drop since the day it came out. This and the matrix. I saw the first terminator and was hooked but I never expected to see a sequel. This almost makes the first one look like nothing. They even made a 3-d ride out of it in florida which is just as good as the movie. Anyone who hasen't had the cahnce to check it out needs to go see what i'm talking about because it is action-packed from beginning to end. Getting back to the movie I have to say if u have a home system don't hesitate cranking up the volume and watching this. It will make it like your seeing this for the first time if you haven't seen it already. The plot, action, and ending was all on point and it's nothing I can really say I didn't like. It really made you think about the future and what would happen when it came out. Even wathcing it now makes you wonder. Overall, the creators out-did themselves with this. The only question I have is will there be a part 3? I guess we just have to wait and see.
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Summary: Schwarzenegger's Best
Review: Arnie is at his best in this movie. His stone cold, take no guff, run-em-up-shoot-em-down style is well done in this movie. Supporting cast was well chosen. Linda Hamilton was at her best in T2. The biblical character similarities in T2 are a different look into a hit movie.
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Summary: The finest sci fi film ever made
Review: Terminator 2 is a more mainstream, thoughtful sequel to 1984's "The Terminator." Whereas Terminator 2, was a dark, horrific, brutal film, T2 is more about the theme of the future of humanity in a nuclear era. Blessed with a huge budget and a superb script Cameron successfully turns the tables on Arnie's character and Sarah Connor's developing relationship with the Terminator. Also effective is John Connor's development into the leader he becomes in the future during the film. Previously only available on special edition laserdisc, the DVD ultimate edition adds much more background and detail to the story. As with Aliens, the 15 or so extra minutes of footage add mainly depth to the characters, for example, the Terminator learning to smile, Miles Dyson's family, and the T-1000 taking pleasure in killing a dog. This is unlike "The Abyss" with the half an hour which adds a whole new storyline at the end! As with all Cameron films the sound is amazing, really sharp, clear thumping sound although the Brad Fiedel soundtrack is a bit wimpy in comparison to a James Horner or Jerry Goldsmith score. It does work well - the dark synth score fits with the metallic machinations. Expect the picture quality to be amazing! What would have made this release perfect is if was presented in full screen as well as 16:9. As Cameron filmed it in Super 35 you miss some of the film in widescreen and some of it in full screen (unlike pan and scan). So, it looks like I'll still be using my full screen laserdisc for sometime to come! All we need now is for them to go back to the original Terminator film and remix the sound from Mono into Dolby 5.1! Brilliant! Buy it!
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Summary: 'Move quickly to see the view'
Review: As sequels go, this is one of the best - along similar lines to the same director's 'Aliens', it's bigger, more expensive, and louder than the original. It isn't quite as good, but I'll get to that in a minute. 'T2' was released at the height of Arnold Schwarzenegger's majesty, and viewed in almost every way it was a triumph, combining state-of-the-art computer-generated effects, the biggest movie star in the western hemisphere in the one role he was most suited for, and a director noted for his command of technology, and a more family-friendly tone (to suit the caring, sharing mood in the early 1990's). Even at the time, it didn't seem perfect, though. After a promising start the film slows down disturbingly, with two plots fighting each other to a standstill - Robert Patrick's effectively stoic T1000 disappearing from the narrative for the middle section of the film, to be replaced by a less-interesting, more pyrotechnic subplot involving the destruction of Cyberdyne Systems, inc. Still, the film is of such quality that this can be forgiven, as can the cliched finale, set in what Roger Ebert would describe as an 'abandoned flame factory'. A few years later there was a 'special edition', with a few decent extras which clarified the story without slowing the film down, and now there is a DVD. a glance at the contents reveals good stuff (essentially: 'making of', lots commentaries that nobody will ever hear, the special edition elements, trailers) and bad - six hours of footage on one CD does not bode well for picture quality. It would have been nice if the accompanying 'T2:3D' iMax presentation could somehow be included, but you can't have everything.
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Summary: I Absolutely Love this Movie
Review: There are some movies, that when you see them, you think, "Wow! I want to watch that again, and in my case, again and again and again. In fact, I rented Terminator 2 twice a week for about a month. I was obsessed, and though I've gotten over it, I still consider T2 one of the best movies I've ever seen. Linda Hamilton is great as the crazed mother. Arnold Scharzenegger is awesome is a giant Terminator, he doesn't have to do anything except act like a robot and he does that very well. Robert Patrick is a sickeningly cold blooded, villainous robot. The special effects were ground breaking in the early ninetees, and still look incredible! This movie, also has very fine action scenes in it. One in which the Schwarzeneger blows the T-1000's head in half, by shooting him point blank with a shotgun. Then you see the T-1000's head melt back into place! The plot stems from an incredible idea, sending two warriors back in time to battle brutally, with humanities future at stake. The script is also quite good, with intersting lines, all executed well by the cast, from the beginning to the very end, which had me in tears the first couple times I saw the movie. I also think that the music was very moving, and completely appropriate for the dramatic tone to the film. If you're looking for an action movie that's more than just a straight forward action movie, this film is for you.
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Summary: The Sci-Fi genre has meet its zenith
Review: Terminator 2, I know few people who have not seen this masterpiece. This movie is directed by James Cameron and I think many would agree that Terminator 2 is one of his best films. The acting is pretty good for an action flick. Robert Patrick does a convincing job as the cynical T-1000. The rest is of the cast is ok. Computer graphics excel in this movie. I still can't believe how they did this in 1991, and the graphics are still comparable current films. Action is great and there's a lot of it. But there is also a great story. If you see one sci-fi film this decade...See Terminator 2
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Summary: A good action movie
Review: This film is so much worse than the first Terminator film it's incredible. It is a very good action movie with good special effects, fun performances, and good violent sequences, but there are so many plotholes it's hard to think about the movie itself. The first big mistake was the casting. This film supposedly takes place 11 years after the first one, giving John Connor the age of ten. So what do they do but cast fifteen-year old pubescent Edward Furlong as the kid. I like Furlong as an actor, but he sure wasn't very convincing as a ten-year old. Also established is that in this film Sarah Connor is twenty-nine, even though Linda Hamilton, at the time, was nearing forty. She didn't look that bad, though, it's just that I don't see how we can be expected to believe she was 18 in the first film. And then there's the famous truck on the bridge. How did the truck build up that much speed going sideways on a bridge? How did it even turn around so that it was facing the side wall? And then there's the whole future. Let's recap from the first movie. The machines have lost, so they build a time machine, and send a terminator back through time. It has to go naked, as dead stuff won't go through, and its chassis is protected by its flesh. The humans steal the time machine, send though a soldier, and destroy the machine. Now, the machines don't have the time machine anymore to send back a second terminator, and even so, if you think logically about time travel, how would they know if the terminator had failed the first time. As far as the future is concerned, it just goes on. But even if, somehow, they realized their plot had gone awry, and managed to build a second time machine in the face of defeat; how did the send back the liquid metal terminator -- he's got no living components; he shouldn't be able to go through. Or, if it's a new model Time machine that allows metal, why didn't they send back guns? This movie, although the acting was pretty good, didn't have much of the human element of the first movie, not for lack of trying, and too many scenes seemed lifted straight out of the first movie, including dialogue and the truck chase. There's just too many contradictions, plotholes, and oversights in this movie to make it great like the first one was, it was merely an enjoyable action flick.
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