Comments on: “Terminator Salvation” is PG-13 http://addictivethoughts.com/2009/04/06/terminator-salvation-is-pg-13/ Entertainment news and reviews. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: John http://addictivethoughts.com/2009/04/06/terminator-salvation-is-pg-13/comment-page-1/#comment-226 John Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:44:08 +0000 http://www.addictivethoughts.com/?p=457#comment-226 I thought DH4 was a lot better than DH2 and about on par with the third (albeit a very different sort of film, but then again, DH3 was really nothing like the original, either, thanks partially to the fact that it was originally planned as a Lethal Weapon film). I don't know; I just don't particularly care one way or another as long as the film is *good*. Great films have been made with PG-13 ratings. If the movie is entertaining, I'm fine with a PG-13. T2 wasn't nearly as dark, thematically or literally, as T1 (the original was more of a gorey horror flick, the sequel was just an action film)...nowadays, T2 - with a few swear words removed - could pass for a hard PG-13, too. The quality of the film would still be there. I thought DH4 was a lot better than DH2 and about on par with the third (albeit a very different sort of film, but then again, DH3 was really nothing like the original, either, thanks partially to the fact that it was originally planned as a Lethal Weapon film).

I don't know; I just don't particularly care one way or another as long as the film is *good*. Great films have been made with PG-13 ratings. If the movie is entertaining, I'm fine with a PG-13. T2 wasn't nearly as dark, thematically or literally, as T1 (the original was more of a gorey horror flick, the sequel was just an action film)…nowadays, T2 – with a few swear words removed – could pass for a hard PG-13, too. The quality of the film would still be there.

]]> By: Mixelplic http://addictivethoughts.com/2009/04/06/terminator-salvation-is-pg-13/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Mixelplic Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:21:04 +0000 http://www.addictivethoughts.com/?p=457#comment-225 DH4 was a film in search of a soul. Willis needs to quit while he's behind. McG hasn't the balls to control his set nor his production. And yes, as with anything you consider worth doing or experiencing, something should be good enough to cause you to be there. _No Compromises_. As many of us predicted, the need to make this 'family friendly' (the real farce in a WAR MOVIE) has butchered whatever sense of commitment to realism there might have been. I knew it when they started talking about hokum looking 'Harvesters' capturing people instead of simply killing them. Skynet, 15 years later, is not going to be capturing anything. If it's not losing it doesn't need to. If it is, it certainly isn't going to be playing Mechwarrior games with a giant walking robot that's about as hard to take out as a tripping a three legged dog. Morons and Idiots will out. When you see this steaming pile, hopefully AFTER the first weekend so that the studio has their own 'will it or won't it' moment, look at the ten teenagers sitting next to you and be sure to let them know how special they are. DH4 was a film in search of a soul. Willis needs to quit while he's behind.
McG hasn't the balls to control his set nor his production.
And yes, as with anything you consider worth doing or experiencing, something should be good enough to cause you to be there. _No Compromises_.
As many of us predicted, the need to make this 'family friendly' (the real farce in a WAR MOVIE) has butchered whatever sense of commitment to realism there might have been.
I knew it when they started talking about hokum looking 'Harvesters' capturing people instead of simply killing them.
Skynet, 15 years later, is not going to be capturing anything. If it's not losing it doesn't need to. If it is, it certainly isn't going to be playing Mechwarrior games with a giant walking robot that's about as hard to take out as a tripping a three legged dog.
Morons and Idiots will out. When you see this steaming pile, hopefully AFTER the first weekend so that the studio has their own 'will it or won't it' moment, look at the ten teenagers sitting next to you and be sure to let them know how special they are.

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