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Kirby

13Apr12

Maybe it's because I've been spoiled by more recent action films, but I was disappointed with this one. The action scenes aren't as great as I would have hoped.

Liked it way more than I expected. Illustrates Cameron's abilities when it comes to the genres of action and genre. Loved that the comedic elements weren't exaggerated( jab @ G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra), yet just enough to ease the tension. Well-done acting by Biehn, Hamilton had her moment near the end though.

HKFanatic

6Jan12

"The Terminator" has possibly the greatest delivery of exposition in any genre movie. Michael Biehn is spouting off about cyborgs and a future war but, first of all, you don't know if he's crazy or not; he's explaining all this while being hounded by the police AND the Terminator, and he's in the process of stealing a car; but Biehn's performance is so full of conviction, you're taken in by every word he says.

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Robim

6Dec11

Seen it after almost 15 years, and I must say I'm a little disappointed. Not due to the story, but mostly the action sequences evolving around the Terminator. I was expecting more, and having revisited RoboCop recently I must say I prefer Murphy. I don't know, seemed more in touch with his feelings.

Polyglot

12Nov11

♫ Intimacy, Intimacy, ya-ya-ya-ya ♫

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Cacophonism

12Nov11

You got me burnin! You got me burnin! You got me burnin in the thiiiiiiiirrrrd degreeeeeeee!

Chris Jones

18Sep11

I think I would've liked this a lot more if its horror aspects were more of a focus than its action sequences.

i_1_2_believe

14Sep11

Regardless of whether the ideas were derived from the work of Harlan Ellison, The Terminator is no doubt the brainchild of James Cameron. One of its strengths is the myth and wonder it creates around its story, which captivates the imagination and makes you buy in to the sci-fi horror it is. Crucially, it didn't have the franchise it has now so no compromises were made and it still stands the test of time. Excellent.

ZINCOVIX8754.

30Aug11

great performance by the schwarz,especially as he didnt say much..

Seth Farmer

23Aug11

Michael Biehn's greatest performance. As a kid, I remember being totally captivated by this scrawny guy from the future, and devastated when he didn't make it out alive at the end.

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KillBill_666

22Aug11

i love arnold in this and all the other films he's been in. again, dont make films like this anymore.

gloryofistanbul

23Jun11

Still the best of the terminator movies and one of the pinnacles of action movies

VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS

22Apr11

A casi treinta años de su realización, esta cinta permanece como uno de los iconos del cine hollywoodense de los años 80. De bajo presupuesto y mucha inventiva, el film consolidó las carreras tanto de James Cameron como de su inexpresiva estrella (dadas las caracteristicas del personaje, Schwarzenegger encontró aqui el vehiculo ideal para su lucimiento), gracias al dinamismo de la puesta en escena y la gran habilidad del director para las escenas de acción (como queda demostrado en la antologica secuencia de la masacre en la estación de policia). El asunto, si bien no demasiado novedoso, si contó con la fuerza suficiente para generar un culto alrededor de la cinta, además de los previsibles "fusiles" (un disfrutable churro llamado American Cyborg y Cyborg: el guerrero, con Jean Claude Van Damme), tres secuelas y dos entretenidas temporadas de una serie de televisión. Como un dato ociosamente curioso, hoy 21 de abril del 2011, es la fecha en la cual, segun el planteamiento original de Cameron, el sistema Skynet toma conciencia de su existencia y desata un apocalipsis nuclear, iniciando asi, su sistematico exterminio de la raza humana. Ñañaras.

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pyota

8Nov10

the greatest

Joanynoe Lopez Pozo

3Nov10

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Seth Farmer

2Oct10

The dated effects only make this film more poignant. The obvious animatronics and stop motion animation act as a check point and a sort of barometer for actual robotics technology. To know how far that technology has advanced in the relatively short time since this film's release makes the premise all the more horrific.

HeadGEAR

30Aug10

The quintessential Schwarzenegger movie.

Byron Brubaker

8Jun10

I've finally seen the first Terminator movie! It all looks so dated now. The relentlessness of the cyborg Terminator keeps the heroes on the run. The plot is one huge chase. The one night of love between Sarah Connor and Reese was corny. An ok set-up for the Terminator franchise, I guess, but not much meat on the endoskeleton bones.