Summer Time Salvation

Ok, so I'm almost 100% moved out and I'm staying in a hotel room with Mom in Austin. Going to Houston tomorrow morning. Then LA drive starts Monday. I hate Sally Field and also Nancy Grace. Just FYI.

I saw Terminator Salvation this afternoon by myself (something I do normally sometimes). I have mixed feelings.

First off the good things about it.


Christian Bale is a kickass John Conner even if for most of it he's screaming his name and being all military as shit and a badass. Not a bad thing. This is the first movie Conner's been a badass and it's refreshing to see. I love how Christian Bale is just ON EDGE the whole movie. No wonder he freaked out on set. It sounds like he's drinking Testosterone before he each take. There's seriously a scene where he screams his own name like 5 times. Neck bursting style. Love it.

The cinematography and production/sound design are amazing. Saw it at Galaxy in 2k and their sound is just right above where you'd put it normally. The harvester grunt machine sounds are horrifying. Some absolutlely breathtaking shots and action scenes. Things I've wanted to see in a movie for a long time but haven't until now. Really got me excited about filmmaking.

The bad:

Who the hell thought letting Danny Elfman, Mr. "I haven't done a good score in years", do an orchestra score for a Terminator movie? His music, which half assedly included the Terminator theme only twice, blows big time and like the movie TROY this movie is brought down a big notch becuase the music is so half assed, unoriginal, uninspiring, and bland. It was traditional hollywood and over sentimental, nowhere near what you need for something post-judgement day.

The script plays with some really cool ideas and events which are only alluded to in previous movies and it seems really cool. But it needed another 3 rewrites before it should have been shot. It lacks logic, emotion, and worst of all: balls. God, they needed some bigger storytelling balls for this.

And last of all,
It doesn't have this:


Sure Arnold's got a strange CGI cameo that's cool but honestly didn't need to be there and is never really explained. It just didn't have any weight to it. And that's sad cause Arnold' s the best and most heavy screen presence of all time.

In personal news, I finally opened myself up more than I have in a longtime to a girl. It's weird honestly, in the past when I've done this I've at least gotten a response but I didn't even get that much. Just silence. What the hell does that mean? I know I've been emotionally stunted for a long time but I'm frustrated by someone else who is. Irony? I don't know. So I'm starting now and going to no longer retard myself emotionally. Like anybody reads this crap.