I found Arnold Schwarzenegger unexpectedly charming.
I think the thing that made me see the movie was hearing Schwarzenegger on The Howard Stern Show earlier in the week and thinking what a goofy, irrepressibly fun guy Schwarzenegger is. His firm belief in anyone being able to work hard to get what they want makes him an ideal Republican, of course, but he somehow succeeds in coming of as completely without the vaguest understanding of malice and I think that does come through in his latest Terminator.
Parts of Terminator Genisys come off as an endless series of talking heads, almost painful to watch. I noted this same problem in the third Hobbit film. What the fuck?
I really think that's a trend Peter Jackson started with Fellowship of the Ring where I think the many close-ups worked largely because of the novelty and as a quick way to personalise large scale sequences--I remember Ian McKellen in the commentary talking about how much he liked the cut straight to an extreme close-up of Elrond in the opening battle sequence, how it
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Sometimes I believe in the Muses. When their inspiration fails on a project, they directly intervene. No matter how bad a movie maybe, there is moment of brilliance, no matter how brief. Gives me something to look for when I'm being tortured. Not a big fan of Arnold, but you gotta love the big lug. I remember when he passed some Environmental ledgistration to protect his state, than refused to destroy California's education system when order to by his party, which ruined is political career. When asked why he did it, he said, "This is my country ,I'm not going to destroy it." Later, when he was out of office, he said,"Republican love hard work, that's why they have everyone else doing it for them."
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I think the thing that made me see the movie was hearing Schwarzenegger on The Howard Stern Show earlier in the week and thinking what a goofy, irrepressibly fun guy Schwarzenegger is. His firm belief in anyone being able to work hard to get what they want makes him an ideal Republican, of course, but he somehow succeeds in coming of as completely without the vaguest understanding of malice and I think that does come through in his latest Terminator.
Parts of Terminator Genisys come off as an endless series of talking heads, almost painful to watch. I noted this same problem in the third Hobbit film. What the fuck?
I really think that's a trend Peter Jackson started with Fellowship of the Ring where I think the many close-ups worked largely because of the novelty and as a quick way to personalise large scale sequences--I remember Ian McKellen in the commentary talking about how much he liked the cut straight to an extreme close-up of Elrond in the opening battle sequence, how it ( ... )
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Not a big fan of Arnold, but you gotta love the big lug. I remember when he passed some Environmental ledgistration to protect his state, than refused to destroy California's education system when order to by his party, which ruined is political career. When asked why he did it, he said, "This is my country ,I'm not going to destroy it." Later, when he was out of office, he said,"Republican love hard work, that's why they have everyone else doing it for them."
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