We Get It, Terminator Salvation Movie Is Just Like A Video Game

In trying to describe how much they disliked the new Terminator movie, many movie reviewers decided [[link]] that comparing it to video games would do the trick. Terminator Salvation, the fourth Terminator movie, opened last weekend to cranky reviews.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Unimpressed with actor Christian Bale and director McG’s take on the evil-android series, movie reviewers eviscerated the film. And in the process, they lobbed the grandest of insults: They wrote: this movie’s like a video game. Here’s a sampling: *The Memphis, Tennessee Commercial Appeal’s John Beifuss: “…The giant shape-shifting robots (which harvest humans like the Martian machines in Spielberg’s “War of the Worlds”) are more Transformer than Terminator; they seem to have been designed for video games and Toys R Us spinoffs rather than for movie sequels.” *The Chicago Sun Times’ Roger Ebert: “… most of the running time is occupied by action sequences, chase sequences, motorcycle sequences, plow-truck sequences, helicopter sequences, fighter-plane sequences, towering android sequences and fistfights. It gives you all the pleasure of a video game without the bother of having to play [[link]] it.” (Two stars) *The Boston Herald’s James Verniere: … “Terminator Salvation, which sports a surprisingly grating score by the otherwise great Danny Elfman, looks less like a movie than a hybridized video game.” (C+) *The Seattle Times’ John Hartl: “… More video game than movie, “Terminator Salvation” is the fourth and easily the least-entertaining installment in one of Hollywood’s most successful science-fiction franchises.” (1 1/2 stars) *The Tampa Tribune’s Kevin Walker: … “Loud, monochromatic and relentlessly grim in the way of a video game for preteens, this movie – directed by McG (of the ‘Charlie’s Angels’ movies and a whole bunch of music videos) – completes the transformation of the ‘Terminator’ series from mind-bending science fiction bolstered by great special effects to a special effects circus with very little story.” (1 1/2 stars) *The Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Colin Covert: “The film proceeds with video-game logic. The humans have a chance to strike at the heart of SKYNET by jamming the communications link to its army of high-tech killers. But that goal can be interrupted at any moment by an onslaught of unmanned fighter jets, motorcycles or even mechanical eels patrolling the rivers.” (2 1/2 stars) *The Winnipeg Free Press’ Randall King: “[Actress Moon] Bloodgood projects all the gritty humanity of a sexy video-game character.” (2 1/2 stars) *Gizmodo’s Mark Wilson: It’s a two-hour video game linking a series of sequences that have little reason for existence other than McG’s action-packed directing style. https://gizmodo.com/terminator-salvation-review-better-than-t3-but-not-by-5260359 *(Bonus blast from the past from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s review of Terminator 2 back in 1991: “It is, at the same time, dazzling and numbing, a movie that stuns you in all senses of the word. … It is as dehumanized as [[link]] Nintendo, which is ultimately what it resembles — the world’s biggest video game.|) I didn’t see the movie. Any gamers out there think this is inaccurate criticism? Or is Terminator Salvation guilty as charged of being too video-gamey?