Terminator 2: Judgment Day – He Is Back!

January 22, 2010 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Same Make. Same Model. New Mission.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Actors:

Arnold Schwarzenegger The Terminator
Edward Furlong John Connor
Robert Patrick T-1000
Earl Boen Dr. Peter Silberman
Joe Morton Dr. Miles Bennett Dyson
S. Epatha Merkerson Tarissa Dyson
Castulo Guerra Enrique Salceda
Danny Cooksey Tim
Jenette Goldstein Janelle Voight
Xander Berkeley Todd Voight
Linda Hamilton Sarah Connor
Ken Gibbel Douglas
Robert Winley Cigar-Smoking Biker
Peter Schrum Lloyd
Directors:
James Cameron
IMDB Rating:
8.5 out of 10 (193,435 votes)

‘The Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ 1991 – Review

T-1000

T-1000

10 years after the events described in the first Terminator film, Skynet sends back a new, improved Terminator (model T-1000). Its objective is the termination of Sarah Connor’s son – John Connor, which will lead people in the fight against the machines. John Connor, knowing about the plans of Skynet, also sends a Terminator back – reprogrammed T-800 model. He must protect ten year old John from T-1000 …

Trying to retell the plot of Terminator 2 is an ungrateful and useless thing: almost everybody in the world has seen the movie. This film has gained cult status long ago and entered the world’s cinema history as one of the best examples of Sci-Fi action.

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For those times, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” has become an incredibly ambitious project: for the first time the budget of the movie exceeds one hundred millionth mark. However, after the success of the first “Terminator”, “Aliens” and “The Abyss” Cameron had a lot of credibility with the studios, so he got away with the costs overrun quite easily. And, as time has shown, the producers and investors were not mistaken having faith and confidence in Cameron. The terminator sequel was not only even more ambitious, impressive and vivid in terms of production, but also more emotional, deeper and multidimensional than the original. Along with that, the Judgment Day doesn’t conflict with The Terminator (1984), but develops logically and quite organically the ideas that were put up in the 1984 movie. Therefore, it makes good sense to consider these movies as dilogy, rather than separate projects.

Famous Terminator Smile

Famous Terminator Smile

Of course, like any real masterpiece, the Terminator dilogy did not just happen in an empty space: the theme of the machine’s revolt against humanity has been raised before in cinema and literature. The most brilliant example is, of course, Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. However, in Kubrick’s film, the idea was resolved in a completely different context and with the opposite genre shades (slow philosophical narration instead of Cameron’s non-stop action). It is therefore more logical to compare dilogy with the Aliens movie franchise (at the time of “Terminator 2″ release there were only 2 parts of the quadrilogy, the first -”Alien” – directed by Ridley Scott, and the second – “Aliens” – by James Cameron). The latter two movies raise a number of different topics, however, the main characters – the Alien and Lieutenant Ripley – have a clear resemblance to the T-1000 and Sarah Connor. Merciless and practically invulnerable creature opposed to the female-warrior, female-savior, who desperately fights for the sake of herself (“Alien” 1979), and then for the sake of all humankind (“Aliens” 1986).

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‘Black Snake Moan’ Download and Reviews

October 5, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, Music

“Black Snake Moan” Movie Details

Black Snake Moan tagline: Everything is hotter down south.
Black Snake Moan - DVD Cover

Black Snake Moan DVD Cover

Actors:
Samuel L. Jackson Lazarus
Christina Ricci Rae
Justin Timberlake Ronnie
S. Epatha Merkerson Angela
John Cothran Jr. Reverend R. L.
David Banner Tehronne
Michael Raymond-James Gill
Adriane Lenox Rose Woods
Kim Richards Sandy
Neimus K. Williams Lincoln
Leonard L. Thomas Deke Woods
Ruby Wilson Mayella
Claude Phillips Bojo
Amy Lavere Jesse
Clare Grant Kell
Directors: Craig Brewer
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 out of 26,582 votes

“Black Snake Moan” Movie Review

“Black Snake Moan” Plot Summary

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.

The Best Movie I’ve Seen All Year

I just saw this movie at the Atlanta Premiere (2/14/07) and it was fantastic. Craig came out for a brief Q&A session afterwards and was very gracious. The cinematography was lush, no other way to describe it. It absolutely captured the small-town South in terms of its feel, seeing this movie was like being there. It’s difficult sometimes to divorce big names from characters and see the actor as the character he/she is supposed to be playing, but not in this film. In very short order Jackson, Ricci, and even Timberlake had me believing. In short, a superb effort, and one I’d highly recommend.

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